Symantec Takes SwapDriveOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 172 days ago (http://www.byteandswitch.com)
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Symantec has acquired SwapDrive, an online backup/filesharing company that competes with Mozy, recently acquired by EMC writes James Rogers at Byte & Switch. read more »
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Tiny capacitors may overcome physical limits of hard drivesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by vogelabv 160 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: storage | Tags ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, capacitors, Search All Tags
Tiny capacitors may someday replace the magnetic drums in Hard Drive Disks. They're about 1/8th the density of magnetic storage today, but could possibly replace HDD's and flash drives in speed an read more »
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A Compelling SAN For ITOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 189 days ago (http://www.informationweek.com)
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Randy George reviews the latest Compellent SAN utilizing their Storage Center 4.0 software. The SAN is scalable, aimed at small/medium businesses and competes with SAN's from EMC and NetApp. read more »
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Samsung develops 256GB solid state driveOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 189 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
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Brooke Crothers reprts, "Company [Seagate] has created one of the largest-capacity and fastest solid state drives to date. Commercial production is set to begin by year's end. read more »
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Double-Take speeds up P2V migrationsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 190 days ago (http://IS.pennnet.com)
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Double-Take Software offers a new version of their backup and recovery software which assists in physical to virtual machine migrations reports Dave Simpson. read more »
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Atempo intros CDP for SaaS providersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 190 days ago (http://IS.pennnet.com)
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Atempo is releasing a new version of their LiveBackup application which includes support for Mac OS X, Linux, and service provider rebranding. read more »
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It's time for primary storage optimizationOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 190 days ago (http://IS.pennnet.com)
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Eric Burgener writes a detailed article on the differences between secondary and primary storage optimization and how PSO is becoming necessary. read more »
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How server virtualization affects storageOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 190 days ago (http://IS.pennnet.com)
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Dave Simpson provides an extensive summary of a recent in-depth study performed by ESG Research on the effects server virtualization is having on storage strategy in businesses. read more »
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