Avago Technologies has announced its newest addition to their family of 12Gb/s SAS HBAs with the 9300-16i and 9300-16e. With 16 ports using internal or external storage connectivity, 12Gb/s SAS bandwidth, and nearly 2 million IOPS of performance, the Avago SAS 9300 HBA family (4-, 8- and 16-port options) allows OEMs and system builders to

In today's look into the StorageReview Lab, we are working on the initial configuration of a new Mellanox 10/40Gb Ethernet switch, the SX1024. Offering 48 10Gb SFP+ ports and 12 40/56Gb QSFP+ ports, it adds an immense number of ports to our top-of-rack connectivity for high-speed storage arrays and host connections. To get the switch

Nutanix Inc. announced added security capabilities for its Virtual Computing Platform. These capabilities include additional certification and new security features such as data-at-rest encryption. The company's Security Development Lifecycle (SecDL) is augmented by these capabilities, now having security embedded in every step of the software development process.

Today Data Dynamics Inc. announced the release of the latest version of its intelligence-based storage management solution, StorageX 7.5. StorageX is a proven solution, with over ten years of use, which has been optimized for use in heterogeneous storage resources in hybrid and cloud datacenter environments.

Code42 has announced enhanced security and productivity features in its Code32 EDGE Platform. The EDGE Platform powers both CrashPlan, an enterprise endpoint backup, and SharePlan, an enterprise file sync/share. These new enhancements are aimed at increasing productivity without compromising endpoint data security.

Login VSI has announced Login PI, the Release Candidate for its newest solution. This is the second product from the company (the first being appropriately called named Login VSI) and introduces a new take on monitoring and alerting IT administrators to performance issues in their virtualized desktop environment, whether it be VMware Horizon View, Citrix

At StorageReview, almost all reviews on the site are tested with hardware in our own lab on-premises in Cincinnati. As we grow and expand to testing larger storage systems, the need for proper on-site testing equipment grows. Rather than use gear supplied by a vendor for in-lab visits, we prefer to keep as much control as

Today Synology Inc. announced the launch of two new DiskStations, the DS2015xs and the DS3615xs (initially a non-US launch). Both of the new DiskStations are expandable with the 12-bay DX1215 expansion unit that has a 6Gb/s connection allowing connected drives to operate as internal drives. The DS2015xs is aimed at small to medium businesses while

When reviewing large batches of SSDs for a certain project, the time always comes where to get back to a clean state, a bunch of SSDs need to be secure erased. This process can't be overlooked, since depending on the workload, not putting a drive back into its factory fresh condition can cause problems switching between workloads. In