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Analysts weigh in on HP-Cisco breakup
The IT industry is a week removed from the not-so-sudden end to HP's strategic relationship with Cisco, and now consultants are weighing in with a look at how it could affect customers and the IT world.
The IT industry is a week removed from the not-so-sudden end to HP's strategic relationship with Cisco, and now consultants are weighing in with a look at how it could affect customers and the IT world.
Guidelines for implementing cloud storage
Whether you're considering an internal or external cloud, beware of the potential pitfalls and plan accordingly.
Whether you're considering an internal or external cloud, beware of the potential pitfalls and plan accordingly.
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.
NAS and file virtualization can play a critical role in VM environments, file services, data protection, archiving, and HPC.
Cleversafe beefs up dsNet hardware for cloud deployments
Cleversafe has refreshed its Dispersed Storage Network (dsNet) hardware to include bigger disk drives, additional connectivity options and an integrated rack system.
Cleversafe has refreshed its Dispersed Storage Network (dsNet) hardware to include bigger disk drives, additional connectivity options and an integrated rack system.
Recent announcements from:
Adaptec, Blade Network Technologies, FalconStor Software, IBM, Maxell, Promise Technology, QLogic, Quantum, Tech Data and Thales.
Adaptec, Blade Network Technologies, FalconStor Software, IBM, Maxell, Promise Technology, QLogic, Quantum, Tech Data and Thales.
IBM brings data deduplication to mainframes
IBM today continued to spread data deduplication across its product lines by bringing data deduplication to z/OS mainframe environments.
IBM today continued to spread data deduplication across its product lines by bringing data deduplication to z/OS mainframe environments.
Dot Hill arrays support 8Gb FC, iSCSI, 6Gb SAS
Dot Hill today introduced the 3000 Series of RAID arrays, which support 8Gbps Fibre Channel and 1Gbps iSCSI connections and, by mid-year, 10Gbps iSCSI connections and 6Gbps SAS drives.
Dot Hill today introduced the 3000 Series of RAID arrays, which support 8Gbps Fibre Channel and 1Gbps iSCSI connections and, by mid-year, 10Gbps iSCSI connections and 6Gbps SAS drives.
Iron Mountain buys Mimosa for on-premise archiving
Iron Mountain has acquired archiving software maker Mimosa Systems for $112 million in cash to round out its archiving portfolio.
Iron Mountain has acquired archiving software maker Mimosa Systems for $112 million in cash to round out its archiving portfolio.
Tandberg launches deduplication software, NAS appliances
Tandberg Data today launched AccuGuard, a new backup and recovery software suite with source-based data deduplication, as well as the DPS2000 series of NAS systems for SMBs.
Tandberg Data today launched AccuGuard, a new backup and recovery software suite with source-based data deduplication, as well as the DPS2000 series of NAS systems for SMBs.
Double-Take partners with Amazon on cloud DR
Double-Take Software today announced a partnership with Amazon to deliver cloud-based backup and disaster recovery (DR) services.
Double-Take Software today announced a partnership with Amazon to deliver cloud-based backup and disaster recovery (DR) services.
Cloud Leverage offers cloud storage for a nickel per GB
Cloud Leverage claims to offer "enterprise-grade" cloud storage at a cost of $.05 per gigabyte, per data center without data transfer or bandwidth charges.
Cloud Leverage claims to offer "enterprise-grade" cloud storage at a cost of $.05 per gigabyte, per data center without data transfer or bandwidth charges.
HP to resell QLogic's enterprise FC switches
HP and QLogic this week announced that HP will resell QLogic's enterprise-class, stackable, 8Gbps Fibre Channel SAN switches.
HP and QLogic this week announced that HP will resell QLogic's enterprise-class, stackable, 8Gbps Fibre Channel SAN switches.
Virsto offers hypervisor-based storage for Hyper-V
February 19 2010 -- Virsto Software is poised to release Virsto VSX, hypervisor-based storage software for Microsoft Hyper-V.
February 19 2010 -- Virsto Software is poised to release Virsto VSX, hypervisor-based storage software for Microsoft Hyper-V.
Toshiba rolls out 600GB, 6Gbps SAS drives
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.
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.
Recent announcements from:
Brocade, GlassHouse Technologies, Intel, McAfee, Mellanox Technologies, ParaScale, Promark Technology, Scale Computing, Voxell dot Net and Xiotech.
Brocade, GlassHouse Technologies, Intel, McAfee, Mellanox Technologies, ParaScale, Promark Technology, Scale Computing, Voxell dot Net and Xiotech.
HP refreshes entry-level, LeftHand SANs
HP is slapping a new naming scheme on its entry-level MSA and midrange LeftHand SANs in conjunction with a round of hardware and software upgrades that improve performance, scalability and capacity utilization.
HP is slapping a new naming scheme on its entry-level MSA and midrange LeftHand SANs in conjunction with a round of hardware and software upgrades that improve performance, scalability and capacity utilization.
Overland debuts iSCSI array
Overland Storage today announced the SnapServer SAN S2000, Overland's first pure iSCSI SAN array.
Overland Storage today announced the SnapServer SAN S2000, Overland's first pure iSCSI SAN array.
EMC intros GeoProtect, new hardware for Atmos
EMC today announced a round of hardware and software upgrades to its Atmos cloud storage platform with faster processors, higher-capacity disk drives, and more options for protecting data over distances.
EMC today announced a round of hardware and software upgrades to its Atmos cloud storage platform with faster processors, higher-capacity disk drives, and more options for protecting data over distances.
Exar to acquire Neterion
Exar this week announced that it plans to acquire Neterion, which specializes in 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) adapters for virtualized environments, servers and storage devices. The deal is expected to close next month at an estimated purchase price of $10 million to $11 million.
Exar this week announced that it plans to acquire Neterion, which specializes in 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) adapters for virtualized environments, servers and storage devices. The deal is expected to close next month at an estimated purchase price of $10 million to $11 million.
Symantec OpenStorage
This ESG Lab review documents hands-on testing of consolidated management and automated data protection services across multiple sites and diverse storage technologies using Symantec NetBackup OpenStorage.
This ESG Lab review documents hands-on testing of consolidated management and automated data protection services across multiple sites and diverse storage technologies using Symantec NetBackup OpenStorage.
IBM debuts SONAS scale-out NAS system
IBM is making its bid for the scale-out NAS market with the debut of the Scale Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS) system, an appliance-based platform that combines IBM's General Parallel File System (GPFS), Systems Software and NAS hardware to create a system that scales up to 14.4PB.
IBM is making its bid for the scale-out NAS market with the debut of the Scale Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS) system, an appliance-based platform that combines IBM's General Parallel File System (GPFS), Systems Software and NAS hardware to create a system that scales up to 14.4PB.
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.
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.
Recent announcements from:
Asigra, CA, Chelsio Communications, Double-Take Software, Emulex, Laurus Technologies, LSI, NEC, NetApp, NTP Software, RES Software, Siemens Business Services and Xsigo Systems.
Asigra, CA, Chelsio Communications, Double-Take Software, Emulex, Laurus Technologies, LSI, NEC, NetApp, NTP Software, RES Software, Siemens Business Services and Xsigo Systems.
Riverbed adds SSDs to WAN optimization appliances
Riverbed Technology has announced availability of the Steelhead 7050 WAN optimization appliance with SSDs, 10GbE connectivity and better performance than previous models for disaster recovery environments.
Riverbed Technology has announced availability of the Steelhead 7050 WAN optimization appliance with SSDs, 10GbE connectivity and better performance than previous models for disaster recovery environments.
Startup Nasuni puts primary NAS in the cloud
Storage startup Nasuni today debuted a VMware-based virtual NAS file server that, according to the company, consolidates NAS clusters by putting primary storage data in the cloud.
Storage startup Nasuni today debuted a VMware-based virtual NAS file server that, according to the company, consolidates NAS clusters by putting primary storage data in the cloud.
Managing VM Sprawl and Reducing Costs with Disk Archiving
Managing VM Sprawl and Reducing Costs with Disk Archiving Originally Broadcast: Feb 09, 2010 Overview: Attend this webcast to learn how applying the right type of disk storage can reduce storage costs.
Managing VM Sprawl and Reducing Costs with Disk Archiving Originally Broadcast: Feb 09, 2010 Overview: Attend this webcast to learn how applying the right type of disk storage can reduce storage costs.
Guidelines for FCoE deployment
Network convergence will enable enterprises to preserve their existing investments in Fibre Channel storage, reduce data center costs and complexity, and simplify network management.
Network convergence will enable enterprises to preserve their existing investments in Fibre Channel storage, reduce data center costs and complexity, and simplify network management.
Disk imaging for physical and virtual machines
Paragon's Drive Backup 10 Server software leverages disk imaging tools to simplify storage management issues, from consolidation to disaster recovery protection, in both physical and virtual environments.
Paragon's Drive Backup 10 Server software leverages disk imaging tools to simplify storage management issues, from consolidation to disaster recovery protection, in both physical and virtual environments.
Lab Review: Disk imaging for physical and virtual machines
Paragon's Drive Backup 10 Server software leverages disk imaging tools to simplify storage management issues, from consolidation to disaster recovery protection, in both physical and virtual environments.
Paragon's Drive Backup 10 Server software leverages disk imaging tools to simplify storage management issues, from consolidation to disaster recovery protection, in both physical and virtual environments.
Survey: Users not very interested in cloud storage
According to the results of a recent survey conducted by Forrester Research, end-user interest in hosted cloud storage is, at best, lukewarm and deployment is not on the horizon.
According to the results of a recent survey conducted by Forrester Research, end-user interest in hosted cloud storage is, at best, lukewarm and deployment is not on the horizon.
Recent announcements from:
Atempo, Bell Micro, BlueArc, DataCore Software, Host.net, Neterion, NTP Software and Sony Corporation.
Atempo, Bell Micro, BlueArc, DataCore Software, Host.net, Neterion, NTP Software and Sony Corporation.
Lab Review: Unifying backup and replication for VMware
With support for all of the new features in vSphere 4, Veeam Backup & Replication brings near-CDP levels of data protection to virtual machines.
With support for all of the new features in vSphere 4, Veeam Backup & Replication brings near-CDP levels of data protection to virtual machines.
Unifying backup and replication for VMware
With support for all of the new features in vSphere 4, Veeam Backup & Replication brings near-CDP levels of data protection to virtual machines.
With support for all of the new features in vSphere 4, Veeam Backup & Replication brings near-CDP levels of data protection to virtual machines.
Venyu Online Backup and Virtualized Disaster Recovery
This ESG Lab Review documents ESG Lab hands-on testing of Venyu's AmeriVault Online Backup and virtual server recovery services.
This ESG Lab Review documents ESG Lab hands-on testing of Venyu's AmeriVault Online Backup and virtual server recovery services.
ProStor adds backup to InfiniVault appliances
ProStor Systems' InfiniVault appliances, which are based on RDX removable disk drives, are typically used for archiving. But this week the company added the ability to use the appliance as a backup target in addition to an archive platform.
ProStor Systems' InfiniVault appliances, which are based on RDX removable disk drives, are typically used for archiving. But this week the company added the ability to use the appliance as a backup target in addition to an archive platform.
CommVault connects Simpana software to the cloud
CommVault is now shipping a software option that allows its Simpana data management software to write backup and archive data directly to cloud storage platforms.
CommVault is now shipping a software option that allows its Simpana data management software to write backup and archive data directly to cloud storage platforms.
SAN management user case study, part 4
The last installment in our series illustrates the inadequacy of traditional SAN management tools in large, heterogeneous storage networks.
The last installment in our series illustrates the inadequacy of traditional SAN management tools in large, heterogeneous storage networks.
Does MLC flash belong in enterprise SSDs?
Users and systems/storage integrators would benefit from significantly lower prices.
Users and systems/storage integrators would benefit from significantly lower prices.
Guidelines for FCoE deployment
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) enables network convergence, and now is the time to develop a deployment strategy.
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) enables network convergence, and now is the time to develop a deployment strategy.
How to control the storage impact of virtual servers
Consider deduplicating OS images, using storage tiers, consolidating SANs, NAS, snapshots, and backup deduplication.
Consider deduplicating OS images, using storage tiers, consolidating SANs, NAS, snapshots, and backup deduplication.
iSCSI opportunities and market growth
When iSCSI was launched, Fibre Channel was well-established as a high-performance SAN solution.
When iSCSI was launched, Fibre Channel was well-established as a high-performance SAN solution.
MLC lowers enterprise SSD prices
Virtually every storage analyst and editor (including me) put solid-state disk (SSD) drives on their Top Technologies of 2009 list, despite miniscule unit shipments.
Virtually every storage analyst and editor (including me) put solid-state disk (SSD) drives on their Top Technologies of 2009 list, despite miniscule unit shipments.
The best storage investments for 2010
Technologies that reduce costs and risks should have the highest priority over the next few years.
Technologies that reduce costs and risks should have the highest priority over the next few years.