16/06/2010 - SGI Releases InfiniteStorage 5000 SAS External Storage System

SGI, a provider of HPC and data center solutions, today announced the release of SGI InfiniteStorage 5000, a RAID storage system that combines leading edge hardware with a choice of host interfaces and drive technologies in a powerful external storage platform. SGI InfiniteStorage 5000 is SGI’s first storage system to employ 6Gb/s SAS technology.

21/10/2009 - Panasas Announces the World's Highest-Performance File Storage System

Panasas intoroduced the ActiveStor Series 9 parallel storage system, which is believed to be the highest-performance file storage system in the world, as the company claims.

Unlike single-dimensional storage solutions, which offer either high-bandwidth performance or optimized IOPS, the ActiveStor Series 9 uses multiple storage technologies in a synchronized architecture to produce both.

30/07/2009 - LSI Launches RAID Controller Cards Based On 6Gb/s SAS Technology

LSI has launched a new generation of MegaRAID SATA+SAS RAID controller cards based on 6Gb/s SAS technology.
The storage and networking solution provider has also announced its new channel strategy for worldwide customers.

26/06/2009 - Adaptec Introduces Greener More Efficient RAID Controllers

Adaptec has announced the availability of its Series 5Z Unified Serial (SATA/SAS) RAID controller family.
The company said these high-performance controllers integrate an industry first - a flash-based Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection module that provides data center managers with a single controller solution for data protection in the event of both power loss and drive failure.

29/05/2009 - Corevault Issues Guidelines on Disaster Data Protection

CoreVault has released guidelines to ensure organizational safety and expedient data Relevant Products/Services recovery in the event a catastrophe strikes.
The managed backup and recovery solutions provider said that forward-thinking companies in severe-weather-prone area should take maximum precautions when preparing for disruptions caused by tornadoes and other natural disasters.

22/05/2009 - Phoenix Introduces Fastest, Most Versatile SSD VME Mass Storage Module

Phoenix International has unveiled its new VS1-250-SSD Serial Attache SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) based VME data storage plug-in blade.
The VS1-250-SSD delivers high capacity, high performance data storage - with burst data transfer rate to 300MB/sec and sustained data transfer to 120MB/sec.

22/05/2009 - NetApp Buys Data Domain For $1.5bn

NetApp announced this week that it has agreed to buy data backup and disaster recovery systems provider Data Domain Inc. for USD $25 per share in cash and stock, or about USD $1.5 billion.
The data storage company said it will operate Data Domain as a product line.

24/04/2009 - Adaptec Announces Support For VMware vSphere

Adaptec has announced that its newly launched Series 5 Unified Serial (SATA/SAS) RAID Controller Family will be providing support for VMware vSphere.
The VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program member's controller family is supported natively via an in-box driver, ready for immediate installation.

17/04/2009 - HealthNet's New Venture Venyu Targets SMB Storage and Security

Amerivault and Network Technology Group Inc data storage providers are to join forces to create Venyu Inc.
The new venture will provide commercial grade, customizable solutions for data storage with disaster recovery, writes Samantha Sai for storage-biz.news.

26/02/2009 - Nexsan Launches iSCSI SAN Aimed at Standalone or Virtualised IT Environments

Nexsan has introduced its first iSCSI SAN, which has been specifically designed and priced to give SMBs and SMEs a new value-alternative in implementing the protocol.
The Nexsan iSeries is intended as a complete, easy-to-implement, enterprise-class SAN that is ideal for use in standalone or fully virtualised IT environments.

12/02/2009 - Virtualisation Provides Effective Disaster Recovery Solution

SecurStore has warned that companies need to ensure a reliable IT disaster recovery plan is in place when times are tough.
The online, automated and managed data backup and recovery specialists said that the current economic difficulties meant that customer service is going to be the all important differentiator throughout 2009.

08/01/2009 - ATTO Adds Industry-first 8-GB Fibre Channel To RAID Storage Controllers

ATTO Technology has announced the release of the industry’s first 8-Gb Fibre Channel-to-SAS/SATA RAID storage controller.
FastStream SC 8500 is an independent external RAID Storage Controller that provides 8-Gb Fibre Channel host connectivity to multiple tiers of low-cost, off-the-shelf SAS/SATA disk storage enclosures.