Today the LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (HP, IBM, and Quantum) announced new specifications for the LTO Ultrium format generation 7 or LTO-7. The new specifications more than double the capacity per tape cartridge bring the capacity to 15TB (when compressed) up from 6.25TB of the previous generation. And the new specifications have even faster
Cloudian Inc. announced the release of the latest version of HyperStore software, version 5.2, and they announced new physical appliances, the forever live FL3000 appliances. The new forever live appliances can start off small and scale to hundreds of petabytes as the needs increase. The appliances offer up to 3.8PB per rack.
Violin Windows Flash Array (WFA) is an all-flash SMB and NFS storage solution that combines Violin Memory’s Flash Fabric Architecture with Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 to offer a straightforward appliance-style application server storage solution with 10Gb Ethernet and 56Gb FDR InfiniBand connectivity. Violin and Microsoft collaborated on the development of the WFA, such as
Caringo today announced the availability of FileFly, a software-based global namespace solution that bridges server-based file storage with Caringo’s object-based Swarm storage platform. FileFly enables administrators to automate the process of moving less active data from NetApp or Windows file servers to Swarm. FileFly can be deployed to Windows servers, including virtual machines, and features
Today SanDisk Corporation and Nexenta announced that they are working together to release the industry’s first open software-defined storage (OpenSDS) All-Falsh Array (AFA) through a combination of SanDisk’s InfiniFlash IF100 system and Nexenta’s NexentaStor. This joint solution will provide data center customers a pre-tested, full-featured, cost-effective, high-performance system for addressing today’s increasing Big Data challenges.
Today at VMworld 2015, Reduxio Systems launched its next generation hybrid flash storage system, the Reduxio HX 550. While the hybrid flash market is starting to get a bit crowded, Reduxio plans on distinguishing themselves by introducing a new technology along with their system, BackDating. Reduxio claims BackDating makes snapshots obsolete all the while simplifying
Today at VMworld 2015, VMware unveiled VMware EVO SDDC designed to simplify the build out and ongoing operations of software-defined data center (SDDC) at scale. The SDDC serves as one of the key components of VMware’s unified hybrid cloud platform. EVO SDDC will make it easier for customers to deploy and operate virtual infrastructure as
Today at VMworld 2015, Dell Inc. announced several enhanced end-to-end solutions for VMware. These announcements ran the gamut of helping to integrate physical and virtual environments, updated EVO:RAIL infrastructure, and updates to Dell's thin clients. These enhancements add more VMware capabilities to Dell's portfolio while helping customers on the path to virtualized environments and the
Today at VMworld 2015, the EMC Federation gave a preview to updates for its Enterprise Hybrid Cloud solution along with a new End-User Computing Solution. The Enterprise Hybrid Cloud will be available through EMC business partners, when they reach “Federation Ready” credentials. The Federation is also previewing the first ever, unified IoT solution.
X-IO made their name in enterprise SAN storage by figuring out a way to ensure hard drives and in the case of hybrid configurations, SSDs, never needed to be serviced in the warrantied five-year window. To help achieve this goal, X-IO uses twin DataPacs that are inserted and locked into the fully redundant chassis, delivering a "set it
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