Dell 10GbE storage and networking solutions and services
11 January, 2010
Dell has introduced 10GbE storage and networking solutions and services to allow users to create a flexible infrastructure orchestrated through synchronised infrastructure management. With an underlying 10GbE, users can increase performance, decrease costs and consolidate cabling with an end-to-end 10GbE architecture.
Dense disks make for smart storage
01 January, 2010
Disk drives will soon reach 10 terabytes, but the storage industry is worrying about how these new drives will complicate storage, rather than rejoicing in extra capacity. Simon Sharwood explains the new technologies pushing disk capacity higher and explores why larger disks are not entirely good news.
D-Link xStack DSN-1100-10 5-bay iSCSI SAN array enclosure
10 December, 2009
The D-Link xStack DSN-1100-10 5-bay iSCSI storage area network (SAN) array enclosure, for SMBs, holds up to 5 TB of data. Each bay can hold one 3.5-in SATA drive with up to 1 TB capacity.
Quantum Scalar i40 and i80 tape libraries
10 December, 2009
Quantum has added Scalar i40 and i80 tape libraries to its iLayer tape automation portfolio, to provide SMBs and distributed data centres with more storage capacity, room for continued growth and simplified system management.
Hitachi Ultrastar C15K147 and 15K600 hard drives
26 November, 2009
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has announced two Ultrastar 15,000 rpm hard drives: C15K147, a 2.5″ 6 Gbps serial attached SCSI (SAS) hard drive, and the 600 GB 15K600 3.5″ with either 6 Gbps SAS or 4 Gbps fibre channel arbitrated loop (FCAL) interfaces. The drives are industry compliant, self-encrypting and enterprise class.
Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drives
25 November, 2009
Toshiba’s USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drives feature complete system backup (Windows only), password protection for added security and enhanced software features.
Quantum disk-to-disk backup
25 November, 2009
Quantum has released the DXi6500 series that integrates disk-to-disk backup and restores performance with all leading backup applications, using a simple NAS interface and the company’s deduplication technology.
Tandberg DPS1000 Series Virtual Tape Library
25 November, 2009
The Tandberg DPS1000 Series Virtual Tape Library (VTL) optimises the performance of data protection operations, with ready access to data and reduced backup and recovery time, the company claims.
StorageCraft ShadowProtect 3.5 backup for failing hard drives
25 November, 2009
StorageCraft ShadowProtect 3.5 enables backup of failing hard drives so users can salvage as much data as possible. It allows a backup to continue even if some areas of the hard drive can no longer be read.
Pure Gold for SNIA international committee
12 November, 2009Clive Gold, the Marketing CTO for EMC Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed the new Chairman of the Storage Networking Industry Association’s (SNIA) International Steering Committee. Gold is also the Vice-Chair of SNIA ANZ.
Unified storage provides fast access to customer simulations
15 October, 2009
The Diversus Group is a small business providing professional and advisory services to customers needing data storage and management services with 80% of its staff being remote users. Its headquarters and IT infrastructure is based in Canberra, and consultants work in Sydney and Melbourne.
Fibre channel over ethernet (FCoE) connectivity
15 September, 2009
DataCore Software has announced support for native fibre channel over ethernet (FCoE) connectivity for its SANmelody and SANsymphony storage virtualisation solutions.
Mobile hard disk drive
15 September, 2009
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has announced that it is shipping its Travelstar 7K500, a 500 GB, 2.5″, 3 Gbps SATA drive designed for notebooks, gaming systems and professional external storage solutions. Combining performance, ruggedness and capacity, Travelstar 7K500 is suitable for multitasking, gaming and other graphic-intensive applications.
MEOW adds bite to disaster recovery
08 September, 2009
With the bushfire season approaching again, Australia's defences against future bushfire threats received a significant boost with Telstra's launch of the $200,000 Mobile Exchange on Wheels (MEOW), the first of its kind in the country.
Data recovery
17 August, 2009
Kroll Ontrack has released a technology to recover data from NetApp storage systems. Offering support for both hardware and software failures, Ontrack Data Recovery offers NetApp users a viable option to address data loss for the Data ONTAP platform.