Acard's Small Business RAID Appliance

RAID Monitor: Server & Client

Acard offers software that is simply called RAID Monitor. There is a server part that needs to be installed on the host system, but this part does not really reveal a lot. The client part has to be installed on any computer that has network access to the host system running Acard's ARS-3031. However, the application requires the Java 2 Runtime Edition and still does not do more than show drive status and the event log. It is not capable of generating warning signals in case of problems.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.