March 2014

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  SanDisk CloudSpeed gets 19 nm upgrade

  SanDisk brings out CloudSpeed 19 nm MLC SATA solid state drives (SSDs) for read-intensive, write-intensive and mixed workloads.  Continue Reading

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Backupify prepares data protection for Box, Dropbox, Office 365 and others

  Cloud-to-cloud backup vendor Backupify this year will move far beyond its current products protecting Google Apps and Salesforce.com. Backupify today disclosed its 2014 roadmap will be its most ...  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  How can Atlantis ILIO USX be used to optimize VMware vSAN storage?

  Atlantis Computing's ILIO USX could be offered as a joint offering with VMware's Virtual SAN. Find out how it can improve capacity and performance.  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  How does VMware VDPA work with VMware's vSAN?

  VSphere Data Protection Advanced is currently the primary product for backing up VMs running on VMware's vSAN. Brien Posey explains how it works.  Continue Reading

• March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14

  Achieve data storage capacity efficiency with virtual storage, SRM

  The most efficient use of capacity stems from proactive, granular monitoring and strategies that increase allocation flexibility.  Continue Reading

• March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14

  All-flash array helps senior community keep pace with electronic records

  While upgrading to electronic records, St. Ann's Community picked Astute Networks ViSX G4 all-flash array to speed performance.  Continue Reading

• March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14

  Amplidata receives funding, seeks partners

  Amplidata, an early object storage vendor, picked up $11 million in funding this week. That’s a small haul compared to recent funding rounds for storage companies, but CEO Mike Wall said it will ...  Continue Reading

• March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14

  What hardware should be used in a VMware Virtual SAN environment?

  The compatibility of VMware vSANs with hardware is flexible, but there are some requirements. Find out which hardware to use and which to avoid.  Continue Reading

• March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14

  Planning and management for a software-defined storage architecture

  Jon Toigo offers implementation tips to help users avoid vendor lock-in and get top performance from their software-defined storage environments.  Continue Reading

• March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14

  Three key strategies to allocating a data protection service

  By using these three methods to understand the type of protection your applications need, you'll achieve a more efficient data protection strategy.  Continue Reading

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  Google slashes cloud storage prices

  Today, Google took its turn dropping its cloud storage prices. Google today announced it was cutting pricing by as much as 68 percent for its cloud storage services, while also eliminating pricing ...  Continue Reading

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  RAID rebuild

  A RAID rebuild is the data reconstruction process that occurs in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) implementation when a hard disk drive fails.  Continue Reading

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  production data

  Production data is data that is persistently stored and essential to completing day-to-day business tasks and processes.  Continue Reading

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  Six areas your storage SLA should cover

  What's covered in an SLA can vary, but a contract covering these six areas is designed to help both companies and providers meet their service goals.  Continue Reading

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Actifio pockets $100 million, plans product expansion

  Copy data management vendor Actifio closed a $100 million funding round today. The round is likely the last funding it will need, and brings its total funding to $207 million and its valuation to ...  Continue Reading

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  To address limitations of today's NAND chips, 3-D NAND emerging

  In this Q&A, learn more about 3-D NAND, how different vendors' architectures compare and contrast, and when we'll see 3-D-NAND-based products.  Continue Reading

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  HP upgrades MSA, other SMB storage products

  Hewlett-Packard unveils entry-level MSA shared storage system; HP upgrades StoreEasy NAS quality of service and expands capacity for StoreOnce 4500.  Continue Reading

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Keys to data storage efficiency: Cost, longevity and management

  Data storage efficiency depends on the cost of technology and how it interacts with your environment. But management makes it all come together.  Continue Reading

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Law firm uses dinCloud to migrate storage in a week

  Immigration Attorneys needed to get its infrastructure up and running and data moved quickly; dinCloud set up its storage environment in a week.  Continue Reading

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Will Symantec hire a CEO with storage background?

  Symantec’s stunning firing of CEO Steve Bennett leaves the company with a third CEO in less than two years. The move came as a big surprise because Bennett spent about half of his 18 months as ...  Continue Reading