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EMC launches midrange deduplication array

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:05:00 GMT

Data Domain DD670 is twice as fast as its predecessor, scales to 76TB

EMC announced three new products, including a new midrange Data Domain deduplication appliance, a new disk archive system with deduplication for mainfames and a disk library series with arrays that scale from 8TB to 1.4PB.

Meet web historian Jason Scott

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:08:00 GMT

The guardian of digital history is archiving whatever he can get his hands on

Digital historian Jason Scott has an eclectic portfolio. At Textfiles.com, he collects files and related materials from the era of dial-up bulletin-board systems. That work led him to create BBS: The Documentary, an eight-episode miniseries about the early history of online culture. His second documentary, Get Lamp, set to debut this week, examines text adventure games through interviews with developers, designers and players. Even if you've never heard of Scott, you might have heard of his cat: Sockington, the most-followed animal on Sockington Twitter, has more than 1.5 million followers.

Harsh lessons about online data storage

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:34:00 GMT

When it comes to storing data on the cloud, be careful who you trust

Gripe Line reader Joan wrote in to warn readers about trusting important financial and business documents to web storage services.

UAE: BlackBerry offshore storage violates the law

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:25:00 GMT

BlackBerrys may violate a data handling law passed in 2007, regulator says

The offshore storage of data by Research In Motion for its BlackBerry smartphones conflicts with a 2007 law passed in the United Arab Emirates, the country's telecommunications regulator has said.

Seagate GoFlex packs streaming and backup punch

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:59:00 GMT

Another NAS for the home

Seagate has announced a new network attached storage (NAS) drive for the 'Terabyte home', the GoFlex Home.

Dell buys data storage startup Ocarina Networks

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Silicon Valley firm makes deduplication technology, a hot commodity in storage

Dell announced Monday that it plans to acquire Ocarina Networks, a maker of hardware and software designed to reduce the amount of storage capacity enterprises need, for an undisclosed sum.

Sharp shows 100GB Blu-Ray disc

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:47:00 GMT

BDXL specification adds third writable layer

Sharp recently announced that it will be the first Blu-ray disc maker to launch a recordable triple layer Blu-ray format with 100GB of storage capacity, twice the capacity of current Blu-ray discs.

Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI: The war continues

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:57:00 GMT

As FCoE has come onto the scene, the FC vs. iSCSI fire has been reignited. A balanced perspective will save you time and money

In the beginning there was Fibre Channel (FC), and it was good. If you wanted a true SAN -- versus shared direct-attached SCSI storage -- FC is what you got. But FC was terribly expensive, requiring dedicated switches and host bus adapters, and it was difficult to support in geographically distributed environments. Then, around six or seven years ago, iSCSI hit the SMB market in a big way and slowly began its climb into the enterprise.

IBM storage glitch causes massive bank system failure

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:09:00 GMT

Outage caused when an employee didn't follow correct procedures, IBM said

IBM took responsibility for a major IT system failure suffered by one of Singapore's largest banks on July 5, saying an employee's error caused the outage.

Freecom Mobile CLS drive comes with sticky labels

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:24:00 GMT

Docking unit, three drives and colour stickers

Freecom has come up with the hard drive system for the user who feels compelled to physically label everything.

Qnap TS-259 NAS review

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:10:00 GMT

Network storage box is the fastest we've tested

Holy TurboNAS, Batman! The Qnap TS-259 Pro Turbo NAS posted sky-high performance for a network-attached storage box. Granted, our test configuration of this two-bay NAS device includes two 750GB Western Digital Black Caviar drives in RAID 0, which is optimised for performance, not data redundancy. But that generally explains only a couple of percentage points of performance (depending on the specific test), and the TS-259 Pro was more than two times faster than the nearest competitor we've tested to date. This speed difference is visible. In my hands-on examination, directory windows snapped open with almost startling speed.

NAND flash memory in short supply

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:20:00 GMT

Samsung and Toshiba could benefit if prices rise

Demand for NAND flash could outstrip supply in the third quarter of this year as consumer electronics companies prepare products for the holiday season, leading to price increases and shortages, research firm iSuppli said on Friday.

EMC shuts Atmos Online cloud storage service

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:39:00 GMT

No guarantee hosted service customers can retrieve stored data in the future

EMC plans to shut down its Atmos Online cloud storage service immediately, according to a posting on its website .

Hitachi Data Systems to offer cloud storage in the data centre

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:30:00 GMT

HDS customers pay per terabyte and keep data local

Hitachi Data Systems is preparing to offer cloud storage that even cloud-averse enterprises might accept: It resides in the customer's own data center.

How to move files to a new hard drive

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:20:00 GMT

How to move Windows, apps and files to their new, larger home

So let's get on with copying everything from the old hard drive to the new one. You can't just drag-and-drop copy the files, as that will miss your boot sector, important parts of Windows, and any hidden partitions. If your computer came with Windows installed, there's a good chance that you've got a hidden partition that you'll need on the new drive should you have to reinstall the OS.

Get smart with intelligent data storage

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:07:00 GMT

SANs get more advanced control features such as snapshots and replication

Shared storage was once a simple animal. The abstraction between servers and storage made it possible for the server to use storage without any direct knowledge of exactly what it was or how it was configured. This was a great thing for the industry because it allowed storage interconnect standards such as Fibre Channel and iSCSI to allow interoperability between just about any compliant server operating system and storage array.

DRAM prices to fall for first fime in year

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:16:00 GMT

Memory chip makers increased production will send DRAM prices lower

Prices of DRAM, the main memory chips used in personal computers, fell for the first time in over a year in June as companies increased production and PC vendors toughened their stance on further price increases.

SanDisk SD card can store data for 100 years

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:35:00 GMT

WORM cards can be written on only once to be tamper proof

SanDisk on Wednesday announced a Secure Digital card that can store data for 100 years, but can be written on only once.

Iomega announces new portable USB hard drives

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Tough and stylish external drives

Iomega has announced a new line of 500GB, USB 2.0 portable drives featuring one of three colorful and edgy designs from Skin Industries. The new Iomega Skin Hard Drive is built to withstand drops from up to 51 inches onto industrial carpet, which the company claims is 40 percent higher than the industry average. Priced at $120, the Iomega Skin Hard Drives come formatted as NTFS, but can easily be made Mac compatible using OS X's Disk Utility.

Samsung unveils its fastest 512GB notebook SSD

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:42:00 GMT

Synchronous NAND flash drive boots nine times faster than hard disk drives

Samsung Electronics next month plans to begin shipping its first solid-state drive (SSD) to use toggle-mode DDR (double data rate) NAND to achieve higher performance for laptops and high-end PCs.

How to resize partitions on your hard drive

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:30:00 GMT

Chop and change volumes on disk

Once upon a time, that chore required you to delete and recreate your partitions, thus losing everything on them. Luckily, it's now possible to resize your existing partitions without erasing all of your files.

Toshiba shows 128GB memory chip for mobile

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:40:00 GMT

Flash memory storage to boost phones, tablets

Toshiba America Electronic Components today announced plans to ship a 128GB embedded NAND flash memory module, the highest capacity available for smart phones, tablet PCs and digital video cameras. The module has a 46MB/sec. read speed and a 21MB/sec. write speed.

Toshiba shows 128 GB memory chip for mobile

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:40:00 GMT

Flash memory storage to boost phones, tablets

What is flash memory?

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:40:00 GMT

A guide on flash, SSDs, USB sticks and memory cards

Flash memory is inside your smartphone, GPS, MP3 player, digital camera, PC and the USB drive on your key chain. Solid-state drives (SSD) using flash memory are replacing hard drives in netbooks and PCs and even some server installations. Needing no batteries or other power to retain data, flash is convenient and relatively foolproof.

Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Drive review

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:19:00 GMT

A speedy hybrid SSD that raises the bar

Initial attempts at boosting magnetic hard-drive performance with a dose of flash memory fell flat; these so-called hybrid hard drives, released by Seagate and, in smaller quantity, by Samsung, didn't deliver on their promised speed gains. Now, nearly three years later, the concept of the hybrid drive gets new life, with the Seagate Momentus XT, the second generation of hybrid drive that mixes flash and hard disk. But does this drive deliver a measurable performance boost over its standard hard-disk cousins?