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What is Cyber Security? Definition, Threats, and Defenses

As threats in the cyber world continue to grow, so does our need to protect ourselves from these threats. When discussing ways to virtually protect ourselves from these threats, the term cyber security often...
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What is RAID 6? Good Speed, Good Protection

RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is the combining of multiple disks to mimic a single hardware storage device. Depending on the type, or "level", RAID increases performance, capacity, and fault tolerance in some...
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What is Btrfs? The Better (than most) File System

Btrfs may be a "better" file system next to everything except ZFS, but what Btr actually stands for is not "better", or "butter", but B-Tree, a data construct employed in the design. Now that...
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Signal Messenger: Simple Security, Guaranteed Privacy, Great Functionality

In our hyper-connected, always-on world, privacy is in everyone’s thoughts. Instant messaging is the dominant tool for remote conversations. How can we use instant messaging and maintain our privacy? By using Signal. Signal Messenger Signal is...

SSD vs. HDD: What’s the Difference?

If I were to be cavalier about the question posed and answered by this article, I'd simply tell you that Solid-State Drives (SSDs) are very fast, and Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) are not; though...
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What is Ext4? Linux’s Fast Native File System

Before we answer the question posed by this article, a bit of background will be required. Ext4 is only the latest, albeit not particularly new, iteration of the venerable Linux Extended file system (Extfs). What...
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What is RAID 1? Simple, Safe, and Easy

RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is the combining of multiple disks to mimic a single physical storage device. Depending on the type, or "level", RAID increases performance, capacity, or fault tolerance, or in...
Six disks showing how RAID 50 handles your data via distributed parity and striping

What is RAID 50? RAID 0 Speed, RAID 5 Parity

RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is the combining of multiple disks to mimic a single hardware storage device. Depending on the type, or "level", RAID increases performance, capacity, and fault tolerance in some...
Four disks showing how RAID 1 handles your data via disk striping

What is RAID 0? All Speed, No Safety

RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is the combining of multiple disks to mimic a single physical storage device. Depending on the type, or "level", RAID increases performance, capacity, and fault tolerance in some...
Eight disks showing how RAID 60 handles your data via block-level stripping with dual parity

What is RAID 60? Double-parity and More Speed

RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is the combining of multiple disks to mimic a single hardware storage device. Depending on the type, or "level", RAID increases performance, capacity, and fault tolerance in some...

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