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NewerTech MAXPower RAID Cards Released

by storagereview on September 25, 2011

Newer Technologies has released a pair of RAID controller cards aimed at Mac Pro owners frustrated that their beloved computers can’t fully utilize the increasing numbers of 6Gb/s SATA and SAS drives. The controller cards ship in two configurations: The MAXPower RAID mini-SAS 6G-2e card has two external mini-SAS ports, while the MAXPower RAID mini-SAS

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Intel SSD 710 Series to Deliver 35 Million IOPS

by Brian Beeler on September 23, 2011

Intel just launched the enterprise-ready SSD 710 Series and already they’re about to post some impressive results. The 710 SSDs will be featured in the Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer, named Gordon by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, which will be able to turn 35 million IOPS. How many Intel