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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.

FaclonStor, Violin accelerate SANs with flash appliance
March 1, 2010 -- FalconStor Software has partnered with Violin Memory to develop a solid-state storage appliance that uses flash memory to accelerate I/O performance in SAN environments.

Toshiba rolls out 600GB, 6Gbps SAS drives
February 18, 2010 -- Toshiba has completed its acquisition of Fujitsu's HDD unit and is rolling out a line of enterprise-class, small form factor 6Gbps SAS drives with self-encryption capabilities.

Does MLC flash belong in enterprise SSDs?
February 11, 2010 -- 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.

EMC doubles density of Clariion with 2TB HDDs
January 19, 2010 -- EMC today announced its latest offerings in the midrange SAN market with new high-density configurations of the EMC Clariion CX4 and Celerra Gateway systems, delivering twice the capacity of previous systems in half the floor space using 2TB hard disk drives (HDDs).