The Aberdeen AberNAS N31L is among Aberdeen’s ultra-dense NAS storage arrays that are all designed to offer maximum capacity levels at more affordable prices than the upper echelon providers. The AberNAS is packed with features including capacity for up to 64TB of storage via 16 3.5″ bays. The 3U form factor NAS also features Intel

The Synology RackStation RS3412xs and RS3412RPxs 2U rack mount NAS units offer 10 3.5″ drive bays and Synology’s robust DiskStation Manager 4.1 (DSM). Synology offers several enterprise-class features, note the RP in the RS3412RPxs stands for redundant power supply, and Synology offers an optional 10GbE card to take advantage of top-line performance of 100,000+ IOPS

The SAS 616iSD 10G is part of an extensive line of block-level storage arrays offered by JetStor. The iSCSI 616iSD offers up to 48TB of storage via 16 3.5″ bays in a 3U enclosure. JetStor features dual redundant active/active RAID controllers and four 10GbE ports, two per controller. Each controller is powered by an Intel

HGST, a Western Digital company, is demonstrating its new helium-based hard disk drive (HDD) platform at the WDC Investor Day event in Irvine, California. Sealed hard drives with helium in place of air will increase the storage density and durability of 3.5-inch hard drive storage while decreasing power consumption and audible noise. HGST’s pilot lines

If we know anything about Drobo and the new B1200i, their mission statement is to keep storage simple. The 12-bay SAN has historically supported up to 48TB of storage via SATA and SAS hard drives via Drobo’s BeyondRAID automatic and instantaneous drive management system. Now the B1200i has a new trick up its sleeve, automated

Infortrend has announced North American availability of two new product lines, the EonNAS Pro (tower) and EonNAS 1000 Series (rackmount), intended for the SMB and SOHO storage market. The EonNAS Pro and EonNAS 1000 series offer deduplication, ZFS checksum, snapshot and pool mirror features.

Drobo has announced two new storage appliances that offer dual Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 connectivity. The Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini share a common hardware and firmware platform and similar feature sets, with the key difference being the 5D is intended for stationary use, utilizing 3.5” drives, while the Drobo Mini is designed for portability

Before you start to build or purchase your own RAID you need to decide on three of the following factors. how big – how much capacity you need, how strong – what fault tolerance is needed, and how fast – what performance in terms of write/read speed you want. In this guest editorial we cover

Symantec has announced updates to its NetBackup 5220 and Backup Exec 3600 appliances, which now include the latest NetBackup 7.5 and Backup Exec 2012 technology. Symantec’s updated backup appliances are aimed to reduce backup platform fragmentation, offering end-to-end integrated backup appliances for servers, storage, and software.