RAID

MUST READ RAID technology quiz ARTICLE - Take a few minutes and test yourself on RAID technology. Challenge your co-workers to a RAID pop quiz showdown. RAID technology adds reliability and overcomes concerns RAID EXPLAINED - RAID's evolution of storage servers and arrays is quietly influenced by the continuing advancement of hard disks and disk controlling hardware.

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	Storage Decisions San Francisco 2008 Session Downloads Storage Decisions | 24 Nov 2008 ARTICLE - Download all the sessions from the Storage Decisions San Francisco 2008 conference on topics including backup, SANs, storage virtualization, storage management and green storage.

	Xyratex launches 8 Gbps RAID controller SearchStorage.com | 09 Oct 2008 ARTICLE - Xyratex rolls out the storage industry's first 8 Gbps Fibre Channel RAID controller with disk spin-down and new cooling management features.

	Storage Decisions New York 2008 Session Downloads Storage Decisions | 01 Oct 2008 ARTICLE - Download all the sessions from the Storage Decisions New York 2008 conference on topics including DR, SANs, backup, storage virtualization, storage management and green storage.

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	Learn all about RAID storage Submitted By: Greg Schulz | 18 Feb 2008 DATA STORAGE HANDBOOK - This handbook describes the different levels of RAID technology and explains how storage administrators can choose the appropriate RAID level.

	SATA vs. SCSI in RAID 11 Feb 2008 EXPERT ANSWER - Storage expert Greg Schulz answers a reader's question: "How does SCSI in RAID compare to SATA in RAID?"

	Why RAID rebuilds obstruct data migration 08 Jan 2008 EXPERT ANSWER - The best way to migrate data from 400 GB SATA disks to 750 GB SATA disks calls for a consolidated mid-tier storage solution. If your company does not have a significant enough storage management to justify the purchase of ...

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	RAID technology overview SearchStorage.com | FAST LOOKUP - This RAID (redundant array of independent disks) guide offers fast info on the levels, implementation, boosting performance, maintenance and more.

	RAID FAQ 14 Nov 2007 FAQS - Storage analyst Greg Schulz answers common questions about RAID, such as which level of RAID to use.

	Disk Hardware FAQ 09 May 2007 FAQS - Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst with StorageIO, offers answers to the most common disk hardware questions he hears in the field.

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WHITE PAPERS

	Everything You Need to Know about Storage Virtualization Published by: Datalink and Hitachi Data Systems | 07 Jan 2009 WHITE PAPER - In this paper, Stephen Foskett is talking about all the different ways to virtualize storage and thereby hide the complexity and enable new capabilities.

Top Windows Storage Improvements for Cutting Costs in 2009 Published by: F5 Networks | 29 Dec 2008 WHITE PAPER - Today's IT infrastructures are complex and inflexible--and most of them just keep growing. Storage expenditures keep rising, resources are consumed by labor-intensive tasks, and management costs are spiraling higher. This checklist highlights the top five improvements to windows storage for cutting costs in 2009.

	Using Snapshots in Your Data Backup Strategy Published by: Dell | EqualLogic | 17 Dec 2008 WHITE PAPER - This document discusses the use of snapshots in your data backup strategy, as well as a new snapshot product offering from EqualLogic to simplify your backup projects.

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	Backup School: Lesson Six: Protection from hardware loss - Expert Webcast VIEW WEBCAST PREMIERED:   29 APR 2004, 09:00 EDT (13:00, GMT) SUMMARY:   What if your primary storage device fails? Lesson six of SearchStorage.com's Backup School is devoted to answering this question. Covered here: RAID levels, setting up a RAID system and SAN/NAS backup. Register Here.

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DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 9

	RAID 18 Feb 2004 WORD - What is RAID? RAID (redundant array of independent disks; originally redundant array of inexpensive disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus, redundantly) on multiple hard disks. By placing data on ...

	double-parity RAID 21 Nov 2004 WORD - Double-parity RAID (redundant array of independent disks), also called diagonal-parity RAID, Advanced Data Guarding (RAID_ADG), or RAID-6, is a method of protecting against multiple storage drive failures by creating two ...

	disk duplexing 14 May 2003 WORD - Disk duplexing is a variation of disk mirroring in which each of multiple storage disks has its own SCSI controller. Disk mirroring (also known as RAID-1) is the practice of duplicating data in separate volumes on two hard ...

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	Ask the Expert: RAID performance issues Storage Magazine | 12 Apr 2008 TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS -

	Ask the Expert:RAID rebuilds Storage Magazine | 13 Mar 2008 TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS - I run four 400GB SATA drives configured with RAID 5. I want to replace them with four 750GB drives. Can I rebuild and then swap individual drives?

	Storage Bin 2.0: Time for RAID to die Storage Magazine | 13 Feb 2008 COLUMNS - Storage has changed radically since the invention of RAID. Some storage systems are reducing their RAID use, while others are moving away from the technology. And this is a good thing.

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	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to RAID:  Disk drives, Disk arrays