3PAR puts more storage efficiency smarts into chipOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 89 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: storage | Tags 3par, storage, efficiency, chip, processors, Search All Tags
"Storage server vendor 3PAR has built a key function for storage efficiency into a specialized chip, offloading that job from the main processors in a pair of server models it introduced on Tuesday." read more »
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Why Cache Matters in NAS PerformanceOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 90 days ago (http://www.smallnetbuilder.com)
Category: storage | Tags cache, nas performance, ram, storage, don capps, Search All Tags
Don Capps writes, "One of the confusing aspects of NAS performance is the significant impact of caches. Today's computing systems have multiple caches, not only in the main system RAM, but in the client, the server and client CPUs, and hard drives themselves. Each cache is aimed at reducing the time it takes to access frequently-used data." read more »
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Being jitter free is importantOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 91 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: storage | Tags jitter, apple, final cut, datadirect, isilon, chris mellor, Search All Tags
Chris Mellor reports on DataDirect's boasts about their storage arrays - especially when it comes to simultaneous Final Cut users - and their slight of competitor Isilon, as well as Isilon's response. read more »
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How about this fight card? Dell vs. Google vs. Microsoft vs. AppleOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 99 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: storage | Tags dell, google, microsoft, mobileme, storage, cloud storage, Search All Tags
Charles Cooper suggests that Dell should be listed to the current list of cloud based storage contenders (Google, Microsoft, and Apple). read more »
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Amazon adds persistent storage to compute cloudOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 102 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: storage | Tags amazon, persistent storage, compute cloud, aws, Search All Tags, ,
James Niccolai writes, "The feature, called Elastic Block Store, allows developers to create a storage volume of between 1G byte and 1T byte and attach it to "instances" of applications running in Amazon's cloud. Developers can then detach the storage volume and use it later for other application instances and back it up to Amazon's S3 storage service if they need more durability." read more »
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Cleversafe Chases Cloud StorageOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 104 days ago (http://www.byteandswitch.com)
Category: storage | Tags cleversafe, chases, cloud, storage, Search All Tags, ,
James Rogers reports on the latest developments for Cleversafe - a distributed storage architect of software/hardware solutions. Cleversafe replaces the outmoded concept of RAID with more intelligent algorithms which allow for significant data failures without loss of data and without excessive redundancy in data. read more »
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Samsung, Microsoft in talks to speed up SSDs on VistaOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 115 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
Category: storage | Tags samsung, microsoft, talks, speed, ssd, vista, Search All Tags
Agam Shah talks about new Samsung and Microsoft talks that are focused on improving Windows Vista's support for SSD's by optimizing the OS to recognize and utilize non-rotating media. read more »
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QNAP adds 5-bay SMB NASOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 117 days ago (http://www.smallnetbuilder.com)
Category: storage | Tags qnap, adds, bay, smb, nas, Search All Tags,
"QNAP Systems today announced a 5-bay RAID NAS for SMB and Enterprise users." read more »
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