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
IBM has announced a new top-of-the-line DS8870 storage system which the company says performs three times faster than the previous top performer in its DS8000 storage family. Along with the new DS8870, IBM has announced a variety of new technologies to improve security, take advantage of cloud computing, and manage large datasets.
Icy Dock has announced the MB153SP-B, a 3-in-2 SATA internal RAID backplane for 3.5" SATA hard drives. The MB153SP-B is the lite version of the MB45X series, removing the monitoring features and reducing the overall cost, but keeping the 3 year warranty and core tray system for hot swapping and maintenance.
HP’s new IBRIX X9730 Storage solution is intended to serve organizations with NAS storage requirements that have grown too complex or too large to manage with current-generation NAS filers. The IBRIX X9730 scales to 1.68PB of capacity in a single system and 16PB in a single namespace to support long-term, high-volume information archival as well
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