Intel and Micron Technology have announced that the companies have agreed to modify their NAND joint venture relationship. The terms include a supply agreement for Micron to provide Intel with NAND flash while Intel is divesting its stake in two wafer factories for $600 million from Micron – half to be paid in cash, the
Greenliant NANDrive SSD Mass Production Announced
Greenliant Systems has begun mass production of its industrial grade SATA interface NANDrive SSDs. I-grade SATA NANDrive devices keep customer data safe, operating at temperatures between -40 and +85 degrees Celsius. The industrial grade SATA NANDrive is currently offered in capacities of 2GB, 4GB, and 8 GB; larger capacity models are planned for future releases.
Dell EqualLogic PS6110 and PS4110 Storage Arrays Released
Dell has announced an update to their EqualLogic storage arrays, which adds support for copper and optical 10 GbE networking and increased storage capacity. The new EqualLogic PS6110 and PS4110 iSCSI arrays can be configured with 10GbE SFP+ or the less expensive 10GBASE-T RJ45 copper interface cards. Both systems are dual-controller, but the PS6110 offers
Digital Domain Productions Selects Avere NAS Appliances
Avere Systems has announced that Digital Domain Productions, a digital production company founded by James Cameron, has implemented Avere FXT Series NAS appliances at a Las Vegas co-location data center to maximize IOPS and minimize latency of its cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring quick access to their computer-generated imagery data.
Asigra Cloud Backup Software Version 11.2 Released
Asigra, provider of Cloud Backup, recovery, and restore (BURR) software, has announced a new enterprise-class service provider solution engineered to enable premier end-to-end data protection services. The Asigra and NetApp Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS) joint solution provides accelerated time-to-market and revenue for service providers who are new to the cloud backup market and
Marvell 4Q 2012 – Hard Drives Coming Back, SSD Controller Sales Double
Marvell has reported their latest quarter with revenues of $743 million, a 22% decrease over the prior quarter. Marvell’s declines were largely driven by lower hard drive shipments, thanks to the flooding in Thailand that has disrupted the hard drive business for the last several months. Marvell does see a strong recovery in the hard
Synology DS3612xs and RS3412RPxs Announced, Updates to the XS Series
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 Solidarity SSD Storage Array Announced
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 ioMemory Powering Social Media Gaming Giant Drecom
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 Optimus Ultra SAS SSD Released
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




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