How many drives do you have in your desktop? Most people have just one, and because the additional cost and difficulty associated with adding and managing RAID can be a deterrent both at home and at ...

Lately, when I look at the specifications of new mainboards and their configuration, seeing SATA RAID or ATA RAID on the board comes as no surprise. Many of the manufacturers are now offering their ...

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This was among the driving forces behind the development of the Serial ATA standard, which showed potential to address these issues. Now in its second revision, SATA is delivering what system builders ...

If you are using RAID on your computer, it might not be configured correctly, or the driver is not installed correctly. If that is the case, you need to configure RAID in the correct way. On the other ...

Learn about how TweakTown tests and reviews hardware. When we tested the ASUS P55 and GIGABYTE P55 boards with USB 3.0 and SATA 6G, we found some interesting numbers when using the GIGABYTE P55A-UD4P ...

This is possibly the fastest, direct-attached, dual-drive RAID external enclosure you can buy. However, Thunderbolt 3 is pricey overkill for the far slower SATA. USB 3.1 will do the job, and for a lot ...

Network semiconductor maker PMC-Sierra today announced its first 6Gbit/sec RAID controller for both serial ATA (SATA) and serial SCSI (SAS) systems. The Adaptec Series 6E controllers double the I/O ...

We recently borrowed a Promise Fastrak TX4650 RAID card for our how to build a NAS box guide, but we were still curious whether the card is faster than an on-board RAID controller. So, with four ...

This small, handy, and versatile 2.5-inch USB 3.1 (10Mbps) RAID enclosure gives you internal SATA speed in an external box. And for far less than the Thunderbolt competitors. There are times when ...