EqualLogic adds to SAS storage array product line
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EqualLogic introduced a storage array appliance today that it says operates faster and uses storage more efficiently than rival products.
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SAN JOSE and MILPITAS, Calif., June 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Super Micro Computer, Inc.  and LSI Corporation , today announced three Supermicro Universal I/O (UIO) SAS RAID cards based on the most advanced RAID-On-Chip (ROC) available from LSI, the SAS1078.
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EMC, NetApp lurk in their corners Tape survivor Quantum today ramped up its efforts in disk storage with the release of kit aimed at the primed market for de-duplication.â¦
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MacCentral - In a presentation to be given later this week at OracleWorld in San Francisco, Calif., Oracle Corp. will outline its Resilient Low-Cost Storage Initiative. After including Apple Computer Inc.'s Xserve RAID in the product testing, Oracle has chosen to deploy Apple's solution internally to run the Oracle Collaboration Suite application for e-mail, voicemail and calendar, Oracle officials will reveal.
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Save the caribou with disk Supermicro has a new line of 3U SAS storage systems its punting as "Earth-friendly" boxen. Which is fine. Everyone says that. But let's step back and consider that.â¦
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Dell releases its Dell EqualLogic PS5000 Series storage-area network arrays.
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It's obvious that Sierra Logic is yet another important tile in Emulex's long -- and so far successful -- effort to cover a larger segment of the storage market.
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EMC's goal is to be able to encrypt storage array data "on the fly" and without slowing down the input or adding cost.
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Virtualised SAN and NAS bid for your storage grid
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Replication doesn't have to take place at the array level. It can happen at the application, database, file system, operating system, or network levels as well, and the truth is that a "one-size-fits-all" may no longer make sense.
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OCTOBER 13, 2004  - NEW YORK -- IBM yesterday unveiled two new enterprise-class storage arrays, one aimed at the high end and one at midrange environments but both with compatible software that allows the boxes to be managed through a
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(InfoWorld) - Storage appliance maker EqualLogicÂ says its newest product improves performance by doing a better job of balancing the data load between storage arrays in a network. EqualLogic Tuesday introduced the PS3900XV, the third model in the PS3000 line that debuted in September 2006. The product is a SAS (serial attached SCSIS) array and is designed to store data from high-demand applications such as OracleÂ or MicrosoftÂ SQL databases or the Microsoft Exchange messaging and collaboration platform. SCSI stands for small computer system interface, an industry protocol for transferring data between computers. Like the previous PS3800VX the 3900 operates at up to 15,000 rpm but features larger storage capacity, 4.8TB, versus 2.3TB for the 3800. EqualLogic says its SCSI storage array can support more end users but still require less storage capacity based on the FC (Fibre Channel) protocol for transferring data, which is faster and has higher capacity than SCSI, said John Joseph, vice president of marketing for EqualLogic. "There is a lot of concern in the industry about 1GB [SCSI] Ethernet and how it competes against 4GB FC. Well, the wire is not the bottleneck," said Joseph. EqualLogic says it moves data faster across its storage arrays by automatically balancing the load between storage devices. "We are able to load balance the workload ... without the user ever having to click on a window to reconfigure or rebalance or retune or do anything manually," he said. GartnerÂ forecasts that SCSI unit shipments will surpass those of FC in 2008 and continue to grow faster. Even though FC offers better performance than SCSI, SCSI is cheaper and is a more well known protocol, said Stanley Zaffos, vice president and research director for Gartner. SCSI unit growth will be strongest in the SMB market as these companies' storage needs grow, said Zaffos. According to 2006 research from IDC, EqualLogic holds a 19 percent market share for SCSI disks based on units shipped, second only to Network Appliance. It also competes with storage startups like LeftHand Networks and Nexsan Technologies. The PS3900XV, which begins shipping in March, carries a list price of $67,000, although Joseph said it will be more expensive in international markets.
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OCTOBER 18, 2004  - NEW YORK -- IBM last week unveiled two new enterprise-class disk arrays. One is aimed at the high end and one at midrange environments, but both have compatible software
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The FAS3040 and the V3040 are Fibre Channel, network-attached storage (NAS) and iSCSI storage arrays that scale to 252 drives and 126TB of capacity. They intermix Fibre Channel and Serial ATA drives in the same enclosure, enabling storage tiering and information life-cycle management.
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DS8000, DS4000, DS3000, TS2240, TS7520 please come to the red courtesy phone IBM is releasing details on a lot of storage stuff today. We mean a lot.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Hoping to gain customers among fast-growing small businesses, Dell launched a storage array optimized for simple operation and low price on Monday . Dell unveiled the MD3000i, a SANÂ array that uses the iSCSI protocol so customers can connect it to their existing Ethernet networks instead of more expensive Fibre Channel, Dell CEO Michael Dell said in a webcast. Dell will have to battleÂ IBM and Hewlett-Packard in the rush to provide low-cost storage products for the SMB sector. Both companies have launched low-end versions of their storage systems this year. But Dell said on the webcast that competing products fall short of SMB needs because they are too complex. In the past, storage vendors have focused too closely on making products for large enterprises, assuming their customers have the sophisticated technical support departments to manage them, Dell said. In contrast, the MD3000i is designed to be simple to manage and will allow even small businesses to consolidate their server resources through virtualization. The product will also help small businesses manage the burgeoning amount of data that flows over the Internet and within organizations, without breaking their limited budgets for buying new hardware or hiring IT managers, he said. That makes the array a good fit for beta testersÂ like Tellurian Networks, a medical records hosting company, and Pennsylvania State University, which manages a host of small departments. Executives from both organizations spoke at the press conference. Dell is selling the MD3000i worldwide at prices beginning under $10,000 for an array supporting up to 16 host servers, room for expansion, and backup and recovery software. The system uses either SAS or SATA hard disk drives to store up to 18TB of data on 45 drives.
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SaaS (software as a service) platform vendor NetSuite&#160;has released SuiteBundler, a tool its partner ISVs and VARs can use to create reusable applications for verticals.&quot;It&#39;s more important for our partners than it is for NetSuite,&quot; NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson said of the release, which provides a wizard-like interface for combining assets built on the NetSuite platform. It also includes distribution and installation tools and access to a repository of these &quot;SuiteBundles.&quot;Software development firm EBS-RAD LLC, based in Tampa, Florida, created a custom NetSuite app, i-Seaports Management, for its customer, Harbour Mastery. That firm in turn will market the software to seaports and marinas around the world, said EBS-RAD CEO George Walters.&quot;We&#39;re effectively making it very easy for services companies to get into the software business,&quot; Nelson said.Bundles have been created for a number of other verticals, including agricultural equipment dealerships, retail point-of-sale, and wholesale electronics distribution, according to the company.NetSuite&#39;s announcement drew a cautious nod from one industry observer Wednesday. &quot;At a 60,000 foot view, it seems like a good thing,&quot; said Michael Speyer, a Forrester Research senior analyst covering SMB&#160;and IT distribution issues. &quot;Especially for the larger midmarket clients. They&#39;re going to resist adopting apps that aren&#39;t customizable to their own existing processes.&quot;That makes sense because NetSuite has specifically targeted such customers. &quot;We think the midmarket is the huge opportunity,&quot; Nelson said. &quot;We believe NetSuite will be the SAP of the midmarket.&quot;But Speyer sounded a note of skepticism against such a lofty goal. &quot;Well, SAP is pretty firmly in the midmarket now,&quot; he said, noting offerings like Business All-in-One and Business One. &quot;So they are running head-on into SAP.&quot;NetSuite&#39;s approach to extending its SaaS platform stands in contrast to competitor Salesforce.com, which has aggressively promoted its programming language and development platform for creating new enterprise apps.&quot;Our environment is all about extending our applications,&quot; Nelson said. &quot;The mid-market doesn&#39;t want to build applications. They want to run businesses. Enterprises? They&#39;ll build applications all day.&quot;Nelson said one possible enterprise use of SuiteBuilder lies in application testing. NetSuite customers could try out new custom combinations in sandboxes before deploying them, he said.NetSuite previously announced it intends to issue an IPO. Earlier this year, it provided access to its services through the Apple iPhone.