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  • VMware, Citrix users targetted by virtual PC start-up

    A backup and recovery feature replicates all user customisations in the data centre, and CacheCloud works with any type of direct-attached storage, SAN or NAS products.According to a 451 Group report on Unidesk, the company has developed a highly…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Startup • Reduces • Deployments • Delivery • Data Center • Brodkin

  • 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

  • Intel to launch Jasper Forest storage chips

    The processor is aimed at applications such as ultra-dense blades, IPTV, VoIP, network-attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SAN). Intel to launch Jasper Forest storage chips Lucas Mearian Embedded storage controller aimed at SAN, NAS…
    11 February 2010
    Tags: Xeon • Raid • Functions • Failure • Embedded • Controller

  • Virtual NAS server adds security to Amazon cloud

    A startup called Nasuni has made software that adds security and performance features to Amazons cloud storage A storage startup called Nasuni is unveiling a virtual NAS file server that runs on VMware and connects customers to cloud platforms…
    09 February 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Platforms • Latency • Founded • Cloud • Amazon

  • Promise unveils easy SmartStor NAS

    Like many home media servers, the SmartStor Zero NS2600 also functions as an iTunes Media Server allowing music and video to be streamed (including apparently protected content) using iTunes.Today consumers are put off by the configuration and…
    05 January 2010
    Tags: Consumers • Itunes • Setup • Electronics • Shift • Marks

  • LaCie unveils Network Space 2 NAS drive, media server

    LaCie has introduced the LaCie Network Space 2, an advanced consumer network attached storage (NAS) and media server.LaCie Network Space 2 combines the performance of a fully-featured NAS solution with a customised user interface, making it as…
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Hard Drive • Mac • Itunes • Nas • Neil • Usb

Latest Features

  • Guide to SAN and NAS virtualisation

    Storage administrators can perform routine maintenance of NAS devices and retire old equipment without interrupting users and applications.File virtualisation, when married with clustering technologies, also can dramatically boost scalability and…
    26 November 2009
    Tags: Requests • Split • Provisioning • Storage Systems • Agents • Hosts

  • Cisco data centre guru on IPv6, virtualisation and strategy

    You plug in a NAS device, a camera into IP, you expect it to work, right, whether it is my switch or someone else's switches. So, the majority of the benefit - the cabling benefit I just spoke of, the power reduction - all is in that first…
    03 November 2009
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Perspective • Data Center • Virtual Machines • Migrate • Incremental

  • How clouds and fibre has remade the data centre

    Storage has been moving to IP for years, with a significant amount of storage already attached via NAS or iSCSI devices. Switches need to support the ability to run storage traffic over Ethernet/IP such as NAS, ISCSI or FCoE.
    18 September 2009
    Tags: Adapter • Adapters • Transport • Access Control • Enforce • Reduces

  • 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

  • The downside of the cloud

    In addition, Nirvanix offers CloudNAS, a bridging software that can make the Nirvanix cloud look like any NAS drive. Cloud technology is being much talked about - particularly as a storage option. Internal policies and procedures may also have to…
    30 January 2009
    Tags: Migration • Stephen Lawson • File System • Api • Transport • Service Provider

  • Server virtualisation rings iSCSI vendor's bell

    In between then and now, we tried to simplify things by giving each application its own cheap server, but that ramped up the overall power consumption and moved the complexity elsewhere in the overall structure.Cormier's contention - borne out in…
    15 September 2008
    Tags: Virtualised • Iscsi • Block • Nas • Sans • Server Virtualisation
 

How-Tos

  • 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. Employees at each regional offices used a local PC as a file server and would regularly save their files to…
    12 November 2007
    Tags: Cross • Failure • Replication • Centrally • Disaster • Matter

  • Eight ways to green your existing datacentre

    Reduce storage hardware by using SANs or other NAS devices that consolidate storage space. Dynamic control of a server's internal fans can reduce the energy needed when the air in the datacentre is cooler.
    08 November 2007
    Tags: Physical • Flow • Energy • Air • Datacentres • Cooling

  • How to reduce your boxes

    StorageIf you consolidate the storage into a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN), then you need to add host bus adapters (HBAs) for each physical server, preferably with virtualised features so they work with the VMware virtual machines…
    04 September 2007
    Tags: Admin • Consolidation • Rack • Accessed • Skills • Provisioning

  • Case Study: Diskless servers rely on NAS

    This contrasts with traditional server environments in which hard disk failure can result in the server being knocked out' completely while the disk is replaced and re-populated with data from the last backup.With the Ultraspeed NAS-backed…
    02 August 2007
    Tags: Downtime • Failure • Reliability • Remove • Hard Disk • Farm

  • 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

Reviews

  • QNAP TS-239 Pro Turbo review

    QNAP TS-239 Pro Turbo review Chris Holt Network-attached storage device with a ton of features review,reviews If youre a business owner hoping for a do-it-all NAS or a consumer looking for a home media server, there are better drives out there to…
    17 February 2010
    Tags: Scan • Raid • Professionals • Highend • Folders • Expansion

  • LG NAS N4B1 review

    The LG NAS N4B1 is neither a comprehensive media server nor a particularly fast performer, but as a network-attached storage device, it's quick enough for home/small-business file serving. It's nice not to have to fire up a computer just to set a…
    08 February 2010
    Tags: Reader • Nas • Iso • Images • Boxes • Bluray

  • QNAP TS-659 Pro Turbo review

    Armed with Intel's Atom D510 processor and QNAP's latest firmware, this network-attached storage (NAS) device is a competent server, though its speed is disappointing.QNAP TS-659 Pro Turbo: EnclosureThere are very few aesthetic differences between…
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Raid • Power Consumption • Mac Os • Hard Drives • Configured • Atom

  • Synology DiskStation DS509+ review

    These include an iSCSI Target feature, which lets you access the NAS device's storage volume through an iSCSI server. Synology's DiskStation DS509+ is a great value network-attached storage (NAS) device with five drive bays - letting you store up…
    19 January 2010
    Tags: Audio • Streaming • Photos • Connecting • Performs • Recognise

  • Netgear ReadyNAS NVX

    The Netgear ReadyNAS NVX makes network attached storage (NAS) simple; all you have to do is plug it in. It's a four bay NAS device that provides up to 4TB of storage. The Netgear ReadyNAS NVX's four drive bays are hot-swappable and easily accessed…
    16 December 2009
    Tags: Hard Drives • Nas • Gigabit Ethernet • Array • Redundancy • Raid

  • Thecus N7700

    The Thecus N7700 is quite cheap too and boasts fast file transfer speeds, though it won't match the QNAP TS-809 Pro Turbo when it comes to server capabilities.The Thecus N7700's drive bays are aligned vertically, so it's quite tall for a NAS device.
    07 December 2009
    Tags: Volumes • Shares • Administration • Gigabit Ethernet • Ftp • Consumption

White Papers

  • Creating Efficient Data Centers with Service Oriented Infrastructure

    With the proliferation of external SAN and NAS storage devices, storage sub-systems have become critical. Increased requirements on bandwidth and latency performance and more granular service capabilities based on individual application needs have…
    10 July 2007
    Tags: Environments • Requirements • Capacities • Centers • Pressure • Next Generation

  • agámi Information Servers

    With the introduction of agámi Information Servers (AIS), agámi Systems has created a major advancement in networked attached storage (NAS). Large organizations with remote offices have attempted to use tape backup for server data protection but…
    01 March 2007
    Tags: Continues • Consolidation • Distributed • Data Protection • Organizations • Tape

  • iSCSI: Accelerating the Transition to Network Storage

    Networked storage in turn consists of two suboptions: storage area networks (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS).Today, more than one-third of storage sold is networked storage, a fraction that analysts expect to grow to two-thirds over the…
    23 January 2007
    Tags: Architectures • Analysts • Attached • Networked Storage • Data Storage

  • Extending the Virtualization Infrastructure

    The features introduced in VMware ESX Server 3- support for Internet SCSI (iSCSI) and network attached storage (NAS), VMware ESX Server File System version 3 (VMFS-3), the four-way VMware Virtual SMP feature, 16 GB memory for virtual machines…
    11 January 2007
    Tags: Physical • Vmware • Esx • Centers • Virtualization • Scalability

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