RAID
Various types of RAID setups..
See also: RAID
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2022-06-15 Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra Up And Running
2021-02-23 TESTED: OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual USB-C Enclosure, RAID-0 Striping Performance
2020-05-19 OWC ThunderBay 8: Speed vs Transfer size, RAID-0 vs Fault Tolerant RAID-5
2020-05-19 OWC ThunderBay 8: Speed Across Volume Capacity, RAID-0 Stripe vs Fault-Tolerant RAID-5
2020-05-11 OWC ThunderBay 8: Installing Hard Drives and SSDs, Plus Info and Specifications
2019-01-26 OWC Thunderbay 6 vs OWC Thunderbay 4: what if 5 Drives Are Used for RAID-0 instead of just four?
2019-01-24 TESTED: OWC Thunderbay 6, RAID-0 and RAID-5 Performance
2017-05-08 OWC Accelsior Pro Q: Rock Solid and Blazingly Fast
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2019-02-18 Delayed For Days: Hard Drive Horrors
2015-10-16 Big Fault-Tolerant Storage for Photographers: Deal on the OWC Thunderbay 4
2010-02-11 OWC Mercury Extreme SSD as fast RAID-0 stripe 4 drives
2009-02-12 Booted off striped RAID-0 Solid State drives
Various types of RAID setups..
High performance RAID-0, RAID-1, RAID-5, RAID-1+0..
Making software RAID volumes..
SSDs or hard drives for fast single-drive or RAID volumes in a portable enclosure..
Reviews of Thunderbolt products..
High performance with 2.5-inch hard drives or SSDs..
Ultra high flat-line performanc in 40 Terabyte capacity.
Six bay storage solution with RAID-0/1/4/5/10 or non-RAID..
Two-Drive Hardware RAID plus USB ports, SD slot, video, gigabit.
Eight bay storage solution with RAID-0/1/4/5/10 or non-RAID..
2-bay storage solution with hardware RAID options.
Eight bays for HDD, SSD plus PCIe Card and Ports.
Ultra high speed robust pro-grade external SSD..
High performance with hard drives or SSDs..
Dual-drive Thunderbolt + USB3 user-selectable RAID..
Three drives in a high-grade enclosure..
Suggestions for setting up your Mac for performance and data safety..
When and Why to Upgrade Your Mac..
The best hardware and configuration for Photoshop CS5..
How to configure a Mac to maximize Photoshop CS3/CS4 performance..
Speedups for working with images..
An in-depth look at how to find the right Mac setup for you.
Nuts and bolts of buying a Mac, and recommended extras..
Special Report: Upgrade Now or Wait?.
How fast and reliable can RAID-0, RAID-5 and RAID-6 go using an 8-drive mini-SAS box and a hardware RAID card?.
Choosing among 4/6/8/12 cores, and is 2010 Mac Pro faster or better than 2009 model?.
Ultra-fast solid state storage with hardware RAID for a Mac Pro in a PCIe slot..
Huge capacity in a speedy SATA SSD..
SSDs and thumb drives..
Various SATA and USB SSDs..
Fast 6 Gbps high capacity SSD..
Fast and durable, enterprise-grade solid state drives..
Many brands of solid state drives put on a good show when new, but some degrade with use..
Choosing and using solid state drives..
Apple’s 2012 MacBook Pro (non Retina)..
Dual-drive externals for travel or compact backup..
Reviews of various hardware and software..
Performance and use..
Outstanding high-capacity enterprise hard drive..
Modern Macs use USB3 and Thunderbolt..
2022-06-15 Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra Up And Running
2021-02-23 TESTED: OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual USB-C Enclosure, RAID-0 Striping Performance
2020-05-19 OWC ThunderBay 8: Speed vs Transfer size, RAID-0 vs Fault Tolerant RAID-5
2020-05-19 OWC ThunderBay 8: Speed Across Volume Capacity, RAID-0 Stripe vs Fault-Tolerant RAID-5
2020-05-11 OWC ThunderBay 8: Installing Hard Drives and SSDs, Plus Info and Specifications
2019-01-26 OWC Thunderbay 6 vs OWC Thunderbay 4: what if 5 Drives Are Used for RAID-0 instead of just four?
2019-01-24 TESTED: OWC Thunderbay 6, RAID-0 and RAID-5 Performance
2017-05-08 OWC Accelsior Pro Q: Rock Solid and Blazingly Fast
2017-04-13 OWC Accelsior Pro Q vs Accelsior: Real World Throughput
2016-11-25 TESTED: OWC 40TB Thunderbay 4 Mini SSD with RAID-0 Stripe and RAID-4 Fault Tolerance
2016-11-25 TESTED: OWC 40TB SSD Sequential Transfer Speed
2016-11-23 OWC 40TB Thunderbay 4 Mini SSD
2016-04-11 OWC Announces SoftRAID 5.5: allows users to convert Apple RAID volumes to SoftRAID
2015-12-19 TESTED: 2TB Samsung 850 EVO, Singly and RAID-0
2015-12-17 TESTED: 1TB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD
2015-12-12 Walkthrough: How to make a RAID Stripe Using SoftRAID 5.1
2015-12-10 TESTED: 1TB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD in Thunderbay 4 Mini, RAID-0 Stripe Configuration
2015-11-17 HGST 8TB Ultrastar He8: RAID-4, RAID-0, RAID-5 Scalability
2014-12-06 OWC Mercury Electra 6G 960GB SSD: RAID-0 Striping vs RAID-5 vs RAID-4 vs RAID-10
2014-11-25 RAID-0 vs RAID-4 or RAID-5: Does the CPU Usage Matter?
2014-11-23 RAID-0 vs RAID-4 or RAID-5: Does the CPU Usage Matter?
2014-11-22 RAID: Performance vs Transfer Size
2014-08-04 SoftRAID 5 Goes Final: High Performance RAID 5, RAID 1+0, RAID-0, RAID-1
2014-07-25 Four SSDs in OWC Thunderbay 4 test with RAID-0 and RAID-5
2014-07-11 RAID-0 Scalability with Thunderbolt 2: Separate Bus or Daisy Chain?
2014-07-08 RAID-0 Scalability: 60TB and 12 Hard Drives in Three OWC Thunderbay 4 Enclosures
2014-06-08 SoftRAID 5: Performance with RAID-0, RAID-5, RAID-1+0
2013-07-13 Defrag or Upgrade to Faster/Larger? (Lightroom, Aperture, etc)
2013-06-13 Pegasus J4: One Part of the Switchover Solution for the new Mac Pro?
2013-01-11 Fast Hard Drive: Toshiba HGST 3TB (HDKPC08/DT01ACAxx) with RAID-0 Stripe Results
2012-07-25 Why I NEED 80GB or 96GB Memory in my Mac Pro: Photoshop CS6 Performance
2012-06-22 OWC 960GB Mercury Electra 3G SSD — Breakthrough SSD Capacity!
2012-04-11 4TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 Hard Drive in 3-way RAID-0 Stripe
2012-04-04 4TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 Hard Drive for 16TB Inside a Mac Pro
2011-07-04 OWC 480GB in 2010 Mac Pro, Single SSD, and RAID-0 of 2 or 3 SSDs
2011-06-07 The All-SSD Mac Pro
2011-05-07 Save Big Photoshop Files 20X Faster!
2011-05-07 How fast are Four Hitachi 7K3000 3TB Hard Drives in a RAID-0 Stripe?
2010-08-09 How to Mitigate 2010 Mac Pro 4/6-core Memory Limits
2010-08-08 My iMac 27" is Off to OWC for the MPG Pro One Upgrade — What I Ordered
2010-07-11 OWC Mercury Extreme Pro RE 400GB Solid State Drive (SSD)
2010-06-25 Converting to a Larger Time Machine volume, and a Faster One Too!