StorageReview.com offers in-depth news coverage and detailed reviews for with an emphasis on enterprise hardware including arrays, hard drives, NVMe flash, SSDs, NAS and other storage hardware. Storage support forums provide a user community ready to offer buying advice, technical support and unvarnished honesty.
Enterprise Reviews - SSD | HDD | Hyper-Converged | Enterprise | SAN/NAS 12 Bays+ | Small SAN/NAS | Servers | Backup and Recovery | Networking | In the Lab | More...
End User Reviews - Workstations | SSD | HDD | PCIe Storage | Desktop Externals | Portable Drives | SOHO NAS | Accessories
FEATURED by Michael Rink
DDN EXA5 Unveiled At ISC High Performance Conference
Today, DDN (DataDirect Networks) announced EXA5, the next generation of DDN’s EXAScaler Storage and is showcasing it at the ISC High Performance Conference in Frankfurt, Germany. DataDirect Networks (DDN) was founded in 1998 and provides block and file storage platforms as well as associated appliances and tools. The ISC High Performance conference has been running annually in Europe since 1986 and was previously known as the International Supercomputing Conference.
FEATURED by Michael Rink
Dell Announcements From The ISC High Performance Conference
Today, Dell announced several new solutions and reference designs for high-performance computing at ISC High Performance 2019. The ISC High Performance conference has been running annually in Europe since 1986 and was previously known as the International Supercomputing Conference.
FEATURED by Tom Fenton
Intel NUC 8 Mainstream Kit (NUC8i7BEH) Review
We recently had the opportunity to review an Intel NUC7CJYS; a low priced NUC. We were impressed with the value that it delivered and thought it would be interesting to see how much power Intel packs into a mid-tier NUC systems, in this case the NUC8i7BEH (Bean Canyon). Intel NUC systems are used by enthusiast that want to build a home lab that take up a minimal amount of space, custom builders that configure them for a specific purpose such as entertainment systems, home users that are looking for a quiet, small computer, and others that want a system that take up a minimal amount of space.
June 17th, 2019 by Michael Rink
WekaIO Updates Software Platform
Today, WekaIO, announced updates to its software platform to provide security functionality for multi-use enterprise high performance computing (HPC). WekaIO is two years old, and we covered their initial launch, which is still the core of their offerings, a cloud-native scalable file system. More recently we covered their announcement that they had raised $31.7 million in additional funding in May.
June 14th, 2019 by Lyle Smith
Kingston DC500M Enterprise SSD Review
Released in March of this year, the Kingston Data Center DC500M is a SATA enterprise SSD that leverages the latest 3D TLC NAND. Kingston's new SSD implements the company’s strict QoS requirements to ensure predictable random I/O performance as well as predictable low latencies over a wide range of read and write workloads. Where the DC500R (R stands for read intensive) tended fall behind as write activity increased, the DC500M is built to excel in these types of workloads.
June 13th, 2019 by Lazaro Herrera
How to Install VMware ESXi
In the next edition of our Before the Home Lab series we’ll look our first hypervisor, VMware ESXi, and how to install it in a homelab setting. Full Disclosure: My homelab is fully ESXi / vSphere, with no vCenter deployments.
Read more
June 12th, 2019 by Lyle Smith
iXsystems TrueCommand 1.0 Released
iXsystems has announced the release of TrueCommand 1.0, the company’s unified management system that monitors and controls TrueNAS and FreeNAS systems from a single-pane-of-glass. iXsystems claims that TrueCommand will simplify 24x7 operations, improve security, automate tasks, and promote faster problem resolution for NAS systems.
June 12th, 2019 by Blaise Robitaille
How to Install QNAP QTS 4.4.1 and Hybrid Backup Sync 3 Betas
QNAP has released Hybrid Backup Sync 3 (HBS) beta - Multi-cloud backup, data deduplication, instant restoration and flexible synchronization. Lets dive in and see how to install this latest release and what's in store for end users. But first, a word about beta software. Fair warning: beta software is never intended to be ready for “Production” – that said; if you are a business user - beware, homelabbers - have fun!
June 11th, 2019 by Adam Armstrong
Western Digital Launches Zoned Storage Initiative
Today Western Digital announced the launch of Zoned Storage. Zoned Storage is an initiative that leverages new technology to create more efficient Zettabyte-scale architectures for data centers while helping to maintain more competitive TCO. The company also launched a developer site they will be hosting that includes open-source, standards-based tools and resources.
June 11th, 2019 by Lyle Smith
Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved Plug-in for iXsystems’ FreeNAS Announced
Asigra Inc has announced the Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved Plug-in for iXsystems’ FreeNAS configured with the company’s latest software, version 14. With the combination of the FreeNAS storage operating system and the new Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved plug-in for FreeNAS, Asigra believes that it will offer comprehensive data protection, which is highlighted by effective anti-ransomware capabilities. Asigra’s strategic relationship with iXsystems allows customers with FreeNAS systems to easily implement the Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved plug-in.
Earlier this year we posted 
The Seagate IronWolf SSD family was launched a few months ago near the end of April with the promise of improved reads and writes (and thus a longer life span) via the company’s Durawrite technology. We previously looked at the new 
The Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series is a family of storage arrays designed to meet the needs of the entry storage market, which is generally thought of in the sub-$25K price band. However, the PowerVault ME4 Series is exceedingly flexible. The system can be deployed in an HDD configuration to meet the needs of the entry market or edge with starting pricing below $10K, or it can be configured in hybrid or as all-flash to meet more demanding needs of a growing business. Regardless of how it's deployed, the PowerVault ME4 provides organizations with an easy-to-deploy and manage storage solution that offers a depth of features that are common in enterprise storage products.
The Seagate BarraCuda 510 is a consumer drive for users looking to leverage the NVMe interface inside their ultra-thin laptops, workstations, and desktop PCs, though it’s also available in a 2.5 SATA model. First revealed during CES 2019 in January, the BarraCuda 510 features 3D cTLC NAND and capacities up to 512GB. The new Seagate drive also comes bundled with SeaTools SSD, which is the company’s free software that tests and analyzes their drives for health monitoring.
The Kingston KC2000 SSD is the company’s next generation M.2 NVMe drive that is geared toward power users. The drive leverages 96-layer, 3D TLC NAND and the latest Gen 3.0 x 4 controller to deliver quoted speeds of 3.2GB/s read and 2.2GB/s write. With the drive’s performance and endurance, Kingston states it would be a good fit for desktops, workstation, and high-performance computing systems. 
The Atrust mt188L client is geared towards mobile virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) users that need a laptop form factor VDI client. To give a brief overview of its specifications, the Atrust mt188L is a laptop format, thin client that has a 15.6” screen, with multiple USB and video ports, is powered by an Intel CPU that runs a bespoken Linux operating system. It has 700mAh, 64.98Wh battery. It supports all the major VDI environments.
_0.png){kind=logo}
