SanDisk: Windows Vista not optimized for solid-state drivesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 131 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
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Brooke Crothers reports that CEO Eli Harari of SanDisk is claiming Windows Vista is the culprit behind issues with SSD drives - that it isn't optimized for these drives. read more »
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Amazon investigating problem after S3 suffers 8-hour outageOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 132 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
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Tim Conneally reports on Amazon's S3 storage service eight hour outage. read more »
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You Have Three Days To Check Out Wuala’s ‘Social Grid’ StorageOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 134 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: storage | Tags wualas, social, grid, storage, box.net, xdrive, p2p, Search All Tags
Mike Butcher reports that Wuala has opened its social storage grid to the public for three days, then will close it again until august when the full public release is made. Wuala will compete with traditional online storage providers like Box.net and Xdrive. read more »
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D-Link unveils one new NAS, shipping twoOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 138 days ago (http://www.smallnetbuilder.com)
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"D-Link last week finally formally announced its DNS-343 4-Bay Network Storage Enclosure, a four-drive, RAID 5 successor to its very successful DNS-323, dual-drive NAS." read more »
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Slideshow: Thecus N3200Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 138 days ago (http://www.smallnetbuilder.com)
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"Thecus takes an unique approach to a RAID 5 NAS with its three-bay N3200." read more »
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Top 10 Storage Startups to WatchOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 138 days ago (http://www.byteandswitch.com)
Category: storage | Tags storage, startups, watch, apptio, atrato, bastionhost, carbonite, pliant technology, solarflare communications, tilana systems, violin memory, vkernel, zmanda, Search All Tags
"The Byte and Switch staff presents its quarterly list of notable newbies..." This year that list includes Apptio, Atrato, Bastionhost, Carbonite, Pliant Technology, Solarflare Communications, Tilana Systems, Violin Memory, VKernel, and Zmanda. read more »
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EMC Makes Consumer Storage MoveOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 138 days ago (http://www.byteandswitch.com)
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EMC is offering Retrospect and Mozy Home on some consumer storage devices in an attempt to increase consumer backup habits and compete in a competitive market. read more »
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HP & Sony Dive Into DATOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 139 days ago (http://www.byteandswitch.com)
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James Rogers reports, "Under the terms of today's deal, HP and Sony will jointly develop 320-Gbyte DAT drives, which they will both sell under their respective brands. Wilson explains that the DAT 320 will offer double the capacity of HP's existing 160-Gbyte DAT drives." read more »
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