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Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.
Multiprotocol or unified storage
Infinidat InfiniBox 3.0
InfiniBox 3.0 stores data on disk, deploying a small amount of flash as an acceleration tier. Its caching algorithm ensures the hottest data is on the fastest storage media. Continue Reading
Multiprotocol unified storage systems poised for growth
With support for block, file or both types of data on the same device, unified storage architecture is a flexible storage option for the modern data center. Continue Reading
Unified storage array offers best of both worlds
With both file and block protocols supported, unified arrays provide configuration flexibility to handle a variety of applications. Continue Reading
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HP XP7 Storage enterprise SAN array
The HP XP7 Storage SAN array offers high-availability and disaster recovery features for highly virtualized data centers with large storage requirements. Continue Reading
Fujitsu Eternus DX8900 S3 storage array
Features for the Fujitsu Eternus DX89000 S3 SAN array include thin provisioning, mirroring and RAID. Continue Reading
HP 3PAR StoreServ 20000 Storage family of arrays
The HP 3PAR StoreServ 20000 Storage family of SAN arrays is intended for use in large enterprise environments.Continue Reading
Fujitsu Storage Eternus DX8700 S3 storage array platform
The Fujitsu Storage Eternus DX8700 S3 SAN array offers a number of features to help organizations manage large amounts of storage.Continue Reading
Oracle FS1-2 storage array system
Oracle FS1-2 SAN arrays can scale to petabytes and ship complete with data storage features, such as replication and auto-tiering.Continue Reading
IBM Storwize V7000 storage array platform
IBM's Storwize V7000 SAN array platform supports hard disk drives and flash drives, and is marketed to high-capacity enterprises.Continue Reading
NetApp FAS8000 storage array platform
The NetApp FAS8000 is a series of enterprise SAN arrays marketed toward high-capacity environments that support multiple flash configurations.Continue Reading
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HUS VM SAN array platform
The Hitachi Unified Storage VM is a storage array designed for enterprise SAN environments requiring high storage capacities.Continue Reading
HDS VSP G1000 array
The Hitachi Data Systems VSP G1000 is a storage array designed for large enterprise SAN environments.Continue Reading
Red Hat updates Ceph, Gluster storage, teases unified management
Red Hat storage boosts performance and scalability with a new version of Ceph and adds erasure coding and automatic tiering with an update to Gluster.Continue Reading
HP MSA 2040 storage array
The HP MSA 2040 is a rack-mountable modular storage array for SAN environments that includes increased support for virtualization.Continue Reading
EMC VMAX Series storage arrays
The EMC VMAX is a family of SAN arrays designed for enterprise environments requiring large amounts of storage.Continue Reading
Unlock the potential of a converged system for storage
Converged storage offerings package compute, storage and networking together for easy deployment and cost savings. Two of the primary benefits of converged infrastructure systems are enhanced time to production and a potential for cost savings. A ...Continue Reading
Hewlett-Packard 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Series Storage Arrays
The HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 series is a line of storage arrays designed for enterprise SAN environments.Continue Reading
IBM DS8870 Storage Array Platform
IBM's DS8870 is a storage array platform designed for large enterprise SAN environments with mission-critical workloads.Continue Reading
Why hyperconvergence has grown in popularity
Hyper-converged systems are increasingly popular as a way to combine compute, storage, networking and server virtualization -- and bring them together under one offering, one product, from one vendor. Storage pros are hearing plenty about these ...Continue Reading
Yesterday's unified storage is today's enterprise data lake
How unified storage needs to develop to support new applications and new data center environments.Continue Reading
Learn the benefits of converged infrastructure systems
Converged infrastructures bundle compute, storage and networking into a single offering that can be deployed quickly. Find out what else they can do.Continue Reading
EMC rolls out VNXe3200 array, unveils 'Project Liberty'
EMC brings out the newest entry-level VNX unified storage array and reveals its next software-defined storage initiative, code-named 'Project Liberty'.Continue Reading
NetApp changes V-Series to FlexArray, launches new enterprise array
NetApp delivers FlexArray, its answer to EMC ViPR, along with a new FAS8000 enterprise array and high-availability upgrades to clustered Data Ontap.Continue Reading
How OpenStack Block Storage differs from traditional block storage
OpenStack Block Storage differs from integrated stacks of traditional block storage, says IDC analyst; it's more akin to storage virtualization.Continue Reading
Enterprise storage system: 2012 Products of the Year finalists
Find out the 15 product finalists in the Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com enterprise storage system category.Continue Reading
Understanding unified storage architecture
Randy Kerns explains that there's more than one way to build a unified storage architecture in this Storage Decisions 2012 TechTalk.Continue Reading
Hitachi Data Systems moves into unified storage architecture with HUS
Hitachi Data Systems combines BlueArc’s SiliconFS with block storage for its first unified storage architecture.Continue Reading
What you need to know about SMB SANs
Marc Staimer discusses what to look for in an SMB SANs this Q&A and recent developments in SMB SAN technology.Continue Reading
Unified storage systems showdown: NetApp FAS vs. EMC VNX
We compare EMC's VNX and NetApp's FAS series unified storage systems in terms of data services, autotiering and clustering. Find out what analysts and vendor reps think.Continue Reading
Alternatives to Cisco's Unified Computing System: HP BladeSystem Matrix and InteliCloud 360
Looking for alternatives to Cisco's Unified Computing System? HP's BladeSystem Matrix has integrated services, while InteliCloud Inc.'s 360 has an innovative chassis design.Continue Reading
Inside Cisco Systems' Unified Computing System
Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) is a new type of enterprise server system. But how will it help data storage professionals solve their server virtualization issues?Continue Reading
NAS gateway product snapshots
A NAS gateway offers file-based accesses to external storage on a disk array -- or a SAN, where users can take advantage of superior performance and reliability while maintaining a level of simplicity. Since storage is moved off of the NAS device, ...Continue Reading
What are the disadvantages of unified storage over independent block and file systems?
There are some compromises that you'll need to make; there are certainly some control granularity issues. The pattern of access for file-based data and block-based data is significantly different...Continue Reading