Note that it's not a good idea to mix HDDs and SSDs in a RAID, so if you have hard drives, grab new mechanical drives. The same goes for SSDs. Combining both into a single RAID would cause issues ...

The OS will detect and manage the drive (s) as it would any other drive and you'd be able to store data within a configured pool. The reason why many, including myself, often recommend drives designed ...

If you are younger than a certain age, RLL probably doesn’t mean much to you. Old consumer-grade hard drives used MFM (modified frequency modulation like a floppy disk uses) and soon went to … ...

If terms like 'areal density' and 'magentoresistive' are a bit much for you, ExtremeTech's piece on the inner workings of your hard drive is a good read.

Hope I'll get some answers to this quickly:I'm right now fixing a Dell Poweredge 4200 Tower server. One of the RAID hard drives died. Now, forseeing this problem years ago, we ordered replacement ...

I've got a Lacie "Biggest F800" external RAID drive - USB 2.0, Firewire 800 connections on the back. Has 4 hot-swappable bays, currently with 4x 250GB HDs in them (can take up to 4x 500GB).