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STEC Releases EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software for Linux and Windows

STEC has announced the general availability of the its EnhanceIO SSD Cache Software for Linux and Windows. An open-source Linux version of EnhanceIO SSD Cache based on Facebook’s Flashcache module will also be made available under a general public license (GPLv2).

Enterprise  ◇  Software

GridIron OneAppliance Yields Gains for MultiPlan’s Healthcare Big Data

GridIron Systems has announced that MultiPlan has adopted its All-Flash OneAppliance TurboCharger to better meet service level agreements (SLAs), produce business intelligence reports, and deliver increased functionality to concurrent users. MultiPlan processes in excess of 110 million claims per year and services 900,000 contract healthcare providers and 57 million consumers. MultiPlan, a healthcare cost management

Consumer  ◇  SSD

Corsair Announces Neutron 4th Generation SSDs with New Link-A-Media Devices Controller

Corsair announced the Neutron SSD series, which will be the first consumer SSDs to feature the LM87800 6Gb/s SSD controller from Link-A-Media Devices (LAMD). All Neutron models will incorporate LAMD on-the-fly error correction and NAND management technologies to improve the flash memory endurance. The Neutron Series GTX drives also include adaptive DSP technology for improved

Consumer  ◇  Desktop Storage (External)

Quest NetVault Extended Architecture Aligns Backup and Recovery with Service Continuity

Quest Software has announced NetVault Extended Architecture (XA), a new platform that unifies Quest’s data protection technologies in order to align backup and recovery to client SLAs. While legacy data protection software often focuses on servers and other infrastructure, the new NetVault solution is aimed at management and protection in mixed physical, virtual, and cloud

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

Fusion-io Gen 2 HP IO Accelerators Available in HP ProLiant Platforms [HP Discover 2012]

Fusion-io has been providing custom acceleration solutions for HP’s line of ProLiant servers for some time. With the recent update to ProLiant Generation 8 (Gen8) servers, Fusion-io has worked with HP to release a second generation application acceleration product. The new HP IO Accelerators are installed within the ProLiant and BladeSystem platforms, leveraging the PCIe

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

PMC Announces 12Gb/s SAS Flash Manager, Completing End-to-End 12Gb/s Enterprise SSD Solution

PMC has announced its 12Gb/s SAS Flash Manager (SFM-12G) for enterprise SSDs. This will be the industry’s first end-to-end 12Gb/s SAS solution, from protocol controller to SSD controller. According to PMC, the SFM-12G delivers more than 300,000 I/Os per second (IOPS) in a 2.5” SAS SSD. When paired with PMC’s SPCv 12G, manufacturer benchmarks indicate

New HP Information Optimization Solutions for Apache Hadoop Big Data [HP Discover 2012]

HP announced enhancements to its Information Optimization Solutions portfolio that are intended to capitalize on the growth of big data, including operational, application and machine data. HP AppSystem for Hadoop aims to be the first enterprise-ready appliance for scale-out Hadoop workloads. AppSystem combines HP Converged Infrastructure with Vertica 6 to deliver big data processing and

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

LSI to Demonstrate New SF-2000 FSPs with Toshiba 19nm and Intel 20nm NAND Flash

LSI Corporation has demonstrated its new SandForce SF-2000 Flash Storage Processors (FSPs) with 19nm and 20nm NAND. Shrinking flash memory geometries such as new flash storage from Toshiba and Intel mean individual memory cells have increasing difficulty maintaining a charge. To optimize the reliability, data integrity, and retention of 19nm and 20nm flash storage, LSI’s

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

HP Announces Data Protector 7 for Unified Enterprise Information Protection [HP Discover 2012]

HP has announced Data Protector 7, a data management software solution designed to operate at the largest data storage scales. Powered by HP’s Autonomy Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), Data Protector 7 delivers a unified platform for storage assets via federated deduplication. HP also announced updates to StoreOnce federated data deduplication. Both solutions leverage Autonomy