It’s been accepted dogma that the best way to protect data on disks is with redundant array of independent disks (RAID). RAID is a storage technology that distributes data across multiple disk drives, ...

Comprising hardware-accelerated iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and U320 SCSI host systems, the vendor’s Vtrak M-Class SATA RAID (redundant-array-of-inexpensive-disks) system now includes the M200p, M300p, and ...

A redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks (RAID) is a collection of physical drives pooled together using virtualization technology to create one or more logical units for the purpose of ...

This was among the driving forces behind the development of the Serial ATA standard, which showed potential to address these issues. Now in its second revision, SATA is delivering what system builders ...

Apple today updated its Xserve RAID storage system, a 3U high-availability, rack storage system to deliver a massive 7 terabytes (TB) of storage capacity at an aggressive price of just $1.86 per GB.

The 3U rack storage system now provides up to 7 terabytes of storage and comes in 1-Tbyte, 3.5-Tbyte and 7-Tbyte configurations, according to Apple. At the same time, the Cupertino, Calif.-based ...

Apple on Tuesday announced that its Xserve RAID storage system is now available with up to 5.6 terabytes (TB) of storage capacity — up from 3.5TB in previous models. Apple has also received ...

Apple has updated its 3U rack-storage system the Xserve RAID, which can now store a maximum of 5.6 terabytes (TB) and achieve per-gigabyte costs of just over US$2 per GB. Fourteen independent 400GB ...

Over the past few weeks, I have been discussing the benefits of both virtualization of storage and aggregation of storage. Now, I’d like to talk a bit more about how these concepts relate to each ...