LSI has launched a revamped portfolio of storage solutions around PCIe SSDs, caching and RAID products. Originally coined the WarpDrive 2, the 2nd-generation WarpDrive falls under the new LSI product family as the LSI Nytro WarpDrive. The rest of the portfolio takes on LSI Nytro branding and includes the Nytro XD PCIe SSD with intelligent caching

OWC recently announced its latest enterprise SSD offering, the Mercury Enterprise Pro 6G. While related to their Mercury Extreme Pro 6G client SSDs, the Enterprise Pro has plenty of upgrades to make it ready for both entry and mainstream enterprise duties. The Extreme Pro features the SandForce SF-2582 enterprise SSD controller, Toshiba 24nm eMLC Toggle NAND, enterprise

The Smart Storage Systems XceedStor 500S SSD leverages standard MLC NAND and a mainstream SATA 6Gb/s interface to deliver cost effective high performance throughput in entry enterprise duty. Don’t let the NAND and focus on price fool you though, the enterprise has shown increasing acceptance for MLC NAND, especially as those like Smart Storage Systems

Synology keeps rolling out improved NAS solutions, this time the small business class 4-bay DS412+ is the highlight, with a brand new case design. Synology also released a pair of single bay solutions for small office and home use, the DS112 and DS112j.

Intel announced that an optical variant of their current Thunderbolt technology is in the works, which will allow greater cable distances than the current six-meter limit from the copper-version. Intel stated that these new cables would be backwards compatible, meaning the electronics for the transmitting and receiving end would be built into the cable and

Fusion-io has announced that BetOnSoft, a global online gaming software provider, is accelerating its Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database to improve customer experience by integrating Fusion’s ioMemory platform. As such, the BetOnSoft platform can perform player profiling, fraud detection, and marketing analysis in real-time, with applications taking immediate automated actions based on the results.

When we first reviewed the OCZ Z-Drive R4 last year, the PCIe SSD amazed us with it’s class leading performance numbers, as well as its ridiculous IOPS/$ performance. It was so fast in fact, that it made us re-develop our testing platform to better accommodate the burgeoning PCIe SSD space, dedicating a testing platform specifically

Hitachi has announced that EMC is now shipping the Ultrastar SSD400S SSDs in its Flash-based VNX Unified Storage systems. The EMC VNX solution is designed for mission critical Microsoft and Oracle database environments. The 34m SLC-based 2.5" SAS interface Hitachi Ultrastar SSD400S was selected for its reliability and endurance for these heavy write intense workloads. 

Drobo has released a pair of updates today; first Drobo has qualified the OCZ Talos SAS SSD for tiering use in their B1200i iSCSI SAN solution, second Drobo has announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to let Drobo users back up their data to the cloud. The OCZ deal marks the first time Drobo