storage

DELL MD3600i SAN I have a barely used DELL MD3600i SAN box for sale. It was purchased in March 2011 and has the following specs: - 2 x 600W PSU - Dual controllers - 3 x 2TB NearLine SAS 6Gbps 7.2k 3.5" HD - 3yr ProSupport and Next Business Day On-Site Service (up to 23/03/2014) It is based in...

Is there a stable storage software at a good price point that is VMware 5.0 certified and preferably other than MS?

I am trying to find an 8bay (minimum) storage tower that doesn't take up a ton of space *and* doesn't cost a fortune. The best option would be a minimally sized self contained box like a via box I read about (but can't find for sale) The second best option is a tower that has a basic (JBOD, no...

Summary - I've had a need to watch storage prices (typically on newegg). I usually look through the drives I'm interested in and put them into a spreadsheet to work out a ratio of dollar per gigabyte of storage. I'd like to automate this process and was wondering if any of you share a similar...

I'm looking to centralize the bulk of my storage for media such as pictures, video, music. I've been looking around a bit and I was wondering what your guys thoughts were about going towards a dedicated NAS device vs. putting together a system that will act as a file server. I probably need...

I'm regularly a PC user but have just purchased a second computer which is a MAC. I backup my data to a 500GB External HD with 5 NTFS partitions of 100GB each. Each partition contains a different type of date, ie Music, Videos, Docs, etc. I used separate partition to avoid the risk of corrupting...