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Understanding Storage and Hard Drives

How to erase and partition drives..

  1. Terminology: Volume vs Drive
  2. How to Initialize or Erase a New or Existing Drive
  3. How to Partition Drives Into Multiple Volumes
  4. Validating a Hard Drive or SSD or RAID (DiskTester fill-volume)
  5. OWC DriveGuide Software

Drive Capacity and Speed

Larger drives are faster..

  1. Why You Need More Space Than You You Need
  2. Larger Hard Drives Are Faster Than Smaller Ones
  3. The Fastest 2TB Volume is on a 4TB Drive
  4. 4/5/6TB Hard Drives: Higher Capacity Boosts Real-World Performance
  5. Optimizing Hard Drive Capacity for High Performance

RAID

Various types of RAID setups..

  1. About RAID
  2. Understanding Fault Tolerance
  3. RAID Fault Tolerance : Keep a Cold Spare
  4. Speed: RAID-5 vs RAID-0
  5. Speed: RAID 1 Mirroring
  6. RAID 1 Mirroring
  7. How to Create a Software RAID-01
  8. RAID 0 Striping
  9. How to Create a Software RAID-0
  10. RAID 1+0: Striped Mirrors
  11. RAID-4 / RAID-5 and RAID 6 for Performance and Reliability
  12. Step-by-step to setting up RAID on Mac OS X
  13. SoftRAID is easier RAID

About Using Software RAID

Reasons for using software RAID, making the choice of RAID type, etc..

  1. Why Use Software RAID?
  2. Why Use RAID-5?
  3. RAID-5 / RAID-4 Can be Partitioned to Suit
  4. Why Use RAID-1+0?
  5. Why Use RAID-1 Mirror?

Software RAID Performance with SoftRAID 5

High performance RAID-0, RAID-1, RAID-5, RAID-1+0..

  1. Single-Drive Performance with SoftRAID 5
  2. RAID-0 Performance with SoftRAID 5
  3. RAID-5 Performance with SoftRAID 5
  4. SoftRAID RAID-4 / RAID-5 Performance with Heavy CPU load
  5. RAID-1+0 Performance with SoftRAID 5

Software RAID with SoftRAID

Making software RAID volumes..

  1. Software RAID Creation in SoftRAID
  2. Walkthrough: creating a RAID-0 Stripe in SoftRAID
  3. Software RAID-1 Mirror in SoftRAID
  4. Software RAID-5 in SoftRAID
  5. Software RAID 1+0 (Striped Mirrors) in SoftRAID

Promise Pegasus J4 Thunderbolt 4-Drive Enclosure

SSDs or hard drives for fast single-drive or RAID volumes in a portable enclosure..

  1. Promise Pegasus J4 — Overview
  2. Promise Pegasus J4 — Drive Installation
  3. Promise Pegasus J4 — Reliability Issues
  4. Promise Pegasus J4 — Initializing Volumes
  5. Promise Pegasus J4 — SSD Speed (Compressible)
  6. Promise Pegasus J4 — SSD Speed (Incompressible)
  7. Promise Pegasus J4 — SSD Speed (Fast Hard Drives)
  8. Promise Pegasus J4 — Photoshop CS6 Speed (diglloydHuge)
  9. Promise Pegasus J4 — Recommended Configuration

Thunderbolt peripherals

Reviews of Thunderbolt products..

  1. OWC Drive Dock: Thunderbolt + USB3 Connectivity Using Dual Bare Hard Drives or SSDs
  2. OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock for Port Expansion
  3. OWC Thunderbolt Go Dock for Port Expansion
  4. LaCie 2Big 20TB Thunderbolt 3 Storage Dock
  5. LaCie Bolt 2TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD
  6. TekQ Rapide SSD
  7. OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 SSD, Consumer Edition vs Video Edition
  8. OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock for Port Expansion
  9. OWC USB-C Dock for Apple MacBook
  10. OWC Mercury Helios Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis for PCIe Cards
  11. OWC Mercury Helios 2 Dual Bay PCIe Enclosure
  12. FirmTek ThunderTek/PX Q6G Thunderbolt to 4-Port eSATA
  13. OWC 30 Meter Optical Thunderbolt Cable: Does Length Matter for Performance?

OWC Thunderbay 4 Mini

High performance with 2.5-inch hard drives or SSDs..

  1. OWC Thunderbay 4 Mini Overview
  2. Initializing with New Drives
  3. Aggregate Throughput with 4 X 6G SSD
  4. Sequential Speed vs Transfer Size with SSDs
  5. Sequential Speed of Large Transfers with SSDs
  6. RAID-5 vs RAID-4 with SSDs
  7. Thunderbay Mini with SSDs as a Photoshop Scratch Disk
  8. Thunderbay Mini with SSDs: Incompressible Data
  9. CPU Usage for RAID-0 vs RAID-4 or RAID-5
  10. Real World Throughput for RAID-0 vs RAID-4 vs RAID-5
  11. Outrageous Speed with 8 SSDs in Dual Thunderbay 4 Minis
  12. Outrageous Speed with 8 SSDs in Dual Thunderbay 4 Minis: Speed vs Transfer Size

OWC 40TB SSD (in Thunderbay 4 Mini)

Ultra high flat-line performanc in 40 Terabyte capacity.

  1. OWC 40TB SSD
  2. OWC 40TB SSD: RAID Setup
  3. OWC 40TB SSD: RAID-0 and RAID-4 Sustained Transfer Performance
  4. OWC 40TB SSD: RAID-4 vs RAID-5
  5. OWC 40TB SSD: RAID-0 Transfer Size Performance
  6. OWC 40TB SSD: Photoshop Scratch Disk Performance

OWC Thunderbay 6

Six bay storage solution with RAID-0/1/4/5/10 or non-RAID..

  1. Overview of OWC Thunderbay 6
  2. OWC Thunderbay 6: RAID-0 Performance
  3. OWC Thunderbay 6 vs Thunderbay 4: RAID-0 Performance Options
  4. OWC Thunderbay 6: RAID-5 Performance
  5. OWC Thunderbay 6 vs Thunderbay 4: RAID-5 Performance Options

OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dock

Two-Drive Hardware RAID plus USB ports, SD slot, video, gigabit.

  1. OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dock: Overview
  2. OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dock: Speed Across Capacity
  3. OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dock: Speed vs Transfer Size
  4. OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dock: SD Card Slot Speed

OWC Envoy Pro EX SSD, Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C

Two high-performance SSDs.

  1. OWC Envoy Pro EX SSD: Overview
  2. OWC Envoy Pro EX SSD: Speed Across Capacity
  3. OWC Envoy Pro EX SSD: Speed vs Transfer Size
  4. OWC Envoy Pro EX 8TB USB-C SSD: 8TB of Maxed-Out Speed
  5. OWC Envoy Pro EX SSD: vs OWC Thunderblade
  6. OWC Envoy Pro EX SSD: Conclusions and Recommendations

OWC ThunderBay 8

Eight bay storage solution with RAID-0/1/4/5/10 or non-RAID..

  1. OWC ThunderBay 8: Overview
  2. OWC ThunderBay 8: Examples of Various Configurations using SoftRAID
  3. OWC ThunderBay 8: RAID-0 vs RAID5 vs RAID10 Performance
  4. OWC ThunderBay 8: Speed Across Volume Capacity, RAID-0 vs RAID-5
  5. OWC ThunderBay 8: Speed vs Transfer size, RAID-0 vs RAID-5

OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual USB-C

2-bay storage solution with hardware RAID options.

  1. OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual: Overview
  2. OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual: Performance with 2 X 18TB Hard Drives
  3. OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual: Performance with 36TB RAID-0
  4. OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual: Aggregate Read/Write Bandwidth

Big Fast Hard Drives

Big Fast Hard Drives, 2021 and Later.

  1. Western Digital 18TB Ultrastar DC HC550 Hard Drive
  2. Seagate Iron Wolf Pro 20TB Hard Drive
  3. Western Digital Purpose 22TB Hard Drive

OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8

Eight bays for HDD, SSD plus PCIe Card and Ports.

  1. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: Overview
  2. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: Configuration Possibilities
  3. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: Designing an OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8 Configuration for Still Photography or Videography
  4. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: HDD Speed Across Volume Capacity, RAID-0 vs RAID-5
  5. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: HDD Speed vs Transfer Size
  6. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: SSD Speed Across Volume Capacity
  7. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: SSD Speed vs Transfer Size
  8. OWC Thunderbay FLEX 8: SD Camera Card Slot Speed

OWC Thunderblade SSD

Ultra high speed robust pro-grade external SSD..

  1. OWC Thunderblade Thunderbolt 3 SSD: Overview
  2. OWC Thunderblade Thunderbolt 3 SSD: Unboxing
  3. OWC Thunderblade Thunderbolt 3 SSD: Sustained Transfer Speed
  4. OWC Thunderblade Thunderbolt 3 SSD: Speed vs Transfer Size
  5. OWC Thunderblade 16TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD: Double the Fun

OWC Thunderbay IV / 4 Thunderbolt Enclosure

High performance with hard drives or SSDs..

  1. OWC Thunderbay IV / 4 Thunderbolt Enclosure
  2. OWC Thunderbay IV vs Thunderbay 4 (Thunderbolt vs Thunderbolt 2)
  3. OWC Thunderbay 4 with Four OWC SSDs as RAID-0 Stripe
  4. OWC Thunderbay 4 with Four OWC SSDs in RAID-5
  5. RAID-0, RAID-5, RAID 1+0 Performance (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
  6. RAID-0 with 4/3/2 Drives (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
  7. RAID-5 with 4 / 3 Hard Drives (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
  8. RAID-1 Mirror (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)
  9. Thunderbolt vs USB3 with 6G SSD (SoftRAID, Thunderbolt v1)

OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual Thunderbolt / USB3

Dual-drive Thunderbolt + USB3 user-selectable RAID..

  1. Overview of OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual
  2. Formatting and Partitioning
  3. Ergonomics of OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual
  4. Performance as RAID-0 Stripe
  5. Performance as RAID-1 Mirror
  6. Thunderbolt vs USB3 Performance as RAID-0 Stripe
  7. Striping 4 Drives In Two OWC Mercury Elite Pro Duals
  8. RAID 1+0: Striping a Pair of Mirrors for Fault Tolerance

CalDigit T3 3-Drive Thunderbolt Enclosure

Three drives in a high-grade enclosure..

  1. CalDigit T3 Overview
  2. CalDigit T3 Drive Modules
  3. CalDigit T3: 3-HDD RAID-0 Stripe
  4. CalDigit T3: 3-HDD RAID-1 Mirror
  5. CalDigit T3: 3-HDD RAID-5 (Striping with Parity)
  6. CalDigit T3: 3-HDD RAID-5 vs RAID-0

Drobo 5D with Thunderbolt or USB3

RAID reliability in easy to configure 5-drive enclosure for full-size hard drives..

  1. Data Robotics DROBO 5D
  2. Drobo 5D Setup
  3. Drobo Dashboard
  4. Drobo 5D Read/Write Performance
  5. Drobo 5D Read/Write Performance Across Capacity
  6. Drobo 5D — Excessive CPU Utilization
  7. Drobo 5D — As a Photoshop Scratch Disk

How To Guides

How to perform useful tasks and upgrades..

  1. How to Verify/Repair a RAID Volume
  2. How to detect a failing hard drive (SMART status)
  3. How to See Disk Usage / Space Used
  4. How to use a Mac Pro as a Robust File Server

Setting Up Your Mac For Better Security

Reduce the chances of security breaches..

  1. File Sharing and Remote Access

Upgrading Your Mac

When and Why to Upgrade Your Mac..

  1. Upgrades: Internal Hard Drive or Solid State Drive?
  2. Upgrading Your System Drive
  3. Upgrading Mac Pro Internal Drives

Optimizing Mac Performance

Learn about Activity Monitor and understand how CPU cores, processes, memory use, and software scalability affect performance..

  1. Optimizing your Mac: SSD for Fast Virtual Memory
  2. Optimizing your Mac: Fast Hard Drive or SSD
  3. How to Reclaim Wasted Cache Space on Your Boot Drive

How to Buy / What to Buy

Nuts and bolts of buying a Mac, and recommended extras..

  1. Buyer's Guide: Multi-interface External Enclosures
  2. Buyer's Guide: Hard Drives for Mac Pro
  3. Buyer's Guide: Recommended Solid State Drives (SSD)

Fast and Reliable Hardware RAID

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?.

  1. Introduction to RAID Considerations
  2. Choosing RAID-0, RAID-5, RAID-6
  3. CiDesign iStoragePro iT8SAE Enclosure
  4. Atto R380 RAID PCI Express RAID Card
  5. Atto/iStoragePro Performance and Testing Overview
  6. Atto/iStoragePro Test Results for RAID-0 Striping
  7. Atto/iStoragePro Test Results for RAID-5 Striping + Parity
  8. Atto/iStoragePro Test Results for RAID-6 Striping + Dual Parity
  9. Atto/iStoragePro Speed with Western Digital RE4 vs Hitachi 7K2000
  10. Atto/iStoragePro RAID Conclusions

OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe RAID SSD

Ultra-fast solid state storage with hardware RAID for a Mac Pro in a PCIe slot..

  1. Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD with Hardware RAID
  2. Mercury Accelsior 'E2' PCIe SSD with Dual eSATA Ports
  3. Mercury Accelsior 'E2' Upgrade Process (Module Swap)
  4. Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Setup and Configuration
  5. Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Benefits and Applications
  6. Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Performance Singly and Striped
  7. Mercury Accelsior 'E2' eSATA 6G Speed with HDD / SSD
  8. Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Photoshop CS6 Benchmark (diglloydMedium)
  9. Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Photoshop CS6 Benchmark (diglloydHuge)
  10. Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Speed vs Capacity and Data Type (240GB)
  11. Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Speed vs Capacity and Data Type (480GB)
  12. Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Speed (Triple RAID-0 Stripe)
  13. Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD — Conclusions

OWC Mercury Accelsior Pro Q

Ultra-fast PCIe SSD for Classic Mac Pro or Thunderbolt Macs.

  1. OWC Mercury Accelsior Pro Q
  2. Performance as Photoshop Scratch Drive (diglloydHuge Benchmark)
  3. Sustained Transfer Speed, Single and Striped (2013 Mac Pro)
  4. Speed vs Transfer Size, Single and Striped (2013 Mac Pro)

OWC Mercury Electra 960GB 3G SSD

Huge capacity in a speedy SATA SSD..

  1. OWC Mercury Electra 960GB — Introduction
  2. OWC Mercury Electra 960GB — Performance
  3. OWC Mercury Electra 960GB — RAID-0 Stripe Performance
  4. OWC Mercury Electra 960GB — Photoshop CS6 diglloydMedium

Solid State Drives, Various

SSDs and thumb drives..

  1. OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini USB-C SSD
  2. OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini USB3 / eSATA SSD
  3. Kingston HyperX 128GB Data Traveler USB3 Thumb Drive
  4. OWC Mercury Envoy Pro EX 480GB USB3 SSD
  5. OWC Mercury Envoy Pro EX 1TB USB3 SSD
  6. OWC Mercury Envoy Pro EX 2TB USB-C SSD: Awesomely Fast!
  7. OWC Mercury Envoy Pro FX Thunderbolt 3 SSD: Awesomely Fast!
  8. OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual Mini USB-C
  9. 4TB SanDisk Extreme PRO V2 USB-C SSD
  10. 2TB Samsung T5 USB-C SSD
  11. 2TB Samsung T7 USB-C SSD
  12. 4TB Samsung T7 Shield USB-C SSD
  13. 4TB Crucial X6 USB-C SSD
  14. 2TB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, Singly and in 8TB RAID-0
  15. Samsung 860 EVO, 2TB and 4TB SSDs
  16. OWC Envoy Pro Mini 480GB Ultra-Portable SSD
  17. OWC Aura 960GB SSD Upgrade for MacBook Air or MacBook Pro Retina
  18. Micron P400e 400GB Enterprise-Grade SSD
  19. Samsung 4TB 850 Evo SATA III SSD

OWC SSDs, Various

Various SATA and USB SSDs..

  1. Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD
  2. Sustained Transfer Speed — 2011 MacBook Pro 6G Port
  3. Read Applications Folder — 2011 MacBook Pro 6G Port
  4. Duplicate Image Files — 2011 MacBook Pro 6G Port
  5. Photoshop CS5 diglloydMedium Benchmark
  6. Photoshop CS5 diglloydHuge Benchmark — OWC 480GB 6G SSD on Mac Pro 3G Port
  7. Sustained Transfer Speed — OWC 480GB 6G SSD on 2010 Mac Pro 3G Ports
  8. Sustained Transfer Speed — OWC 480GB 6G SSD on 2011 MacBook Pro 6G
  9. Sustained Transfer Speed — 2010 Mac Pro Internal 3G Port 120GB Model
  10. OWC 1TB Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD (Late 2015), Single and RAID-0
  11. OWC 2TB Mercury Electra Max 6G SSD
  12. OWC 4TB Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD
  13. OWC Elektron USB-C SSD

OWC Mercury Electra 6G 960GB SSD

Fast 6 Gbps high capacity SSD..

  1. OWC Mercury Electra 6G 960GB SSD: Aggregate Throughput in OWC Thunderbay Mini
  2. OWC Mercury Electra 6G 960GB SSD: Zeroes vs Incompressible
  3. OWC Mercury Electra 6G 960GB SSD: diglloydHuge Photoshop Benchmark
  4. OWC Mercury Electra 960GB — RAID-5, RAID-4, RAID-0, RAID 1+0

OWC Mercury Aura SSD for Mac Pro

High Capacity internal SSD for 2013 Mac Pro..

  1. OWC Mercury Aura SSD for Mac Pro
  2. Suggested Boot/Master Volume Partitioning for Large SSD
  3. Sustained Transfer Speed for Large Transfers
  4. Transfer speed from 32K to 512MB
  5. As Photoshop Scratch Disk for diglloydHuge Benchmark

OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Solid State Drives

Fast and durable, enterprise-grade solid state drives..

  1. Introduction to Mercury Extreme Pro 3G
  2. Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Single Drive Performance
  3. Mercury Extreme Pro 3G RAID-0 Stripe Performance
  4. Mercury Extreme Pro 3G and Photoshop on Mac
  5. Mercury Extreme Pro 3G and Photoshop on Windows
  6. Mercury Extreme Pro 3G RAID-0 Stripe Performance
  7. Comparing the Mercury Extreme Pro 3G 400GB to 200GB Model
  8. Comparing the Mercury Extreme Pro 3G 480GB to 240GB Model
  9. OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G 115GB SSD (25nm Flash)
  10. Mercury Extreme Pro 3G Conclusions

SPECIAL REPORT: Real World SSD Performance

Many brands of solid state drives put on a good show when new, but some degrade with use..

  1. Real-World SSD Performance Considerations (Introduction)
  2. Seasoning SSDs for Testing
  3. New vs Seasoned OWC Mercury Pro RE 200GB
  4. New vs Seasoned OWC Mercury Pro 240GB
  5. New vs Seasoned Crucial RealSSD 256GB
  6. New vs Seasoned Crucial M225 256GB
  7. New vs Seasoned Intel 160GB G2
  8. Comparing SSD Performance Results
  9. Comparing SSD Performance: Fill-volume 1000-file Test Results
  10. Severe Duty: OWC Extreme Pro RE vs Crucial RealSSD
  11. Severe Duty: OWC Extreme Pro vs Intel 160GB G2
  12. Severe Duty: OWC Extreme Pro vs Apple 512GB SSD
  13. Real World SSD Performance Conclusions

Solid State Drives (SSD)

Choosing and using solid state drives..

  1. Overview of Solid State Drives (SSD)
  2. Understanding Compressible vs Incompressible Data
  3. How to Make Your Mac Feel Lightning-fast
  4. Installing a solid state drive (SSD)
  5. Reconditioning a solid state drive (SSD)
  6. Crucial 128GB solid state drive (SSD)
  7. Crucial M225 256GB solid state drive (SSD)
  8. Intel X25-M G2 160GB solid state drive (SSD)
  9. OWC Mercury Elite On-The-Go External SSD
  10. Intel X25-E SSD
  11. Intel X25-M SSD on MacBook Pro
  12. Intel X25-M SSD in Mac Pro RAID

Special Report: Virtual Memory on Apple MacBook Pro

Virtual memory performance on the Apple MacBook Pro 2010/2009 with solid state drives and hard drives..

  1. MacBook Pro Virtual Memory Considerations
  2. How The MacBook Pro Virtual Memory Tests Were Done
  3. Terms Used in Virtual Memory Test Graphs
  4. Virtual Memory with 32-bit Snow Leopard Kernel (MacBook Pro)
  5. Virtual Memory with 64-bit Snow Leopard Kernel (MacBook Pro)
  6. MacBook Pro Virtual Memory Recommendations

OWC Portable Dual-Drive RAID-0 or RAID-1 Mini Enclosures

Dual-drive externals for travel or compact backup..

  1. OWC Dual-drive Enclosures Overview
  2. OWC Dual-drive Features
  3. OWC Dual-drive Power Supply Options
  4. OWC Dual-drive Ergonomics
  5. Performance on Mac Pro with eSATA
  6. Performance on Mac Pro with Firewire 800
  7. Performance on MacBook Pro with eSATA
  8. Performance on MacBook Pro with Firewire 800
  9. OWC Dual-drive Conclusions

Drives and Expansion and Various

Reviews of various hardware and software..

  1. CalDigit PCIe 2-Port USB3 Card for Mac Pro
  2. NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G 2-Port PCIe Card for Mac Pro
  3. NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G 4-Port RAID Controller
  4. NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G + USB3 PCIe Card
  5. Newer Technology Guardian Maximum 2TB RAID-1 Mirror for Plug and Play Reliability
  6. OWC Mercury Elite Pro (2011 model)
  7. OWC Mercury Elite Pro (2012 w/USB3 model)
  8. OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Mini (2010 model)
  9. FirmTek U3 USB3 Swappable 2.5-inch Drive Enclosure
  10. OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini (2011 model)
  11. OWC Mercury Elite Al-PRO QX2
  12. Data Robotics Drobo
  13. NewerTech Voyager Q Drive Dock
  14. OWC Drive Dock USB-C
  15. OWC On-The-Go 2.5-inch enclosure
  16. Sonnet Fusion F2 portable 2-drive RAID
  17. 2009 Apple MacBook Pro unibody 17
  18. Pimp My MacBook Pro
  19. 2008 Apple MacBook Pro unibody
  20. 2009 Apple MacMini
  21. Sonnet Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34
  22. Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372 3G Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot

Desktop Hard Drives

Performance and use..

  1. Testing Desktop Hard Drives (Introduction)
  2. HGST Deskstar 6TB NAS Hard Drive
  3. Hitachi 4TB Deskstar 7K4000 Hard Drive
  4. Toshiba 3TB Hard Drive (HDKPC08/DT01ACAxx)
  5. Toshiba 4TB Enterprise Hard Drive (MG03ACA400)
  6. Toshiba 4TB MG03ACA400 vs 3TB DT01ACA300: Is Cheaper Faster?
  7. Hitachi 4TB Deskstar 5K4000 'Coolspin' Hard Drive
  8. Hitachi 3TB Deskstar 7K3000
  9. Western Digital RE4 2TB Enterprise Grade 'RAID Edition' HDD
  10. Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB hard drive
  11. Hitachi 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 / Ultrastar A7K2000
  12. Western Digital RE4-GP 2TB
  13. Low-power 2TB consumer hard drives
  14. Hitachi 1TB Deskstar E7K1000 Saturn.E
  15. Hitachi 1TB Deskstar 7K1000
  16. Maxtor 500GB Maxline Pro 7H500F0
  17. Seagate 1TB Barracuda ES_2
  18. Seagate 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11
  19. Western Digital 1TB RE3

HGST 8TB Ultrastar He8

Outstanding high-capacity enterprise hard drive..

  1. HGST 8TB Ultrastar He8 Hard Drive
  2. Using 4 or 5 8TB Hard Drives: Singly or RAID and How?
  3. Using High Capacity Drives Singly (non-RAID)
  4. Using High Capacity Drives in a RAID-0 Stripe Volume
  5. Using High Capacity Drives as Single Large RAID-4 / RAID-5 Volume
  6. Using High Capacity Drives as RAID-4 / RAID-5, Multiple Volumes
  7. HGST Ultrastar He8: Sample Variation
  8. HGST 8TB Ultrastar He8 vs HGST 6TB Deskstar NAS, 6TB Capacity Utilization
  9. HGST Ultrastar He8 Performance: Speed vs Capacity Utilization
  10. HGST Ultrastar He8 Performance: Transfer Size
  11. HGST Ultrastar He8 Performance: RAID-0 Striping
  12. HGST Ultrastar He8 Performance: RAID-0 vs RAID-4 / RAID-5 Compared 3/4/5/6/7/8 Drives
  13. HGST Ultrastar He8 Performance: RAID 1+0

Laptop Hard Drives

Technical performance data..

  1. Testing Laptop Hard Drives (Introduction)
  2. Seagate 500GB Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drive
  3. Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB
  4. Fujitsu 320GB
  5. Intel 80GB X25-M SSD
  6. Hitachi 500GB Travelstar 5K500.B
  7. Hitachi 320GB Travelstar 7K320
  8. Seagate 160GB Momentus 7200.2
  9. Seagate 320GB Momentus 7200.3
  10. Western Digital 320GB Scorpio Black
  11. Western Digital 500GB Scorpio Blue

Older storage interfaces

Modern Macs use USB3 and Thunderbolt..

  1. Introduction to Storage Performance
  2. Why you should avoid Port Multiplication
  3. SATA, Firewire, and USB
  4. eSATA compared to Firewire 800
  5. eSATA PCI-Express card configuration

Fusion How To

Using Apple’s Fusion drive technology..

  1. Apple’s Fusion Drive Technology
  2. Fusion vs Alternatives
  3. Are Two Drives 'Fused' as Reliable?
  4. Controlled Fusion: Partitioning for Targeted Performance
  5. How to Partition A Fusion Drive

Fusion Technical Nerd Stuff

More technical details about using Apple Fusion..

  1. How Foolin' with Fusion Can Blow Up Your Data
  2. Does Fusion Actually Migrate Files?
  3. Setting up a Fusion Volume
  4. Fusion Volume Speed (OWC PCIe SSD + HDD)

Blog posts

2015

2015-09-19 Two Products MPG Uses Every Day

2014

2014-10-08 Big Storage: 4TB, 5TB, 6TB Hard Drives

2014-09-10 Big Storage: 4TB, 5TB, 6TB Hard Drives

2014-01-10 Understanding Drive vs Volume, Partitioning

2014-01-05 Erasing a Drive, How and Why to Partition a Drive, RAID, Validating a Drive

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