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Supermicro Technologies for Energy Efficiency, Cloud and High-Performance Computing

Super Micro Computer is showing of a full range of computing solutions for large scale IT deployments including X9 Server Solutions, Serverboards, SuperBlade, SuperWorkstations, and SuperStorage systems with Intel Xeon E5-2600/4600/2400 and E3-1200 v2 series processors. They also recently demonstrated integrated solutions in a SuperRack with their 10GbE top-of-rack network switch and Server Management Software

Consumer  ◇  SSD

Corsair Announces Neutron 4th Generation SSDs with New Link-A-Media Devices Controller

Corsair announced the Neutron SSD series, which will be the first consumer SSDs to feature the LM87800 6Gb/s SSD controller from Link-A-Media Devices (LAMD). All Neutron models will incorporate LAMD on-the-fly error correction and NAND management technologies to improve the flash memory endurance. The Neutron Series GTX drives also include adaptive DSP technology for improved

Consumer  ◇  SSD

New EMC VMAX Enterprise Storage Family Offers Support for the Hybrid Cloud

EMC has announced specifications for its new VMAX Family, consisting of the VMAX 10K, VMAX 20K and the newest VMAX 40K. The VMAX Family is built on EMC’s Virtual Matrix Architecture which provides the enterprise information infrastructure for deploying hybrid clouds. This architecture is complemented by new software capabilities that streamline operations and extend VMAX

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

EMC Announces OnDemand for Life Sciences and Plant and Facilities Management and Updated Documentum D2

EMC has announced new solutions for Life Sciences and Engineering, Plants and Facilities Management companies via EMC OnDemand and the next version of EMC Documentum D2 for configuring Documentum interfaces. The company also announced reaching the milestone of 45 approved partner solutions during the first full year of its EMC Certified Solution Program. The certifications

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

No Compromise Performance – LSI Shows Off DataBolt [STA 2012]

Industry adoption of PCIe 3.0 is driving development of a new generation of enterprise storage interfaces that can utilize the full bandwidth available from the new PCIe standard. At this year’s SCSI Trade Association (STA) Technology Showcase, sponsors including LSI, HGST, Intel, JDSU, LeCroy, PCM-Sierra, SanDisk, Seagate, SerialTek, Toshiba, Western Digital, and Xyratex were eager

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

Storage Connectivity Solutions [STA 2012]

At this week’s SCSI Trade Association (STA) Technology Showcase, Molex, Amphenol, FCI and TE were eager to demonstrate a broad spectrum of new intermateable 12Gb/s box-to-box and inside-the-box SAS interconnects. Product demonstrations put the spotlight on MultiLink SAS, a new 12Gb/s SAS quad-port connector, and double-density Mini-SAS HD interconnectors with 8x interfaces. These configurations deliver

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

STEC, Mellanox, AMAX and Zettaset Deliver PHAT-Data40G High Performance Hadoop Appliance

A four-horsemen of partners including STEC, Mellanox, AMAX and Zettaset are demonstrating a new appliance designed to deliver record-breaking performance for Hadoop users. The PHAT-Data40G as it’s known, is powered by four STEC 980GB PCIe storage accelerators, Mellanox’s 40GbE interconnect solutions, AMAX’s Intel Xeon E-based servers and Zettaset’s installation, management, and security tools.

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

IceWEB Unified Data Storage Adopts OCZ SSDs

OCZ and IceWEB Storage Corporation today announced that OCZ’s Talos 2 SAS SSDs and Deneva 2 SATA III SSDs will be deployed across IceWEB’s line of unified data storage systems. OCZ SSDs will also be used for IceWEB’s IceCAP Cache Acceleration Protocol, automated tiering, and pure SSD disk tiers.

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

SanDisk Lightning Enterprise SSD Review (LB 406S)

When SanDisk invested $327 million to acquire Pliant one thing was clear; SanDisk saw an opportunity to leverage their expertise in NAND and storage with Pliant’s SAS controller knowledge and storage technologies to create class-leading enterprise SSDs that would excel in both performance and reliability. The current result is the SanDisk Lightning enterprise SSD family

Consumer  ◇  SSD

Buying an SSD – The Brands That Matter

When evaluating SSDs in the consumer space, the buyer can get easily confused with the dizzying array of options. Rather than consolidating in the last year, the client SSD space continues to explode. Well, that's not entirely accurate, the number of manufacturers selling SSDs has increased, though the variation in solutions has not. To put