With iSCSI nature and Qsan’s features, when IT
administrators design storage solutions for SMB
environments, Qsan P100C is an ideal replacement for DAS and
has more flexibility for future planning. Comparing to SCSI
DAS storage, P100C doesn’t need a HW HBA. And most OS
support free iSCSI initiators, such as Windows and Linux. iSCSI RAID Controller
>>
Addonics Technologies
today announced an iSCSI storage appliance, a low-cost
alternative to Fibre Channel, for small to mid-sized
businesses. Called the Addonics iSCSI Subsystem, it is the
first in Addonics’ upcoming line-up of high performance
iSCSI storage appliances. iSCSI
Storage Appliance >>
IT Computer Support of New York is proud to announce the
launch of their iSCSI SAN Virtual Storage Solutions website.
iSAN™ Architecture is a new technology that makes data
backup storage solutions more efficient and dependable.
iSCSI SAN Virtual
Storage >>
Overland Storage Makes HA for Storage a Snap for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V Environments
Mid-sized enterprises (MSEs) are leading the charge in corporate Green IT initiatives with server virtualization and storage consolidation but, as they do, are discovering a new need for high availability (HA). Yet MSEs have neither the time nor the ...
Selecting a storage system from someone other than the incumbent historically has been a decision that most IT managers are reluctant to make. A 2008 Forrester Research RELDATA 9240i Gives Delta Dental More for Less
No one wants to pay more for less, yet that was exactly the situation that Delta Dental of Colorado was facing as it looked to upgrade its FC SAN to meet new application requirements. Further, new iSCSI SAN alternatives were not that much better as they ...
Today's blog entry comes out of some recent conversations that I have had with end users in the small and midsized business (SMB) space. Some common themes about how these individuals want to scale their storage solution are beginning to emerge and they ...
In a couple of weeks, DCIG is going to release its first Midrange Array Buyer's Guide that will include information and analysis on over 70 midrange arrays from 20 different storage providers. However it is important to note that this is a "Buyer's ...
In this day and age, what organization doesn't want a turnkey disaster recovery and business continuity plan? In fact, a recent 2010 InformationWeek survey published in the February 1, 2010, issue of In
Today IT managers have to think about more than just buying products that only solve their tactical day-to-day problems. Increasingly they have to consider how any new solution that they implement solves their more strategic data center management ...
Numerous surveys show that the adoption of server virtualization is poised to take off in small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). But what can get overlooked in this trend is that greater than 70% of these virtual server deployments that occur in SMB ...
Virtualization, consolidation and servers are becoming inextricably linked in the minds of mid-sized organizations as they look to reduce data center footprints and energy consumption while increasing server hardware utilization. Yet what can get ...
Some of the most read blogs on DCIG's website in 2009 covered how small and midsize businesses (SMBs) were implementing disk-based backup in their environments. So it should come ...
This is one of my favorite blogs of the year to write. Even though this is only the second time since DCIG launched its blogging site two years ago that I have had the opportunity to write a blog in this format, I have been looking forward to looking ...
Everyone has backup problems, and educational institutions with limited budgets and IT staff may feel the pain of backup more so than most. In a previous blog, ...
It is commonly suspected that midsize organizations have the same priorities as their enterprise counterparts especially when it comes to managing their IT infrastructures. However a study released a few months ago removed whatever doubt may have existed ...
Solid State Disk (SSD) is showing up across the technology spectrum from consumer grade laptops and PCs to enterprise storage systems. But until this week it can be argued that there really was not an SSD drive that was ready to withstand the scrutiny ...
Most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have limited IT budgets so when it comes to storing data and reducing costs and complexity they must do so wisely. Further, most have few or no IT personnel so they also need technology solutions that ...
On April 16, 2009, the Iomega® StorCenter Pro ix4-200r was unveiled to the world and was subsequently greeted with an almost universal chorus of "oh's" and "ah's" by
My visit to this fall's Storage Decisions conference in New York City on Wednesday, September 24, was an abbreviated stay. I only had the afternoon to spend at the conference ...
Anecdotal evidence gathered by DCIG suggests that 50 percent or more of all companies deploying disk-based storage systems in multiple sites as backup targets are also opting to purchase replication software that replicates data between sites for ...
Have you ever been out hiking, minding your own business, when all of a sudden you see something moving in your peripheral vision? Because you're not sure what you saw you stand real still so whatever it was doesn't bite you. Well, that was my first ...
Years ago when I first got involved in storage, I couldn't figure out why storage management was so difficult. In fact, I initially had a hard time even keeping myself busy in my job as a storage administrator. While I was on a storage management team ...
I believe a new way on thinking should be applied to the deployment on Infiniband technology in the storage landscape. Most of you probably think of Infiniband as predominately a backend transport ...
"You know things are tough when companies finally stop throwing capacity at their infrastructure problems and start thinking about how they provision and allocate storage."
In a previous blog entry, I took a look at some of the challenges created by deduplicating and replicating backup data from remote offices to a home ...
In case no one has noticed lately, the number of ways in which companies can configure disk-based storage systems to protect their data has multiplied significantly. This fact was brought clearly into ...
I apologize to those of you who expected this SNW recap last Thursday or Friday. Wednesday ending up being busier than I expected and anyone who was flying last week knows about the challenges associated with air travel due to all of the grounded ...
Over the last few years LeftHand Networks has quietly - or maybe not so quietly - grown its install base to 9000. Like a growing number of storage-centric businesses, it has developed a customer niche in the small and midsize enterprise (SME) market ...
VMWare has captured the attention of the storage space unlike any other technology in quite some time. VMWare's primary value proposition is virtualizing multiple physical Linux, NetWare, Windows and Solaris servers on a single physical server. While ...
This week I've spent much of my time talking to Cisco, HP, EMC and Fibre Channel Industry Association Chairman Skip Jones. Monday afternoon I spent time talking to Claudio DeSanti, ...
ATTO Technology, Inc. is demonstrating its ExpressSAS RAID
Adapters that provide parity protection and enhance workflow
productivity from SD through 4K film for demanding broadcast
and postproduction environments. IP Storage Infrastructure >>
LeftHand Networks today announced that it
has expanded its open iSCSI SAN portfolio with support for
the Dell PowerEdge 2950. With this addition, LeftHand
Networks’ SAN/iQ® clustered storage software supports each
of the major server vendors: Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM.
iSCSI SAN Portfolio >>
FalconStor Software, Inc. announced today that Whole Health Management, Inc. has implemented the FalconStor® Network Storage
Server (NSS), powered by the FalconStor® IPStor®
virtualization platform.
Network Storage Server (NSS) >>
StoneFly, Inc., a leading supplier of
integrated IP storage area network (SAN) systems and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynamic Network Factory, Inc.
(DNF), today announced that the United States Patent and
Trademark Office has granted the company U.S. patent
7,302,500, entitled "Packet-Based Storage Processing."
Storage Virtualization Engine
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iStor Networks, Inc. has achieved the
Microsoft® Simple SAN for Windows® Server partner
designation as a Microsoft Simple SAN Component as well as
the Designed for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 logo for
Microsoft Virtual Disk Service (VDS) for the iS325.
Windows Server SAN Solutions
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According to the IDC
Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, worldwide
external disk storage systems factory revenues in the third
quarter of 2007 (3Q07) grew 5.1% from a year ago to $4.4B,
down slightly from the three previous quarters but still
marking 19 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth. Unified iSCSI Storage
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According to the IDC
Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, worldwide
external disk storage systems factory revenues in the third
quarter of 2007 (3Q07) grew 5.1% from a year ago to $4.4B,
down slightly from the three previous quarters but still
marking 19 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth. External Disk Storage Systems
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NetApp today broadened its footprint in
the high-end data center market with the introduction of the
new FAS6000 and V6000 series solutions. Enhancements to
these data center storage systems provide enterprises
greater flexibility to support demanding IT environments and
massive scalability to consolidate application data and grow
it on the fly. Enterprise
Storage Solutions >>
Intransa announced today that IPSecurityCenter from Computer Network Limited (CNL) has
been certified for integration with the company’s EdgeBlock
and BuildingBlock video storage offerings. CNL is one of the
industry’s leading specialist providers of integrated IP
security solutions and workflow software for video
surveillance, access control, intrusion detection and
security event management. IP
Secure Storage Certification >>
LeftHand Networks®, the leading provider of
highly available open iSCSI SANs, today announced the
availability of its NSM 2120, the latest addition to its
portfolio of next generation storage platforms.
iSCSI San Capacity >>
