If you thought measuring and maximising disk performance for a single server was complex, wait until you start to research the topic for VM host servers. This thread was was prompted by a conversation ...

Synology DSM partitions a 2tb drive as 2.38g for the OS 2.00gb for the swap file and an 127mb "unallocated" before user created partitions and 99mb "unallocated" after. I think the space for the OS ...

Am I missing something here... ? It was my understanding that with a RAID setup, it was possible to increase performance (not taking into account reliability) above that of a single disk. Let's say I ...

In this podcast, we talk to Rainer Kaese, senior manager for business development for hard disk drives (HDDs) for Toshiba Electronics Europe about the use cases most suited to HDDs. Kaese outlines the ...

Microsoft Edge can now automatically compress disk caches to improve performance. The new capability is available with Edge version 102 or later. Compression allows Edge to get the most out of cache ...

Suppose you are a technology professional dealing with data-intensive workloads. In that case, storage performance is always on your mind. Even more so in the public cloud, where storage typically has ...

Microsoft adds instant access incremental snapshots to Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk, enabling near-instant restores.

While Windows 11 has arrived with a beautiful new interface and some great add-ons, the disk usage spike issue is still there. There have been numerous reports by Windows 11 users complaining about ...

Performance key for disk-based backup Performance key for disk-based backup By Bill Andrews Disk-based backup systems that support compression and data deduplication can be an attractive alternative ...

A recent update to Azure Managed Disks offers improved storage throughput and IOPS, but testing shows Premium V2 still leads in consistency under heavy load. Suppose you are a technology professional ...