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Skyera: RAID 5 Kills SSD Arrays
April 23, 2013 -- Enterprise flash storage startup warns about using traditional RAID configurations on all-flash arrays.
Amplidata Looks Beyond RAID for Large, Unstructured Data
January 25, 2012 -- Startup pitches reliability advantages and cost savings in object-based storage technology as an alternative to RAID deployments.
SnapServer Claims New Storage Appliance Needs No Provisioning
October 11, 2011 -- Overland Storage  unveils SnapServer DX, a new unified NAS and iSCSI SAN device that leverages RAID technology to eliminate the need to provision storage capacity.
Promise Ships RAID Product for Audio/Video Storage
April 11, 2011 -- Promise Technology brings out a RAID solution that promises to speed storage and access of audio and video on Max systems.
LSI augments 6Gbps SAS/SATA controllers
March 1, 2011 -- LSI claims 465,000 IOPS in an SSD configuration.
Nexsan introduces mid-range disk arrays
March 1, 2011 -- E-Series has high density, power savings and support for multiple drive types (SAS, SATA, SSD).
Automated tiering: Evaluating the criteria
February 14, 2011 -- Storage tiering is gaining traction because it provides real value to users by lowering the administrative burden, improving performance, and reducing costs. 
Drobo RAID arrays aimed at SMBs
February 8, 2011 -- Drobo is pushing further into the SMB space, and beyond its consumer roots, with the introduction of three new arrays.
Xiotech unveils Hybrid ISE (HDD + SSD)
January 31, 2011 -- Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) blades combine hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state disk (SSD) drives.
EMC announces 41 new products
January 18, 2011 -- Headliner is VNX unified storage line, which unites Clariion and Celerra  
PMC-Sierra ships 6Gbps SAS controllers
December 13, 2010 -- Series 6 RAID controllers  combine technology found in Adaptec’s Series 5 cards with PMC-Sierra’s multi-core SRC 8x6G chips.
Mid-range RAID recap: Infortrend, Dot Hill, AMI
November 22, 2010 -- A trio of RAID vendors that are focused primarily on the channel recently began shipping mid-range products, with an emphasis on multi-protocol (e.g. Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NAS) support.
Data Robotics lands reseller deal with HP
November 18, 2010 -- HP will resell the entire line of Drobo RAID arrays.
Promise ships Intel C5500/C3500-based RAID
November 8, 2010 -- Company claims a 4X performance boost with the VTrak Ex30.
Users weigh in on Oracle's Exadata
October 29, 2010 -- Users applaud the use of flash drives in the data warehouse system.
Overland to ship multi-protocol SAN array
October 26, 2010 -- Connectivity options include 1GbE or 10GbE iSCSI, 4Gbps Fibre Channel or 6Gbps SAS.
EMC rakes in $4.2 billion in Q3, sets record
October 19, 2010 -- Revenue is up 20% year-over-year, and profit increased 58%.
EMC targets Oracle; Oracle targets EMC?
October 18, 2010 -- EMC's Data Computing Appliance competes with Oracle's Exadata Database Machine.
OpenBench Labs Review: Xiotech array with Hyper-V
October 12, 2010 -- Testing a Xiotech array supporting VDI, with Hyper-V supporting VMs running Citrix.
Mid-range RAID recap: Data Robotics, Dot Hill, Infortrend, MicroNet
October 6, 2010 -- A number of vendors recently began shipping RAID arrays for SMBs, with some targeting the ‘S’ in SMB.
openBench Lab Review: Nexsan's SASBeast
September 30, 2010 -- Hands-on testing of Nexsan's iSCSI + FC array in a vSphere 4.1 VOE.
Understanding the hidden costs of storage
September 30, 2010 -- Technology advances have rendered the traditional cost-per-MB metric obsolete. IDC research manager Noemi Greyzdorf examines the hidden costs of storage and offers advice on how to "buy what you need, and pay for what you get."
Dell at a storage crossroads
September 28, 2010 -- After being outbid by HP for 3PAR, Dell faces a conundrum in its acquisition strategy.
SANpulse launches SAN migration software
September 28, 2010 -- Enterprise storage migration and data center consolidation projects have a success rate of only 16%.
HDS, HP ship high-end disk arrays
September 27, 2010 -- Both systems are based on Hitachi Ltd. platforms.