Primary Storage or Storage Hardware

Object-based storage draws praise, objections

SNW verdict on object storage: it doesn't have to be difficult to implement, but when is it necessary?News | 04 Apr 2013

Virtual server value still outweighs virtual storage

Storage admins and vendors say they want virtual storage to act more like virtual machines, but is that possible?News | 03 Apr 2013

Storage tiers: SAS interface, MLC flash rising

SAS vs. SATA battle in enterprise data storage shows hard drives with SAS interface trending up; cheaper MLC SSDs outnumber SLC in enterprise.News | 26 Mar 2013

Enterprises still waiting for SSD prices to drop

Market research shows flash isn't denting hard drive sales yet, which is attributed mainly to still-high solid-state drive prices.News | 15 Mar 2013

Automated tiering helps digital forensics firm get the most out of SAN

Digital forensics firm D4 extends its storage capability and saves on expensive disks with Dell Compellent's Data Progression automated tiering.News | 14 Mar 2013

HDS' Yoshida on virtual data storage: Appliances don't go far enough

Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hu Yoshida discusses virtual data storage challenges and the effects of server virtualization on enterprise storage.News | 22 Feb 2013

Hitachi's enterprise storage arrays back on top

Eclipsing a strong field of enterprise storage array contenders, Hitachi made an impressive run by sweeping all five Quality Awards ratings categories.Feature

Hitachi's enterprise storage arrays back on top

HP StoreSystem: New converged system combines 3PAR, StoreOnce

HP's new StoreSystem converged system combines 3PAR StoreServ storage and software with StoreOnce deduplication.News | 19 Feb 2013

Dell SAN strategy examined after move to go private

Even before the company decided to go private, the Dell SAN business was in transition as it integrated technologies collected through acquisition.News | 07 Feb 2013

Tintri adds asynchronous replication for virtual machines

Asynchronous replication of virtual machines is the highlight of VM-aware storage array startup Tintri's second-generation operating system.News | 09 Apr 2013

Evolution of data storage industry accelerates

Storage technology may not seem to be moving very quickly when measured by old criteria. But a new perspective shows the data storage industry is developing quite briskly.Opinion

Storage Radio: SSD vs. HDD, QLogic and more

Our news team dedicated to covering the solid-state market discusses the comparisons that many storage pros are making about SSD vs. HDD.Podcast

Users claim the upper hand in disk storage capacity struggle

A majority of storage managers use efficiency tools to control disk storage capacity before it gets out of hand; get the results from our latest user survey.Feature

Users claim the upper hand in disk storage capacity struggle

Tegile Zebi HA2800 Storage Array

The Tegile Zebi HA2800 multiprotocol array can be used as an all-flash system or in front of a pool of hard drives as a hybrid array.Feature

NexGen Storage Inc. n5-150 Storage System

IT admins using the NexGen Storage n5-150 Storage System can guarantee performance to each app and isolate workloads from one another on the SAN.Feature

Nimbus Gemini Flash Memory Array

The Nimbus Gemini Flash Memory Array comes with a 10-year warranty for multi-level cell flash, and supports block and file storage.Feature

Physical-to-virtual conversion headaches: Shrinking virtual drives

Simply put, storage bottlenecks kill productivity. Avoid these issues by shrinking virtual drives during physical-to-virtual conversions.Tip

Enterprise storage systems

Find out the winners in the storage systems category in the Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com 2012 Products of the Year competition.guide

STec CEO: Flash enables storage transformation

STec CEO Mark Moshayedi discusses why he thinks flash will prompt enterprises to move from refrigerator-box SANs to custom-built solid-state systems.News | 16 May 2013

HP MSA gets SSD support

Hewlett-Packard upgrades its entry-level SAN array, giving HP MSA some SSD support, a new controller and 4 TB hard drives.News | 13 May 2013

HGST pumps out 12 Gbps SAS SSDs

HGST, a subsidiary of Western Digital, claims that its new Ultrastar SSDs for high-performance applications are the first 12 Gbps SAS SSDs.News | 10 Apr 2013

Virident CEO: PCIe flash needs to be in shared storage

Virident CEO Mike Gustafson discusses the future of PCIe flash, software's role in advancing the technology and how his startup can catch Fusion-io.News | 10 Apr 2013

Intel to sell LSI Nytro MegaRAID PCIe flash cards

LSI and Intel extend OEM agreement for PCIe flash; Intel to offer LSI's Nytro MegaRAID PCIe cards with two Intel RAID SSD cache controllers.News | 08 Apr 2013

Avere adds hybrid storage NAS accelerator

Avere Systems pushes out FXT 3800 hybrid storage NAS accelerators with DRAM, NVRAM, SSDs and hard drives to speed random I/O performance.News | 08 Apr 2013

Storage tiers: SAS interface, MLC flash rising

SAS vs. SATA battle in enterprise data storage shows hard drives with SAS interface trending up; cheaper MLC SSDs outnumber SLC in enterprise.News | 26 Mar 2013

Nimbus adds management, analytics for Gemini all-flash array

Nimbus Data upgrades HALO storage operating system for Gemini all-flash array, adding system analytics, open API and a mobile management application.News | 25 Mar 2013

QLogic Mt. Rainier FabricCache pools PCIe flash cache across servers

The first product based on QLogic Mt. Rainier technology, the FabricCache QLE10000 HBA, shares cache from clustered server-side PCIe card flash cards.News | 21 Mar 2013

Role of PCIe cards in enterprise data storage is up for debate

The role of PCIe cards in enterprise data storage is debated as major storage vendors such as EMC map out a strategy to take on Fusion-io.News | 20 Mar 2013

Object-based storage draws praise, objections

SNW verdict on object storage: it doesn't have to be difficult to implement, but when is it necessary?News | 04 Apr 2013

Ask the Expert: RAID performance issues

Ask the Expert:RAID rebuilds

Storage Bin 2.0: Time for RAID to die

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Best Practices: Balance workloads with RAID types

Rising power prices inspire energy-efficient storage

PCI express ready to go

Are cheap mirrors better than RAID?

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