Boyfriend and I run a variety of things in-house - a web server, a file server, and several online multiplayer games that he's designed. We're building a new server (right now the non-game stuff runs ...

It's not hardware RAID. The RAID is handled by the BIOS (firmware, still running on your CPU) until Windows starts to boot, at which point Intel's driver (Matrix Storage Manager, i.e. software) takes ...

Of course. Here's how. As the comments on my recent post Apple's new kick-butt file system showed, some folks can't believe that software RAID could be faster than a modern hardware RAID system. But ...

We would like a RAID system to provide data protection in a small office. Can you say whether a hardware or a software RAID system is a better option? Also, is RAID 1 or RAID 5 the more reliable ...

The new Adaptec Series 6E RAID controller is currently targeting a storage and system builder market that currently relies on software-based RAID controllers, said Tom Flageollet, director of ...

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 ...

Though it's for servers and enterprise workloads, we still want to see how fast it can load games on PC. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit ...

* Selecting the best RAID system for a small office By Steve Blass Q: We would like a RAID system to provide data protection in a small office. Can you say whether a hardware or a software RAID system ...