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wireDirect has released a new revision of its Vanguard Series of FireWire RAID solutions, dubbing it the FireWire Vanguard Series II RAID system. The Vanguard system is a hardware RAID system, meaning that the device itself handles reading, writing, and RAID management duties. The new update offers adds support for RAID 0, or striping, in addition to the original RAID 1 (mirroring) support. Striping allows the unit to see both drives as one volume, while writing to both of the actual mechanisms at the same time. This differs from the JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) way of combining two drives -- JBOD allows for volume spanning, but no striping -- the unit offered in the past. Also, Vanguard Series II includes support for the newest large capacity drives, and the company is offering a 500 GB unit with two 250 GB drives
Check It Out: FirewireDirect Now Shipping Vanguard II FireWire RAID Drives [Updated]