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Industry News and Analysis EMC taps QLogic for 8Gbps FC switches March 17, 2010 -- QLogic's enterprise-class 5800V Series of 8Gbps Fibre Channel stackable switches will be sold through EMC's Select program. Read more > LSI debuts 6Gbps SAS switches March 16, 2010 -- LSI today announced its first line of 6Gbps SAS switches that extend the use of SAS technology by turning direct-attached storage (DAS) devices into a shared, networked storage resource. Read more > SNIA develops standards for cloud storage March 12, 2010 -- The Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) and Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) standard promise to lift the concerns and confusion around cloud storage. Read more > 3PAR adds sub-volume tiering, SSDs to arrays March 11, 2010 -- 3PAR has combined automated sub-volume data movement with SSDs to squeeze more performance out of its high-end InServ Storage Servers at a lower overall cost. Read more > Sepaton ships midrange VTL, upgrades deduplication software March 10, 2010 -- Sepaton has announced a new deduplicating VTL for medium-sized businesses and a round of software enhancements to its DeltaStor and DeltaRemote software. Read more > More Industry News and Analysis >> Most Popular Articles Business Briefs Recent announcements from: (Mar 17, 2010) Akorri, Emulex, GlassHouse Technologies, Interlock Technology, Metalogix, NetApp, StoragePoint and VeriStor Systems. Read More > More Business Briefs >>		Bits & Bytes Blog by Dave Simpson Editor-in-Chief Startup’s SSDs top 1,000,000 IOPS March 17, 2010 – According to independent test results, Pliant Technology’s Lightning Enterprise Flash Drives (EFDs), which are based on solid-state disk (SSD) technology, topped one million IOPS in a configuration with 16 drives.Many storage vendors have... Read More > by Kevin Komiega Senior Editor NAS grows as external controller-based disk market slides March 11, 2010 -- Unstructured data is becoming the reigning storage hog in the data center as the network-attached storage (NAS) market continues to grow, while the market for block-access, controller-based disk arrays continues to decline, according to... Read More > by Frank Berry CEO and Sr. Analyst, IT Brand Pulse InfoStor Guest Blogger 1M IOPS: Meaningless or Not The first system administrator to ever upgrade a server undoubtedly experienced a mismatch in performance between the installed server and the new component. Since then, millions of data center managers have experienced first-hand the performance... Read More > by Jeff Boles Sr. Analyst, Taneja Group InfoStor Guest Blogger Storage for 2010 - Integration Innovation Hello InfoStor Readers,This marks my first post here at InfoStor, which I've gladly taken on in discussion with Dave Simpson, InfoStor's Editor in Chief. As "the" storage industry print publication, I am looking forward to supporting InfoStor with... Read More >

Featured Articles How to control the storage impact of virtual servers This article compares six techniques for VM storage management and examines which approach - or combination of approaches - works best for various data management challenges. Read More >> Featured Articles The best storage investments for 2010 This article is designed to help IT managers and administrators understand how to prioritize potential projects by ensuring they are aligned with business goals, which ultimately results in the best storage decisions. Read More >> Featured Articles Guidelines for FCoE deployment Network convergence will enable enterprises to preserve their existing investments in FC storage, reduce data center costs and complexity, and simplify network management. Read More >> Featured Articles Does MLC flash belong in enterprise SSDs? There's a good bit of debate about whether or not enterprise-class SSDs can use multi-level cell (MLC) flash technology, as opposed to single-level cell (SLC) technology, which is currently the dominant technology for enterprise SSDs. Read More >> Featured Articles Evolving use cases for file-based storage NAS and file virtualization can play a critical role in VM environments, file services, data protection, archiving, and HPC. Read More >> Featured Articles Guidelines for implementing cloud storage Whether you're considering an internal or external cloud, beware of the potential pitfalls and plan accordingly. Read More >> Featured Articles View the current issue of InfoStor SNIA on Storage: iSCSI opportunities and market growth According to market researcher IDC, iSCSI has consistently grown faster than the overall networked storage market. Read More >> Featured Articles SNIA develops standards for cloud storage The Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) and Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) standard promise to lift the concerns and confusion around cloud storage. Read More >> 1/8

Editorial Guide Read our new editorial guide, Backup and Recovery: New Strategies for Data Protection. Sponsored by ARCserve More than Backup. Read the Guide >     News from the Wires QLogic Fibre Channel switches available through EMC Select program (Mar 17, 2010) NewScale announces support for the Cisco Unified Computing System (Mar 17, 2010) Pivot3 expands scalable storage portfolio (Mar 17, 2010) Riverbed delivers new Steelhead appliance (Mar 17, 2010) New VMware ThinApp 4.5 speeds migration time to Windows 7 (Mar 17, 2010) NetApp selects Emulex 10GbE OneConnect UCNAs (Mar 16, 2010) Overland SnapServer SAN S2000 achieves VMware Ready status (Mar 16, 2010) Overland announces "Upgrade and Save" cash back program (Mar 16, 2010) Read More Wire News >> White Papers A Cost-Effective Integrated Solution for Backup and Disaster Recovery Sponsored By:  InMage Systems Protecting and Recovering Virtual Server Environments Sponsored By:  InMage Systems Proven Real-time Data Compression for Primary Storage Data Reduction Sponsored By:  Storwize, Inc. User Survey Highlights Virtualization Challenges for Storage Manager Sponsored By:  Syncsort Incorporated Multiplying Virtualization Value by the Full Power of Enterprise Storage Sponsored By:  Citrix Systems Inc. More White Papers >>		Webcasts Intelligently Incorporating Virtual Servers Into Your Recovery Plans Join Arun Taneja and Eric Burgener as they explore new technologies in data and application recovery.... (Mar 17, 2010 12:00 PM CDT / 5:00 PM GMT) Sponsored by:  Inmage Taneja Group Managing VM Sprawl and Reducing Costs with Disk Archiving Sponsored by:  Permabit Technology Corporation Storage Switzerland Storage Performance in a Flash - How Storage Affects Performance in a Virtualized Evironment Sponsored by:  Sun Partners Expert Server Group Data Protection for Virtual Environments Sponsored by:  Syncsort More Webcasts >> Featured Videos IT professionals in the healthcare and broadcast industries explain the benefits of using Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology, including performance, reliability, reduced power and cooling requirements, less noise, and space savings.; BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama; Hewlett-Packard; InfoStor; SAS; serial attached SCSI technology; Starz Entertainment Group; Tri-Center Community Schools Testimonial; Customer Testimonial; hp; InfoStor; LSI;

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