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Nexsan Launches E5000 Line of NAS Storage Systems
Nexsan, an independent provider of disk-based storage systems, announced the first two models of the E5000 Family of NAS storage systems, the E5110 and the E5310. Both models utilize the FASTier cache, which utilizes multiple SSD technologies that work transparently to boost performance for random I/O workloads including applications that are run on top of…
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Zyrion Announces Storage Monitoring Module for EMC, NetApp
Zyrion, a provider of business service management and network performance monitoring solutions, announced the integration of its service container technology with its storage monitoring module for providing visibility into the impact of NAS and SAN devices on business services. The integrated solution is designed to reduce the time to resolution for service-related issues that are…
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Half of Small Businesses Impacted by Data Loss: Survey
Data loss continues to be prominent among small businesses, found a survey conducted by Carbonite, a provider of online backup solutions. According to the study, which took place in April 2011, 48 percent of American small businesses with between two and 20 employees have experienced data loss, up from 42 percent when Carbonite surveyed small…
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EMC’s Q2 Profit Up 28 Percent
EMC’s storage, security and data center equipment juggernaut continues to sail right along, with the corporation posting record second-quarter results July 20 that included a 28 percent hike in profits year over year. The Hopkinton, Mass.-based company also increased the numbers in its analysts’ guidance for the year, and now expects to bring in nearly…
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Seagate Ships New Pulsar Solid-State Drives
Seagate started shipping its new Pulsar solid-state drives — 2.5-inch SSDs the company claims are the fastest it has ever manufactured — July 18 to its channel partners. Seagate said that the 400GB Pulsar XT.2 uses SLC (single-level cell) flash with a native 6Gb/s SAS (serial-attached SCSI) interface. The XT.2 is optimized for mixed workloads…
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IBM Releasing XIV Storage System Gen3
IBM on July 20 will announce the first new version of its XIV storage system to be released since 2008, the year Big Blue bought the Israel-based company. IBM XIV Storage System Gen3, which uses a patented grid architecture to process high-transaction-type workloads, features several hardware improvements, a revamped user interface, multi-system monitoring, and improved…