Our full review of the Micron P320h as both a single drive and with two in RAID0 will be forthcoming later this week after many weeks of immersive testing. To whet the appetite a bit, we’ve created a short video highlighting the performance of the drives in our high-performance interconnect testing platform which is centered

Mellanox Technologies, provider of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, has announced SwitchX-2, the next generation of their switch silicon optimized for Software Defined Networking (SDN). Mellanox’s new SwitchX-2 is equipped with advanced capabilities of remote configurable routing tables, lossless and congestion free networks, efficient control planes, and SDNoptimized software

Hitachi’s (HDS) eleven new Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) converged infrastructure solutions combine storage, server, networking and software management in integrated packages. The UCP represents Hitachi’s efforts to improve upon first-generation converged infrastructure solutions, particularly on limitations around managing third-party devices in heterogeneous infrastructures.

Cisco and NetApp’s new prepackaged ExpressPod solution is intended for resellers with small-to medium-sized virtualization customers. ExpressPod combines computing, networking, storage, and management products into a solution architected for streamlined deployment. The joint announcement also includes details about new FlexPod storage clustering capabilities and the release of a validated VMware FlexPod solution for Oracle Real

NetApp and Desktone have announced a joint solution to support virtual desktops as a service (DaaS) built for cloud delivery environments to reduce startup costs, remove design and management complexity, and improve performance. The new solution positions NetApp and Desktone to leverage their existing technologies in order to capitalize on the growing DaaS market.

Overland Storage has announced the availability of LTO6 technology in the company’s line of NEO Series tape libraries. The new LTO6 technology has increased user storage capacities by more than twice than previous generation technology, providing up to 6.25TB in storage on a single data cartridge, boasting data transfer rates of up to 1.4TB/hr per

Iomega has announced the worldwide availability of their new Iomega StorCenter px12-450r 12-bay Network Storage Array, multi-protocol networked data storage for small and medium business, remote office/branch office installations and distributed enterprises. The StorCenter px12-450r comes equipped with the new Intel Xeon Processor E3-1200 v2 Product Family, 8GB RAM, improved user supportability, and the option

LaCie has announced that the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series now features a pair of SATA III SSDs (6GB/s interface) with read speeds as fast as 635MB/s in RAID0. The LaCie Little Big Disk is the fastest portable Thunderbolt solution on the market and can transfer a 50GB file in less than two minutes or

Western Digital has announced that it’s expanding its selection of high capacity and high speed external storage solutions for Mac and PC users with the introduction of the My Book Thunderbolt Duo 8TB and My Book 4TB external hard drive models. Which 4TB hard drive is WD using though? Interesting question as WD hasn’t released