One of the interesting programs here at SNW Spring 2011 compared to other events I have attended are the Hands-On-Lab courses where users can sit down with manufacturers and dive into interesting topics. Best fitting for StorageReview, I decided to sign up for the Solid State Storage course, which included speakers from HP, Intel, Oracle,

Today on the SNW Spring 2011 show floor, Viking Modular showed off their SATADIMM-equipped 1U SuperMicro server capable of up to 1.4 million IOPs. Decked out with 8 480GB standard 2.5-inch SSDs plus 16 480GB SATADIMM SSDs, the server offers up to 11.5TB of speedy storage. The main purpose of this demonstration is to show

 Synology’s latest rack-mount NAS is the RS2211RP+ with 10 drive bays – it can be paired with the companion RX1211RP for a total of 22 drives. It will be available mid-April for $3,000.

Seagate has announced its new GoFlex Slim portable external hard drive measuring 9mm thin, or one-third thinner than the company’s current GoFlex drives. The 2.5-inch drive has USB 3.0 and is available in a 320GB capacity for $99.99.

Iomega has announced a partnership with AXIS-Communications to bring video hosting to the StorCenter-line of NAS models. The AXIS Video Hosting System or AVHS for short, allows small and medium-sized businesses to store HD-quality recorded video locally and stream backups to a remote secure site simultaneously. This line of products is targeted at the security

Today Marvell launched the DragonFly Virtual Storage Accelerator, a PCI-Express network caching interface to help increase server I/O traffic and improve scalability of virtual servers. By caching I/O traffic server side, it improves disk read and write performance at the server and reduces load at the SAN, without requiring business to fork out for much

Today G.Skill announced the new Phoenix EVO SSD, powered by the SandForce SF-1222 controller, with new 25nm flash. Just like we have seen from Corsair with the F115-A, the EVO sports a lower capacity of 115GB, which accounts for the increased over-provisioning which 25nm NAND requires. G.Skill lists 280MB/s read and 270MB/s write, which is

QNAP Systems has expanded its current business Turbo NAS servers to include the new TS-x59 Pro II series. The models feature Intel Atom D525 dual-core processors, USB 3.0, and support for SATA 6Gb/s drives.

Ford Motors has announced owners of its upcoming electric vehicles, including the Focus Electric, will have the ability to remotely manage some aspects of their vehicles over the AT&T wireless network.