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In the Lab: Smart Cooling

As the StorageReview Test Lab continues to grow in terms of testing capacity and testing load at any given time, the cooling requirements and associated costs balloon as well. With 2,000-6,000 watts of compute activity throughout the week, or about 7,000 to 20,000 BTU of heating capacity, the costs just to cool the space can

Pure Storage Introduces FlashStack Converged Infrastructure Solutions

Pure Storage today announced FlashStack CI, a new line of all-flash converged infrastructure solutions that is launching with architectures to pair the company’s FlashArray 400 Series arrays with Cisco UCS Blade Servers, Cisco Nexus switches, and VMware vSphere 5 or VMware Horizon 6. The inaugural FlashStack CI architectures are intended for use in high-performance turnkey

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

Toshiba Canvio AeroCast Wireless Hard Drive Now Available

Toshiba has introduced the Canvio AeroCast Wireless Hard Drive, a storage solution that combines both the features of high-capacity external storage with the wireless functionality. The Canvio AeroCast Wireless Hard Drive comes in a 1TB capacity, has a battery life of up to five hours, and can connect simultaneously with up to six devices. Users can

Enterprise  ◇  Software

VMware Announces General Availability Of vRealize Cloud Management Solutions

VMware has announced the general availability of new cloud management offerings for its vRealize Suite 6. The new releases include: VMware vRealize Operations 6.0, VMware vRealize Business 6.0 Standard, VMware vRealize Business 8.2 Advanced and Enterprise, VMware vRealize Automation 6.2, VMware vRealize Log Insight 2.5, and a new solution for agile development and DevOps processes, VMware

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

Avago 9300-16i and 9300-16e 12Gb/s SAS HBAs Released

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

Enterprise  ◇  In the Lab

In the Lab: Mellanox SX1024 Switch Configuration

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

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage  ◇  Software

Nutanix Adds Certification And Security Features To Its Hyper-Converged Platform

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.

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

Data Dynamics Releases StorageX Version 7.5

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.

Consumer  ◇  Memory Card

Login PI VDI Performance Tool Released

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