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Translattice Aims to Change Application Provisioning

Startup Translattice launched this week with the goal of changing the way enterprises provision distributed applications and data.

Illumos Project Attempts to Keep OpenSolaris Open Source

With the future of OpenSolaris under Oracle unclear, a new effort aims to deliver an alternative to the popular open source software.

Intel Advances Storage Systems with Jasper Forest Processors

Intel's new C5500/C3500 series processors, formerly code-named Jasper Forest, have been heralded by some as one of the most significant advancements in storage in the last decade.

Strategies for Long-Term Data Retention

IDC analyst Noemi Greyzdorf looks at alternatives ranging from scale-out file-based systems to traditional tape archives.

Enterprise Flash: MLC or SLC?

Conventional wisdom dictates that SLC technology is the only type of NAND flash suitable for enterprise-class SSDs. However, that line of thought is changing.

Why Solid State Drives Won't Replace Spinning Disk

Despite the predictions of some in the storage industry, the limitations of lithography will keep the flash market from overtaking hard drives.

Anobit Claims Enterprise SSD Performance from MLC

Anobit claims a breakthrough in low-cost solid state drives that has eluded other SSD makers.

Permabit Does Primary Storage Deduplication

Primary says its primary data reduction technology bests NetApp in performance and capacity.

Can Declustering Save RAID Storage Technology?

Panasas and IBM are just two of the storage vendors turning to an old idea to improve RAID rebuild times.

Cloud Storage Will Be Limited By Drive Reliability, Bandwidth

Drive reliability and bandwidth limitations make cloud storage a near impossibility for very large data stores.

Nexenta Leverages OpenSolaris and ZFS for Enterprise Storage

What do you get when you put ZFS, OpenSolaris and Debian together? For open source storage vendor Nexenta, it's a new enterprise storage approach that's winning converts.

PCIe 3.0 Specification Coming Soon

The PCI Express 3.0 specification will finally be released in the third quarter, but don't expect products for another year or so.

Oracle Makes Lustre Users Buy Hardware for Support

The clustered file system will remain open source, but paid support for version 2.0 will require new hardware.

Nimbus Unveils Nifty Solid State Drive Storage Array

Nimbus Data Systems has unveiled an all-SSD data storage array that the company claims is the first of its kind for enterprise storage.

Top 10 Cool Solid State Drive Implementations

It's sure to provoke debate, but here are our nominations for the coolest SSD implementations.

NetApp Grabs Storage Software Maker Bycast

By acquiring the object-based storage software maker, NetApp adds another piece to its growing unified storage portfolio.

Choosing the Right Solid State Drive for Your Storage Network

Issues like wear leveling and your SAS or RAID controller will determine whether SSDs succeed in your storage networking environment.

Solid State Drive Reliability and Performance in Storage Networking

There are many reliability and performance issues to consider before adding SSDs to your enterprise storage networking environment.

Holographic Storage Pioneer InPhase Scrambles for Funding

Holographic data storage has yet to achieve commercial viability despite decades of development efforts.

Phase Change Memory: The Next Big Thing in Data Storage?

Phase change memory could be the technology that moves the data storage industry from HDDs to solid state drives.

Solid State Drives in Enterprise Applications

SSDs can improve database and file system performance, but there are a number of issues that need to be addressed to make the most of the pricey drives.

Solid State Drives Get Faster with TRIM

The TRIM space-saving command will be in every SSD by mid-year, one analyst predicts.

Symantec: Security and Data Protection Lead, But Clouds Lag

Security and data protection are top enterprise needs, according to the software vendor, while clouds are the lowest priority.

Automated SSD Tiering: EMC's FAST Wasn't First

Data storage vendors compete in the emerging market for automated tiered storage.

I/O Bottlenecks: Biggest Threat to Data Storage

New technologies like phase change memory could make storage networks irrelevant unless the industry bands together to address I/O bottlenecks.

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