Building on the company’s successful 67TB storage pod, the company introduced the second generation version: a 135TB 4U server for $7,348, which doubles the storage and still costs less than the original. While the Storage Pod 2.0 uses mostly off-the-shelf parts, the one item that’s not is the custom red case; it features six fans

LaCie has announced the latest addition to its portable hard drive lineup, the Rugged Mini. Rain-resistant and 40 percent smaller than the standard Rugged drive, it features a scratch-resistant aluminum case and a USB 3.0 connection.

Western Digital has announced it’s shipping a thinner Scorpio Blue 1TB mobile hard drive. Designed to fit most laptops, the 2.5-inch SATA unit squeezes two 500GB platters into the standard 9.5mm notebook form factor. As part of the Blue line, this drive will feature a 5400RPM spindle speed; offering cool and quiet operation as well

For all of the Synology NAS users out there hungry for the next firmware update, Synology has just posted the beta version of DSM 3.2. Some of the highlights include support for Mac OS X Lion, updated Time Machine support, improved Safari support, CIFS Remote Mounting, ISO Mounting, Google Cloud Print support, improved photo sharing

LSI has introduced an innovative new technology, the MegaRAID CacheVault. The technology provides flash memory-based cache protection for the company’s MegaRAID 6Gb/s SATA+SAS RAID controller cards. The technology works by using solid-state NAND flash memory to store data being held in the RAID controller card’s cache when power outages occur. What this means for IT

Patriot has announced a new lineup of SandForce SF-2200-equipped SSDs under the Pyro name. The Patriot Pyro available in 60, 120, and 240GB capacities, offers speeds listed upwards of 550MB/s read and 515MB/s write. While its hard to say at this point with limited information, we estimate these drives are the mainstream 25nm NAND alternative

Victorinox Swiss Army announced new USB drives and USB/pocket knife combos at CES in January including the Victorinox Slim, Victorinox Slim Duo and Victorinox Secure SSD. The flight-friendly Slim and Slim Duo (no blades) are now available in a variety of capacity and color combinations.

Seagate has begun shipping their latest enterprise-ready SSD, the Pulsar XT.2. The Pulsar XT.2 was announced in March and features SLC NAND and a 6Gb/s SAS interface – making it the fastest drive offered by Seagate. 

Intel has recently acknowledged issues with the new SSD 320 series, where by repetitively power cycling the drives, some may become unresponsive or report an 8MB drive capacity. Through a statement to ZDNet, Intel confirmed that they are aware of the issue and are currently investigating the problem. This bug was also reported on the