Voting Machines Should Be As Secure As Slot Machines
November 06, 2012 14:32 PM
Casino gaming machines undergo independent scrutiny to certify their reliability. Shouldn’t voting machines get the same treatment?
Apple's Fusion Drive: An Inside Look
November 02, 2012 11:11 AM
Apple's Fusion Drive, a hybrid of SSD and hard disk, revs up iMac performance while also providing terabytes of capacity. PC makers should pay attention to this powerful combination.
Superstorm Sandy Lessons: 100% Uptime Isn't Always Worth It
October 31, 2012 10:53 AM
Sandy brought out the worst in some tech pundits who were ready to pounce on companies that went offline in the face of a 100-year catastrophe. But in cases like Sandy, continuous uptime is the wrong goal.
Microsoft Buys Cloud Gateway Provider StorSimple
October 18, 2012 18:12 PM
Microsoft’s acquisition validates the market for premises-based storage that also links to the cloud, and inaugurates the software giant as a provider of IT hardware.
Tape Rules for Long-Term Storage
October 09, 2012 17:21 PM
A common knock against the use of tape for long-term archives is that data has to be migrated every few years as tape formats change. Not so. With good management, you can go 10 years between tape migrations. Here's why and how.
Of IOPS and RAID: How Raid Affects Application Performance
September 24, 2012 10:58 AM
We conclude our look at storage performance metrics with RAID. Learn how a theoretical RAID controller behaves while reading and writing to some common RAID configurations, and how that affects performance.
Fill Your Drives With Helium: HGST Fits Seven Platters Into 3.5 Inches
September 21, 2012 11:00 AM
HGST has announced that it has put seven platters onto a 3.5-inch form factor, thanks in part to replacing the air in the drive with helium. Find out what this could mean.
Hyperconverged Stacks from SimpliVity and Scale
September 13, 2012 11:56 AM
SimpliVity's OmniCube "might be too good to be true," thanks to inline deduplication and a host of other features, while Scale Computing is aiming at SMBs with more modest budgets with its HC3. Find out more about both offerings.
QLogic's Mount Rainier Brings Flash Cache to HBAs
September 10, 2012 15:14 PM
What can you expect from QLogic's Mount Ranier Project when products eventually appear? For starters, three versions. Learn what else is in store.
The Hyperconverged Infrastructure
September 07, 2012 15:19 PM
Startups are rolling out "hyperconverged infrastructure" offerings, which combine storage and compute in a preconfigured rack or a single brick that could serve as the basis of a scale-out system. Learn more about the systems.
For Storage News, Go to VMworld
September 04, 2012 14:56 PM
VMware's focus has shifted from virtualizing servers to virtualizing whole data centers--and storage vendors are happy to jump on for the ride.
Is Amazon's Glacier Cloud Storage a Good Deal?
August 28, 2012 12:53 PM
Amazon's new cloud storage service, Glacier, looks like a deal--1 cent per gigabit per month. But can you wait three to five hours to access your data? Learn what other factors you should be aware of when it comes to Amazon's latest storage offering.
Nimbus Gemini Solid-State Storage Built From the Ground Up
August 24, 2012 09:51 AM
Nimbus rolls out Gemini, the replacement for its S-Class storage system, offering its first set of fully custom hardware, and much more. Get all the details.
Skyera's SkyHawk Swoops In With Affordable, High-Performance Storage
August 21, 2012 12:32 PM
Startup Skyera rolls out what "what may be the most revolutionary storage system we've seen in years." Find out why SkyHawk is grabbing attention.
Tegile Updates Zebi Hybrid Arrays
August 14, 2012 11:36 AM
Next-generation hybrid array vendor Tegile rolls out new versions of its Zebi line. Learn more about the company and its new offerings, the HA2400 and HA2800F.
More on Performance Metrics: The Relationship Between IOPS and Latency
August 09, 2012 10:14 AM
The best predictors of storage-related application performance have always been latency and IOPS. Hybrid SSD and HD systems are changing how those numbers should be viewed.
SSDs and Understanding Storage Performance Metrics
August 03, 2012 12:14 PM
In the first of a three-part series, Howard Marks describes how storage system throughput is a bad indicator of performance and how SSDs can vastly improve performance, even for entry-level storage systems.
Calling Xsigo Software-Defined Networking Doesn't Make It So
July 30, 2012 14:52 PM
Oracle snapped up Xsigo today. The technology is a great fit for Oracle clusters, but it's not software-defined networking.
Proximal Unveils First SSD Cache for VMware's vSphere
July 25, 2012 13:30 PM
To date, server-side SSD caching products include drivers for Windows or Linux. Proximal now supports the hypervisor directly, allowing features like vMotion and Live Migration to work as intended.
EMC and VMware's Leadership Shuffle: Beginning of the End?
July 19, 2012 11:51 AM
VMware's independence contributed greatly to its dominance. A tighter tie to EMC may spell bad news for IT pros.
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