InfoStor articles from November 2005

InfoStor archives from November 2005

SAS-SATA rollouts accelerate.(computer interfaces)(Serial Attached SCSI and Serial ATA )
November 1, 2005... Adapters, controllers, and subsysteras based on the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface--the successor to the venerable parallel SCSI interface--are rolling out in production volumes, and SAS-based servers are available from vendors such as...

EMC 'validates' CDP.
November 1, 2005... At the Storage Networking World conference last month, EMC introduced its information protection strategy with three products that form the company's new recovery management software portfolio. EMC's new continuous data protection (CDP)...

Users take different approaches to D2D.(disk to disk backup technology)
November 1, 2005... Babysitting arduous backup-and-restore operations is nobody's idea of fun. One IT professional who knows about the effort required to monitor traditional backups is Bob Graham, senior vice president of information systems at Farmers and...

Is CDP hot, or not?(continuous data protection market)(Editorial)
November 1, 2005... OVER THE LAST YEAR more than a dozen start-ups have climbed into the so-called continuous data protection (CDP) market, and the last few months saw the entry of heavyweights such as Microsoft, IBM, Symantec and, most recently, EMC (see "EMC...

IBM is using Plasmon's Ultra Density Optical (UDO) drive/ media/automation technology.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... IBM is using Plasmon's Ultra Density Optical (UDO) drive/ media/automation technology in its new line of System Storage 3996 optical libraries for eServer iSeries systems.

Sun has selected Seagate's Savvio disk drives.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... Sun has selected Seagate's Savvio disk drives for its Sun Fire 64 (x86, 64-bit) servers.

Atempo launched its Select Partner Program.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... Atempo launched its Select Partner Program with the announcement of a distribution partnership with Bell Microproducts.

Bus-Tech's Mainframe Appliance for Storage (MAS) tape controller is now qualified with Network Appliance's disk systems.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... Bus-Tech's Mainframe Appliance for Storage (MAS) tape controller is now qualified with Network Appliance's disk systems and Decru's DataFort encryption appliances.

Emulex has begun shipments of its 4Gbps Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) to its distribution partners.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... Emulex has begun shipments of its 4Gbps Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) to its distribution partners, including ACAL, Bell Micro, Info X, Tech Data, and Tokyo Electron. The HBAs include the LPll000 and LPell000 for PCI-X 2.0 and PCI...

Brocade.
November 1, 2005... Brocade will conduct its third annual technical education seminar series in 10 cities across North America this fall. The free one-day seminars focus on training and education for end-user customers and resellers and will offer strategies to...

PolyServe has expanded its OEM agreement with Hewlett-Packard under which PolyServe's File Serving Solution.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... PolyServe has expanded its OEM agreement with Hewlett-Packard under which PolyServe's File Serving Solution for Windows Storage Server 2003 will be bundled and sold as part of HP's Enterprise File Services Clustered Gateway.

QLogic's SANblade QLAR200 HBAs and SANbox Express 1400 switches have passed the requirements of the Microsoft Simple SAN Initiative.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... QLogic's SANblade QLAR200 HBAs and SANbox Express 1400 switches have passed the requirements of the Microsoft Simple SAN Initiative. As part of this initiative, Microsoft is working with storage partners to help drive the creation of simple SAN...

BakBone.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... BakBone has expanded its channel program to include a new partner advisory council, additional training courses, enhanced Web portal, and an inaugural Partner Summit slated for January 17-19, 2006. BakBone also unveiled its Partner Advisory...

Compellent Storage Center is now qualified as interoperable with McData's Intrepid.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... Compellent Storage Center is now qualified as interoperable with McData's Intrepid, Sphereon, and Eclipse switches.

Dot Hill's SANnet II line of storage systems has been certified with FalconStor's IPStor Enterprise Edition.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... Dot Hill's SANnet II line of storage systems has been certified with FalconStor's IPStor Enterprise Edition and VirtualTape Library (VTL) software.

Microsoft outlines future storage plans.(NEWS ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
November 1, 2005... On the heels of releasing its System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) software, Microsoft has recently been hinting at its storage product plans through 2007, including a new beta release of the Windows Storage Server 2003 operating system...

Sun sketches post-acquisition strategy.(Sun Microsystems Inc. planning to be leader in storage market)
November 1, 2005... Two months after it closed the $4.1 billion acquisition of StorageTek, Sun Microsystems is hinting at how it plans to become a major player in the storage industry. Security, sales, and support top the company's post-acquisition "to-do" list....

HP acquires AppIQ, Peregrine.(NEWS ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
November 1, 2005... Hewlett-Packard recently completed its acquisition of AppIQ, a developer of SAN management and storage resource management (SRM) software with a focus on the SMI-S management standard. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. HP...

Tacit, Packeteer link WAFS, WAN optimization.(NEWS ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
November 1, 2005... Tacit Networks and Packeteer have entered into a strategic alliance enabling joint customers to consolidate and centralize e-mail, Web servers, and file servers at corporate data centers while delivering optimized application performance to...

Removable disk cartridges aimed at tape.(ProStor Systems' RDX Archival Disk Cartridge)
November 1, 2005... Disk-based backup has quickly found its way into the storage plans of many organizations, but tape lives on for many reasons: It's removable and inexpensive and has a shelf life that meets long-term archival requirements. But if you could take...

Cisco embraces InfiniBand.(Cisco Systems Inc.'s Server Fabric Switch and VFrame 3.0 )
November 1, 2005... Cisco recently began shipping a new InfiniBand-based Server Fabric Switch (SFS) and VFrame 3.0 data-center virtualization software, both aimed at boosting the company's presence in the utility computing market and moving the utility concept...

IBM updates SVC, ships virtual tape.(International Business Machines Corp.)(SAN Volume Controller)
November 1, 2005... IBM recently announced a series of storage and server virtualization products, including the eighth release of its TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) virtualization appliance with a new set of replication services for heterogeneous disk...

SATA, SAS drive toward the enterprise: serial ATA, Serial Attached SCSI, and/or Fibre Channel? Here are some guidelines to help you make the call.(Serial Attached SCSI drives)
November 1, 2005... Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives are taking the enterprise by storm, winding up in places for which SATA was not originally intended. Simultaneously, several vendors are enhancing SATA to make it robust enough for enterprise-level requirements,...

SAN management merging with SRM: the goal is to get rid of Visio, Excel, pencils, and erasers and to automate the process of managing storage networks.(Storage area networks)
November 1, 2005... Only a few years ago, SAN management seemed like one of the hottest categories in the overall storage management software market. But it never lived up to its potential for a variety of reasons, according to analysts. Early implementations were...

Data protection over WANs: the network: there are two alternatives to vaulting via trucks--the Internet and private line networks, each with advantages and disadvantages.(Part 1)
November 1, 2005... Information protection and archiving are becoming increasingly complex. Couple this with the fact that different constituencies within an organization have immediate needs for access and recovery of this information, and it's clear that IT is...

iStor iSCSI storage solutions: affordable, high performance, easy-to-manage IP SANs for SMBs.(iStor Networks Inc.)
November 1, 2005... End-user demand for higher performance, lower-cost data storage strains the limits of current technologies, which in turn are putting increasing pressure on IT budgets and staffing requirements. Regardless of company size and IT requirements,...

ILM requires data classification: a complete information life-cycle management strategy should include integrated automation, policy creation, discovery, and data classification.(ANALYST VIEW)
November 1, 2005... MANY ILM-LABELED PRODUCTS are on the market today, but most of them lack a key ingredient--data classification, or the ability to classify or categorize data according to various criteria based on subjective or objective measures as opposed to...

SMI-S 1.1 introduces value-added services: the latest version of the storage management standard includes services for data protection, security, policy management, and more.(SNIA on STORAGE)
November 1, 2005... THE STORAGE NETWORKING INDUSTRY Association's End User Council surveyed storage professionals last year to identify the pain points of managing storage, including the lack of integrated, interoperable solutions for managing complex,...

NetApp to OEM Kazeon appliance.(Kazeon's Information Server 1200)(Network Appliance Inc. signed an agreement with Kazeon)(original equipment manufacturer)
November 1, 2005... Network Appliance has entered into an OEM agreement with Kazeon to integrate the start-up's information classification and management technology with NetApp's storage systems. NetApp will resell Kazeon's Information Server 1200 (IS 1200),...

Revivio expands CDP.(Revivio's Continuous Protection System 1200)(continuous data protection devices)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... Revivio recently introduced two continuous data protection (CDP)-related products. The CPS Replication Module gives users the ability to instantly restore data at two or more geographic locations. The module is an add-on to Revivio's Continuous...

Lasso CDP adds compliance.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... Lasso Logic's CDP appliance now features data archiving capabilities that adhere to compliance regulations. The appliance is available in a rack-mount configuration and supports up to 1.6TB, 100 users, and unlimited servers. An agent at...

TelCove introduces storage services.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... Telecommunications services provider TelCove has introduced three new storage services to its OnNet portfolio. The E-Vaulting, Remote Shared Storage, and IP Storage Transport services expand the company's business continuity/ disaster recovery...

Intradyn combines e-mail archiving, compliance.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... Intradyn's ComplianceVault06 e-mail archiving and retrieval appliance and software captures all company e-mails on a continuous basis and stores them on both disk and tape (including WORM tape). The appliance works with Exchange, Notes, and...

ONStor, 3PAR partner.(network attached storage)(ONStor Inc. and 3PAR teamed up)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... ONStor and 3PAR have teamed up on the UtiliCat utility-class, unified storage system that handles both file (NAS) and block (SAN) data. UtiliCat, which will compete with Network Appliance's "unified storage," for example, combines ONStor's...

Xiotech offers entry-level SAN.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... Xiotech continued its push into the small to medium-sized business (SMB) market with the introduction of an entry-level clustered SAN--the Magnitude 3D 3000e. Although the 3000e has a capacity of 19.2TB, customers can upgrade to the Magnitude...

Copan adds MAID models.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... Copan Systems has added the Revolution 220T and 220TX models to its line of Massive Array of Idle Disks (MAID) platforms. The MAID architecture powers up disks individually or in groups only when needed by applications to extend the life of...

Calendar.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... December 5-8 Gartner 24th Annual Data Center Conference-Las Vegas, NV This year's event addresses servers and storage, IT operations, business continuity and disaster recovery, virtualization, and best practices. Other topics include...

EqualLogic: SATA II for IP SANs.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... EqualLogic's PS300E is the first member of the company's PS Series storage solutions to offer 500GB SATA II drives. Aggregated PS300s can form two additional new products--the PS1200 and the PS2400. The PS Series is also integrated with...

Overland ships expansion array.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... The REO 9000 Expansion Array enables users to add RAID 5 capacity to Overland Storage's REO 9000 disk-based backup-and-recovery appliance in increments of 4TB or 8TB. The Expansion Array combined with the REO 9000 with Protection OS delivers up...

Tandberg intros LTO libraries.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2005... Tandberg Data's $24 LTO tape library stores 9.6TB to 19.2TB (with 2:1 compression) in a 4U form factor. The library has an integrated bar-code reader and is available with SCSI, iSCSI, or native Fibre Channel connectivity. A built-in...