Tag: raid

Windows Storage Spaces Performance – Simple vs Mirrored vs Parity

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 Michael 5 Comments

For years, software RAID sucked. But it’s 2019 now, and let’s see how Windows Storage Spaces does when it comes to performance, because it’s included with Windows 10 Pro – so is it a free gem or a worthless turd? Spoiler if you don’t want to actually read the whole article: I’ve been using Storage Spaces across several home servers for a while now and it’s fine, except for slow sustained write speeds on Parity storage spaces.

Speed up your PC with Intel Smart Response Technology – SSD Performance, HDD Capacity

March 4, 2016March 12, 2016 Michael 2 Comments

In modern PCs, there’s one thing holding you back from quick boot times and instant application opens – your mechanical hard drive. That’s the problem that Intel Smart Response Technology (SRT from here on out) solves. You can get SSD-like performance with the capacity and cost savings of having everything stored on a traditional spinning platter hard drive.