Storage

RAID 1 vs RAID 5 and to the bottom of it !
Dear All, I've got a question regarding hardware RAID 1 (R1) and RAID 5 (R5) Don't consider following issues, because they are not playing in this question: a) Minimum disk setup and setting up hot spares b) Write intensive situations or sequential reads situations c) Dynamic resizing a RAID d) Same manu... 21 Sep 2006 18:10

Samsung WDC buyout rumor
Hi, Anyone hear anything more about todays Western dig buyout rumor. The inquirer came out with it and i was wondering if anyone else know more about this. ... 18 Sep 2006 10:34

SATA Connectors
Arno Wagner wrote: [...] imo the SATA connectors are still the weakest part of using SATA drives bill I agree to that. Even the more "sturdy" external SATA connectors are a disgrace to the engineering profession. Utter trash. And to think that they had a real chance to get it right thi... 18 Sep 2006 18:09

How to make bootable CD from a bootable USB flashdrive?
I want to make a bootable CD from a bootable USB flash drive. I have a bootable USB flash drive. I guess I need to know how to get from the USB drive to an image file (ISO, BIF etc) , then I can burn a CD from the image file. Any help? Thanks in advance. ... 19 Sep 2006 19:58

8 MB vs 16 MB cache
dbmethods <reywang(a)optonline.net> wrote Any real benefits of 16 MB cache buffer for IDE hard drive on a 5-year old Win/Linux PC. Nope, you wouldnt even be able to pick it in a proper double blind trial. ... 5 Sep 2006 22:46

Is SATA faster than IDE?
Should I upgrade? Will I really see a difference? I am so tired of waiting on large directories to display all the files in Explorer. Thanks. ... 2 Sep 2006 05:42

USB flash drive?
I need to buy 1Gb USB flash drive but cannot decide which model to choose. I plan to install Linux and boot from it. Please tell me which model would you recommend that is most Reliable and preferably fast.. ... 28 Aug 2006 11:44

HD9-U2LA LANDRIVE Lan Drive NAS storage device issues
I purchased a network attached storage device called a Lan Drive model HD9-U2LA and I think it was from RJTech but the documentation indicates it is a USBEX device (http://www.usbex.com/landrive) The drive is either a network device or a USB device (not both at once). It works, but I have a few issues. First o... 1 Sep 2006 00:04

Any news on SATA-III
Is there any news on when SATA-III will come out and what it will off over SATA-II. I know current storage devices an not fast to even take advantage of SATA-II ... 25 Aug 2006 09:02

DEAD MAXTOR! HELP!
Two year old son played hopscotch with brand new Maxtor 3200 200 GB external HD, recently loaded with all files and backups from my hp pavilion zd8000 laptop, including precious pictures and movies. Laptop recently formatted and OS reinstalled, due to numerous irreparable conflicts from my 8 year old downloading ... 21 Aug 2006 13:33