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AlphaStaff drops LeftHand for Compellent and SSDs, keeps iSCSI SAN
After outgrowing its Hewlett-Packard/LeftHand iSCSI SAN, HR outsourcing company AlphaStaff upgraded to a Compellent storage system and implemented solid state drives (SSDs) to reduce latency for its critical ERP database. Article
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Making the case for solid-state drives requires knowing price per I/O, gigabyte
Presenting a case for solid-state drives (SSDs) to upper management requires a research on cost per gigabyte and price per I/O. FAQ
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STEC adds DRAM SSD for appliances; Violin launches MLC device for capacity
STEC and Violin Memory add to their solid state drive (SSD) offerings; STEC brings out ZeusRAM with DRAM and Violin launches 3140 Capacity Flash Memory Array with multi-level cell (MLC) technology. Article
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Pliant Technology introduces multi-level cell (MLC) solid-state drives
Pliant Technology offers its first multi-level cell (MLC) flash solid-state drives; sees MLC and pricier single-level cell (SLC) devices forming enterprise performance and capacity tiers. Article
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EMC ships primary data reduction, FAST for solid-state drives (SSDs), unified management
EMC rolls out bevy of products previewed in May, including EMC FAST upgrade, Unisiphere and block compression for primary data reduction; promises native Fibre Channel over Ethernet by end of year. Article
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New 6 Gbps flash SSD boosts Micron solid-state offerings
Micron Technology Inc.'s new flash SSD, the RealSSD P300, is built on a 6 Gbps SATA interface and boasts higher capacities and better performance than its predecessor. Keywords Article
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TTX picks EMC SSDs, but still waiting for automated storage tiering
Freight car management organization picks EMC SSDs over Compellent; hopes EMC FAST 2 matches Compellent Data Progression automated storage tiering software. Article
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Fusion-io drives I/O solid-state storage and memory to the operating system
Fusion-io's ioMemory Virtual Storage Layer (VSL) is a solid-state storage software stack that combines I/O subsystem block-level reading and writing with virtual memory subsystem virtual addressing. Article
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Nimbus Data Systems rolls out larger S-class solid-state storage platform, virtual switch
Nimbus Data Systems extends its all-solid-state storage Nimbus S-class with larger capacity system that expands to 250 TB, plus a FlexConnect virtual switch. Article
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SSD devices flashed by startups Anobit and Virident Systems
Anobit launches multi-level cell (MLC) SSD to challenge single-level cell (SLC) devices for performance and reliability; Virident Systems ships PCIe card to enable virtual SANs across servers. Article