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QLogic's Mount Rainier Brings Flash Cache to HBAs
September 10, 2012 03:14 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
What can you expect from QLogic's Mount Ranier Project when products eventually appear? For starters, three versions. Learn what else is in store.
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The Hyperconverged Infrastructure
September 07, 2012 03:19 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
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.
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For Storage News, Go to VMworld
September 04, 2012 02:56 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
VMware's focus has shifted from virtualizing servers to virtualizing whole data centers--and storage vendors are happy to jump on for the ride.
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Is Amazon's Glacier Cloud Storage a Good Deal?
August 28, 2012 12:53 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
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.
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Nimbus Gemini Solid-State Storage Built From the Ground Up
August 24, 2012 09:51 AM
Posted by Howard Marks
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.
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Does DNA Hold the Keys to the Future of Data Storage?
August 23, 2012 12:15 PM
Posted by Kevin Fogarty
Remove storage as the biggest factor restricting the size of PC hardware, and you open up a whole new world of augmented reality.
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Practical Introduction to Applied OpenFlow
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On Resilience of Spit-Architecture Networks
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