ZFS versus RAID, Comparing Linux Performance Benefits
When you are setting up a storage repository on Linux you have a lot of choice in configurations, more so than on a Windows server. ZFS is a go to for many…
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Tag: RAID
Deathwish RAID racing; hit single channel DDR4 transfer rates with WD Black NVMe drives
This will cost you a bit to set up but will provide you with almost unbelievable transfer rates. Simply combine eight 1 TB WD Black NVMe SSDs at roughly $400...
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A Quick Look at AMD Ryzen X470 NVMe Storage Performance
With Ken testing all of the new AMD X470 goodness that we had floating around the office here at PCPer, I snuck in some quick storage testing to get…
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Intel VROC Tested! – X299 VROC vs. Z270 RST, Quad Optane vs. Quad 960 PRO
Introduction We've been hearing about Intel's VROC (NVMe RAID) technology for a few months now. ASUS started slipping clues in with their X299 motherboard releases starting back in May. The idea was...
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ASUS X299 Enables Intel Virtual RAID on CPU – RAID-0 up to 20 SSDs!
Ken and I have been refreshing our Google search results ever since seeing the term 'VROC' slipped into the ASUS press releases. Virtual RAID on CPU (VROC) is a Skylake-X specific...
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Computex 2017: ASUS Announces Republic of Gamers, STRIX X299-based Motherboards
Hot on the heels of Intel's Core i9 Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X announcements today, ASUS has released details on its X299 offerings. While you can find details on the...
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Computex 2017: ASUS Announces Prime and TUF Intel X299 Motherboards
Alongside the announcement of Intel's Core i9 Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X CPUs, ASUS has unveiled details of their X299 motherboards. While we've already taken a look...
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Drobo 5N2 5-bay NAS Review – Bonded GbE Made Simple
Data Robotics shipped their first product 10 years ago. Dubbed the Drobo (short for Data Robot), it was a 4-bay hot-swappable USB 2.0 connected external storage device. At...
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ioSafe Launches 5-Bay Xeon-Based ‘Server 5’ Fireproof NAS
ioSafe, makers of excellent fireproof external storage devices and NAS units, has introduced what they call the 'Server 5': The Server 5 is a completely different twist for an ioSafe NAS....
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Drobo Updates 5D to Turbo Edition 5Dt
Today Drobo updated their 5D, shifting to Thunderbolt 2, an included mSATA caching SSD, and faster internals: The new 5Dt (t for Turbo Edition) builds on the strengths of the...
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Triple M.2 Samsung 950 Pro Z170 PCIe NVMe RAID Tested – Why So Snappy?
NVMe was a great thing to happen to SSDs. The per-IO reduction in latency and CPU overhead was more than welcome, as PCIe SSDs were previously using the antiquated AHCI protocol, which…
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Intel Skylake / Z170 Rapid Storage Technology Tested – PCIe and SATA RAID *updated*
** This piece has been updated to reflect changes since first posting. See page two for PCIe RAID results! ** Our Intel Skylake launch coverage is intense!...
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Zotac’s New R Series ZBOX PCs Support Two Drive RAID Configurations
Zotac recently launched a new line of tiny ZBOX PCs under the new R Series that support two drive RAID 0 and RAID 1 setups. The series currently includes the ZBOX 1323…
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Running an EXT4 RAID on the Linux 4.0 kernel? Better spray for bugs!
On Tuesday a bug was discovered to have been introduced to Linux 4.0 kernel when a fix was added to deal with RAIDs where the chunksize not a power of 2, a…
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CES 2015: ioSafe Launches 1515+ Fireproof Waterproof NAS RAID
We've reviewed the awesome fireproof and waterproof ioSafe storage products in the past, first in combination with Synology NAS products. Then we later reviewed an ioSafe N2, which...
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A little 3D TLC from Samsung, the new 850 EVO
Not only does Samsung's new 850 EVO family introduce us to three dimensional triple level cell NAND, it also incorporates an SLC cache to boost write speeds. The Tech Report...
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Samsung 850 EVO 120GB and 500GB RAID and RAPID Review – VNAND Goes TLC
Mid last year, Samsung introduced the 840 EVO. This was their evolutionary step from the 840 Pro, which had launched a year prior. While...
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SSDs, Linux and alternate file systems
When you use Linux you have a choice as to which file system you wish to use, a choice that never occurs to most Windows users but can spark an argument every…
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