What is a disk array? A disk array, also called a storage array, is a data storage system used for block-based storage, file-based storage or object storage. The term is used to describe dedicated ...

Virtual disks offer better portability and efficiency for file storage compared to physical disks, which directly access existing local disks or partitions. VMware has three different disk types -- ...

Does anyone have a graph of the I/O per second of various types of disks, arrays, and raid levels? My google-fu is a little weak on this one. Basically I'm doing capacity calculations on scalability ...

Any s torage consolidation effort must involve a serious consideration of disk subsystems and the specific disk types that those systems will contain. As an example, there may be hundreds (even ...

EMC Corp. last week announced a bridging technology that lets its newest midrange storage arrays use lower-cost disk drives. The move is aimed at allowing IT managers to switch from tape-based data ...

Clearly one of the best features of disk arrays is that they can continue working even when a disk has failed. One of the problems, however, is that you might not notice when a disk fails, and thus, ...

i've been going back and forth with mckennma about using dynamic disks on hardware RAID arrays. i've tried googling for the answer to the upcomming question, but, because the terms are so common, i ...