HP is announcing new functionality for its StoreVirtual Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) including automated sub-LUN (Logical Unit Number) storage tiering as well as improved VMware and Microsoft integration for greater efficiency and performance. In addition to those improvements, HP has simplified management of SAP and VMware deployment by now offering software plug-ins for its HP

EMC is announcing the DLm 8100 and DLm 2100, the fourth generation of its Disk Library for mainframe (DLm). The two systems build on expertise that EMC has developed since 2008 when the first generation DLm was released. The DLm 8100 and DLm 2100 feature increased performance, up 80%, and provide double the scalability over

Violin Memory is announcing its 6264 flash Memory Array which delivers 64TB of capacity in a 3U footprint and adds to the existing 6000 Series offerings. The Violin 6264 is the upper-echelon of the 6200 series which leverages MLC NAND, and the 6264 provides up to 750,000 IOPS and a maximum bandwidth of 4GB/s. Along

Recently we’ve pored over our How To Upgrade SSD Firmware page, adding several guides and updating a few others in order to give consumers a grasp on how to complete a process which can vary quite drastically from brand to brand. Some SSD manufacturers deliver their firmware updates in a client that downloads and updates your

OWC is prominent in the SSD business for their custom hardware and upgrade solutions for Apple products, and they have made a solid name for themselves in supporting their legacy products. As with other SSD manufacturers, OWC occasionally needs to release a firmware update to correct errors or drive even greater performance down the road.

Plextor and other SSD manufacturers sometimes release firmware updates to tackle the occasional bug that can put a slight hiccup into their SSDs’ overall usability, or sometimes to even provide a boost to performance. While some other companies provide a firmware update client to enable users to update their SSD’s firmware, with M5Pro SSD, Plextor

SMART is announcing ULLtraDIMM, the first enterprise-class ultra-low latency (ULL) SSD, which by connecting to the memory channel by way of its DIMM form factor is cost-effective and yet still delivers DRAM-like performance. The latency figures achieved via this technology optimize the ULLtraDIMM for applications that include high frequency trading, cloud computing, virtualization, virtual desktop

Kingston is well-known in the SSD market for its performance, value and support, and when it releases SSDs, Kingston has always exhausted testing methodologies to ensure proper operation. Still, though generally not the case, it’s possible with any SSD that there will be errors or performance issues that come up later down the road. For

SanDisk does its due diligence to ensure the products its releasing are free from errors and performance issues at the outset of launch, however, as with any other SSD manufacturer, from time to time SanDisk needs to release a firmware update anyhow. These fix errors that might be found, and sometimes they even deliver an impact