LSI has announced the Nytro XP 6200 PCIe flash series of accelerator cards, which use LSI SandForce controllers to target clients in datacenter and SMB markets by using affordable MLC flash and focusing on optimized power and thermal characteristics. LSI intends for the XP 6200 series to open a new market for by pricing these
NetApp Announces New EF550 Flash Array and E2700 Arrays, Updated E5500 Array
NetApp has announced two new storage platforms and updated a third, reflecting NetApp’s strategy of serving a broad spectrum of flash-accelerated enterprise storage clients and use cases via the EF-Series of all-flash storage arrays and the E-Series of SAN arrays. The new NetApp EF550 flash array is designed for latency-sensitive data, while the E2700 array
Seagate Business Storage Windows Server 4-bay NAS Announced
Seagate Technology has introduced the latest addition to its business storage product offerings, the Seagate Business Storage Windows Server 4-bay NAS. Designed for offices or workgroups with up to 50 employees, Seagate's new 4-bay NAS centralizes storage, enabling access, collaboration, and the sharing of files securely from all computers within a business network, while simultaneously hosting PC
Imation Enhances Nexsan Storage Arrays with E-Series V
Imation has released Nexsan E-Series V with unprecedented levels of storage density combined with extremely low power consumption. In a 4U space – one third of the rack space required by most storage arrays, the E-Series V can accommodate up to 240 Terabytes. Nexsan AutoMAID is a disk management utility that can reduce overall power
LSI SF3700 SandForce Flash Controller Line Unveiled
LSI has unveiled the third generation of its SandForce flash controller line, the SF3700. Designed to support power-sensitive client computing applications in addition to I/O-intensive enterprise and hyperscale environments, the new LSI SandForce SF3700 flash controller family offers increased levels of flash performance, reliability and endurance, meeting the growing needs of SSD manufacturers.
QNAP TS-x70 Pro Series Turbo NAS Announced
QNAP Systems has announced the release of the TS-x70 Pro series Turbo NAS, available in 4, 6, and 8-bay tower models for home and small/home office use. The TS-x70 Pro series is powered by a Dual-Core Intel Core i3 3.3 GHz Processor and 2GB DDR3 RAM, which delivers smooth real-time multimedia transcoding capabilities and up
EMC Announces General Availability of XtremIO Flash Arrays
EMC has announced the general availability of their XtremIO all flash arrays. XtremIO was acquired by EMC in May of last year as a way to boost EMC's offerings and visibility in the all flash array arena. EMC showed off "Project X" at VMworld a few months later, touting the unique feature set that let
HP Announces StoreVirtual Storage Appliance (VSA) No-Cost Option for ProLiant Servers
HP has created a package deal for small to medium businesses (SMB) who are trying to efficiently deploy and manage a server/storage environment for critical applications. Many organizations have budgetary constraints that prevent them from getting the full suite of tools they need to support these infrastructures. With this announcement HP has shown they are supportive
Dot Hill Launches AssuredSAN 4004 12Gb SAS and Converged 16Gb FC/10Gb iSCSI Storage
Dot Hill today launched a lineup of AssuredSAN 4004 storage devices based on the company’s ninth-generation RAID architecture, including 12Gb SAS arrays and first-to-market 16Gb Gen 5 Fibre Channel/10Gb iSCSI converged interface models. The AssuredSAN 4004 platform is designed for high-bandwidth cloud services and vertical markets such as media and entertainment, oil and gas, telecommunications, big data analytics,
Cray Announces Tiered Adaptive Storage (TAS) Data Management Solution
Cray today introduced Tiered Adaptive Storage, an open Hierarchical Storage Management solution for Big Data and supercomputing that has been developed in partnership with Versity Software. TAS is a complete software and hardware stack for large-scale tiered storage archives that leverages the Lustre file system and ensures data protection and accessibility at scale and during




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