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  • "Despereaux" posed steep challenge for clustered storage system

    The 90 million images from the animated film "The Tale of Despereaux" generated 200 TB of data, putting the clustered storage system used by the post-production studio to the test.  Article | 19 Dec 2008

  • Supercomputer segregates storage systems to provide large-scale HPC

    A supercomputer segregates its storage systems to avoid contention between users who need large-scale, high-performance parallel I/O and those who don't. It also uses 20-gig InfiniBand gear to avoid latency.  Article | 12 Dec 2008

  • Storage Decisions San Francisco 2008 Session Downloads

    Download all the sessions that were presented to storage professionals at the recent Storage Decisions 2008 conference in San Francisco on topics including backup, SANs, storage virtualization, storage management and green storage.  Article | 24 Nov 2008

  • Supercomputer's storage chosen for density, not performance

    The performance specs on the supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Labs are eye-popping, but the storage system was chosen for space efficiency, not performance.  Article | 21 Nov 2008

  • iQstor bulks up its rack-mounted SAN storage system

    The iQ5200 high-density SAN storage system, which packs 52 TB into 4U arrays and can scale to 1.56 PB, was introduced at Supercomputing '08 this week. The rack-mounted SAN storage system is aimed at small and medium-sized businesses.  Article | 21 Nov 2008

  • Parallel file systems become requirement for HPC environments

    Many global parallel file systems rely on NFS for batch computing. But the NFS protocol has high overhead, which limits its use with I/O-intensive applications. For that reason, many HPC centers prefer Lustre, which provides parallel I/O to file syst...  Article | 14 Nov 2008

  • NetApp takes aim at HPC market with FAS upgrades, caching devices

    Along with upgrading its midrange storage with the FAS3100 series, NetApp adds caching appliances and performance acceleration cards to help eliminate I/O bottlenecks in an HPC environment.  Article | 10 Jun 2008

  • Sun unveils 'Thumper' super DAS

    Sun's long anticipated project, code-named "Thumper," has taken form with the new X4500, a server that packs 24 TB of direct attached storage under a single file system.  Article | 10 Jul 2006

  • NetApp's OnTap GX finally shipping

    NetApp ships clustered NAS with OnTap GX; beta user Industrial Light & Magic says it's a huge improvement over existing systems but needs better management suite.  Article | 12 Jun 2006

  • Get ready for universal grid storage

    Storage analyst Arun Taneja discusses the storage industry's move towards grid storage, and the benefits it can deliver to IT.  Column | 21 Mar 2006

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