raid hardware
Implementing RAID on Oracle
White Paper It is important to understand the RAID solutions offered by each hardware vendor, before any implementation is done. There is more to RAID than a leading name brand insecticide. RAID provides the technology to scale Input-Output (I-O) and system... [03 Jul 2008]
Virtex-II Pro RAID-5 Parity and Data Regeneration Controller
White Paper Data regeneration is an important function in RAID controllers and is best performed by dedicated hardware under the control of a microprocessor. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is an acronym first used in a 1988 paper by University of... [03 Jul 2008]
A Look at Modular RAID on Motherboard (MROMB)
White Paper Zero channel RAID (ZCR) or modular RAID on motherboard (MROMB) is becoming an attractive choice for other equipment manufacturers (OEMs) looking to implement cost-effective hardware RAID solutions in high-density servers. [03 Jul 2008]
Configuring and Performance Tuning EMC Symmetrix for Sybase IQ-Multiplex
White Paper This white paper documents the configuration and best practices for performance tuning EMC Symmetrix and Sybase Adaptive Server IQ with Multiplex in both RAID-1 and RAID-S environments. The hardware, software, and installation configurations that... [03 Jul 2008]
Technical Best Practices of the Compaq Non-Disruptive Backup Solution for Solaris and Tru64 UNIX
White Paper The solution employs Compaq SANworks Enterprise Volume Manager, in conjunction with Compaq StorageWorks RAID subsystems, Enterprise Backup Solution, and DLT tape libraries to create point in time copies of critical data for off-line backup. [03 Jul 2008]
Compaq StorageWorks RAID 4100 Technical Overview
White Paper The Compaq StorageWorks RAID Array 4100 (RA4100) is an external storage solution incorporating Fibre Channel interconnect technology and Compaq's Hot-Plug Ultra3 and Ultra2 Universal Hard Drive. To provide hardware redundancy and failover... [03 Jul 2008]
NETGEAR Case Study: Bill Nieman Photography
White Paper ReadyNAS includes built-in hardware RAID, a feature crucial in Nieman's purchase decision. Located in Wisconsin Rapids, a rural and close-knit community in central Wisconsin, Bill Nieman Photography specializes in family portraiture, in particular... [25 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Instant delays
Comment In fact I'm actually struggling with a hotel bedroom door fitted with a tamper alarm that sounds like an air raid warning. Our hardware is fast enough and does a good job but the software load is excessive. [16 Apr 2008]
Maximize It Service Uptime by Utilizing Dependable Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers
White Paper In addition, these servers include core and thread offlining capabilities, redundant hotswap disks, power supplies, and fans, integrated disk RAID functions, and extensive ECC hardware protection. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers... [29 Mar 2008]
Effective SAN Management: A Virtualization Path to Increasing Storage Administrator Productivity
White Paper Despite economic uncertainty, Gartner is predicting continued market growth for RAID-based disk storage, led by a 30% increase in fabric-attached network storage environments. The old maxim of throwing hardware at the storage problem is adding to... [02 Mar 2008]
Sun StorEdge NAS Clustered Failover
White Paper The Sun StorEdge NAS system, with its clustered failover Network Attached Storage (NAS) server architecture and system-wide redundancy - from the RAID channels to the network interfaces - ensures that a path to critical data is always available. [07 Nov 2007]
NETGEAR Case Study: Levels Audio Post
White Paper Recognizing their data as a cornerstone of their business, Levels required Network Attached Storage (NAS) with the safety of hardware RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks). As a pioneer in the post-production audio industry, Levels Audio Post... [11 Sep 2007]
Low-Cost and Easy-to-Use Hardware RAID 5 Solutions
White Paper Among them, the most widely adopted RAID technology is hardware RAID 5, which offers the good performance with superior reliability. However, due to its nature of complexity in algorithms, hardware RAID 5 has always been considered as an expensive... [30 Aug 2007]
SAS Raid-on-Motherboard: Affordable, High Performance RAID
White Paper Cost-effective RAID-on-Motherboard (ROMB) solutions, using integrated RAID-on-Chip (RoC) devices, enable system integrators to implement robust hardware RAID solutions while optimizing their server motherboard investments. [30 Aug 2007]
PARAID: A Gear-Shifting Power-Aware RAID
White Paper The authors have built the Power-Aware RAID (PARAID), which reduces energy use of commodity server-class disks without specialized hardware. Reducing power consumption for server computers is important, since increased energy usage causes increased... [30 Aug 2007]
