Organizations planning for big data and data analytics can be faced with new personnel requirements to support big data IT infrastructure. Symantec today announced its NetBackup solution has been certified by SAP to provide big data backup and recovery integration with the SAP HANA platform, allowing NetBackup customers to unify backup across SAP HANA solutions.
ioScale is Fusion-io’s half-length ioMemory PCIe drive, available in capacities up to 3.2TB with a single controller. A small form factor server outfitted with ioScale cards can reach 12.8TB or more, a typical application for ioScale in the datacenter. In the past, ioScale has only been available for order in the thousands of units, but
EMC has announced beta availability of a new online enterprise file sharing solution that integrates its Isilon scale-out NAS storage with Syncplicity’s cloud storage technology. The solution features an on-premise Isilon storage option capable of growing from 10s of terabytes to 10s of petabytes in order to provide cloud access to corporate data while retaining
EMC today announced comprehensive updates across its VMAX family of enterprise storage arrays, including a new version of EMC’s Enginuity software and a number of upgrades for the VMAX 10K that improve performance in virtualized environments and incorporate features previously only available on the VMAX 20K and VMAX 40K. According to EMC, this suite
Dot Hill has announced its midrange AssuredSAN Pro 5000 Series will feature the company’s newly-patented method for maximizing real-time tiered storage performance. AssuredSAN Pro 5000 Series solutions incorporate RealStor, new Dot Hill management software which implements autonomic balancing of "hot" and "cold" data across drives within the same storage tier without policy setting or human
Dot Hill has announced that its AssuredVRA virtual RAID adapter software, branded RAIDCore, will be a part of AMD’s A-Series APU chipset. AssuredVRA is intended to provide more robust functionality than hardware RAID-on-motherboard (ROMB) solutions while keeping costs below dedicated RAID controller cards.
Micron Technology has announced the M500 SSD, which utilizes 20nm Micron MLC NAND flash to maximize storage density for ultrathin applications. Built by Micron, the M500 will be available to consumers under the Crucial brand and OEM customers with a Micron badge. The 960GB Crucial M500 SSD will initially be priced under $600.
SMART Storage Systems has announced that it has extended its CloudSpeed product line with two new drives, the CloudSpeed 1000 and CloudSpeed 1000E. Both SSDs take advantage of the cost-effective 19nm consumer-grade multi-level cell (MLC) Flash all the while enhancing its base endurance with SMART Storage Systems’ Guardian Technology Platform. Additionally, the new CloudSpeed SSDs
Synology has announced that the public beta for DSM 4.2 is now ready. DSM 4.2 is the latest advancement in Synology’s NAS operating system, bringing improvements for both home and business users at no additional cost. Synology’s Quick Connect–a relay service that helps users set up Cloud Station syncing–includes more apps than ever. It has
STEC, provider of SSD technologies and products, has announced the small-form-factor s230 Series of Slim SATA solid-state drives designed for embedded systems. The s230 is a low-power, small-footprint Slim SATA drive in an industry standard JEDEC MO-297 format, which takes up less than half of the space of standard 2.5-inch drives. The s230 is available
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