Emulex takes clutter out of SANs
Emulex's new router products can free customers from having to use hardware from their SAN switch vendor to connect SANs together, or add in Ethernet server connections, the company has claimed.
Stories by Chris Mellor
Companies to offer magnetic/ optical disk technology
Two companies are looking at a new technology of combining magnetic and optical disks in one box to provide both data access and archiving. They believe that the combination will offer a good fit for the storage and protection of so-called fixed content data.
Google mulls 'infinite storage' idea
Google has let slip in an analyst presentation that it is thinking of offering a hosted storage service, which would be free to consumers.
Quantum's fourth-generation super tape
Quantum is announcing its fourth generation super tape, DLT-S4. It is also announcing GoVault, a simpler backup product for small and medium businesses and enhancing the security of its tape drives.
HP embraces iSCSI and faster Fibre Channel
HP has added iSCSI support to its EVA mid-range arrays. It has also added 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel support thus enabling end-to-end 4GBit/s SANs for its customers with suitable switches.
SteelEye spans WANs faster
SteelEye has upgraded its LifeKeeper product to replicate data faster across a WAN.
Dantz dances to new tune
EMC has announced a new suite of products aimed at small and medium businesses (SMBs).
Google moves into storage field
Kazeon, an information classification and indexing product company, has linked with Google's enterprise search product.
McData lifts lid on SAN size
McData had produced a new 10Gbit/s link for its directors that it says will removes limits on SAN size.
Does your mobile need defragging?
Hi-tech consumer goods, including the latest smart phones, will get slower and slower with use, experts have warned. The solution is the same process as applied to computer hard drives -- defragging.
Symantec and HP claim Aperi standard clash
EMC, HP and Symantec are officially staying out of the IBM-led Aperi group created last month, claiming it will not work alongside existing storage standards.
Sun launches half-terabyte drive
Sun has launched a half-terabyte drive complete with built-in encryption and the ability to move data at 120MB/sec.
Coraid touts low cost SAN
Coraid has produced what it claims is the cheapest ever storage network.
Raid array market disturbed by SAS
Infortrend has launched what it claims is the market's first serial-attached SCSI (SAS) RAID array. The EonStor ES 512F-R1420 has a 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel link to the outside world and up to 64 drives are supported in 12 bays. It has redundancy features such as dual Fibre Channel and RAID controllers. System throughput is greater than 1GB/s.
Samsung CEO predicts death of hard drives
Hard drives are living on borrowed time and will be replaced with solid-state Flash memory, according to Samsung's semi-conductor CEO Dr Chang Gyu Hwang.