ZFS’ most significant feature may be its scalability. Since ZFS can manage 1 billion terabytes of data, nearly any size business or IT department can use the system.

Businesses transitioning to the cloud have a big learning curve ahead. And for the IT pros responsible for data storage for startups, it’s a big responsibility to make the right decision on cloud systems, NAS storage, and much more.

Introduction If you are a storage expert, you may have heard about these two protocols. But buying new storage arrays may face barriers of selectivity, such as Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI, and determining which is better. Based on their reliability, performance, cost, scalability, and flexibility, we compare the two to help you make an informed decision. Fibre Channel Overview…

Introduction Nowadays, knowledge of Hard Disk Drives becomes increasingly important as the requirements of capacity and performance of storage are growing exponentially in huge enterprises or even small and medium business environments. People that talk about the needs of storage would also come out with a question – SAS or SATA, what kind of drive should I use? –…

QoS has a control mechanism that provides different priorities for different users or different data streams or ensures that the performance of the data stream reaches a certain level according to the requirements of the application.