EMC will be releasing a new VNXe model, the 1600. We had previously reviewed the VNXe3200 and stated that a great advantage to the VNXe3200 was its attractive price point starting at $11,500. EMC’s VNXe1600 will come in at even a lower price point, around $8,000, and will bring the benefits of the VNX line
Everspin & Aupera Team Up To Deliver First All-MRAM In M.2 Form Factor
Everspin Technologies, Inc. and Aupera Technologies Inc. announced that together they are launching the industry’s first all MRAM storage module in the M.2 form factor, the AupM001. The AupM001 uses Everspin’s non-volatile, high endurance, 64 Mb DDR3 ST-MRAM devices and a PCIe backhaul interface and comes with an initial capacity of 32MB with higher capacities
Gartner Issues Apology For Pure Storage’s Wildly Inaccurate Sales Data
Yesterday Pure Storage started the process of going public, filing their S1 with the SEC. This process means Pure will soon have access to a large pile of cash, likely in the $300-400 million range by the time the issue starts trading. On the flip side the company now has to disclose all sorts of financial data
In the Lab: VMware HCIbench Hands On
VMware's VSAN group recently announced a free storage performance testing tool for Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), the HCI benchmark or HCIbench. While stressing traditional arrays with I/O or bandwidth tests is fairly well understood, applying synthetic tests to HCI gear requires a careful approach and a steep learning curve. With traditional storage infrastructure you setup your
Pure Storage Files Paperwork For Proposed IPO
DiscussToday Pure Storage announced that is has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. Pure Storage is planning on going public however they have not yet stated the amount of shares or the price range
Nutanix And Citrix Partner To Drive Down App & Desktop Virtualization Costs
Today Nutanix Inc. announced that it is working with Citrix in an effort to drive down the costs and the complexities of developing new applications and desktop virtualization environments. Nutanix is also announcing that its Acropolis solution has been verified as Citrix ready, meaning that Acropolis solutions can now power XenDesktop and Citrix XenApp products.
Eaton Launches New Power Xpert 9395 High Performance UPS
Today Eaton Corporation announced a high performance model uninterruptible power system (UPS), the new Power Xpert 9395. This new UPS provides best-in-class efficiency and scalable battery runtimes for data centers, light industrial applications, and multi-tenant data centers. The Power Xpert 9395 will offer 10% more power (275kW modules at a power rating of 675-1100 kW/kVA)
Google Announces General Availability Of Google Cloud Dataflow and Google Cloud Pub/Sub
Today Google Cloud Platform announced the general availability of two new data analytics products, Google Cloud Dataflow and Google Cloud Pub/Sub. These products will provide a unified programming model for data analysis, removing the need for batch and stream data sources while integrating applications and services and analyzes data streams in real time. Google is
Google Cloud Platform Adds Rendering Workloads
During SIGGRAPH 2015, Google has been making various announcements including the public beta of their cloud-native rendering solution (August 20th), Zync, giving artists access to 1,600 dedicated Compute Engine cores to power their V-Ray, Arnold and Nuke-based renders. On August 20th, artists will be able to be among the first to sign up and use
Samsung Announces TCO-Optimized, High-Performance SSDs; PM1633, PM1725 and PM953
Samsung has announced three TCO-optimized, high-performance SSDs–the PM1633, PM1725 and PM953–adding to its portfolio of advanced enterprise and data center SSDs. Built specifically for OEMs, the company’s new SSDs all leverage Samsung’s 3-bit MLC V-NAND flash memory to offer superior performance and reliability in high capacities points. Yesterday, Samsung had announced the mass production of




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