Enterprise Storage Forum Staff

As storage-system makers begin to adopt alternative interconnect technologies, switched-PCI is providing a means of expanding and improving the overall performance of their systems, according to data from PLX Technology, storage system makers, and industry analysts. A growing number of storage systems are implementing architectures that provide higher data speeds, data availability and system scalability. […]

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) will host the fifth annual Common Internet File System (CIFS) Conference and Plugfest August 19-23, at the Network Meeting Center in Santa Clara, California. The event brings together leading software, applications and networking engineers, product and technical marketing experts, and managers engaged in the development of CIFS-enabled products to […]

Infinity I/O, the company responsible for developing the Storage Networking Industry Association FC-SAN certification program, yesterday announced the October availability of the Fibre Channel SAN Certified Specialist (Level 3) examination. The exam will be available at Prometric test centers worldwide by mid-October, 2002. “The FC-SAN Specialist Certification is a significant step in formalizing standards that […]

Annual worldwide spending on data storage hardware, software and services by Small- and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) will undergo phenomenal growth over the next 4 years, more than quadrupling to $18.5 by 2006, according to a new report from Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc., an industry leading authority on SMB Information Technology (IT) research and […]

3ware today announced it has begun shipping its latest family of RAID controller cards based on Serial ATA specifications — the Escalade 8500 series. The Escalade 8500 series is available in four, eight and twelve-port configurations, offering storage VARs and systems builders the first complete family of enterprise class Serial ATA RAID controllers. The new […]

DinoStor yesterday introduced the DinoStor TapeServer, a network backup appliance that allows a single automated tape library to be shared across an existing Ethernet network. The new product enables multiple Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)-compliant NAS servers, application servers and mail servers to share a single tape library. DinoStor designed its TapeServer with the same […]

Adaptec today introduced a family of four Ultra320 SCSI RAID controllers, including two zero channel solutions, that take aim at the high-density server market’s growing need for affordable low-profile cards that streamline data storage and reduce related costs. “Adaptec’s Ultra320 SCSI RAID controllers deliver the performance and data protection companies need to minimize their server […]

Ixia has introduced the Ixia Fabric Tester, a multiport fibre channel traffic generator and analyzer, aimed at optimizing high-performance and high-density storage networks. The Ixia Fabric Tester is targeted for use by switch developers and manufacturers, Storage Area Network (SAN) system integrators and SAN end-users to assess the performance and integrity of the latest fibre […]

Raidtec Corporation announced yesterday the launch of NAS-in-a-Flash, an implementation of its NAS Operating System, FlashLinux. NAS-in-a-Flash is the entire FlashLinux combination of NAS OS and storage applications suite embedded in a Flash plug-in module for Intel CPU based motherboards. NAS-in-a-Flash offers a full featured, well-proven and reliable NAS OS embedded in a Flash Memory […]

Exabyte has announced availability of its newest LTO automation product, the Magnum20 LTO Tape Library. The Magnum20 packs up to 8 IBM LTO tape drives and 148 Exabyte LTO cartridges into a 20u rack mount space delivering the highest automation density in the industry. Special features and options include 8-way partitioning, remote management, and direct […]

The InfiniBand Trade Association today announced that the next round of InfiniBand IT Roadshows will be September 23 – October 10 in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. The events provide a forum for IT managers and other technical personnel to learn about the performance and scalability benefits of InfiniBand architecture. Attendees […]

Sony today announced that the company’s global recording media business has received qualification from Quantum Corporation to manufacture DLTtape(TM) IV media. Sony DLTtape IV media uses half-inch MP (metal particle) tape in a single-reel cartridge, designed to store 80 GB of data (compressed) and to transfer data at up to 12 MB/s (compressed), when used […]