raid controller

Hi All, I am currently running 4x 4TB WD Gold Re HDDs in my HP Z640 workstation/server. These drives are in a RAID 5 array using the built in Intel(R) C600+/C220+ series chipset sSATA RAID Controller. My goal is to convert the current array from its RAID 5 level to a RAID 10 level. I have...

I saw that some types of PCIe RAID controllers have slots for RAM and a battery backup for that RAM. I know this is meant to be used a read/write cache but is it also possible to somehow use that RAM cache as a hardware RAM disk? There used to be PCI RAM disk cards that would do something...

I have an LSI SAS 9361-8i whose sole purpose is to run a RAID 5 using 4 14TB drives as backup repository ("a place to put my stuff" Carlin) before being slowly copied offsite. I noticed that my throughput varies between 1700 MB/min and 1100 mb/min. Oddly enough when I did a test to local...

Good day, As the title says, what is a RAID setup when it comes to storage configuration, I have been reading a lot of about this online but I just can't seem to understand the techy gobbledygook, can someone please provide an answer in "English"? An answer that can be easily understood and at...

I am very new to RAID. As far I know RAID 6 can withstand two disk failures at one time. This is what I want. I heard that modern RAID controllers store metadata on the HDD so we can easily replace one controller with another. I need a controller that I can swap easily without loosing data...

Noob to server stuff.. I am looking to get a Raid Controller for a Dell Poweredge SC1425 so i can connect a Dell PowerVault MD1000.

Greetings I'm running around my MSi GTX 1080 SeaHawk X and I'm murmurring about it's BiOS, since it's keeping down the voltage and overall performance of my VGA. I already studied up how to work with nvflash64, also did a backup, unlocked and locked my EEPROM [protecton/protectoff], did some...