This was among the driving forces behind the development of the Serial ATA standard, which showed potential to address these issues. Now in its second revision, SATA is delivering what system builders ...

Another major advantage of an HBA is how naturally it scales. Consumer motherboards usually top out at six to eight SATA ...

We have covered plenty of NAS HDDs here at TweakTown, and the reason is simple: more and more users are purchasing NAS units every day. The expansion of NAS capabilities allows them to serve a much ...

I'm slowly assembling the components for a new home server. My plan for the system so far is as follows: The plan is to use the two system drives in RAID 0 for redundancy, and then build a RAID 5 ...

This information is also available as a PDF download. Since I've been doing a lot of coverage of storage technology both for the enterprise and for the home lately, I thought I should give an ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

RAID 50 offers a balance of performance, storage capacity, and data integrity Your email has been sent RAID 50 is an often overlooked RAID level that can bridge the gap when it comes to choosing ...

Your computer's basic input/output system controls system-level hardware settings. For example, the BIOS has an "official" system clock. It also handles keeping track of physical hard drives, deciding ...

Editors' note: This post is part of an ongoing series. For the other parts, check out the related stories. Now that you have some ideas about internal storage vs. memory after reading Part 1, here in ...