November 6th, 2012 by Lyle Smith
Synology DiskStation DS713+ and RS3413xs+ Announced
Synology has announced its most powerful 2-bay DiskStation NAS to date, the DS713+. The DS713+ comes equipped with a Dual Core 2.13 GHz processor, 1GB of DDR3 RAM, dual-LAN failover and link aggregation support, and hot swap support with a maximum internal capacity of 8TB (2X 4TB HDD). They have also announced the rack-mounted RS3413xs+ that supports both iSCSI and NFS and offers for the first time SSD caching support.
November 5th, 2012 by Josh Linden
Intel Announces DC S3700 Series Data Center SSDs
Intel has launched the new DC S3700 series of MLC flash SATA SSDs that the company says achieve 2x read and 15x write performance improvements overIntel’s SSD 710 drives. The new SSDs will be offered at 100, 200, 400, and 800GB capacities, in 2.5-inch and limited 1.8-inch form factors. SSD DC S3700 drives use Intel 25nm NAND HET MLC modules and incorporate Intel’s High Endurance Technology (HET) that tunes MLC memory for enterprise reliability. HET enables the Intel SSD DC S3700 Series to promise 10 full drive writes per day of wear over the 5-year life of the drive. DCS3700 drives are also designed with an extra bank of memory to cache data that is being written in order to protect against power failures.
November 5th, 2012 by Brian Beeler
NetApp FAS3220 and FAS3250 Midrange Storage Platforms Released
NetApp has updated their midrange storage platforms with the FAS3220 and FAS3250. The FAS3200 platforms aim to help SMBs and SMEs improve performance, reliability and scalability in their NAS/SAN environments. NetApp has optimized both units for flash storage to increase performance, they are cluster-enabled to support non-disruptive operation and support increased total capacity.
November 5th, 2012 by Josh Linden
TwinStrata CloudArray 4.0 Consolidates Cloud Storage, NAS, and SAN Functionality
TwinStrata has announced CloudArray 4.0, the newest version of its cloud storage gateway that integrates enterprise storage with cloud storage through native support for NAS and SAN protocols. TwinStrata's CloudArray P300 is the industry’s first line of cloud-integrated storage appliances to natively support both NAS and iSCSI.
November 2nd, 2012 by Josh Linden
HP Debuts StoreEasy NAS and Announces LeftHand Storage Rebranding
HP has announced StoreEasy NAS, the next generation of its Windows-based NAS platform which will feature Windows Storage Server 2012 and will be available on December 10. The company has also announced the rebranding of its LeftHand storage family, which will now feature Fibre Channel connectivity and be known as HP StoreVirtual.
November 1st, 2012 by Lyle Smith
EMC VPLEX Doubles The Supported Distance Between Active-Active Data Centers
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EMC has announced that it has doubled the distance supported for moving VMware vSPhere vMotion workloads between active-active data centers with EMC VPLEX virtual storage. In addition, they also announced new VPLEX capabilities that will shape the way customers think about how they share data in VMware hybrid clouds to eliminate data center boundaries while transforming their IT infrastructure.
November 1st, 2012 by Lyle Smith
HP AppSystems for SAP HANA Disaster Tolerant Solution Now Available
HP has announced it is the first technology partner to be certified by SAP for its HP AppSystems for SAP HANA portfolio with the disaster tolerant (DT) architecture. This will allow customers to host a second HANA system that can take over for their production system in the event of a significant outage such as a power failure or other unforeseen disaster. This certification makes HP the only company in the world that has a certified DT solution for HANA.
November 1st, 2012 by Brian Beeler
Dell Ships 100,000th EqualLogic Storage Array
In the storage world, shipping 100,000 arrays is a pretty big milestone. Dell has hit said milestone as Connexions4London (C4L), a web services provider, recently deployed the 100,000th EqualLogic array. For perspective, when Dell purchased EqualLogic in November 2008, there were 4,000 customers and 8,000 units in the field. In just about five years, Dell has expanded this piece of their storage business to 45,000 customers, an 11X increase.
October 31st, 2012 by Lyle Smith
Permabit Albireo Data Optimization Software Data Protection Edition Announced
Permabit Technology Corporation has announced the release of its Albireo Data Optimization Software Data Protection Edition, designed to address rapid data growth and to improve existing enterprise backup procedures of businesses that have moved past traditional backup technologies. Albireo continues to grow, recently announcing that its SDK and Virtual Data Optimizer now both support enterprise flash technologies used in flash arrays, caching both hardware and software solutions and SSDs, including drives and PCIe solutions.
October 30th, 2012 by Brian Beeler
Samsung SM843 and SM1625 Enterprise SSDs Released
Samsung has refreshed their enterprise SATA SSD offering with the SM843 and has added the SM1625, their first enterprise SSD using the SAS interface. The launch comes as Samsung tries to expand their SSD growth in the enterprise while attempting to fend off the numerous upstarts that have gained momentum with lower cost, higher performing and higher endurance SSDs over the last year.
The Samsung SSD 840 is an entry-level consumer SSD and is the first to be made with TLC (Triple Level Cell) NAND. This differs from the MLC (Multi Level Cell) NAND used in every other consumer SSD. Up to this point, TLC NAND has only been used in less critical applications like USB thumb drives and memory cards, but its acceptance in the SSD space is emerging in large part because of the reduced cost of the NAND packages. Of course the tradeoff for the lowered price-point is endurance, but as consumers are coming to accept, most of them really don't write all that much data to their drives. The Samsung SSD 840 is built off of the same platform as the Samsung SSD 840 Pro with the Samsung MDX triple-core ARM 9 controller which is clocked at 300MHz and leverages Samsung's NAND and proprietary firmware.
The OWC Envoy Pro EX is a USB 3.0 bus-powered portable storage device that offers capacities up to 480GB and is pre-formatted and primarily designed for Apple systems, though PC users can reformat and use the drive as well. The OWC Envoy Pro is the bare unit, while the EX models add SSD storage using 
The WD My Passport Ultra, announced today, is a USB 3.0 portable storage device with capacities from 500GB up to 2TB that features local and cloud backups. The My Passport Ultra includes software for automatic backups to the host system or to the My Passport Ultra as well as the ability to use Dropbox to backup to the cloud. The Ultra, WD's latest My Passport iteration, also enables users to setup password protection and hardware encryption to keep data stored on the device secure from unauthorized access. Cosmetically-focused, the WD My Passport Ultra is available in four different colors (titanium, red, blue and black).
HP has been going through a transformation recently when it comes to the 
The Kingston MobileLite Wireless is the company's latest portable wireless storage device that ships without embedded storage and instead enables users to use memory cards (SD/SDHC/SDXC and microSD with included adapter) or USB flash drives to increase storage for tablets, phones and other mobile devices. MobileLite Wireless provides a battery life of up to 5 hours for playback and viewing files, and it conveniently charges over USB. The 5-hour life is 25% more than on the previous generation Wi-Drive portable wireless flash drive that Kingston continues to offer in 64GB and 128GB capacities. Uniquely, the MobileLite Wireless also offers the ability to serve as an emergency charger for mobile devices such as phones.
Newer Technology's miniStack MAX functions as an external storage device, optical drive, SD media card reader and USB hub simultaneously while matching the footprint and taking styling cues from the Mac Mini. This design makes it a great companion to the Mac Mini or any desktop or notebook. The miniStack MAX interfaces over USB 3.0, two Firewire 800 ports or an eSATA connection. The machine also features a USB hub with a total of three USB 3.0 ports, two of which have been designed to charge less power-hungry devices while one offers 2.1Amp power to charge tablets and other devices. The miniStack MAX is designed for backup and general storage as well as the needs of creative professionals.
