How To Do Predictive Maintenance for RAID Configurations

Dec 5, 2023 | Predictive Maintenance, RAID

We live in a world where the health of the drive and the data it stores are crucial for the normal functioning of business. RAID configurations are an indispensable component of modern data storage as they offer increased performance and data redundancy. What are the...

How Do You Check If Your Drive is Healthy?

Nov 7, 2023 | Drive Health Monitoring

A hard drive is one of the most delicate and important parts of a PC. It needs regular maintenance, such as defragmenting and cleaning, to keep its data in good shape. However, even with the best care, a hard drive will eventually fail. Sometimes you can notice the...

How Reliable are SMART Trips?

Sep 19, 2023 | SMART

Imagine that you check SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) on your drive and you receive a SMART trip. Should you be replacing your drive immediately? Conversely, if it declares your drive does not have a SMART trip, does it mean that your drive...

Challenges in Data Storage: RAID Configurations

Aug 8, 2023 | RAID

As we have seen in an earlier post in the series, disk storage plays a vital role in preserving our data, whether it’s personal files, critical business data, or large-scale databases. RAID configurations have become an indispensable component of modern data...

What is the Best Way to Detect Bad Sectors in a RAID?

Jul 5, 2023 | RAID

Hard drives commonly encounter the issue of bad sectors, which can lead to the loss of data and a decline in performance. There are several methods to detect bad sectors in a RAID. Through Read Commands One method to find bad sectors is to simply read from the drive...