Enterprise Storage Forum Staff

Exabyte today announced the introduction of its second generation VXA tape drive. The VXA-2 is targeted at users who seek an alternative to DDS technology at similar pricing for drives and media, but who are looking for increased capacity and performance. To protect the investment of users who have already chosen VXA technology and invested […]

SANcastle Technologies, Inc. today announced the availability of its latest feature: Autonomous Regions with Domain Address Translation (AR/DAT), which resolves global SAN scalability and simplifies large Fibre Channel fabrics for storage administrators. AR/DAT enables an industry first — a Fibre Channel Native Firewall. SANcastle switches with AR/DAT, act as “border switches” eliminating address conflicts between […]

Voltaire, one of the leading developers of Infiniband technology, today released a white paper that addresses the five major myths associated with InfiniBand architecture. The white paper also outlines the significant cost and efficiency benefits InfiniBand offers data center operations. Voltaire has taken the lead in working with early adopters, such as large financial institutions, […]

Cylink Corporation has announced that it has been certified to work in Compaq’s SANworks(TM) Data Replication Manager Fibre Channel and Internet Protocol (FC-IP) solution. SANworks is a storage area network (SAN) solution based on Compaq’s StorageWorks Fibre Channel controllers that allows remote replication of data in real time. Certified FC-IP gateway equipment from CNT, SANcastle […]

Texas Memory Systems’ RamSan-210 has passed the testing process for the “Designed for Windows 2000 Server” logo making it the first and only solid state disk system to do so. The accreditation is given by Microsoft to products exhibiting full compatibility with the operating system. The RamSan-210 completed testing as a “Fibre Channel Disk.” “Our […]

Dot Hill announced today the availability of a new -48 VDC-powered version of its ultra thin, rack-mountable RAID Blade storage system. Telecommunications companies and equipment providers as well as Internet Service Providers desire DC models of critical equipment because they operate independently of the power exchange and are easily sustainable. “The AC version of our […]

ManagedStorage International Inc. (MSI) today announced an enterprise-class remote data protection service for companies to cost-effectively protect their business-critical data. MSI’s enterprise-class remote data protection service is 50-80 percent less expensive than competitive offerings and up to 71 percent less expensive than do-it-yourself options. The fully guaranteed service offering provides customers with remote off-site data […]

Using an innovative nanotechnology, IBM scientists have demonstrated a data storage density of a trillion bits per square inch — 20 times higher than the densest magnetic storage available today. IBM achieved this remarkable density — enough to store 25 million printed textbook pages on a surface the size of a postage stamp — in […]

Overland Data, Inc. and Astrum Software, have announced they are working together to bring a new family of Overland-branded storage management software solutions to market. As part of their technology agreement, Overland will use Astrum technology in the development of its family of storage management solutions, including the Overland Storage Resource Manager and Overland Storage […]

Quantum Corp. today announced shipment of the SDLT 320. The new drive, based on the industry standard DLTtape technology, will be distributed through the Quantum channel and leading OEM suppliers. With 60 percent greater capacity than alternative mid-range tape drives and the highest performance available, the SDLT 320 provides customers with a substantial reduction in […]

Worldwide Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) components revenue totaled $1.46 billion in 2001, a 13 percent increase from 2000 revenue of $1.3 billion, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner, Inc. Gartner Dataquest analysts presented the findings today during the Gartner PlanetStorage 2002 conference at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las […]

In an effort to help customers consolidate their storage infrastructures, Dell today announced enhancements to its PowerVault NAS servers that enable simple integration with high-end Dell-EMC SANs. This comes after the “handshake” agreement announced last week between Dell and EMC which will see Dell manufacturing versions of EMC’s low end Clariion network storage systems. The […]