DataCore has announced SANsymphony-V R9.0.4 which adds significant new features to their virtualization software platform that is hardware vendor agnostic. Taking into account the mix of both memory and disk based storage capabilities, SANsymphony-V will auto-tier the storage infrastructure based on application and database performance needs. This ability to tune the environment enables the administrators
Asigra is now shipping its new Cloud Backup Connector Appliance which features a Cisco 2921 Integrated Services Router that can provide local and cloud backup across storage, servers, desktops, laptops and mobile devices. The appliance is designed as a turnkey solution for SMB and distributed enterprise branch offices that can optionally provide both onsite backup
Emulex has long been a leader in the Host Bus Adapter (HBA) for SANs market, and have announced Gen 5 Fibre Channel Flash Services will be available for upgrade at no additional charge with the purchase of the Gen 5 HBA hardware. Both server and fabric based flash arrays are employed to enhance the quality
Toshiba has announced the slim, 7mm two-platter MQ02ABF series 2.5-inch 5,400 RPM SATA hard disk drive. The MQ02ABF series is Toshiba’s first two platter 7mm HDD model, which combines both the performance and power efficiency needed for thin mobile computing applications. The MQ02ABF HDD series is available in 750GB and 1TB capacities while featuring a
Seagate is today unveiling its new open storage platform intended for hyperscale and cloud storage systems, using an architecture which connects bulk hard drive storage directly to the application layer. The Kinetic storage platform utilizes open APIs with Ethernet as the interconnect protocol to enable storage platforms to make use of scale-out HDD arrays for
Synology has announced the addition of two DiskStations to their SOHO/SMB product line, the DS114 and DS414. Both new DiskStations are optimized for business use and are designed to make remote access and file sharing quick and efficient.
Synology has announced the release of its first media-centric device, the DS214play. It is the first DiskStation to launch with dedicated hardware acceleration specifically for video transcoding. The DS214play can stream multiple 1080p video codecs at the same time, while still being able to handle additional processor-heavy tasks.
Synology America has announced the DiskStation DS214, their latest 2-bay NAS server for SOHO and small businesses. The DS214 is the upgraded successor to the DS213 and delivers an optimal price/performance solution to securely share data in a variety of productive environments. Synology’s DS214 runs Synology’s DiskStation Manager 4.3 (DSM 4.3), which includes several features that
SMBs and SMEs are adding flash storage to their SAN infrastructures to take advantage of the lower latency and faster data transfer of PCIe based memory drives. With the announcement of ioControl 3.0, Fusion-io has provided Midrange customers with a solution to control their storage environment’s quality of service (QoS) for each specific application demand.
Planned for general availability in the first quarter of 2014, Sepaton’s VirtuoSO Data Protection platform addresses the challenges of supporting and protecting enterprise data growth will support up to 16 Petabytes, and affords providers the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) with regard to enterprise data protection. Using the OptiScale File System, Sepaton is using an
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