Synology has announced the latest products in its high-performance XS series, the DS3612xs and RS3412RPxs. Both models boast 100,000 IOPS, have transfer rates over 1,000 MB/s when equipped with optional Emulex or Intel 10GbE interface cards, and can easily scale to over 100TB in storage. The XS series is also compatible with VMware vSphere 5
GreenBytes has announced the Solidarity; a high availability (HA), globally optimized SSD storage array with capacities greater than its competitors. Designed to meet the needs of the small and medium enterprises, Solidarity features the GreenBytes Globally Optimized Operating System (GO OS), including inline real-time deduplication and compression. Additionally, it packages enterprise-class features into an SSD
Fusion-io has announced that Japanese social gaming company Drecom is using Fusion ioMemory to power its MySQL database environment. After determining that traditional SSD solutions did not meet its performance and reliability requirements, Drecom turned to Fusion-io technology to alleviate the problem.
Smart Storage Systems has expanded their line of enterprise SSDs with the Optimus Ultra SSD, their first to use Smart’s proprietary Guardian Technology. This new SAS drive leverages consumer-grade MLC NAND but still achieves astounding endurance metrics, with support for 25 full drive writes per day, for the five year life of the drive. The
Imation has announced the DataGuard; new purpose-built backup appliances that enable small and medium-sized businesses to protect their valuable information with multiple levels of data protection from a single backup infrastructure. The DataGuard Model R4 and DataGuard Model T5R appliances use hard drives, removable RDX disk cartridges, replication, and cloud storage to deliver affordable enterprise-strength
Hitachi has announced their second-generation 7mm 7200RPM 2.5-inch hard drive, the Travelstar Z7K500, aimed at the UltraBook and thin computing categories. Offering single-platter capacities up to 500GB, the drive includes a SATA 6Gb/s interface that can push transfer speeds up to 171MB/s. Hitachi sees the emerging UltraBook market to be the greatest potential for this
OCZ has announced the OCZ-SANRAD VXL enterprise storage accelerator, the first co-branded output of the SANRAD acquisition which occurred earlier this year. OCZ-SANRAD VXL is available now and is designed to deliver flash caching and acceleration with support for VMware ESX, HyperV and Citrix Xen. VXL allows either the Z-Drive R4 or Z-Drive R4 CloudServ
Synology has released the DS1812+, their first eight-bay DiskStation. The freestanding NAS supports up to 32TB of storage natively with 4TB hard drives, along with up to another 40TB using two five-bay DX510 expansion units. While designed for the SMB user the DS1812+ still provides great support for products like VMware, Citrix Xen and Microsoft’s
Icy Dock has announced the MB082SP EZ-FIT PRO, the newest product in the SSD/HDD bracket and converter line. The EZ-FIT PRO is a full metal dual 2.5" to 3.5" bracket with a matte black finish, featuring a quick and easy installation requiring no tools or screws when installing or changing your HDDs/SSDs. Its durable design
HighPoint announced a new DIY SSD caching product called the RocketCache 3240X8, giving buyers a new flexible and affordable alternative to locked caching solution currently on the market. While current caching products are tied to using specific hardware or software, in cases such as the OCZ Synapse Cache or OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid, the RocketCache 3240X8
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