ZDNet UK Storage Toolkit

D-Link DNS-343

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jonathan Bennett) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:05:02 +0100

For sharing media files and other documents on a home network, the DNS-343 would be fine. For business use, the awkward permissions system makes management more difficult than it needs to be.

Just how safe is storage in the cloud?

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:15:01 +0000

Experts address the issue of confidence in the cloud for important data storage

National Archives buys petabyte of digital storage

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Kable) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:37:02 +0000

The government's official archives has extended its storage capacity with a digital tape library system

Data-access speeds under the spotlight

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:14:01 +0000

Organisations want fast access to valuable data, but are they getting it?

Assessing the enterprise future of solid-state storage

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:16:02 +0000

Four experts assess the likelihood of viable enterprise solid-state disks

Intel pulls SSD firmware over Windows 7 clash

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (David Meyer) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:30:01 +0000

Users of Intel's first 34nm solid-state drives have reported serious problems when installing new firmware for the drives on Windows 7 systems

Chapter and verse on the big challenges in storage

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:47:02 +0100

Four experts offer their take on the top issues in data management

HP StorageWorks X510 Data Vault

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Kelvyn Taylor) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:16:02 +0100

Don't let its size or consumer heritage fool you: the StorageWorks X510 is a powerful backup, sharing and remote access solution that's ideal for smaller offices with limited IT support.

IBM adds flash to storage virtualisation

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Matthew Broersma) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:34:02 +0100

The new version of IBM's SAN Volume Controller allows enterprises to integrate solid-state drives into a virtualised storage environment

Sun introduces 2TB flash storage array

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Matthew Broersma) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:40:01 +0100

The F5100 Flash Array will deliver a low-power performance boost to transaction-heavy database operations, while cutting power usage

HP StorageWorks X500 Data Vault

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:49:56 +0100

At first glance, HP's newly-announced StorageWorks X500 Data Vault range of NAS devices bear more than a passing resemblance to its recently-updated range of MediaSmart Servers that are powered by...

USB 3.0 external hard drive: Buffalo DriveStation HD-UX3

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:59:37 +0100

Hot on the heels of the first certified USB 3.0 product to become commercially available NEC's µPD720200 host controller chip is what Buffalo Technology claims is the first device you'll be...

Dialogue Box 7.2: From Ramac to SSD

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Charles McLellan and Rupert Goodwins) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:38:02 +0100

Charles and Rupert outline the development of hard disk and solid-state storage from the 1950s to the present day

LaCie 12big

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:43:19 +0100

Storage vendor LaCie has been showing off its new 12big rack-mounted storage box aimed at media and graphics companies. LaCie, best-known for its standalone storage systems, says that there's...

Intel predicts imminent SSD mass adoption

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Rupert Goodwins) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:38:02 +0100

IDF 2009: Although hard disks are generally more economical, a pricing breakthrough may bring SSDs to the corporate desktop in large numbers, according to the chipmaker

Toshiba brings out business-card-sized SSDs

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (David Meyer) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:30:01 +0100

One of the modules, made using a 32nm manufacturing process, uses the newly announced mini-Sata interface specification that is intended for SSDs in netbooks and other portable devices

Seagate Barracuda XT: third-generation SATA

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:28:49 +0100

Seagate has announced global shipment of its new flagship 3.5in. desktop hard drive, the 2TB Barracuda XT. This four-platter, 7,200rpm drive not only includes a hefty 64MB cache, but is also the...

HP pushes integration with new Blade Switches

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Andrew Donoghue) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:57:02 +0100

HP adds networking infrastructure to its blade product line, following industry moves to tighter integration both of products and business units

Data Robotics DroboPro

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Alan Stevens) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:26:02 +0100

DroboPro is a business-class RAID storage array that accepts virtually any SATA disk on the market, supports iSCSI and pretty much looks after itself. What more could you want?

Pliant unveils family of enterprise-ready SSDs

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Andrew Nusca) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:40:02 +0100

Pliant's Lightning drives sport software architecture and a proprietary ASIC controller design promising to improve performance and reliability while reducing cost and energy consumption

The best of both worlds: Adaptec MaxIQ SSD caching

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:27:40 +0100

Solid State Drives (SSDs) are far faster than hard disk drives; they also use less power and generate less heat, but are far more expensive (especially for the enterprise-grade Single Layer Cell,...

HDS delivers 2PB in mid-range network storage

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Manek Dubash) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:00:00 +0100

Hitachi Data Systems launches two new NAS devices built on BlueArc hardware, offering a maximum capacity of up to two petabytes

From The Labs: How to break a big USB stick

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Charles McLellan) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:41:01 +0100

From The Labs switches to accident investigation mode as Rupert Goodwins explains what happened to the 256GB USB stick lent to him by Charles McLellan

Western Digital ships high-speed 2TB hard drive

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Dong Ngo) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:57:02 +0100

The hardware maker launches the Caviar Black and RE4 high-performance, 7,200rpm, 2TB hard drives for desktop and enterprise use

NetApp refreshes datacentre OS for the cloud

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (David Meyer) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:34:02 +0100

The storage firm has combined its Data Ontap 7 enterprise platform and Data Ontap GX clustered computing platform into a single codebase tailored to cloud deployments

Teradata puts data in 'hot' storage

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Larry Dignan) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:48:02 +0100

The datawarehousing provider has released a virtual storage tool that gives priority to the data accessed most by a business

Kingston's Big Stick

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:50:31 +0100

When we saw the press release announcing Kingston's 256GB Data Traveler 300 USB Flash drive, we had to get one if only to verify that this thing really does deliver a quarter of a terabyte of...

EMC wins Data Domain storage acquisition battle

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:53:23 +0100

After a good old fashioned bidding battle, storage company EMC has won control of storage company Data Domain over rival suitor storage company NetApp. DataDomain is best known for its...

Compact Hot Flashes

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:57:05 +0100

No not a new medical condition. Well I spent the day at home yesterday working on a code project for a system release I'm about to do. It was a nice change of pace from having to ride home @ 5...

HP surprised by Oracle's Sun purchase

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:28:32 +0100

In a time when the modern IT executive stays almost locked to a Blackberry it is hard to catch them by a surprising bit of news. All the more gratifying then to catch out a few of them at the...

HP launches all-in-one data system Matrix

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:59:33 +0100

HP has launched data BladeSystem Matrix as a converged system that offers software, server, storage and networking in one package intended to make it easy to install a complete data centre...

Drobo Pro: a 'data robot' for SMEs

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:34:32 +0100

Drobo's original USB 'data robot' combined an attractive chassis with the company's BeyondRAID technology to deliver a well-received and user-friendly storage device, mainly aimed at creative...

EMC offers storage de-dupe and flash

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:40:31 +0000

On Monday the leader in the data storage market, EMC launched four new arrays that will include de-duplication features and flash storage. Three of the Celerra arrays are straightforward...

Google really is prepping its GDrive

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:51:21 +0000

There's been a flurry of speculation of late, surrounding Google's online storage play, the fabled "GDrive". We're always suspicious of such unconfirmed, echo-chamber-type stories, but this one is...

Fujitsu closes HDD head business

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:09:17 +0000

Fujitsu announced on Wednesday that it was getting out of the hard disk drive (HDD) head business and handing it over to Toshiba. The "head" on a disk drive is the part that flies across the...

Solid State Drives and Data Loss

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:30:40 +0000

I was just looking at an announcement of the HP Mini 2140 netbook, and came across this gem: It features an 80GB solid state drive, a feature we're seeing more and more in netbooks these days,...

Seagate issues second fix for disk issue

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:02:08 +0000

Seagate on Thursday issued a firmware update which the company said should solve a problem it has been having with some disk drives. The problem came to light on Tuesday when users began...

SanDisk speeds up SSDs

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:43:26 +0000

The latest SanDisk 120GB solid-state drive (SSD) costs less than $250, SanDisk says which makes it look like a neat replacement SSD for hard disk storage. Good for solving the problem when you may...

Seagate launch drive with 500GB on single platter

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:47:21 +0000

Seagate and Toshiba both launched new disk drives this week offering 500GB capacity which is emerging as the new industry standard for a basic disk drive. The Seagate drive offers 500GB on a...

Some more words with Seagate

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:20:39 +0000

At the meeting with Bill Watkins, chief executive of Seagate, on Tuesday he did not just talk about solid state storage and its future. He is an outgoing and cheerful man who wants he started...

Storage Expo back again

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:12:09 +0100

If it is October it must be Storage Expo and the annual UK show for all things storage is back again. This year the show is dominated by the large vendors. In fact they are here in force. IBM,...

Intel's SSD - flash, fast, expensive... and slightly mysteri...

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:06:47 +0100

Intel's very high performance solid-state drives are making their appearance this week, and over in the US a couple of lucky publications have got their units and run them through some tests. As...

Intel SSD - details. 32-160GB, production in next 30 days, £...

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:43:33 +0100

Briefing time! Intel is telling us about its solid-state drives. There are two types of SSD, the multi-level cell NAND flash and the single-level cell NAND flash. Multi-level cell stores more bits...

Looking for True Permanence in File Storage

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:53:15 +0100

I guess it had to happen. I haven't been in any IT situation yet where users on their own managed to backup everything they wanted to keep permanently. Why should my home network be any different?...

A: Blu-Ray, B: HD-DVD, C: none of the above

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:28:53 +0100

The one thing that will surely finish off the studios, record labels and their pals isn't piracy, peer-to-peer file transfer or bootlegging. It's their own arrogance and contempt for their...

Symantec reveals Endpoint Protection

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:56:36 +0100

At the massive Symantec Vision Conference 2007 in the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Symantec unveiled Endpoint Protection -- previously codenamed "Hamlet". At this Symantec fest, in...