Apple offers a couple of software RAID solutions for people interested in either creating a larger disk out of two, or mirroring two disks together for data redundancy in the event of a drive failure.

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let's say i would like to build a large raid array (3 or 5, as i want redundancy. software, as i can't afford scsi or a super-buff IDE RAID card) to store a bunch of large media files and have easy ...

Until very recently I've always worked with Solaris or Linux based servers and have generally had good experiences with using software raid 1 in conjunction with 15K scsi drives. Anyway I'm now ...

If you've just updated to FC3 kernel 2.6.12-1.1380_FC3 on a box with software RAID, you're probably wondering why it's hanging on boot at "Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode:". The answer ...

The new Adaptec Series 6E RAID controller is currently targeting a storage and system builder market that currently relies on software-based RAID controllers, said Tom Flageollet, director of ...

The home lab ecosystem has a bunch of fascinating utilities that, if properly configured, can take your setup to the next level. That said, many of these can be double-edged swords, and if you’re not ...

Squashed Software (formerly Maza Digital) has released RAID Monitor 3, a new version of its tool for automatically checking the status of RAID storage system. The completely rewritten software ...

* Selecting the best RAID system for a small office By Steve Blass Q: We would like a RAID system to provide data protection in a small office. Can you say whether a hardware or a software RAID system ...

In multimedia environments, storage is king. When it comes to video editing, the faster the storage, the better. And big storage capacity doesn’t hurt either. For years, expensive high-speed SCSI or ...