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Latest News

  • EMC offers deduplication for VWware on Celerra NAS

    EMC announced an upgrade to the management software on its Celerra network-attached storage (NAS) arrays that will allow administrators to apply deduplication, thin provisioning and business continuity tools to data stored in VMware environments…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Provisioning • Fails • Automated • Arrays • Array • Administrator

  • Intel boosts performance of small network storage

    LG said that in benchmark tests, its N4B2 NAS server equipped with the Atom platform allows up to 20 users to simultaneously stream high definition video at up to 30Mbit/sec within a local network.The Atom-processor platform features six PCI…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Targeted • Processing • Hyperthreading • Electronics • Controller • Atom

  • HP upgrades StorageWorks SANs

    A P4000 Unified NAS Gateway is expected to begin shipping on April 5. The array can support up to 57.6TB in SAS-based configurations or 192TB with SATA.HP also announced that its midrange StorageWorks P4000 G2 SAN is being offered with the SAN/iQ…
    17 February 2010
    Tags: Shipping • Sec • Fibre Channel • Failover • Centers • Automated

  • Overland Storage unveils iSCSI SAN first

    Then, in 2008, Overland acquired the SnapServer network-attached storage (NAS) business from Adaptec, and Kelly moved it. The S2000 is also certified for use with Symantec's Backup Exec 2010 software, which includes data deduplication.The S2000's…
    16 February 2010
    Tags: Sec • Networkattached • Library • Iscsi • Expansion • Array

  • IBM shows off file sharing NAS cloud

    In 2010, ESG expects that interest to translate into actual spending, aided by increased visibility from big-name vendors like EMC, HDS, HP, IBM and NetApp as they continue to invest in scale-out offerings and validate commodity-based scale-out…
    11 February 2010
    Tags: File System • Expansion • Cloud Computing • Attached • Architectures • Administration

  • Pillar updates Axiom storage array

    Pillar Data Systems announced a new version of its Axiom 600 modular storage array that doubles the processing power, storage capacity and the number of virtual logical unit numbers (LUNs) that can be created on a single system.The Axiom 600…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Modular • Cache • Controller • Fibre Channel • Hard Drives • Processing

Latest Features

  • Guide to SAN and NAS virtualisation

    The primary example of this new style of controller-based virtualisation is Hitachi Universal Storage Platform.File virtualisationJust as block virtualisation simplifies SAN management, file virtualisation eliminates much of the complexity and…
    26 November 2009
    Tags: Requests • Split • Provisioning • Storage Systems • Agents • Hosts

  • Oracle-Sun set to resell Pillar after merger

    Based on commodity hardware, the Axiom acts as an application-aware storage-area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS) server all under a single management interface. For example, he pointed to Hewlett-Packard's proposed purchase of…
    17 September 2009
    Tags: Hitachi • Microsystems • Array • Founded • Mention • Hds

  • Isilon seeing healthy demand for clustered storage

    We will add a new level to NAS, and will push ourselves much closer to the SAN world. And we won't comment on acquisition approaches.Product RoadmapWe are currently undergoing a platform refresh, hence the launch of the Isilon IQ X-Series platform…
    27 June 2008
    Tags: Tom Jowitt • Field • Storage Systems • Clustered • Segment • France

  • Revving up its storage horsepower

    These They need a storage product that can scale capacity quickly, up to very high levels with balanced storage capacity, I/O performance and processing power.MSO is a file-oriented storage product and will consist of ProLiant controllers using…
    15 January 2008
    Tags: Oem • Enhanced • Assets • Blades • Shares • Clusters

  • Why did IBM buy XIV?

    XIV's NEXTRA is not a network-attached storage (NAS) box although it is for file storage. It can scale interface capacity, processing capacity and storage capacity.Data is split into 1MB chunks and copies written to two separate disks.If a storage…
    04 January 2008
    Tags: Social Networking • Facing • Duplication • Scalability • Snapshot • Data Storage

  • Storage in the cloud

    A clustered NAS system is more generally applicable and needs to have a very large and global namespace for its files and an infrastructure for organising millions of files, file protection and access.Cloud storage seems to be quite separate from…
    18 December 2007
    Tags: Infrastructures • Concepts • Amazon • Shift • Expanding • Clusters
 

How-Tos

  • 5 Strategies to Back Up Your Data, Now

    Or are you aiming to do larger, more-current sets while leaving the file archive to reside on a NAS or on a dedicated 1TB hard drive attached to your system? But online backup may not be appropriate if your data measures into the tens of gigabytes…
    27 August 2009
    Tags: Hard Drive • Hard Drives • Utility • Backups • Plug • Capacities

  • Case Study: Backup becomes a snap

    After examining a number of alternatives, the Blue Cross decided to test two Adaptec Snap Server 210 network-attached storage (NAS) devices. He purchased 12 Snap Server 210s, each with 500GB capacity, a Snap Server 520 with 1TB capacity, and…
    12 November 2007
    Tags: Cross • Failure • Replication • Centrally • Disaster • Matter

  • Case Study: Unified storage sorts out a Surrey hospital file problem

    When the PACS outgrew the capacity limitations of the initial NAS appliance, they would be forced to add more, thus putting them back in the exact scenario they were trying to avoid in the first place, using multiple islands of storage.
    23 May 2007
    Tags: Consolidated • Brocade • Storagetek • Clustered • Scalability • Data Storage

  • Case Study: A city in Kansas does tapeless backup

    Virtually any hard drive can be backed up and cloned using this utility.Revinetix software has built-in Network Attached Storage (NAS) capabilities, which allow users to quickly and easily add storage capacity for RAID-protected file sharing.
    09 May 2007
    Tags: City • Backups • Restore • Libraries • Agent • Veritas

  • Case Study: Keeping AOL's files in order

    He found a number of cluster-based network-attached storage (NAS) systems from companies the likes of Panasas, Isilon, PolyServe (now HP) and IBRIX. One of the things we liked about IBRIX over those other options is that they've re-implemented the…
    23 April 2007
    Tags: Aol • Upgrades • Cluster • Deployments • Nas • Nodes

  • Case Study: File-area network early adopters share their stories

    Market watcher Enterprise Strategy Group says as much as 80 percent of the data on corporate networks is unstructured and traditional means of managing it have become inefficient and costly, as companies have added individually managed…
    16 March 2007
    Tags: Storage Systems • File System • Fan • Fans • Migrate • History

Reviews

  • QNAP TS-239 Pro Turbo review

    The TS-239 Pro Turbo NAS is ideally suited for IT professionals who will be able to take advantage of the considerable high-end features of the device: online RAID capacity expansion, built-in iSCSI target service, and remote access and replication.
    17 February 2010
    Tags: Scan • Raid • Professionals • Highend • Folders • Expansion

  • QNAP TS-659 Pro Turbo review

    The QNAP TS-659 Pro Turbo NAS packs six drive bays and up to 12 terabytes of storage into a compact, energy-efficient box. Armed with Intel's Atom D510 processor and QNAP's latest firmware, this network-attached storage (NAS) device is a competent…
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Raid • Power Consumption • Mac Os • Hard Drives • Configured • Atom

  • Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB review

    The Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB drive, although fast, is not targeted at the performance market, and is good for use in HTPC (home-theatre PC), NAS boxes, and other such purposes where the drive's data capacity is important.
    29 January 2010
    Tags: Hard Drives • Seagate • Capacities • Mb • Binary • Platters

  • Synology DiskStation DS509+ review

    Synology DiskStation DS509+ review James Hutchinson Great value, and huge capacity, if you've got the disks review,reviews Synology's five-bay NAS device is suited to both homes and businesses, offering fast performance and up to 10TB of storage.
    19 January 2010
    Tags: Audio • Streaming • Photos • Connecting • Performs • Recognise

  • Seagate BlackArmor WS 110 review

    Unfortunately, the hard drive is quite loud - particularly when spinning up - and even caused some minimal vibrations on the desk during intensive transfer tasks.The BlackArmor WS 110 packs in a single 3.5in 2TB hard drive with a formatted…
    12 January 2010
    Tags: Hard Drive • Transfer • Hard Drives • Connected • Seagate • Western

  • Netgear ReadyNAS NVX

    Unlike home friendly NAS devices from vendors like QNAP this NAS device lacks media browsers or a Twonky server.X-RAID2 automatically expands capacity and syncs data when a new hard drive is added to the NAS.
    16 December 2009
    Tags: Hard Drives • Nas • Gigabit Ethernet • Array • Redundancy • Raid

White Papers

  • Massively Scalable NAS

    NAS has in the past fallen short in its ability to scale capacity simply and economically.New technologies now available make extremely scalable NAS available even to IT shops with limited budgets and they offer considerable advantages over more…
    17 September 2008
    Tags: Pre • Attached • Budgets • Nas • Scalability • Scalable

  • Streamline Your Storage Usage: 4 straightforward ways to true NAS management

    This paper underscores the need for efficient storage usage in your NAS environment and highlights how to get the most out of your hardware investment. Streamline Your Storage Usage: 4 straightforward ways to true NAS management Northern Parklife…
    01 April 2008
    Tags: Investment • Solve • Self • Reporting • Nas • Quota

  • agámi Information Servers

    With the introduction of agámi Information Servers (AIS), agámi Systems has created a major advancement in networked attached storage (NAS). AIS provide customers with tremendous improvements in functionality, increased performance and capacity…
    01 March 2007
    Tags: Continues • Consolidation • Distributed • Data Protection • Organizations • Tape

  • Next Generation NAS

    The Pantera Clustered NAS and Bobcat NAS Gateway both provide massive performance and capacity scalability - within a single management environment - while delivering both the interoperability across clients and applications and the ease of use…
    23 February 2007
    Tags: Databases • Nas • Clustered • Scalability • Scalable • Next Generation

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