STEC has released the MACH16, a slim form factor SATA SSD that offers enterprise grade technology for embedded applications. STEC’s MACH16 is designed to be a drop-in replacement for 2.5" hard drives and even SSDs that offers 22-pin SATA support with high data integrity, endurance and reliability thanks to STEC’s own enterprise SSD controller and

SMART Storage Systems (formerly SMART Modular) offers a robust lineup of enterprise SSD products. The XceedIOPS2 is their SandForce SF-2500-based solution that’s geared toward blended enterprise use and backed up with the endurance of Toshiba eMLC NAND. Equipped with a SATA 6Gb/s interface, the XceedIOPS2 delivers up to 520MB/s sequential reads and 500 MB/s writes,

Hitachi has announced their second-generation 7mm 7200RPM 2.5-inch hard drive, the Travelstar Z7K500, aimed at the UltraBook and thin computing categories. Offering single-platter capacities up to 500GB, the drive includes a SATA 6Gb/s interface that can push transfer speeds up to 171MB/s. Hitachi sees the emerging UltraBook market to be the greatest potential for this

OCZ has announced the OCZ-SANRAD VXL enterprise storage accelerator, the first co-branded output of the SANRAD acquisition which occurred earlier this year. OCZ-SANRAD VXL is available now and is designed to deliver flash caching and acceleration with support for VMware ESX, HyperV and Citrix Xen. VXL allows either the Z-Drive R4 or Z-Drive R4 CloudServ

EMC has announced version 9.0 of its ITOI solution, designed for effective and efficient management of virtual data centers and cloud environments. ITOI 9.0 extends the management capabilities of VMware vCenter Server, delivering complete and unified view into the entire virtual data center infrastructure to its users, including the interrelationships that exist among physical and

The Ultrastar SSD400M is Hitachi’s effort to provide a serious contender in the burgeoning eMLC enterprise SSD space. The SSD400M offers all the pedigree that enterprise buyers could want, including not just Hitachi’s longstanding leadership in the storage industry, but Intel’s as well. The SSD400M leverages Intel’s highest quality 25nm eMLC NAND and SSD processor

When we first reviewed the LSI WarpDrive in March of last year, we absolutely loved its performance in the then-emerging PCIe SSD storage solution space. Much has changed since the initial review: StorageReview has updated our enterprise testing platform and enterprise SSD testing methodology and EMC has qualified the WarpDrive in their server caching solution, VFCache. LSI continues

Supporting both Fibre Channel and iSCSI networks simultaneously, the AC&NC JetStor 724iF Hybrid RAID system decreases connectivity costs and simplifies management of storage networks. Servers requiring high-bandwidth access, including database applications, can now easily and more efficiently share storage access through inexpensive iSCSI connections and at greater distances.

The Intel SSD 520 is targeted at the client user, but with the backing of the Intel brand and the quality of engineering that went into this SSD, it’s definitely going to creep into the enterprise as well. As seen in our client Intel SSD 520 review, the SandForce-based SSD drives great performance, while offering