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Hitachi Unified Storage system and block storage array announced

Hitachi Data Systems has announced a new midrange storage line that allows access to both block and file-based data through a single management interface.
LSI launches new line of Nytro application acceleration cards

LSI has announced a portfolio of NAND flash-based PCIe cards aimed at accelerating application performance in servers and storage area networks connected to the servers.
Dell Compellent SAN boosts resiliency for Stevens & Bolton lawyers

Guildford-based law firm Stevens & Bolton has implemented a new IT infrastructure, replacing its previous HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array SAN solution with a Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN, which the company claims has helped to accelerate virtualisation and reduce strain on IT teams.
OCZ talks up 2TB and 4TB SSDs, previews Thunderbolt-enabled drive

SSD maker OCZ revealed a host of upcoming NAND flash products last week, including 2TB and 4TB drives as well as the first solid-state drive using a Thunderbolt interconnect - offering twice the throughput as SATA 3.0.
Disk storage sales grew 7.7% in 2011 despite Thailand floods

Disk storage systems generated more than $8.5 billion in revenue in the last quarter of 2011, representing a 3.5% increase from the prior year's fourth quarter. For all of 2011, disk storage systems grew 7.7%, according to research firm IDG.
Dell launches EqualLogic arrays with 10G Ethernet

Dell EqualLogic today unveiled the next generation of its mid-range storage arrays, which use 10GbE ports to create iSCSI storage networks using existing copper or fibre infrastructures.
Starboard Storage array optimises for data structure

Startup Starboard Storage Systems came out of quiet mode with its first product: a storage array that discerns between structured and unstructured data in order to tailor I/O performance. It's also targeted at virtualised server environments.
Riverbed debuts Granite WAN accelerator technology

Riverbed Technology plans to make enterprise data centres look like local storage at branch offices with Granite, a new accelerator technology the company is announcing this week.
Amazon Web Services moves backups to the cloud

Amazon Web Services has launched a public beta test of AWS Storage Gateway, which allows enterprises to back up application data in Amazon's cloud using a software appliance, the company said on Tuesday.
Red Hat RHEL 6.2 boosts SME storage capabilities

Red Hat has updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux, its flagship operating system, with new technologies designed to cut the cost and improve performance of enterprise storage, the company announced yesterday.

Latest Features

Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet's assault?

Expensive and specialised Fibre Channel SANs have been under assault as companies consolidate data traffic over Ethernet. With Fibre Channel disks already largely eliminated from the market by SAS, can networking gear be far behind?
Five ways you can extend your current storage gear

Recent flooding in Thailand has affected many hard drive manufacturers, resulting in price hikes for hard drives of as much as 50 to 100 percent. How long this will last is unclear, but in the meantime, you can postpone new purchases of storage gear by implementing these methods to help reduce unnecessary files, reduce the space used on the system, and allow for expansion with existing systems.
Ten top strategies for starting a server virtualisation project

The benefits of server virtualisation are so significant at this point that implementing it is a no-brainer.
A developer's guide to Java Standard Edition 7

The long-awaited release got off to a rough start but offers a multitude of improvements for developers.
How Fibre Channel over Ethernet went from fee to free

With demand for FCoE more sluggish than vendors had hoped, 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch and adapter makers are making it available for free.
Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI: The war continues

In the beginning there was Fibre Channel (FC), and it was good. If you wanted a true SAN - versus shared direct-attached SCSI storage - FC is what you got. But FC was terribly expensive, requiring dedicated switches and host bus adapters, and it was difficult to support in geographically distributed environments. Then, around six or seven years ago, iSCSI hit the SMB market in a big way and slowly began its climb into the enterprise.
Get smart with intelligent data storage

Storage that knows about the applications that use it can run much more efficiently, but at the the cost of increased complexity
M&A: What to do when your tech supplier is aquired

Having your primary tech vendor bought out can create lots of change in a hurry. Customers of acquired tech firms such as Foundry, EqualLogic and Sun share their concerns and advice.
FCoE vs iSCSI over Ethernet

Even though FibreChannel over Ethernet gets all the hype, iSCSI over Ethernet is just as capable of converging or unifying data centre servers, storage and networking, proponents say.
The financial cost of server virtualisation

It's taken as axiomatic that virtualising the servers in a data centre is going to lead to a cost saving, but, that might not always be the case. Managers must take care to do the right calculations.

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Case Study: Server and storage virtualisation go hand-in-hand

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HP P4000 SAN: Affordable, Scalable, Reliable Storage

This ESG Lab Review documents the pay as you grow scalability and availability of the HP P4000 SAN. Topics explored include getting started with a Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA), online upgrades to physical appliances, proven support for more than 150,000 Microsoft Exchange users, and hyper-redundant fault tolerance.
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Quick Identification and resolution of SAN Problems with Xgig Expert

Finisar?s Xgig Expert software is a unique solution that enables engineers to quickly troubleshoot and resolve SAN related problems and issues without having expert level SAN protocol knowledge. Expert supports the Fibre Channel, Ethernet, iSCSI and FCIP protocols.
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Xgig

Selecting the right protocol analyzer for debugging a SAN or NAS is a critical decision for developers. Traditionally, software-based application-level tools were considered sufficient for most network analysis needs. However, today?s sophisticated iSCSI and FCIP technology enables the transport of tremendous amounts of data over fast network connections that, through tuning and optimization, utilize most of the available network bandwidth.
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Not many products truly deliver what they promise. Scalent V/OE, (Virtual Operating Environment) 2.0, however, comes as close to keeping its pledge as anything I?ve seen. Scalent is attempting ? and succeeding ? at reaching the pinnacle of data center management: a truly adaptive infrastructure.
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Replication of data on the HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System

This document contains detailed information regarding the configuration and usage of the All-in-One Storage System?s iSCSI target storage solution, and Storage Mirroring data replication solution, to implement a consolidated storage solution with continuous data protection and recoverability.
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