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• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  EMC VMAX array embeds backup, cloud services

  EMC VMAX launch includes three new models, multi-core architecture, embedded data protection and a public cloud tier.

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  EMC adds XtremIO X-Brick for flash beginners

  EMC XtremIo flash array platform gets a new Starter X-Brick with 5 TB of capacity, a six-node X-Brick cluster on the high end and inline compression.

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  NetApp upgrades high, low and all-flash FAS array systems

  Along with new 'extreme' high-end and entry-level FAS arrays, NetApp adds all-flash FAS array systems -- but still no FlashRay.

• June 10, 2014 10 Jun'14

  Panasas adds 6 TB helium drives, advances RAID to scale-out NAS

  Is it possible to use larger capacity hard drives, yet make them more reliable and decrease rebuild times? Panasas says it is.

• May 29, 2014 29 May'14

  IBM N Series dropped from NetApp OEM deal, E Series stays

  IBM says it will stop selling NetApp FAS arrays as the IBM N Series to concentrate on its own branded systems; keeps OEM deal for NetApp E Series.

• May 19, 2014 19 May'14

  Is the term elastic storage a new category, or a stretch?

  EMC and IBM recently launched storage products with the term “elastic” in their names. These announcements were significant for the companies and for the IT community in understanding a direction ...

• May 15, 2014 15 May'14

  Pure Storage flash gets arrays bigger, smaller, cheaper

  Pure Storage expands its all-flash array platform with an entry-level model, enterprise system and replication software.

• May 13, 2014 13 May'14

  Microsoft previews Azure Files, Azure Site Recovery at TechEd

  Microsoft previewed the Azure Files service and new Azure-based disaster recovery capabilities yesterday at TechEd North America in Houston, in line with its major conference theme of connecting ...

• May 13, 2014 13 May'14

  IBM stretches GPFS, Watson into Elastic Storage

  IBM incorporates its General Parallel File System and Watson technology into Elastic Storage, a unified software-defined storage package.

• April 30, 2014 30 Apr'14

  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'.

• April 23, 2014 23 Apr'14

  New Hitachi VSP G1000 storage virtualization array goes active-active

  Hitachi Data Systems rolls out new flagship enterprise storage array and virtualization software that allows active-active clusters across locations.

• 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.

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  VMware Virtual SAN appeals to hyper-converged storage fans

  VMware's vSAN beta appeals to customers who like having their storage, compute and hypervisor in one box, supported by one vendor.

• March 04, 2014 04 Mar'14

  Defining storage virtualization

  The term storage virtualization has been with us since 1999, and the concept continues with new product offerings that are variations of the original. The longevity of storage virtualization in a ...

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Object storage systems in demand for big data, archiving

  Object storage system use cases are growing, and their unique metadata capabilities are a good match for big data environments.

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  Fujitsu takes the Quality Award for enterprise storage arrays

  In our ninth annual Quality Awards survey for enterprise arrays, Fujitsu didn't just make the cut; it took the cake by earning top honors.

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  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.

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Something's wrong when storage vendors pitch speeds and feeds

  I’m surprised to hear from IT people that storage vendors are still using “speeds and feeds” in their sales pitches. Salesmen for these companies talk about how fast and how big the storage systems ...

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Facebook storage: Reviews vary for Blu-ray cold storage, M.2 SSD plans

  Facebook's plans to use Blu-ray discs for cold storage, 'netbook-class' M.2 SSD for booting Web servers draw mixed reviews from analysts, IT pros.

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  With little growth in sight, EMC plans layoffs

  EMC’s earnings report Wednesday served as another reminder that storage spending is not growing at anywhere near the rate that data is. With more data spread around on mobile devices and the cloud, ...

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Get ready for the 12 Gbps SAS drive

  New 12 Gbps SAS technology will usher in SSDs, HDDs and HBAs according to the SCSI Trade Association president.

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  EMC adds Isilon deduplication, targets enterprise storage

  EMC's Isilon offers a primary deduplication option for its scale-out NAS as it chases enterprise customers.

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Microsoft's SMB 3.0 for virtualization

  With SMB 3.0 included in Windows Server 2012, using Windows file sharing for virtual environments is much faster, safer and easier.

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Data Dynamics resurrects StorageX for file migration

  Data Dynamics buys intellectual property of Brocade's StorageX file virtualization software, develops its file migration and management capabilities.

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Micron adds RPMC support to NOR flash devices for improved security

  Micron announced its Replay-Protection Monotonic Counter (RPMC) feature is now available for its serial NOR flash memory devices.

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  Amazon S3 API for cloud storage leads pack, for now

  Vendors continue to add support for Amazon's S3 API, but will alternative APIs knock it down from its current status of the de facto standard?

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  Nirvanix cloud customers face worst nightmares

  As the Nirvanix cloud evaporates, customers ask: What do you do when your cloud provider goes out of business?

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  HP schedules EVA's funeral

  Hewlett-Packard (HP) has officially killed its Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) SAN platform, telling customers it will stop selling the two remaining models next January. HP is steering customers ...

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  Unified storage gets flashier with EMC VNX2

  EMC ships the VNX2 with redesigned controllers and software to take better advantage of flash; EMC also adds block-level primary data dedupe.

• August 26, 2013 26 Aug'13

  VMware Virtual SAN, Flash Read Cache, Virsto highlight storage plans

  VMware Virtual SAN, VMware vSphere Flash Read Cache and Virsto play big roles in VMware's software-defined storage strategy.

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  Early adopters see Red Hat Storage Server as SAN alternative

  Red Hat Storage Server's early adopters see promising results in small projects requiring ease of scalability, high availability and replication.

• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

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• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

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• June 25, 2013 25 Jun'13

  Western Digital/HGST acquires sTec SSD technology, PCIe cards

  Western Digital acquires sTec SSD technology, bailing out early SSD market leader. Acquisition will become final pending regulatory approval.

• June 18, 2013 18 Jun'13

  Users consider combo of Red Hat OpenStack with Red Hat Storage

  Red Hat integrates its storage software with its Red Hat OpenStack open source cloud distribution and updates roadmap for year-old storage server.

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  SDSC's OpenStack Swift object store mirrors major providers' systems

  SDSC uses an OpenStack Swift object store for private cloud service and takes the same storage approach as major providers.

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Hitachi Data Systems launches HCP Anywhere for online file sharing

  Hitachi Data Systems addresses online file sharing through HCP Anywhere as part of its Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) object cloud storage system.

• May 06, 2013 06 May'13

  EMC World 2013: EMC ViPR has vendor on software-defined storage route

  EMC ViPR, the vendor's software-defined storage technology, is designed to manage heterogeneous storage as one pool while adding cloud features.

• May 03, 2013 03 May'13

  Hitachi NAS Platform adds primary deduplication

  Hitachi Data Systems gives its HNAS product primary deduplication -- after years of tweaks to avoid performance impact.

• May 03, 2013 03 May'13

  EMC's RecoverPoint, SRDF shake hands

  EMC will make a bunch of product launches next week at its annual EMC World conference in Las Vegas. But there were upgrades the vendor couldn’t wait to announce, so it revealed a handful of data ...

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  NAND shortage could slow pace of flash price drops, squeeze SSD makers

  A shortage of NAND in the second half of 2013 could slow flash price drops and squeeze out some SSD vendors, but it won't affect SSD availability.

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Big Blue's billion-dollar bet on SSD includes all-flash storage array

  IBM rolls out FlashSystem all-flash arrays -- rebranded Texas Memory Systems products IBM acquired in 2012 -- as part of an aggressive flash push.

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  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.

• February 27, 2013 27 Feb'13

  NVMe and SCSI Express emerge, defining specs for PCIe-connected SSDs

  NVMe and SCSI Express are emerging, defining specs for SAS- and SATA-compatible PCIe SSDs. We spoke with Mike James of SanDisk to learn more.

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Actifio alters packaging, pricing for data protection

  Actifio bills itself as the “radically simple data copy storage company,” but apparently it’s pricing and packaging models weren’t radically simple enough. So Actifio 5.1 released today has new ...

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  Tegile hybrid SAN SSD solves contractor's VDI performance issues

  Tegile Systems hybrid SAN's SSDs and data reduction technologies solved Egan Company's virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) performance issues.

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  Nexsan storage acquired by Imation for $120 million

  In the first storage acquisition of 2013, Imation takes a big step by acquiring Nexsan storage for $120 million.

• December 17, 2012 17 Dec'12

  Amazon, Google, Microsoft cut cloud storage prices again

  Amazon, Google and Microsoft keep cutting cloud storage prices to put data in the cloud to lure customers, but other associated costs remain the same.

• December 11, 2012 11 Dec'12

  EMC Atmos storage cloud gets new hardware, native Amazon S3 support

  The EMC Atmos storage platform gets denser hardware and the ability to move customers' data off Amazon S3 to an Atmos public or private cloud.

• December 04, 2012 04 Dec'12

  Silver Peak WAN acceleration software, VXOA, expands hypervisor support

  Silver Peak moves ahead with its strategy to make its WAN optimization software accessible to storage administrators.

• November 21, 2012 21 Nov'12

  Parallel NFS suffers delays due to Linux client work, 'monster' spec

  A work in progress for more than eight years, parallel NFS is trying to overcome numerous product delays and issues with slow Linux client support.

• November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12

  NetApp FAS storage line refreshed with FAS3220, 3250 models

  The NetApp FAS storage line has been refreshed with the FAS3220 and FAS3250 models to bolster its midrange storage and FlexPod offerings.

• November 01, 2012 01 Nov'12

  HP StoreVirtual replaces LeftHand, adds StoreEasy NAS

  HP's StoreVirtual (previously LeftHand) SAN and StoreEasy NAS lines have been introduced, with FC connectivity and Windows Storage Server 2012.

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  Windows Storage Server 2012 adds enterprise-grade features

  Microsoft added enterprise features to Windows Storage Server 2012, but experts say it's unlikely to result in enterprise demand for the OEM product.

• October 29, 2012 29 Oct'12

  Cloud data storage services in wide use among companies of all sizes

  A recent TechTarget survey finds backup, disaster recovery and data archiving among the most popular cloud data storage services.

• October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12

  Nimble Storage hybrid array improves law firm's VDI performance

  Lindquist & Vennum claims its Nimble Storage CS240 hybrid storage array improved performance for its 350-seat virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI.

• September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12

  Hybrid and all-SSD arrays can save money, when used in the right spots

  Colby-Sawyer College and Aerospace Optics found ways to save money for high-performance apps with hybrid and all-SSD arrays.

• September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  With HUS VM, Hitachi takes its unified storage to the enterprise

  Hitachi Data Systems rolls out Hitachi Unified Storage VM (HUS VM), taking its multiprotocol storage array to the enterprise.

• August 07, 2012 07 Aug'12

  Virident FlashMax II MLC PCIe flash card hits 2.2 TB

  Virident Systems releases 2.2 TB FlashMax II PCIe solid-state card with up to 2.2 TB capacity; the Virident FlashMax set to compete with Fusion-io.

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Direct marketing firm solves VDI storage woes with hybrid flash array

  Direct marketing firm EU Services received a performance boost from Nimble Storage hybrid flash to remove VDI storage bottlenecks.

• July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12

  Storage Radio: What's new in EMC NetWorker 8

  On our latest Storage Radio podcast, join SearchStorage.com’s Ellen O’Brien and Dave Raffo as they delve into our top news of the week.

• July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12

  University solves write IOPS VDI problem with Whiptail storage flash array

  The University of Portland turned to a Whiptail all-solid-state storage array to get sufficient write IOPS performance for its VDI project.

• June 14, 2012 14 Jun'12

  Dell storage products roadmap includes server flash, primary dedupe

  The Dell storage products roadmap outlined at Dell Storage Forum 2012 includes server-based flash, storage virtualization and primary data reduction.

• May 10, 2012 10 May'12

  Quantum partners with Amplidata for object storage

  Quantum will add object storage as a tier on top of its StorNext file system with the help of an OEM deal with startup Amplidata. Quantum revealed the OEM deal Wednesday, and said it will have a ...

• April 24, 2012 24 Apr'12

  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.

• April 17, 2012 17 Apr'12

  Server PCIe flash cache trend catching on with storage vendors

  EMC heads list of major storage vendors jumping on the server-based PCIe flash cache trend to reduce latency and supply higher bandwidth for read-heavy, I/O-intensive applications.

• April 09, 2012 09 Apr'12

  Red Hat 2.0 supports unified file and object-based data

  Red Hat today rolled out the beta version of Red Hat Storage Software 2.0, used to build scale-out network-attached storage (NAS) for unstructured data. The upgraded version includes new features ...

• April 03, 2012 03 Apr'12

  Storage benchmark, planning tools for VDI can help alleviate cost overruns

  VDI storage benchmarking and planning tools can give administrators a better idea of their storage requirements and costs before beginning a virtual desktop project.

• February 27, 2012 27 Feb'12

  Dell EqualLogic supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet copper for iSCSI SAN

  Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs now support 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) copper as well as optical, reducing the price of the higher-speed Ethernet.

• February 17, 2012 17 Feb'12

  HDS enhances non-disruptive data migration to VSP

  Hitachi Data Systems Corp. has added a non-disruptive data migration capability to its flagship Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) that minimizes downtime for hosts and applications when moving data ...

• February 10, 2012 10 Feb'12

  Red Hat brings GlusterFS to Amazon cloud

  Red Hat has been tweaking and expanding the NAS storage products it acquired from Gluster last October. This week Red Hat brought GlusterFS to the cloud with an appliance for Amazon Web Services ...

• December 09, 2011 09 Dec'11

  Why we keep data

  I’ve attended two conferences recently where a speaker talked about storage efficiency and the growing capacity demand problem. The speaker said that a part of the problem is we don’t throw data ...

• December 06, 2011 06 Dec'11

  Aptare expands storage management software

  Storage software vendor Aptare is branching out to managing file storage. The vendor today launched Aptare StorageConsole File Analytics, which helps discover and analyze unstructured data. Or, as ...

• November 08, 2011 08 Nov'11

  NetApp adds FAS2240 entry-level unified storage array

  NetApp upgrades its entry-level storage platform with the FAS2240 to compete with unified EMC VNX and VNXe platforms and iSCSI SANs from HP and Dell.

• October 11, 2011 11 Oct'11

  IBM adds Storwize V7000 Unified array for multiprotocol storage

  With the Storwize V7000 Unified array, IBM enters the multiprotocol storage market; Big Blue also improves its auto-tiering software capabilities across arrays and data centers.

• August 26, 2011 26 Aug'11

  MLC drives, PCIe technology give SSDs run for their money

  Manufacturers see demand grow for multi-level cell (MLC) solid-state drives and PCI Express technology to bring down prices.

• August 22, 2011 22 Aug'11

  Dell adds 2.5-inch SAS, MLC SSDs to EqualLogic

  Dell revamped its EqualLogic iSCSI SAN hardware today, adding new entry-level and midrange platforms with support for 2.5-inch SAS drives and multi-level cell (MLC) solid state drives (SSDs) for ...

• August 17, 2011 17 Aug'11

  Xiotech changes name, improves ISE

  Xiotech is changing its name to X-IO (pronounced X-I-O) Technologies as part of an overhaul that really started in 2008 when it launched its ISE architecture and accelerated with the appointment of ...

• August 16, 2011 16 Aug'11

  Nutanix launches dense storage appliance for storage clouds, VDI

  Nutanix rolls out its Complete Cluster storage appliance with SSDs, hard drives, compute and a file system that can be used to build clouds and virtual desktop infrastructures.

• August 02, 2011 02 Aug'11

  eBay goes big on Nimbus all-SSD system

  eBay says it has 100 TB of Nimbus S-class all-flash solid-state storage arrays connected to its VMware servers, and the auction site will likely expand its flash footprint.

• June 10, 2011 10 Jun'11

  Best of need vs. best of breed

  I was recently teaching a class on storage technology and systems to a group of IT professionals. I’m always interested in finding out what they know about storage products and what they hear about ...

• June 07, 2011 07 Jun'11

  Dell turns EqualLogic into multiprotocol storage with clustered NAS

  Dell adds Exanet file system into EqualLogic iSCSI SAN through new FS7500 appliance that turns EqualLogic into multiprotocol storage but requires adding a separate box.

• June 06, 2011 06 Jun'11

  HP upgrades EVA midrange SAN array, launches virtualization bundles

  HP launches long-awaited EVA midrange SAN array upgrade; adds integrated storage-server-networking stacks to take on EMC Vblock; rolls out new Windows-based NAS.

• May 05, 2011 05 May'11

  Archiving's two primary use cases

  Data archiving is often incorrectly assumed to be an extension of backup. That’s mainly because earlier technology limitations necessitated the use of backup software to store data on devices. ...

• April 11, 2011 11 Apr'11

  EMC Isilon, DataDirect Networks launch clustered NAS for big data

  EMC Isilon upgrades its performance and capacity NAS platforms and operating system, while DataDirect Networks jumps into the enterprise NAS market with NAS Scaler.

• March 10, 2011 10 Mar'11

  NetApp buys LSI's Engenio for high-performance block storage

  NetApp expands its storage platform by paying $480 million for LSI's Engenio Fibre Channel block storage division. Wants to reach new set of customers with intense block-based storage needs.

• February 23, 2011 23 Feb'11

  Scale-out vs. scale-up: the basics

  There's been a lot of talk about scale-out and scale-up storage lately, and I get a sense that a lot of people don't understand that these terms are not synonymous. And that causes confusion among ...

• January 17, 2011 17 Jan'11

  EMC combines Clariion, Celerra into VNX unified storage

  EMC VNX is the result of the long-awaited consolidation of its Clariion SAN and Celerra NAS platforms into a unified storage system that will sharpen the competition with NetApp.

• November 16, 2010 16 Nov'10

  File-system virtualization options to help reduce unstructured data growth

  This tip provides a sampling of file-system virtualization products and information about the features that various vendors offer to help you with unstructured data growth.

• October 13, 2010 13 Oct'10

  EMC Greenplum Data Computing Appliance (DCA) takes on Oracle Exadata

  EMC Greenplum Data Computing Appliance (DCA) brings vendor to data warehouse appliance market to challenge Oracle Exadata, Netezza TwinFin 12, Teradata 2580.

• September 27, 2010 27 Sep'10

  HP sticks with Hitachi for high-end storage array

  Hewlett-Packard is launching is version of Hitachi Data System’s new VSP system today, which should end speculation that HP will sever its OEM deal with Hitachi’s parent company for its enterprise ...

• September 27, 2010 27 Sep'10

  Hitachi Data Systems releases Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) enterprise storage array

  Hitachi Data Systems upgrades its high-end storage array; Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) scales higher than its previous system and supports more granular tiering and provisioning.

• September 24, 2010 24 Sep'10

  USA.NET eliminates LUN problem with scale-out NAS

  Email hosting company ran into problems with millions of small files required large LUNs, but streamlined performance and storage management with Isilon's scale-out NAS systems.

• September 03, 2010 03 Sep'10

  Hewlett-Packard beats Dell, pays $2.35 billion for 3PAR

  Hewlett-Packard outbids Dell and will pay $2.35 billion for storage array vendor 3PAR; HP needs to determine where 3PAR's products fit in its storage strategy while Dell considers its next move.

• August 26, 2010 26 Aug'10

  Gluster prepares clustered NAS virtual appliance for VMware

  Open source storage startup Gluster turns its clustered NAS offering into a virtual appliance. Takes the approach that NAS is better way to store virtual machine images.

• July 19, 2010 19 Jul'10

  Does Nimble dedupe?

  Nimble Storage Thursday came out of stealth with a storage system that the startup’s executives said combines primary storage with deduplication for backup in the same device. It makes sense that ...

• July 12, 2010 12 Jul'10

  Are value-added resellers (VARs) an SMB's best friend?

  If SMBs do the right research, a VAR, or channel partner, can often provide the IT assistance they need.

• June 21, 2010 21 Jun'10

  6 Gbps SAS drives signal end of line for Fibre Channel disk drives

  Shift to 6 Gbps SAS drives signals the end of Fibre Channel disk drives, as manufacturers plan no upgrades or improvements beyond current 4 Gbps FC iteration.

• May 10, 2010 10 May'10

  EMC releases VPlex "active-active" storage

  This morning's big announcement at EMC World is called VPlex, which EMC says will allow for federation of data over geographic distance. VPlex was first publicly discussed at last year's VMWorld ...

• April 07, 2010 07 Apr'10

  NetApp buys Bycast for object storage

  Two weeks after Dell revealed plans to develop an object storage system, NetApp today disclosed its object storage strategy by acquiring privately held Canadian vendor Bycast. Bycast’s StorageGrid ...