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New, improved Drobo

by Steven Sande (Jul 9th, 2008)

For those of you who were waiting to buy a Data Robotics Drobo, wait no longer! Data Robotics announced the release of the second iteration of their 4-bay expandable storage solution, Drobo. Many potential buyers were aghast at the original version's lack of FireWire, so the company added FireWire ...

XServe Raid no longer available, Apple partners with Promise

by Scott McNulty (Feb 19th, 2008)

One of the features prominently touted by Apple in the new XSan 2 is its support for 3rd party storage solutions. It looks like there is a very good reason for that: Apple is no longer making the Xserve RAID. That's right, if you head on over to the XServe Raid's former home on Apple.com you're ...

Apple launches Xsan 2

by Christina Warren (Feb 19th, 2008)

In addition to dropping the price on the Shuffle (and introducing the 2 GB version), today's big Apple store update appears to be the launch of Xsan 2. Xsan is Apple's Storage Area Network (SAN) file system, and while this update isn't as sexy as a new consumer laptop update, it's still pretty cool. ...

Apple ships RAID cards for Mac Pro and XServe

by Michael Rose (Nov 1st, 2007)

Let me ask you something: do you like fast storage? Redundant, fast storage? Lots and lots of gigabytes of fast, redundant storage? Sure you do, buddy -- but what's with the software RAID on your Mac Pro or your Intel-based XServe? That's so last week, now that Apple is shipping the RAID cards for ...

Mac Pros gain RAID storage option

by David Chartier (Aug 8th, 2007)

Oh Apple, you sly devil, what with all the secretly upgrading hardware and not even telling us. Thanks to eagle-eyed reader Eric Wortman, we now also found that the Mac Pro gained a RAID card option for those who need mounds of storage and a secure, redundant system with which to manage it. The card ...

Rig of the Week

by Dave Caolo (Jun 25th, 2007)

TUAW reader omdot has posted a sweet shot of his Mac mini raid - artfully arranged, we might add - to our Flickr pool. He uses it as a backup of his main Linux system, and it updates itself hourly. Pretty cool. "mini RAID no. 2" posted by omdot. If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, ...

The Drobo "storage robot"

by Mat Lu (Apr 11th, 2007)

There's been a lot of buzz the last few days about Drobo, the "storage robot" from Data Robotics. The best way to get a sense of what it can do is to watch this promotional video. Basically, the Drobo, which has four SATA drive bays, plugs into your Mac via USB and looks to the Mac just like a large ...

Free iSCSI initiator for OS X now available

by Michael Rose (Mar 13th, 2007)

You'd think, judging on the name alone, that iSCSI was an Apple product -- perhaps an easier-to-use, shiny, beveled version of the original SCSI? If wishing made it so: sadly, it's only an implementation of SCSI over IP, allowing hosts to connect to remote drives, RAIDs, SANs or tape libraries over ...

Xserve RAID Admin Tools 1.5.1

by Scott McNulty (Jan 23rd, 2007)

When it rains it pours as the Morton Salt company says, which really has nothing to do with this post. First Apple updates the Xserve RAID and then they update the Xserve RAID Admin Tools 1.5.1. I smell conspiracy. No, wait, that's just the salt again. This update brings support for the larger disks ...

Apple updates Xserve RAID, now up to 10.5TB

by Scott McNulty (Jan 23rd, 2007)

Attention Apple enterprise geeks: Apple has just updated the Xserve RAID. The Xserve RAID, in case you are not aware, is Apple's very competitively priced storage solution. The Xserve RAID can now be configured to sport 14 750 GB drives, which translates to a whopping 10.5TB (that's a lot of iTunes ...

Apple making waves in storage

by Scott McNulty (Mar 8th, 2006)

When you think Apple most people think iPods not enterprise level storage solutions, but that may all be changing (well, in the enterprise at least). It is no secret that Apple's XServe RAID is one of the best values on the market and that has allowed Apple to rise from the 12th spot in the storage ...

Rig of the Day: mini RAID

by Dave Caolo (Feb 4th, 2006)

One Mac mini plus four 400GB drives. omdot uses this set up as his backup server. If his Linux box goes down, the mini RAID can immediately (just about) take over. Plus, the blue LEDs look cool. "mini_RAID" posted by omdot. If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload ...

Big Fat Hard Drives for your PowerMac G5

by Fabienne Serriere (Jan 27th, 2006)

If you bought a PowerMac G5, or if you're still going to buy one because you hate all that is Intel and you suspect Apple will switch over their desktops next, be sure to check out some of the SATA hard disk options currently on the market. If you choose, for example, to upgrade your drives from the ...

Floppy Disk Striped Raid on a Bondi Blue iMac

by Fabienne Serriere (Jan 23rd, 2006)

I have a little ditty for you dear TUAW reader: Oh how I love RAIDs, both useful and contrived! What beauty when my data is striped, Large or small, my data is safe with all. Take for example, this lovely Bondi Blue iMac with no less than five floppy disk drives (FDD's) "melded" into a ...

Xserve RAID reviewed

by Scott McNulty (May 17th, 2005)

Now that you know the basics of Xsan you'll be wanting some hardware to run that sucker on. However, how are you to choose between all the available options?Enter Cuddletech. Yes, I said Cuddletech.They have just posted a very nice review of the Xserve RAID which everyone should read just to see ...