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Short and sweet: how to choose a RAID/HBA controller for the server

RAID controllers have not left and are not going to, on the contrary, hardware controllers for NVME and PCI Express drives (including M2 format drives) are entering the market. The abundance of drives and software features of RAID/HBA make you approach this choice as responsibly as possible, otherwise you may lose data. RAID controllers have not left and are not going to, on the contrary, hardware controllers for NVME and PCI Express drives (including M2 format drives) are entering the ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 2: Choosing a software

The most difficult thing is not even to pick up packages to replace Synology services with free ones, but to support their work, promptly responding to glitches and updates. This is not an easy, but doable task that can be completed in a few weeks. Installing applications, configuring services Having planned the storage, I proceed to installing the software. Docker is already installed, and now I will install MergerFS and SnapRAID file system support for the archived data array. For example ...
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Synology UC3200 Review: affordable dual-controller iSCSI storage

First dual-controller storage from Synology, marketed as iSCSI storage for virtualization hosts. We will test how quickly it switches between controllers and how it recovers back. Perhaps since Synology released its first rackmount NAS, at all press conferences the company has been asked when will they release a 2-controller solution? The manufacturer himself explained for a long time that the company has a High Availability solution for organizing NAS into a cluster, that in the modern ...
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QNAP TS-2483XU-RP review: 24-disk head unit NAS

QNAP has got very interesting monstrous NAS-s for working with large amounts of data. The storage system under consideration today with a head unit for 24 3.5-inch hard drives makes it possible to pack 384 TB of data into one system and do without expansion shelves at all, which may be quite enough for the needs of a small enterprise. QNAP has got very interesting monstrous NAS-s for working with large amounts of data. The model under review with the long name TS-2483XU-RP is a data storage ...
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Aquantia AQtion AQC107 vs Intel X550-T2 - comparing 10G interfaces in iSCSI and CIFS file operations

... , that is, just for those workstations that need fast file ... We recently tested an ASrock Taichi X470 Ultimate gaming motherboard that ... has faltered, or whether these giants can continue to sleep ... DDR4 3000 MHz ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate Integrated Aquantia AQtion ... Intel X550-T2. They took turns connecting the same cable ... on the network card in file server mode. Testing The first test ... but in General, for 10G, these figures are not speed, but ... on read operations with both MTU values. In the iSCSI test ...
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Huawei OceanStor 2200 V3 review - entry-level block virtualization storage

This SAN storage system has many features that make it worth paying attention to. First of all, this is the RAID 2.0+ technology, thanks to which in our testing, RAID 5 survived a fall of 6 drives! In addition, this is an extended work with snapshots, because each of them can be mounted as a separate LUN, automatic LUN reduction and much more. Huawei storage systems are relatively new, and today the Chinese manufacturer successfully competes with brands such as Dell/EMC, Netapp and HPE. ...
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Thecus N5500 Review: enterprise 5-disk file server

... to create more than one RAID array on one set ... As befits an enterprise-class file server, Thecus N5500 has two network interfaces ... hard drives. For example, one RAID 5, one Hot Spare and ... one set of disks. RAID levels 0,1,5,6 ... to 5 iSCSI targets on each of the RAID arrays, including ... JBOD. That is, theoretically - up to 25 iSCSI ... Dual Core in RAID 5 write speed, and although Thecus N5500 does ... iSCSI, but not via USB. Conclusions Thecus has got a surprisingly successful file server ...
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RAID as the main attribute of the server

In this article, we will look at the advantages offered by RAID arrays and compare four IDE RAID controllers from manufacturers such as 3ware, Adaptec, HighPoint and Promise. Today hard drive manufacturers are very tough competition among themselves. In this struggle, they are forced to increase the volume of their hard drives, releasing larger and larger disks. Unfortunately, the volume of media is often counterbalanced by their reliability. Most HDD manufacturers have already reduced the ...
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Review of Thecus N5200XXX 5-drive small office NAS

... in NAS. Interestingly, Thecus N5200XXX officially supports RAID encryption and is ... certified for use in Russia. Well, for those ... will leave for iSCSI? After all, iSCSI is created by ... that is required from an iSCSI file server today. Using additional modules, ... drives in Thecus N5200XXX. We created a RAID 5 array ... from connecting to the Thecus N5200XXX file server and compare the speed ... for all RAID arrays, iSCSI support, VMWare and Citrix certificates. These characteristics ...
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Review of Thecus 1U4200XXX 1U rack storage

One of the most affordable 1U NAS designed for small offices where high demands are placed on storage reliability. Designed for 4 SATA drives, this NAS has a dual-module power supply, powerful cooling, a fast yet economical Intel Atom processor and all the general-purpose office NAS features found in Thecus products, including video surveillance, remote replication, iSCSI support, etc. Not every manufacturer has 1U rackmount storage systems, since many customers are guided by NAS volumes, ...