WD is announcing the WD Sentinel RX4100 to meet customer demand for a 1U rack-mount small business NAS that builds off of the success of the Sentinel DX4000 that we reviewed. One of the features that makes the RX4100 4-bay NAS attractive is its all-in-one build that includes hardware, software and service all from WD.
Kingston is announcing the KC300 SSD, the newest addition to its SSDNow family designed for client users in the enterprise, enthusiasts and mobile users who require maximum performance and energy efficiency. The KC300 replaces the Kingston V+200 and KC100 SSDs that we have reviewed. It also provides advanced power management via an LSI SandForce SF-2281
The new DS1813+ NAS is Synology’s latest eight-bay desktop DiskStation. In addition to its internal storage, the DS1813+ offers a maximum raw capacity of 72TB via expansion units, as well as providing four gigabit NICs which can be aggregated for maximum read speeds of 350 MB/s and write speeds of 200 MB/s. The DS1813+ supersedes Synology’s DS1812+,
Permabit Technology is announcing its Albireo Compress and Albireo Replica data compression and replication applications that integrate with Permabit Albireo Virtual Data Optimizer (VDO). Permabit already offers a comprehensive Linux-based software-defined-storage solution in VDO that features deduplication and thin provisioning. Compress works with VDO’s deduplication to reduce data storage requirements by as much as 35x.
HP has been going through a transformation recently when it comes to the branding of their storage products. 3PAR, LeftHand, NAS and JBOD storage solutions have become more neatly accounted for with clear steps defined to help buyers understand which solutions fit their needs. The StoreEasy family addresses the SMB and midmarket with storage offerings
WD and SanDisk are announcing that the two companies have formed a partnership to introduce the WD Black SSHD in a 2.5-inch, 5mm form factor with flash memory from SanDisk. SanDisk will supply the SanDisk iSSD storage device for the WD Black SSHD which utilizes proprietary hybrid technology. Incorporating SanDisk’s iSSD will help the WD Black
EMC has announced updates to EMC VMAX which is a new frame-based licensing model for EMC VPLEX virtual storage as well as EMC RecoverPoint 4.0, the new version of the software that now offers integration with EMC SRDF. With this announcement, EMC is asserting VMAX as the only tier 1 storage array that provides simultaneous
WD is announcing the immediate shipment of its new WD Xe 2.5" 10K SAS hard drive targeting the enterprise market. WD Xe drives are designed for data servers to replace legacy storage that is nearing end-of-life, and with the adapter they won’t require organizations to lose their existing investments’ value by completely turning away from
Nimble Storage is announcing its new validated reference architecture called SmartStack for private cloud deployments on Microsoft’s technology which consists of a Nimble Storage CS200 Series 3U system, Cisco USC C-Series rack-mount server platform, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center 2012. Microsoft’s private cloud Fast Track is a reference architecture for
WD unveiled their new SmartWare Pro software that enables users to easily back up files to any USB external hard drive or the cloud using their personal Dropbox. The software also provides users with the ability to restore or retrieve backed-up data. SmartWare Pro is compatible with popular WD products such as My Passport and
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