A new report from IDC shows EMC leading the Purpose Built Backup Appliances (PBBA) market with a 62% market share for the first half of 2011 thanks to their Avamar, Data Domain and Disk Library for Mainframe products. That translates into a 3X lead over the second place finisher IBM. The rest of the PBBA
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Released
Kingston released the new SandForce SF-2200 based SSDNow V+200, replacing the Toshiba-powered SSDNow V+100, and bumping speeds to take advantage of SATA 6.0Gb/s interfaces. The new V+200 will be available in a wide range of capacities, including 60, 90, 120, 240, and 480GB versions with peak read speeds topping out at 535MB/s and write speeds
pureSilicon Kage SSD and USB Drives Announced
pureSilicon has announced the Kage family of SSDs comprising a standard 2.5" SATA form factor, along with a slim USB 3.0 drive. The Kage K1 SATA SSD is aimed at workstation and light enterprise users and delivers on both endurance and performance with eMLC NAND, read speeds of 540 MB/s and writes of 520 MB/s.
DriveSavers Forms Dedicated SSD Data Recovery Team
DriveSavers Data Recovery has announced the formation of a research and development team dedicated to overcome the challenges of SSD data recovery. DriveSavers first began working with solid-state storage technology around the time when SmartMedia cards were introduced with some of the first digital cameras back in 1995. Since that time, DriveSavers has researched and
Crucial m4 0309 Firmware Update For 5200 Hour Bug Released
Crucial quickly released a firmware update for the 5200 hour bug recently found on the popular m4 SSD. This bug would cause systems that reached a total of 5184 hours on their m4 SSD to become unstable. Once restarted systems would be stable until another hour had passed. The 0309 firmware update released today fixes
OWC PCIe SSD Teased
OWC is teasing a new PCIe SSD solution that leverages up to four of their Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G SSDs (or possibly a variation of the Express) tied together on a PCIe board by a Marvell 88SE9445 SATA RAID controller. The SSDs themselves use SandForce SF-2200 series processors and can be added to the board one at
OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini Updated with eSATA/USB 3.0
OWC has announced that it has expanded its OWC Mercury Elite Pro Mini line of portable drives to include eSATA 6G and bus-powered USB 3.0. The new Elite Pro mini is available in 13 different hard drive or OWC Mercury SSD-equipped capacity configurations up to 1.5TB, and features a compact build (5.5" x 3.8" x 1.1"),
OCZ Everest 2 Performance Preview
This week at CES we had to opportunity to see the new Indilinx-based Everest 2 reference board in action at the OCZ suite. While it is easy to look at performance numbers on paper, it’s entirely different seeing these results in front of you using our same accepted benchmarks. With a quick IOMeter preview, we
pureSilicon Nitro N2 and Renegade R4 Announced
pureSilicon, innovator of high-performance storage technology, has launched a refreshed line-up of SSDs: the Nitro N2, for high-end enterprise and datacenter applications; and the Renegade R4, which leverages components of the Nitro design and continues the evolution of the ruggedized. The latest Nitro N2 SSDs delivers benchmark-setting speeds of 6 GB/s over a SATA interface
Newer Technology miniStack Max Announced, the Market’s Only Four-in-One Storage Solution
Newer Technology, developer of PC, Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, and iPad performance upgrades and accessories, has announced the miniStack Max, the latest version of its quad-interface powered hub storage solution. The miniStack Max is the market’s only four-in-one storage, data access, connectivity solution. Some of its new features include the addition of an optical drive, an



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