Block Storage

RAID’s Six-Step Holistic Process to High-Performance Storage

With the Digital Revolution came data, and a lot of it. Data comprises everything from kilobyte-sized thumbnail images to vast petabyte-sized data lakes. Without data, the human race would find itself back in the Stone Age. A majority of people take the value… [...]

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A Deep Dive into SSDs: SATA, SAS and PCIe

If you’re among the many enterprises planning to utilize the power of flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs), one of the most predominant questions you might have is: which SSD is best for incorporating flash? If one were to research this topic hoping to… [...]

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Hybrid Versus All-Flash Storage Arrays for Enterprise Storage

When flash storage first emerged onto the scene, its use by enterprises was limited due to its cost. However, increased demand for flash storage over the years caused manufacturers to increase production. It turned out that vendors overestimated the future market value… [...]

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A RAID Inc. Guide to Data Backup Versus Data Archiving

Having the capability to access and recover data is essential for organizations big and small. Backing up and archiving data are the only two ways one accomplishes this. Nevertheless, how does one know which method is best for their organization to use?… [...]

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File, Block, and Object-Level Storage: Which Solution Is Best for Your Organization

There are three principal classes of storage on the market: file-based storage, block-based storage, and object-based storage. It’s almost hard to imagine there ever was a time when storing data was much simpler; a time when structured data belonged stored away in… [...]

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