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Pure Storage Looks to All-Flash Data Center

With an eye toward the post-disk era, this startup offers an enterprise-grade, all-flash storage solution.
Tags : Flash, Flash Array, Storage, Flash Storage

Nimble Storage: It's All About Convergence

Startup vendor specializes in converged array that marries primary and backup storage along with disaster recovery.
Tags : Flash, disaster recovery, Nimble Storage, array, RAID array, iSCSI

Storage I/O and the Laws of Physics

Henry Newman revisits the limitations of storage I/O and explains why the movement of data is at the mercy of the physical constraints within computers and storage hardware.
Tags : solid state disk, Flash, Storage I/O, SSD, storage networking

How Cache Management Could Eat Your Lunch

The latency of the Internet is greater than the latency of disk, so what's the point of Flash cache for Web devices?
Tags : solid state disk, disk drives, cache, Flash, SSD

STEC Beefs Up SSD Arsenal

STEC is now shipping new SSDs and now supports DRAM, SLC and MLC NAND Flash.
Tags : SLC, MLC, SSD, STEC, Flash

Violin Rolls Out MLC-Based Flash Memory Arrays

Violin’s addition of MLC-based devices to its line of SSDs is indicative of the general trend toward MLC NAND flash in enterprise disk arrays.
Tags : SLC, MLC, Violin Memory, Flash, SSD

Why Flash Drive Density Will Stop Growing Next Year

Solid state disk (SSD) development could easily stagnate at the 20-25nm mark without changes to today’s materials and techniques for storing and retrieving data.
Tags : NAND, solid state disk, Flash, SSD, Lithography

Oracle: Reasons to Love Tape

Oracle EVP John Fowler praises flash and tape.
Tags : data storage, Flash, disk, tape, tape storage

Micron Ships 6Gbps SATA SSDs; Seagate Partners with Samsung

Micron's 6Gbps SATA drives compete with SSD drives from Intel, Samsung and STEC. Meanwhile, Seagate is partnering with Samsung for enterprise-class SSD controllers.
Tags : solid state disk, SSD, Flash

Nimbus Flash Storage Targets Data Center Energy Requirements

The company boasts sustainable storage with its latest enterprise flash storage system.
Tags : Flash, Storage

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.
Tags : Solid State Storage, Solid-State Drives, Flash

Fusion-io Creates Flash-Optimized OS Subsystem

Fusion-io has combined the capabilities of traditional I/O subsystems with the features of virtual memory to create a hybrid flash-optimized OS subsystem called the ioMemory VSL.
Tags : SSD, Fusion-io, Solid State Storage, Flash, solid state drives

Nimble iSCSI Array Merges Primary, Secondary Storage

Nimble Storage today launched an iSCSI storage array that offers a new converged approach to primary and secondary storage for midsize companies.
Tags : iSCSI, Flash, SATA, SSDs

Greenliant Acquires Microchip's NANDrive, NAND Controller

The acquired product lines from Microchip Technology will form the core of Greenliant's solid-state storage product portfolio.
Tags : NAND, Flash, SSD, solid state drive, controller

SandForce SSD Controllers Gets Nod from IBM

IBM plans to include SandForce Flash controller chip technology in future systems.
Tags : controller, Flash, data, SSD, Enterprise

Toshiba Invests in Violin Enterprise Flash

Toshiba makes a multimillion dollar investment in Violin Memory.
Tags : Enterprise, Memory, Flash, NAND

SSD Technology Changes Data Storage

Flash-based SSD in the enterprise is used as a caching tier for servers or as a storage tier.
Tags : storage tier, controller, Flash, SSD, server cache

LSI, Seagate Test Flash Cache

LSI and Seagate are sampling an LSI-branded server bus flash card, targeting data-intensive applications.
Tags : Seagate, Flash Array, LSI, cache, Flash

Intel Halts SSD Sales Following Data Loss

The data corruption problem only appears under one condition, but it was enough to force Intel to halt solid state drive shipments.
Tags : Flash, STEC, Solid-State Drives, SSD, Intel

Fusion-io Lowers the Price of Solid State Storage

Fusion-io says it has combined low-cost MLC flash with the reliability of enterprise-class SLC.
Tags : Flash, data storage, Solid-State Drives, STEC, Fusion-io

Storage I/O and the Laws of Physics

Henry Newman revisits the limitations of storage I/O and explains why the movement of data is at the mercy of the physical constraints within computers and storage hardware.
Tags : solid state disk, Flash, Storage I/O, SSD, storage networking

How Cache Management Could Eat Your Lunch

The latency of the Internet is greater than the latency of disk, so what's the point of Flash cache for Web devices?
Tags : solid state disk, disk drives, cache, Flash, SSD

Why Flash Drive Density Will Stop Growing Next Year

Solid state disk (SSD) development could easily stagnate at the 20-25nm mark without changes to today’s materials and techniques for storing and retrieving data.
Tags : NAND, solid state disk, Flash, SSD, Lithography


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