Sun Adds Solid State Drive Management to ZFS By Paul Shread -
Published June 1, 2009
The latest version of Sun's open source ZFS file system includes automated management of SSDs. And OpenSolaris gets new networking and virtualization features. [more Technology News]
NetApp to Acquire Data Domain By Paul Shread -
Published May 20, 2009
In a shocker for the data storage industry, NetApp will acquire data deduplication pioneer Data Domain. [more Technology News]
QLogic Sees FCoE Coming Soon By Paul Shread -
Published March 30, 2009
QLogic sees Fibre Channel over Ethernet arriving in servers and storage by the end of the year — thanks to its converged network adapter (CNA) technology. [more Technology News]
Sun Turns Object Storage Over to OpenSolaris By Paul Shread -
Published February 27, 2009
Sun Microsystems is turning over object-based storage development for its SAM-QFS file system to the OpenSolaris community in a move away from a standard that advocates see as the future of data storage technology. [more SANs/NAS News]
Sun Says 'Me Too' on Encryption Keys By Paul Shread -
Published February 17, 2009
Just days after seven IT vendors proposed an encryption key management standard, Sun is open sourcing its own key management technology. [more SANs/NAS News]
Hitachi to Use Intel Solid State Drives By Paul Shread -
Published December 15, 2008
Hitachi Data Systems will use solid state drives from a joint partnership between Intel and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies in its high-end storage arrays. [more Technology News]
EMC Seeks to Make Data More Valuable By Judy Mottl -
Published December 12, 2008
The storage giant doesn't want to become a business intelligence vendor, but it certainly plans to leverage the technology. [more Outsourcing News]
A Better File System for Linux? By Sean Michael Kerner -
Published October 30, 2008
Oracle's Better File System for Linux (BTRFS) is gearing up, but what will it do and who will use it? [more Technology News]
Get Your Free Networked Storage By Jennifer Schiff -
Published June 12, 2009
With cross-platform compatibility, a plethora of features and a hard-to-beat price tag, Openfiler is giving enterprises an attractive alternative to proprietary network storage operating systems. [more Technology]
File System Benchmarks Need to be Reformed By Henry Newman -
Published June 5, 2009
File system benchmarks can be difficult to evaluate, creating tough choices for storage customers. We offer some tips on what to look for. [more Technology]
The State of Open Source Storage By Drew Robb -
Published May 13, 2009
With commercial implementations and community projects on the rise, analysts nonetheless see barriers to widespread enterprise adoption of open source data storage technologies. [more Technology]
Rocks Don't Need to Be Backed Up By Henry Newman -
Published March 27, 2009 Commentary: What a 4,000-year-old Egyptian obelisk can teach us about data backup, archiving and preservation of our history — and why it's critical that we get started now. [more Technology]
File System Management Is Headed for Trouble By Henry Newman -
Published February 24, 2009
The POSIX file system interface isn't up to the task of managing today's data, resulting in costly fixes for users to solve problems like data integrity and regulatory compliance. It doesn't have to be that way. [more Technology]
Storing Decades of Bureaucratic Data By Jennifer Schiff -
Published February 11, 2009
If you think you've got data storage headaches, wait till you see what the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration is facing. [more Technology]
Saving Big Money With Open Source Storage By Drew Robb -
Published February 5, 2009
One company turned to iSCSI, OpenSolaris and Linux, commodity hardware and even solid state drives to control data storage costs. [more Technology]
Big Blue Eyes Are Watching You By Lynn Haber -
Published January 29, 2009
To manage the data produced by one of the world's most ambitious video surveillance projects, the city of Chicago turned to IBM. [more Technology]
Economy Clouds Storage Market Outlook By Drew Robb -
Published January 22, 2009
Dedupe, iSCSI and cloud storage are likely to be big this year as cost-cutting measures, but the rise of solid state drives could buck the trend toward frugality. [more Technology]
Facebook Friends Storage Vendors By Jennifer Schiff -
Published January 21, 2009
The top social networking site works with a formidable list of data storage vendors — and is working on some home-grown solutions too. [more Technology]
Predicting the Future of Storage Technology By Henry Newman -
Published December 18, 2008
After batting .800 on this year's predictions, it's time once again for our intrepid enterprise storage columnist to peer into his crystal ball and see what's in store for the storage market for 2009 and beyond. [more Technology]
Storing the Universe One Particle at a Time By Drew Robb -
Published October 15, 2008
The Large Hadron Collider hopes to unravel the mysteries of subatomic particles and the origins of the universe — and it has a storage system to match. [more Technology]
Storage That Really Lasts By Jennifer Schiff -
Published September 11, 2008
If you want to preserve data for the really long term, as in thousands of years, Norsam Technologies' analog HD-Rosetta disk may be your best bet. [more Technology]
Solving the Storage Error Management Dilemma By Henry Newman -
Published August 18, 2008
Disk drives, tapes and storage networks can create inadvertent errors. What the storage industry needs is a comprehensive framework to discover them before they become a problem.
[more Technology]
NFS Enters a Parallel Universe By Drew Robb -
Published August 7, 2008
The network file system protocol is getting its biggest overhaul in more than a decade, and the results could be profound for end users. [more Technology]
What Is Web 2.0 Storage? By Dave Rowell -
Published July 18, 2008
Everyone's talking about storage systems designed to meet the exploding data needs of Web 2.0 companies, but what will these systems look like, and what kind of data requires such a system?
[more Technology]
Data Corruption: Dedupe's Achilles Heel By Henry Newman -
Published July 16, 2008
If you're thinking about purchasing a data de-duplication solution, you need to take a hard look at the issue of data corruption. [more Technology]
Linux File Systems: Ready for the Future? By Henry Newman -
Published May 29, 2008
Despite the outcry from the open source faithful, Linux file systems will require some changes to handle the 100 TB environments that will become commonplace in the not too distant future.
[more Technology]
Storage Without the Spin By Jennifer Schiff -
Published May 16, 2008
Pliant believes its new EFD solid state technology will change the way enterprises store data. [more Technology]
Events
Electricity use in data centers is skyrocketing, sending corporate energy bills through the roof, creating environmental concerns and generating negative publicity for large corporations. "Going Green" means looking to technologies like virtualization, energy-efficient chips and racks, and implementing policies that extend beyond the data center to all of your organization's employees.
