InfoStor articles from March 2009

InfoStor archives from March 2009

VTLs: going beyond data de-dupe.(NEWS analysis + trends)
March 1, 2009... Virtual tape libraries (VTLs) have come of age, solidifying their position as a preferred technology for tackling backup windows and data growth. A recent survey of 114 North American IT professionals conducted on behalf of InfoStor by the...

CommVault upgrades Simpana software.(NEWS analysis + trends)
March 1, 2009... CommVault has released a new version of its flagship data protection software, Simpana 8, with upgraded recovery management, data de-duplication, virtual server protection, and content management capabilities. The new version of Simpana...

Lights, cameras, storage!(EDITORIAL)
March 1, 2009... This issue includes our annual Storage in the Studio supplement, which focuses on the role of storage in media/entertainment applications, such as pre-and post-production, non-liner editing, animation, special effects, etc. in the film and TV...

Brocade, EMC, HP, IBM, LSI, Seagate and Thales have jointly developed a standard for encryption key management.(Business BRIEFS)
March 1, 2009... Brocade, EMC, HP, IBM, LSI, Seagate and Thales have jointly developed a standard for encryption key management, called the Key Management Interoperability Protocol, and submitted the specification to the Organization for the Advancement of...

Avid has qualified Chelsio's 10GbE Unified Wire adapters for use with Avid's Unity ISIS v2.0 storage systems.(Business BRIEFS)
March 1, 2009... Avid has qualified Chelsio's 10GbE Unified Wire adapters for use with Avid's Unity ISIS v2.0 storage systems, which are used primarily in broadcast and post-production facilities to enable multi-user access to digital media files in real time.

Copan Systems.(Business BRIEFS)
March 1, 2009... Copan Systems has secured $18.5 million in new capital financing.

LeftHand Networks.(Business BRIEFS)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... LeftHand Networks, an HP Company, is offering a new entry-level SAN for virtual server environments. The LeftHand SAS Starter SAN includes replication, thin provisioning, and snapshot capabilities, and can scale to more than 80 network ports...

Bycast.(Business BRIEFS)
March 1, 2009... Hawaii Pacific Health (HPH) has standardardized on Bycast's StorageGRID software to store and protect images in its medical image storage system. StorageGRID virtualization software was used to create a multi-tier storage hierarchy. HPH also...

DataCore Software.(Business BRIEFS)
March 1, 2009... DataCore Software announced that its SANmelody and SANsymphony storage virtualization software products are now VMware Ready Certified.

LaserVault Backup has completed the certification process for use with Data Domain's Restorer in-process data de-duplication systems.(Business BRIEFS)
March 1, 2009... LaserVault Backup has completed the certification process for use with Data Domain's Restorer in-process data de-duplication systems. LaserVault Backup is a disk-to-disk backup system that runs on a System I (AS/400) host and a Windows PC...

Brocade ships midrange backbone switch.(NEWS analysis + trends)
March 1, 2009... Brocade is bringing the features and functions of its enterprise-level DCX Backbone switch into the midrange with the launch of the Brocade DCX-4S Backbone--a smaller version of its flagship platform for core and edge storage networking...

Cisco expands switch lineup.(NEWS analysis + trends)
March 1, 2009... Cisco continues to push its unified fabric infrastructure products into the enterprise with a slew of additions to its Nexus switch family and enhancements to its Catalyst products--all designed to support virtualization, Web 2.0 applications,...

IBM adds DB2, de-dupe to TSM.(NEWS analysis + trends)
March 1, 2009... The newest version of IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) backup/recovery software includes performance, scalability, and availability upgrades, as well as free data de-duplication technology. Tivoli Storage Manager 6, which began shipping...

SNIA releases 'green storage' metrics.(NEWS analysis + trends)
March 1, 2009... The Storage Networking Industry Association's Green Storage Initiative (GSI) group recently released tools for classifying and measuring the energy consumption of storage systems. The initial Green Storage Power Measurement Specification...

Dell to resell Xsigo's I/O directors.(NEWS analysis + trends)
March 1, 2009... Xsigo Systems has landed a big partner: Dell is reselling Xsigo's line of I/O virtualization products as a server and storage connectivity option for its PowerEdge servers and PowerVault, EqualLogic, and Dell/EMC storage systems. In addition,...

Upsides of economic downturns: storage efficiency.(ESg insights)
March 1, 2009... Warren Buffett's remark that, "only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked" is apropos for the current economic downturn. Today, more than ever, many organizations are feeling exposed and anxious. An economic...

High-speed storage for fast-paced studios: from large production studios to two-person boutiques, the mantra is the same: more bandwidth and more capacity.(STORAGE IN THE Studio)
March 1, 2009... The storage requirements for media/entertainment facilities are unique: blazing bandwidth, capacious capacity, and a need for collaborative content sharing, as illustrated in the following case studies: SPIN WEST VFX SPIN West VFX, a...

Digital storage trends for media/entertainment: higher resolutions require massive increases in storage capacity and bandwidth.(STORAGE IN THE Studio)
March 1, 2009... Art requires science, and digital storage delivers key technologies needed for the next generation of media and entertainment production. As the resolution and depth of video content increases, the amount of content that must be retained for...

The benefits of clustered storage: clusters address performance, scalability, efficiency and other IT requirements, but there are a number of options.(Special REPORT)
March 1, 2009... The ever growing amounts of data being created and stored is the cause of many of the data and storage management challenges facing enterprises large and small. Additionally, the increasingly global nature of the markets and the economy is...

Do you really need a SAN? Application-centric storage models challenge the dominance of SAN architectures.(storage area networks)
March 1, 2009... Most IT organizations today struggle with high costs and complexity related to their enterprise storage needs. While the industry dogma for the past several years has pointed to use of a SAN for best application performance, data protection,...

High velocity data and access density.(ANALYST view)
March 1, 2009... While doing some research for a white paper, I came across the term "high velocity data"--a term that resonated with me but caused me to wonder what the implications of high velocity data were for storage architectures. [ILLUSTRATION...

Mellanox ships multi-protocol gateway.(NEW PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... In an effort to position InfiniBand as a converged network fabric technology, Mellanox recently began shipping BridgeX gateways, which support Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and InfiniBand on a single 40Gbps fabric. The BridgeX BX4000 combines...

Hifn delivers dual-function NIC.(NEW PRODUCTS)(Express DS 4100 network interface card)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Hifn's Express DS 4100 is the latest addition to its family of multifunction PCI NICs, with bandwidth optimization and encryption features aimed at storage applications that move data across Ethernet networks. The Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)...

Quantum upgrades D2D backup.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2009... Quantum has augmented the capacity and replication features of its DXi7500 disk-based backup system with a round of upgrades for the de-duplicating platform. On the hardware front, Quantum increased the usable disk capacity of the DXi7500...

Arkeia targets virtual servers.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2009... With the Version 8.0 release of its Arkeia Network Backup software, Arkeia Software has added a virtual appliance to its options for backup and recovery deployment. The company's backup/recovery software already runs on a physical appliance and...

Overland enhances libraries.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2009... Overland Storage's E-Series (200E and 4000E) tape libraries include support for SCSI, Fibre Channel or SAS connections, as well as such embedded functionality as integrated partitioning. NEO libraries can be integrated with Overland's REO line...

MicroNet adds SAS/SATA arrays.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2009... MicroNet last month introduced a new line of Genesis V SAS/SATA RAID arrays. Leading the lineup is a 3U, 16TB (with 1TB SATA drives) subsystem that supports all RAID configurations and includes a 64-bit Intel IOP341 RAID processor, dual 4X mini...

StorMagic creates virtual SANs.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2009... StorMagic has wrapped its iSCSI SAN management software in a virtualized format to turn unused storage capacity on VMware servers into a virtual SAN. The company's SvSAN is a virtual storage appliance that aggregates existing server...

Unitrends targets SMBs.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2009... Unitrends' Recovery-300 disk-to-disk backup and recovery appliance stores up to 1.125TB in a desktop form factor. The device includes software-based data compression and data encryption, a quad-core processor, 4GB of memory, and four 1.5TB...

Procedo releases migration software.(NEW PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2009... The third generation of the Procedo Archive Migration Manager (PAMM) Suite includes a set of enhancements designed to streamline the movement and management of archived data from one storage platform to another. The PAMM Suite is an...

Calendar.(Brief article)(Calendar)
March 1, 2009... APRIL 6--9 Storage Networking World--ORLANDO, FL Sponsored by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and Computerworld, the conference focuses on the continued rapid growth and implementation of storage networking, data...