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Tools for block diagrams / listings of multi-layered storage virtualization with LVM and LUKS?
When multiple storage virtualization systems are used together, it can be complicated and time-consuming to gain an understanding of the structure of the various relationships involved. What tools ...
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the effect of different disk during the creation of raid groups
"200MB/s drive and a 150MB/s drive your saying in RAID 1 for example the maximun read speed would be 300MB/s, not 350MB/s" ? How did you come to this solution ?
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2.1TB limit on BIOS?
While checking out this 3TB 7200RPM drive as a candidate for my hardware RAID array, I saw the product video and at about 1:40 into the video, the guy says that BIOS can't handle more than 2.1TB of ...
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Is DVDs safe to store data for future? [closed]
I've started collecting movies, which is the safest way to store the collected movies? Is it safe to store in DVDs or what should I prefer??
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Can I set up a RAID 5 with a bunch of drives of different sizes?
I currently have 3 1TB drives, a couple 500GB ones and some 750GB ones. Can I put them all in a RAID 5 configuration or do they need to be of same size?
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What is a good way to back up 20GB of photos? [closed]
I am considering loading the photos to a hard disk. However, if I lose the hard disk, then I lose all the photos.
Is there a web application that allows for efficient and reliable storage of so many ...
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Send files between two online servers?
Is there a tool which I can user to send files between two remote servers? For example, I have hosting at hostgator and I create a directory there. Then I use that tool to send files from some other ...
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250 users with a data dir on a central server - how would you set it up? [migrated]
I'd like to get best-practice advice on how to setup a scheme where 250 users or more have OS independent access to their own data-dir / user-dir on a central server in the local network. from the ...
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DFS for a several small clusters over WAN
My friends and I all have TBs on our system(s). None of us have any full backups which are geographically distributed however, because at that amount of data, solutions such as Dropbox, S3, et al. are ...
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SATA connector position on a hard disk
I have a external SATA drive enclosure that connects via USB to a PC/Mac and it accepts a bare SATA drive being slotted directly into the enclosure, much like a hot swappable disk you would find in a ...
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What medium should be used for long term, high volume, data storage (archival)?
This question was inspired by How to store and preserve lots of data?
There have been another similar questions, but none with this type of criteria.
This is two questions in one.
How do you store ...
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How to store and preserve lots of data?
I have many DVDs with movies and games, they are getting old and dusty, some of them are damaged. And I have more than 300 GB of general files in my PC. I want to store and preserve all of my data and ...
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DIY DAS enclosure [closed]
I'm planning to build a "dumb disk enclosure" (ie containing just disks and power supply) for my home server. Both since I'm out of expansion space in my server case, and part because I need a new ...
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Which RAID level gives me protection against bit errors?
I might confuse things with parity here, but does any of the RAID levels except RAID2 employ any means against silent bit corruption in the data? What about checksumming? I am not talking about ...
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Can I move a drive from a hardware-controlled RAID 1 mirror into a “dumb” system?
I'm considering a Sans Digital eSata RAID enclosure to expand the capacity of a system with no room for more internal disks.
I would put two 2TB drives in the enclosure and set up RAID 1 mirroring.
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Unable to install Mass Storage Devices
For some reason, I am unable to install mass storage devices on my Windows 7 x64 machine. I see the error from the image below.
If I point directly at the usbstor.inf driver, I still get the error.
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How much CPU power and RAM will I need in a 10 disk array?
I'm planning to build a low-power storage server with many drives.
Can I put an Atom based board into this machine? Or even ARM? Will a weak CPU cut into my throughput? What about RAM?
I am planning ...
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windows xp, “lost” memory in c:\windows folder
I'm running windows xp on this laptop, and experiencing something "weird".
My (minor, system) hard drive was once again getting full again. (it's a 30 GB drive). So I started to look into where the ...
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Timed/Periodical automatic uploads to DropBox?
I'm wondering if there are any tools/apps out that allow you to; select a specific set of files/folders -> select a specific time (every 3 hours for example) -> automatically upload/sync the selected ...
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Is there a performance hit to local file access with dropbox?
I've been considering using dropbox for a few reasons, since it seems to solve a lot of potential headaches. However, one thing I didn't find a lot of information on were the drawbacks from a ...
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My 4GB Micro SD card only allows me to use 1GB
My phone came with a 4GB Micro SD card. On the card it lists that 3GB goes to 'Muve Music' which is Cricket's music program, and I get 1GB.. Well, I don't pay for Muve Music, so why waste the space?
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What back-up solution that can share is fit for my multi-media situation?
my husband and I are looking for a solution of storing files and backing these up, and sharing songs in our iTunes Library and films we buy online. We are going to purchase a projector so we want this ...
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Hp ProLian DL160 g5 error using dvd recovery
on an HP ProLiant DL160 G5 Storage Server in which we have changed some components (due to previous fault), when i try to reinstall the system via dvd recovery i get:
"An invalid logical drive ...
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Shared storage that doesn't involve installing software for the sharee
Is there any storage provider that can allow shared storage without the person allocated shared rights having to install any software?
The reason for this request is that I wish my father who is a ...
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Is the lock mechanism on an SD card hardware, firmware, or software (driver,OS) enforced?
Where is the lock to read-only mode enforced with SD cards? Is this done inside the card itself physically, or in the firmware of readers, or in the OS? (Some other place?)
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LVM: Removing a 'Zombie' (Unavailable) VG
I have an LVM related problem. We have a server that 'learned' about a foreign volume group through a hard drive that was briefly attached. Now, with that hard drive gone again, all LVM utilities ...
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Windows software that display storage device using numbers and not letters
Is there a software (in Windows) that can display storage devices (and its partitions) based on numbers and not letters?
From my understanding, Windows use A:\ and B:\ for floppy drive, C:\ onwards ...
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File Storage NAS - Do i need to replicate in addition to RAID 5
Im going to buy a NAS server soon. Im pretty sure i know the one Im going to get.
It can hold 4 hard drives.
If I RAID 5 then I will have about 8gigs of storage.
I understand if there is mechanical ...
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Azure Storage for Mac?
Can anyone recommend a good Azure Storage Explorer for Mac?
I downloaded CyberDuck but does not seem to connect to Azure at all.
For some reason it puts an @ character in the URL. eg. ...
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Corruption-resistant file system that works across Windows and OSX?
I'm planning to build an external RAID-based media drive, and I'd like to use it across both my Windows and OSX machines. exFAT works for both operating systems, but from what I've heard, it's much ...
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Do fanless NAS devices exist? If not, can I build one myself?
I'm interested in finding a fanless NAS with at least two drives for silence and reliable storage (RAID 1), but I haven't been able to find anything.
Do these exist? Or does having a CPU in the NAS ...
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How to (re)use different-size external disks [closed]
I accumulated several external usb drives over time. Now, I end up with the following drives:
Western Digital 3.5" 1TB USB 2 (less than 1 year old)
Iomega 3.5" 320GB USB2 (2+ year old)
Custom built ...
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Secure shared drive services in “the cloud”
I've been trying to find a secure method of storing files for an organisation that's distributed around the globe.
I'm aware of DropBox et al but haven't found anything that has solid security, with ...
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Is it possible to connect a Drobo to a Terastation
I have a terastation which has 2x USB inputs for connecting external hard drives or USB printer to, and I want to know if I could connect a Drobo to one of those USBs to effectively put the Drobo on ...
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How do I create a RAID 0 volume on Dell Optiplex ICH7R?
I just bought a second-hand Dell Optiplex 330, Core2Duo 2.2GHz with G31 & ICH7R, which has a fresh installed Windows 7 Home Premium. The specifications sheet from Intel said ICH7R supports both ...
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How do I extend the storage space in my NAS server?
I have a NAS server (Dell R310 and FreeNAS OS) with RAID 1 and 2 x 250GB, and 2 slots for hot plug disk space are free. It is using hardware RAID.
But the disk space is almost full, how can I extend ...
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Create storage cloud using old external drives?
I have so many external USB drives just laying around.. from 100GB to 1TB. I keep buying new ones because I outgrow the old ones. Is there some external drive out there where you can plug in other ...
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Does an IMAP email client use local disk space?
I wonder if I use some email client like Thunderbird with IMAP protocol, would it consume storage on my hard drive? As I know every time I check my emails, they will be first downloaded to my ...
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Mounting a USB device to more than one machine at once?
Is it possible, using a Y or similar arrangement, to mount a USB device to more than one machine at once?
I realize a NAS or similar would be preferable, but if it were possible to mount en external ...
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How do I achieve a storage pool on my NAS?
I'm about to get a NAS for my home, and I'm thinking about FreeNas as opposed to a commercial solution, but I'm open to the most convenient and smooth solution
The single most important thing I want ...
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Can an SSD drive be reused / reformatted after a failure?
Being new to SSD (I don't own/use one, yet), how severe can storage loss be on those drives?
I heard that the entire drive can pretty much get lost instantly due to the technology it uses to store ...
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Building a PC for Storage Purposes?
I am looking to build a system primarily for storage purposes at my Home. I have a high end laptop for work, so won't use this much or at all for doing any processing intensive task. Here is what I ...
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Is storage hierarchy the path of data flow?
I was wondering if CPUs read and write data (almost) always
following the hierarchy of storage:
CPU <- register <- CPU cache memory <- main memory <- secondary
storage ?
If without ...
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Storing a laptop for a month
I won't be using my laptop for a month. I remember I let a laptop sit all summer and the battery failed.
How do I store a laptop and battery properly?
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Intel ICH10R vs Marvell 9123 for desktop RAID 1 with SSDs
I have a desktop with an ASUS motherboard with 6 SATA ports.
4x3Gbps ICH10R ports
2x6Gbps Marvell 9123 ports
I bought two 3Gbps Intel SSD drives to be used in a RAID 1 configuration (reliability ...
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SSD, HDD, DVD, Flash Card or Magnetic Tape: Which media will hold data for more time with less $? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What lasts longer: Data stored on non-volatile flash RAM, optical media, or magnetic disk?
I have a lot of really important information stored on an external hard disk ...
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Speed difference HFS and NTFS for data
I have two partitions, one NTFS and the other a Mac OS X HFS+ Journaled drive. My data mainly consists of Music (mp3, m4a files, videos (mkv, avi, wmv) and stored files (iso, exe and development ...
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How to archive a large amount of video files?
I have a video recording system that writes '.raw' video files to disk. I have a 6TB span of hard drives that it writes to. This allows just over 2 months of recordings before old ones are deleted.
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Are there something called wifi-enabled external storage disks?
I have 2 laptops at my home and one external disk. I have a requirement (more out of curiosity on how to achieve it than a real need):
I have set-up basic adhoc home network where one laptop accesses ...
