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Don’t trust RAID 5 with your 20TB drives; use RAIDZ-2 instead

When it comes to building a redundant array of independent disks (RAID), there's always the potential to choose the wrong RAID type. This shouldn't cause any issues with storing data, but it could ...
Macworld

OWC Gemini Thunderbolt 3 RAID enclosure review: Top performance, doubles as a hub

OWC’s Gemini, dual-bay Thunderbolt 3 HDD/SSD enclosure trounced the G-RAID Mirror in our testing, making it the fastest HDD RAID enclosure we’ve tested. While the Gemini will accept 2.5-inch SATA SSDs ...
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Conventional RAID 5 isn’t good enough — here's what you should do instead

Whether you’re a newcomer to the home lab ecosystem or a data hoarder with many years under the belt, you’ve probably heard about RAID levels. After all, RAID, or Redundant Array of Independent (or ...
Geeky Gadgets

Build a 4-Bay NAS with a Raspberry Pi 5 : Swappable Drives and RAID 5

What if you could build your own high-performance, scalable data storage solution for a fraction of the cost of commercial options? Imagine a sleek, compact system with swappable drives, RAID 5 ...