EMC has consolidated their array of flash offerings under new branding, Xtrem. The EMC Xtrem family incorporates three core offerings. XtremSF (server flash) includes PCIe application accelerators, XtremSW (software) includes caching solutions, formerly referred to as VFcache, and XtremIO, the all flash array formally referred to as Project X and part of the XtremIO acquisition. As part of
NetApp today announced the new FAS6220, FAS6250, and FAS6290, additions to its high-end FAS/V6200 storage platform. The new systems are optimized for use in conjunction with NetApp’s other flash offerings to increase IOPS over 80% from previous maximums and reduce latency by up to 90%, improving SAN to over 250K IOPS and NAS performance to
Seagate Technology has announced Seagate Business Storage, its newest network attached storage (NAS) offering for small office/home office (SOHO), remote mobile office (RMO) and small to medium-sized business organizations (SMBs). The new Seagate storage solution delivers centralized backup, data protection, and remote access to critical business information. The NAS units range from a single bay
The Synology DS1812+ is a 8-bay NAS designed for a small to medium size business use that features a dual core 2.13GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and Synology’s DiskStation Manager (DSM) software. The entry-NAS market for even the SMB space typically starts at 4-bays, Synology has doubled the drive capacity on its DS1812+. Synology sells
Intel has announced availability of its SSD 525 storage solution, with an mSATA form factor. Intel’s SSD 525 drives utilize 25nm MLC NAND memory to provide PCIe storage with a footprint one-eighth the size of previous-generation 2.5-inch hard drives. Intel’s SSD 525 series will be available later this quarter in 30, 60, 90, and 240GB
LaCie and beautiful design intuitively go together, thanks to years of LaCie regularly pumping out great looking storage devices. The LaCie 2big 2-bay NAS system is no different, sporting solid-aluminum body. It features LaCie’s NAS OS 3.0, which makes NAS management easy. Out of the box, the 2big NAS comes configured in RAID 1, but has
QNAP Systems has announced the release of TV Station, adding to Turbo NAS users’ multimedia experience of watching and recording TV online. The TV Station gives customers an economical solution to record their digital TV programs and to share live or recorded contents with multiple members simultaneously. This is an attractive option for TV fans,
The Synology DS1512+ is a 5-bay NAS designed for small business use that features a dual core 2.13GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and Synology’s DiskStation Manager (DSM) software. Synology sells their NAS units without disks, so users purchase the enclosure and add any combination of 2.5″ or 3.5″ drives they wish. While the entry-NAS market
Seagate Technology has announced three new enterprise-class HDD families for data center and cloud applications that will cover a broad range of capacity-to-performance and price-per-GB points. The Seagate Enterprise Value HDD provides up to 3TB of storage with a low-power architecture; the Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD will be offered in 1, 2, 3, and 4TB
It’s an interesting decision – WD is expanding their low-power 3.5" hard drive offerings with a second line at the same time Seagate exists the "green" market, claiming low-power drives aren’t really all that beneficial or quite frankly, special. The Western Digital Red family of hard drives is designed for the 1 to 6 bay
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