A co-worker and I were bored last week and wondered about the possibility of taking a large number of old USB thumb drives of various sizes and connecting them in a RAID setup. I'm not incredibly ...

I'm prepping for my next major build, and I'm considering some odd options. One of the boards I am looking at has 6x USB 3 connectors, which got me to thinking about setting up an external raid array ...

SSD RAID (solid-state drive RAID) is a methodology commonly used to protect data by distributing redundant data blocks across multiple SSDs. Technology vendors have since extended the concept of RAID ...

Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting ...

OWC’s new ThunderBlade X8 is a new SSD RAID array that promises up to 2,949 MB/s real-world speeds with up to 16% performance in RAID 4/5 redundant configurations when used in tandem with Apple ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Cloud storage is everywhere. Despite the ongoing memory crisis, SSDs have gotten cheap enough that most new PCs don't even bother with a ...

Addonics Technologies (www.addonics.com) today announced the Sapphire 5-slot CFast drive and the Sapphire CF, a family of four flash drive solutions, which are ideal for creating your own SSD (solid ...

SoftRAID 9 brings dual-parity RAID to direct-attached storage without a hardware RAID controller, including a new SSD-oriented RAID 6+ mode.

OWC SoftRAID 9 adds RAID 6 and RAID 6+ protection designed to keep an array accessible after two drives fail, but the new modes require macOS 27. SoftRAID 9 is ...