StorageTek puts trust in tape with new library
Storage Technology (StorageTek) is planning a mid-range tape library based on its StreamLine technology.
Stories by Chris Mellor
First Cisco VSAN troubleshooter breaks cover
NetScout Systems Inc. has announced software for monitoring Cisco Systems Inc.'s virtual SANs.
IBM storage and Linux to save the planet
Greenpeace UK has aging Novell Inc. servers and is putting them out to grass to bring in a storage network from IBM Corp. business partner Ardenta. There will be 100 Greenpeace staff using the 2TB SAN with IBM FASt600 storage.
No gigs for 4-gig fibre
A working 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel network is being demonstrated at the Cebit show this week in Germany.
EMC adding tape to ILM
EMC may OEM ADIC tape products or even attempt to acquire Advanced Digital Information (ADIC), according to industry rumors.
NetWare builds 'cluster of clusters'
Novell is sending into beta test a Business Continuity Cluster (BCC) product that will enables up to four geographically distant clusters, with SANS, to act as one load-balancing unit.
iDVR removable disk format
In March 2002 the iVDR, standing for information Versatile Disk for Removable usage, consortium was formed by Canon, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Phoenix Technologies, Pioneer, Sanyo, Sharp and JVC. It aimed to develop a removable hard drive specification applicable to both business and consumer use.
Hitachi's 300GB runs at 10,000rpm
Hitachi has announced what is believed to be the highest ever capacity enterprise-class hard drive.
Multi-level SANS
Simple SANS have one hop or link between server and storage device that means just two ports on one switch are involved. The switch just passes the messages straight through, from port to port. This is not like Ethernet where signals go all round the LAN and Ethernet hubs don't have ports in the same way. As SANs get larger more switches are needed and the switches have to be joined by Inter-Switch Links (ISLs). These use up ports and can get overloaded if traffic isn't carefully planned.
Dell to slash SAN prices
Dell is to deliver cheaper SAN systems to attract SMEs that don't want the expense of existing Fibre Channel gear, according to Russ Holt, VP enterprise engineering in Dell's Product Group.
Infiniband's kiss of life?
Dell Inc. has joined IBM Corp., NEC Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. to put its faith in InfiniBand and give the high-speed technology a kiss of life after it nearly drowned in 2002.
Survey: Employees are lazy, slipshod rabble
Two UK surveys released on Monday claim office workers are slipshod and lazy and are putting their employers at risk of PC meltdown.
Intel inside storage now
Intel has introduced two 4Gbit/s optical transceivers that offer double the speed of most Fibre Channel networks for around the same cost.
SAN switch prices set to fall
Brocade is planning to introduce a low cost mid-range switch, code-named Dazzler. It could cost 30-40 per cent less than its Silkworm 3800 and 3900 switches.
It's not big but it's clever says Seagate
Seagate Technology is launching its new Small Form Factor (SFF) hard drive intended for server and storage consolidation needs early next week. Seagate claims that its new 2.5-inch enterprise disc drive platform will enable a new era of rack server and storage arrays and blade servers.