Toshiba announced the THNSNF-series of SSDs, which feature new 19nm Toshiba Toggle MLC NAND. These new models are twice as fast as the previous HG3-series and available in three form-factors including the standard 9mm 2.5-inch design, as well as a 7mm-tall version for Ultrabooks and a mSATA model for integrated designs. The new THNSNF SSDs

Over the last week StorageReview has been profiling the various presentations, technology and storage trends that resulted from this year’s SCSI Trade Association (STA) Technology Showcase. The STA 2012 event highlighted the strengths of current and next-generation SCSI technology in everything from SAS cabling to new SCSI Express flash-based PCIe devices. Sponsors of the event

The latest manufacturer approaches to SAS-based data integrity were on display at the SCSI Trade Association Technology Showcase. STA demonstrations from sponsors including Western Digital, HGST, HP, LeCroy, LSI, PMC-Sierra, SanDisk and Seagate incorporated multi-level protocol protection, including PHY, link, and transport levels. From simple parity and CRC up to RAID and T10 Protection Information

Benchmarks released by Mellanox, Microsoft, and Fusion-io show Mellanox’s RDMA technology for InfiniBand, paired with Fusion-io ioDrive and Windows Server 2012, increases application performance by more than 5X compared to 10GbE solutions. This announcement comes as Mellanox also expands its FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand interconnect solutions with new 18-port, 108-port, 216-port, and 324-port non-blocking fixed and

The Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) is Hitachi’s enterprise-class storage platform for storing and managing block, file and object data. Today, Hitachi has announced enhancements for managing unstructured data growth, maintaining content security in shared storage environments, and streamlining traditional, cloud computing and distributed data storage environments.

Barracuda Networks has announced the new Barracuda Backup Service with VMware host support, giving customers the ability to quickly and efficiently back up and restore guest virtual machines. The new backup service also provides deduplicated images of virtual servers that can be transferred offsite for thorough disaster recovery protection, which is available free for existing

Following hot on the heels of their more PC-centric 2TB My Passport portable hard drive with USB 3.0, Western Digital has released a new high-capacity Mac-friendly version of the portable hard drive. The new WD My Passport Studio is the first 2TB portable hard drive designed with Mac users in mind. Much like the 1TB version, the 2TB

GridIron Systems has announced that its TurboCharger SAN acceleration appliance has been certified as interoperable with NetApp unified storage solutions. Customers running high-performance databases for applications, like Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and Decision Support Systems (DSS), now have a cost-effective option for accelerating application performance and supporting more concurrent users and applications. Installing the TurboCharger

The Pogoplug Series 4 is the latest effort to bring the personal cloud to the masses in a simple, cost effect manner. Series 4 takes over the flagship position for Pogoplug, adding several features to the entry-level Pogoplug Mobile. Like the Mobile, Series 4 offers users remote access to their data stored on an SD