MySQL is a powerful and performant database engine that often suffers from performance issues due to misconfiguration. Obvious culprits for bottlenecks are available memory and CPU resources but disk ...

I'm running a Lenovo Ideapad U530, made in 2014, and I experience sluggish browsing, with File Manager telling me that there's 100% Disk Usage, and with memory usage around 80 - 90%. I usually run ...

The disks of our PCs and laptops are no less than a box of Pandora. Before we realize, the disks get full of obsolete or no longer required files. Then, we have to sit down and spend much time ...

DFP is responsible for reporting Drive Usage statistics. Windows File Explorer does not report these stats. It is also responsible for displaying some basic disk usage stats in PC Settings > PC and ...

Disk quotas are a mechanism for limiting the amount of disk space and the number of files (inodes) that a user or a group of users can consume. These limits prevent individual users or services from ...

Which virtual disk format (fixed, dynamic or pass-through) is the right choice for your environment? We've got answers and some great maintenance tips. Choosing the right format for the right scenario ...

Microsoft's first attempt at creating a software-defined storage platform wasn't a big hit. Its updated version just might be. One of the most difficult things in designing IT infrastructure is to get ...