This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content not the impact they have. CTERA releases Enterprise File Services Platform 6.0. Cavium releases XPliant 10GbE/25GbE optimized programmable Ethernet switches. Seagate has begun shipping its Nytro 141 SSD. Toshiba and Lenovo announce partnership integrating NVMe SSDs into ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile servers. Cray partners with Seagate to expand its storage portfolio. VMware updates vSphere 6.5 and vSAN to 6.6.1
CTERA Releases Enterprise File Services Platform 6.0
CTERA released the latest version of its Enterprise File Services Platform, version 6.0. According to the company, this new version adds advanced caching technology to both CTERA Gateways and the CTERA Drive app and enables workers to securely access, share and protect an “unlimited” number of files in the cloud as if they were stored locally on their desktop or on shared network drives. Version 6.0 is available now with a free trial for those that wish to take it for a spin first.
Cavium Releases XPliant 10GbE/25GbE Optimized Programmable Ethernet Switches
Cavium Inc. released two new families of 10GbE/25GbE optimized programmable Ethernet switches, the XP60 and XP70 families. The XP70 scales from 1Tbps to 1.8Tbps and provides cost-effective seamless 1GBASE-T to 10GBASE-T and 10GbE to 25GbE access connectivity upgrades for enterprise, data center, and carrier networks with support for 40GbE/100GbE uplink connectivity. The XP60 is aimed at campus, embedded, and carrier access markets with devices that scale from 280Gbps to 720Gbps. Both families are sampling to customers now.
Seagate Has Begun Shipping Its Nytro 141 SSD
Seagate quietly began shipping its new data center value SSD, the Nytro 141. The drives is aimed at data centers that need low-endurance SSD designed for server boot volumes, application servers, content storage, and media servers. Specifications include:
Toshiba & Lenovo Announce Partnership Integrating NVMe SSDs Into ThinkSystem & ThinkAgile Servers
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. announced a partnership with Lenovo, integrating PX04P Series of NVMe SSDs with Lenovo’s new ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile servers. This takes Lenovo’s new line of servers aimed at expanding data center infrastructure to enable hyperscale and HPC deployment and software-defined deployments, and adds the PX04P’s performance and endurance to them.
Toshiba PX04P series product page
Cray Partners With Seagate To Expand Its Storage Portfolio
Cray Inc. has entered a definitive deal with Seagate around the latter’s ClusterStor high-performance storage. The two companies will collaborate on future additions of ClusterStor products. Highlights of the partnership include:
Seagate ClusterStor Parallel Storage System
VMware Updates vSphere 6.5 & vSAN to 6.6.1
This week VMware gave vSphere 6.5 its first update and in turn updated its popular HCI solution, vSAN, to version 6.6.1. The updates give vSAN a lower operational cost. vSAN has new licensing that extends its enterprise capabilities to ROBO and VDI environments. New features include:
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