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Disk Storage
Hard disks are often combined into RAID groups for increased performance and higher availability. Storage arrays are the ultimate in disk groups, combining dozens (sometimes hundreds) of disks to provide terabytes of storage. This guide explains hard disk mechanisms, RAID groups and storage arrays.
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Drives
This is the first segment of our Guide to Disk Storage. Here, we explore the various disk drives available. When the next chapter launches, we'll look at RAID. The final chapter takes a deeper look at disk arrays.
Disk drives overview, SAS drives, SATA drives, Fibre Channel drives, Other disk drives |
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RAID
This chapter in our Disk Storage guide looks specifically at RAID, including overview information, explanations of RAID levels, how to implement and configure RAID, and other higher level information.
RAID overview, RAID levels/explainers, Implementing RAID, Configuring RAID, Boosting RAID performance, Advanced RAID |
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Disk arrays
A storage array provides an independent, standalone platform where disk arrays can be gathered into extremely large groups -- sometimes hundreds of disks. This chapter of our Disk Storage All-In-One Guide looks at the wide range of disk array types, along with product and buyer's advice.
Disk arrays overview, High-end disk arrays, Midrange disk arrays, Low-end/SMB arrays |
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Disk storage final exam
Are you disk storage savvy or sorry? Take our test and evaluate your knowledge of disk drives and arrays.
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SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Disk Storage:
Storage Virtualization Buying Guide,
Buying guide: NAS upgrades,
Wide Area Network,
File Virtualization FAQ,
Storage Security,
Storage Encryption FAQ,
ISCSI,
Virtual Server Backup FAQ,
Disk Hardware FAQ,
Storage Consolidation Buying Guide,
Data Classification,
Online Email Archiving FAQ,
Storage Area Network,
Data Storage Management,
Backup Products,
Resource Library,
RAID FAQ,
Storage Virtualization,
iSCSI SANs,
Solid-state Drives,
Fibre Channel over Ethernet FAQ,
Data deduplication in primary storage,
Midrange NAS Arrays Buying Guide,
Network Attached Storage,
Data Storage Basics,
Disaster Recovery FAQ,
Advanced Data Storage,
Storage Area Network Upgrades,
Tiered Storage,
Green Storage,
Archiving Software,
The battle between storage and server virtualization,
Disaster Recovery,
Unstructured Data FAQ,
Advanced SAN School,
NAS FAQ,
Storage for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses,
Storage Compliance,
Data Deduplication FAQ,
Email archiving in 2008 FAQ,
Windows Server 2008 and Storage,
Data Protection FAQ,
Email Archiving FAQ,
File Archiving FAQ,
Storage Area Network FAQ,
Unified Storage FAQ,
Buying guide: Scaling storage networks,
Storage Security FAQ,
Storage Consolidation,
Data Retrieval Strategies,
Storage Virtualization FAQ,
E-discovery,
High-performance NAS,
File Virtualization |
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