Save disk space - use compFUSEd to transparently compress filesystemsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 174 days ago (http://www.linux.com)
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Ben Martin writes about using compFUSE, an application that allows for the compression of files on FUSE filesystems. read more »
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Samsung to sample 256 GB solid state drive in late Q3Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 188 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
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"The Korean electronics maker showed off its biggest and fastest SSD in the 2.5" category, bringing its solid state hard drives ever closer to its HDDs in capacity." read more »
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Crossroads Hits Patent WarpathOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 188 days ago (http://www.byteandswitch.com)
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James Rogers reports on Crossroads sudden legal outburst in which it is pursuing ten storage companies for patent infringement. read more »
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Verari crosses blades with virtual I/O houseOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 188 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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"Their joint offering teams Verari's BladeRack 2 X-Series network storage blades with Xsigo's VP780 I/O Director." read more »
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NetApp Pumps PerformanceOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 174 days ago (http://www.byteandswitch.com)
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Mary Jander reports, "NetApp has raised the bar on the performance of its enterprise systems. While citing demand by engineering and high-performance computing (HPC) customers, the vendor is offering midrange solutions that increase throughput without forcing customers to add more storage." read more »
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The Cloud Rains on the Box- An IT Inflection Point (From the CEO)Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 174 days ago (http://developer.nirvanix.com)
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Patrick Harr, CEO of Nirvanix, takes a swing at traditional IT storage strategy, instead promoting the Nirvanix cloud model. read more »
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Anything But a Flash in the PanOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 174 days ago (http://blogs.sun.com)
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Jonathan Schwartz CEO of Sun Microsystems writes a fascinating article on the importance he sees in flash based disk storage and the potential to combine this technology with Sun's ZFS filesystem to provide not only exceptional performance but also impeccable redundancy. read more »
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Chiron FS lets you set up RAID-1 over the networkOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 173 days ago (http://www.linux.com)
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Ben Martin writes an interesting article on Chiron FS which allows one to create a "RAID-1" that operates over the network on multiple machines. read more »
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