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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.
Quantum debuts LTFS tape storage appliance that makes tape like NAS

Quantum today announced an LTFS appliance that allows tape drives to act like network-attached storage where data can be accessed as simple, open file formats.
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.
Red Hat launches Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services

Red Hat has announced the Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services, which aims to take advantage of Amazon's cloud while offering excellent performance.
EMC launches Isilon NAS with Hadoop integration

EMC has launched its latest Isilon Network Attached Storage (NAS) offering, introducing native support for the open source analytics platform Hadoop, based on Apache.
EMC CEO Joe Tucci warns disk storage shortages will continue

EMC CEO Joe Tucci offered a high-level overview of the company's product roadmap yesterday, which includes a refresh of its VMAX Symmetrix array, its VNXe hybrid array and the general availability of its embedded flash storage product for servers.
Windows 8 to tame storage hassle with 'Spaces' technology

Windows 8 will tame data loss and storage bloat on PCs by offering a simple form of the thin provisioning and virtualisation technology more commonly found tin data centres, Microsoft has said.
HP announces B6200 StoreOnce Backup System deduplication appliance

HP have announced its first enterprise-class deduplication appliance - the B6200 StoreOnce Backup System - that is capable of storing up to 768TB in a single chassis.
IBM to roll out new clustered storage, iSCSI SANs

IBM plans to roll out software on its midrange and high end clustered storage arrays that allows policy-based migration, backups and data deletion. The company also will announce that its V7000 series array can perform both file and block-based data transfers.
Hitachi Data Systems acquires NAS-vendor BlueArc

HDS announced yesterday that it has purchased high-end NAS vendor BlueArc. The deal builds on a 5-year reseller agreement the companies already had.

Latest Features

Private cloud storage - Is there a best way to set up your solution?

Given that cloud computing is still emerging, it shouldn't come as a surprise that opinions vary widely on the best way to architect the storage. In fact, it seems likely that there is no such panacea - different types of private cloud almost always require different approaches.
Four ways to beat data bloat

It is estimated that unstructured data - everything from email to spreadsheets, documents and digital media - accounts for at least 90% of an organisation's data. You systems are bloated with everything from personal iTunes playlists to the early versions of that PowerPoint presentation you delivered in March. To make matters worse, analysts at Gartner and IDC predict that data growth in IT organisations will grow by as much as 800% in the next five years.
Cloud and disaster recovery: Load-balanced data centres are not a perfect solution

A growing trend in the disaster recovery arena for cloud providers is the use of load-balanced data centres instead of hot-cold data centres. Companies are deploying private clouds that are load balanced between their data centres to take care of disaster needs. If one data centre suffered from a disaster, the other data centre would be operating even though it is at reduced capacity.
The tyranny of terrible tech support

I stumbled across this nonsense while setting up a new toy, er, product here in the Gibbs Universal Industries Secret Underground Bunker.
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.
First look at Google TV and Logitech Revue

An air of mystique has surrounded Google TV, and Logitech's Google TV device, the Logitech Revue, since they first became public knowledge. On Wednesday, Logitech unveiled the Revue and we got our first in-depth look at what Google TV can do. And more than halfway through the presentation, I feel as if we have as many questions as answers.
Hitachi vs Seagate vs Western Digital: Hard drive makers talk up new storage tech

In a reflection of the hard-fought battle among hard drive makers to get ahead of rivals, Hitachi, Seagate and Western Digital this week talked up storage innovations, including a Hitachi drive that combines an optical platter with Micron's densest NAND flash memory and advanced hard drives from Western Digital and Seagate that hold up to 3TB of data.
Top 5 ways to cut your storage needs

With the economy still shaky and the need for storage exploding, almost every storage vendor claims it can reduce the amount of data you must store. Trimming your data footprint not only cuts costs for hardware, software, power and data centre space, but also eases the strain on networks and backup windows.
Mac Mini vs the Apple TV

When Apple released a Mac mini that bears an HDMI port on Tuesday, it took mere minutes before people suggested that this new mini was the next-generation Apple TV in disguise. And for some, it may be. We'll take a deeper look as we have more time to test out the new Mac mini, but here's a look at some of areas that separate the two.
Virtual private servers makes recovery affordable for SMEs

As recently as five years ago, business continuity and disaster-recovery topics would make IT executives in small to mid-size enterprises grumble that neither was affordable. Now companies of all sizes are realising they can have both using virtualisation technology.

How-tos

How to choose a server for your small business

How to pick a NAS storage system for your business

How to control multiple Macs in the home

Creating a cloud-based backup for your image library

How to watch downloaded video files on your TV

How to watch downloaded HD video on your TV

How to recover files from a NAS device

How to get started with virtual machines

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Featured White Papers

Implementing scale-out NAS for large-scale virtualisation

The demand for server virtualisation has corresponded with a need for data storage to offer the same levels of flexibility. Find out why Scale-Out NAS is the natural choice for a complete virtualised environment.
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Magic Quadrant for midrange and high-end NAS solutions

It is difficult to find one midrange or high-end NAS product that can cater to all needs. File systems embedded in NAS are often designed to solve one major pain point, with additional features being added later to broaden use cases and benefits.
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Addressing NAS backup and recovery challenges

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