A mirror only lets you use one disk in a stack in usable space (50%, or less if for some reason you want a double redundant mirror, i.e. three disks). A RAID-Z ...

Last week frequent contributor _dietrich drew everyone's attention to a piece by Timothy Morgan comparing various low to mid range Unix and Windows servers from a "bang for the buck" perspective. It's ...

In the realm of modern data management, few technologies hold as much promise and versatility as the ZFS file system. Originally developed by Sun Microsystems for their Solaris operating system, ZFS ...

I want to build myself a little home NAS, and although I have done a lot of reading over the past few days, and I'm starting to have a clearer idea of what I do and do not need, I'd still like to have ...

When you’re trying to get the best performance out of multiple drives, a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) is your best bet. There are plenty of RAID modes levels (modes) to choose from, but ...

Today RAID Incorporated announced the launch of Pangea, the first turnkey Lustre on ZFS appliance in the market. Pangea is a high-performance, secure, ZFS-based Lustre appliance that leverages the ...