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EMC Shipping VNX Unified Storage Systems with Hitachi Ultrastar SSD400S SSD

Hitachi has announced that EMC is now shipping the Ultrastar SSD400S SSDs in its Flash-based VNX Unified Storage systems. The EMC VNX solution is designed for mission critical Microsoft and Oracle database environments. The 34m SLC-based 2.5" SAS interface Hitachi Ultrastar SSD400S was selected for its reliability and endurance for these heavy write intense workloads. 

Enterprise

TwinStrata Announces Free 1TB Storage Gateway for Google Cloud Storage Users

TwinStrata has announced it is offering customers fast and flexible access to data stored on Google Cloud Storage through the TwinStrata CloudArray storage gateway. Additionally, TwinStrata has released a free CloudArray virtual appliance capable of handling up to 1TB of data (expandable to 50 petabytes), which is available for download.

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

Drobo Qualifies OCZ Talos SAS SSD, Adds Amazon S3 Backup Support

Drobo has released a pair of updates today; first Drobo has qualified the OCZ Talos SAS SSD for tiering use in their B1200i iSCSI SAN solution, second Drobo has announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to let Drobo users back up their data to the cloud. The OCZ deal marks the first time Drobo

Enterprise  ◇  Software

Apple iPad 3 and the Effect on Storage

Apple launched the much anticipated iPad 3 dubbed "The new iPad" (or iPad 3rd Generation) today, which builds on the most popular tablet platform to date. While most of the updates are evolutionary, a new camera, support for faster cell phone networks, and so on, perhaps the biggest deal is the new Retina display. The

Enterprise

Iomega Adds MindTree SecureMind Surveillance Manager Software Support

Iomega has announced that the MindTree SecureMind Surveillance Manager software is now available to the Iomega worldwide network of distributors and resellers. Iomega’s channel partners can purchase MindTree SecureMind video management software directly from Iomega in addition to Iomega’s broad line of StorCenter network storage products. This combined Iomega and MindTree solution is targeted to

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

Iomega Easy Cloud Access for SMBs Announced

Iomega has announced new integration between Iomega network storage solutions and EMC Atmos. This will enable easy cloud backup for smaller organizations and others by extending EMC Atmos cloud-based data protection and sharing to Iomega’s network storage product offerings. The new integration gives SMBs, remote offices, and distributed enterprises easy access to any Atmos powered

Intel Xeon E5-2600 Processors and X540 10Gb Ethernet Announced

To address the exponential growth of data traffic in the cloud, Intel has announced the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, delivering high performance, best data center performance per watt, I/O innovation, and trusted hardware security features giving IT the ability to scale. Intel has also released the new X540 10Gb Ethernet Controller, aimed at

Enterprise  ◇  HDD

Micron P320h 2.5-inch PCIe SSD Announced

Micron has announced plans to commercialize the first 15mm 2.5" SSD based on the PCIe interface. Of course the new interface requires server infrastructure, to that end Dell is the first to announce a solution to support these drives in their PowerEdge 12th generation servers. The PowerEdge servers will feature a new backplane that exclusively

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

Synology DiskStation Manager 4.0 Released

Synology released their latest version of their DiskStation Manager, version 4.0. With this latest version comes a great integration with cloud-storage for mobile, home, and work computers and a stronger push towards easy setup and control. DSM 4.0 offers a new user interface, system information available at your fingertips, and even app support including free

Consumer  ◇  SSD

Western Digital S25 SAS Hard Drives Announced

Western Digital has announced the family of S25 SAS hard drives, their third generation. The S25 hard drives feature a 2.5" form factor, with 10,000 RPM spin speed, 32MB cache and SAS 6 Gb/s interface and delivers 204 MB/s transfer rates. The S25 comes in 300GB, 450GB and 600GB capacities, along with a new 900GB