InfoStor articles from November 2006

InfoStor archives from November 2006

CDP: awareness up, adoption slow.(continuous data protection)
November 1, 2006... The entrance of large vendors such as EMC, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, and Symantec into the continuous data protection (CDP) market has raised end users' awareness of the technology, according to a new report on the CDP market by...

Vendors battle for remote office backup.(NEWS ANALYSIS AND TRENDS)
November 1, 2006... Backing up data at remote locations has been the bane of the IT administrators' existence since the dawn of distributed computing. We've all heard it before: Branch offices typically lack the expertise and personnel to properly back up their...

EMC fuses file and archive virtualization.(EMC Corp. (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) introduced Rainfinity Global File Virtualization )
November 1, 2006... EMC beefed up its management platform for file virtualization with the announcement this month of version 7.0 of the EMC Rainfinity Global File Virtualization platform. EMC officials claim the software gives users a more cohesive management...

SANs dominate at readers' sites.(storage area networks)(Editorial)
November 1, 2006... We continually survey our readers to find out what trends, technologies, and products you're most interested in reading about, but once a year we conduct an extensive readership survey. We recently completed our 2006 survey, and I noticed a few...

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and EMC Education Services will jointly recognize certification programs offered by each organization.(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and EMC Education Services will jointly recognize certification programs offered by each organization. The terms of the agreement call for mutual collaboration across the SNIA Certified...

IP SAN appliance vendor Siafu Software has integrated emBoot's winBoot/i software with Siafu's Swarm series of iSCSI-based IP SAN appliances.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2006... IP SAN appliance vendor Siafu Software has integrated emBoot's winBoot/i software with Siafu's Swarm series of iSCSI-based IP SAN appliances, enabling users to boot Windows 2003 servers from the appliances.

Digi-Data has an agreement with JMR Electronics to assume all of JMR's systems business.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2006... Digi-Data has an agreement with JMR Electronics to assume all of JMR's systems business. Digi-Data will continue to market the JMR 42-bay SATA enclosure to both JMR and Digi-Data's existing base of channel partners as an additional part of...

Reldata's 9200 IP Storage Gateway has received Compatibility Certification from LSI Logic.
November 1, 2006... Reldata's 9200 IP Storage Gateway has received Compatibility Certification from LSI Logic. Separately, Reldata's IP Storage Gateway 9200 has completed interoperability testing with Atto Technology's Xtend SAN iSCSI initiator package for Macs.

Emulex has completed the acquisition of Sierra Logic.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2006... Emulex has completed the acquisition of Sierra Logic. The terms of the acquisition include a transaction value of approximately $180 million in cash.

Bell Microproducts has acquired an interest in ProSys Information Systems.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2006... Bell Microproducts has acquired an interest in ProSys Information Systems, an enterprise solution provider.

Copan Systems' Revolution 220T and Revolution 220TX products have achieved certification with IBM's Tivoli Storage.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2006... Copan Systems' Revolution 220T and Revolution 220TX products have achieved certification with IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.3.

Plasmon has a strategic alliance with Hyland Software, developer of OnBase enterprise content management software.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
November 1, 2006... Plasmon has a strategic alliance with Hyland Software, developer of OnBase enterprise content management software. The alliance allows customers to leverage both vendors' platforms as an integrated solution for regulatory compliance.

The Storage Bridge Bay Working Group (SBB) announced public availability of the SBB 1.0 Specification.(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The Storage Bridge Bay Working Group (SBB) announced public availability of the SBB 1.0 Specification, which standardizes the physical, electrical, and enclosure management characteristics of the slots and canisters of storage enclosures. The...

InfiniBand edging into storage market.(NEWS ANALYSIS + TRENDS)
November 1, 2006... InfiniBand, the screaming-fast interconnect with low latency and loads of bandwidth, has seen a slow adoption rate in the storage arena. The slow adoption can be attributed largely to timing since InfiniBand debuted just when Fibre Channel was...

HP array targets SMBs.(Hewlett-Packard Co. launch of its StorageWorks All-in-One storage systems)(small and medium-sized business)
November 1, 2006... For most users, the term all-in-one invokes the image of a device that handles printing, imaging, and fax functions. You probably have one in your home office. But Hewlett-Packard is out to change what small and medium-sized business (SMB)...

EMC software automates ILM.(EMC Infoscape, information lifecycle management software)
November 1, 2006... EMC recently began shipments of a new software suite that helps users discover, classify, and manage unstructured file data. Dubbed EMC Infoscape, the software is a combination of technologies acquired through a number of EMC acquisitions and,...

iSCSI arrays are not created equal.(Small Computer System Interface)
November 1, 2006... Q: How do you differentiate one iSCSI storage array from another? The marketplace for iSCSI storage devices is getting very complicated very quickly. Whereas a year ago there were only a handful of iSCSI vendors, today there are more than...

Key management is the key to security: storage poses unique security challenges, and there are a wide variety of products and approaches to address those challenges.
November 1, 2006... It is difficult to pick up a newspaper these days without reading about another high-profile data security breach, whether it is the loss of a laptop or a tape. Stored data is finding its way outside the corporate perimeter and into the hands...

Data reduction improves backup, reduces capacity: data reduction technologies help end users deal with the "capacity bloat" of disk-based backup, and more.(SPECIAL REPORT)
November 1, 2006... Data reduction technologies, including data de-duplication, reduction, and compression, have quickly become one of this year's most-talked-about new technologies. But before you put data reduction into the category of "just another over-hyped...

Guidelines for evaluating NAS virtualization: potential benefits include simplified management and administration, automation, high performance, and low TCO.
November 1, 2006... NAS virtualization is a software-based solution that, in its broadest definition, lets you manage a heterogeneous environment--including stand-alone and clustered file servers--as one storage pool. When one device reaches its limit, the...

IBM brings 'CDP' to the masses: at $35 per system, Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for files provides affordable file protection for desktops and laptops.(LAB REVIEW)
November 1, 2006... RECENT SURVEYS OF BACKUP practices at mid-sized businesses show a surprising lack of concern for performance or time constraints. Nonetheless, these administrators have considerable concern for backup procedures, or the lack of such procedures....

Isilon releases software for clusters.(Isilon Systems Inc. introduced OneFS 4.5, SnapshotIQ and SmartConnect 2.0)
November 1, 2006... Isilon has released a new version of its OneFS operating system in addition to two data-protection and management applications that run on top of OneFS. SnapshotlQ performs point-in-time copies of a file system, and SmartConnect 2.0 adds NFS...

Adaptec rounds out NAS line.(introduced Snap Server 110, 210, and 410 network attached storage systems)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Adaptec recently introduced three NAS systems: the Snap Server 110, 210, and 410, which will replace the Snap Server 1100. The new products enable unified file and block (via iSCSI) services. They also leverage Adaptec's GuardianOS...

Infortrend fields iSCSI-SATA RAID.(NEW PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Infortrend's EonStor A16E-G2130 is a 16-bay iSCSI-to-SATA RAID array that is based on the company's ASIC400, a 933MHz PowerPC GL CPU, and four Gigabit Ethernet ports. The disk arrays support RAiD 6, which protects against simultaneous drive...

Xtore JBOD supports SAS/SATA.(NEW PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... AIC's Xtore business unit this month began shipments of the XJ-SA24-448R-S JBOD disk enclosure, which supports up to 48 SAS or SATA disk drives in a 4U form factor with capacity up to 24TB. Host bandwidth is 48Gbps across dual expanders....

Spectra library aimed at SMBs.(Spectra Logic Corp.'s T24 LTO-3 tape library )(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Spectra Logic's T24 LTO-3 tape library stores up to 19TB (with compression)in a 2U form factor and can be configured with one or two half-height LTO-3 tape drives and 12 to 24 tape cartridge slots. With compression, the drives can transfer data...

NeoPath upgrades NFM systems.(NeoPath Networks's SMARTtouch Software 2.0)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... NeoPath Networks' SMARTtouch Software 2.0 is the cornerstone of the company's network file management (aka NAS virtualization) platforms and runs on the File Director 220 and the new blade-based File Director 7200 Cluster appliances. The...

ACNC ships SATA RAID.(NEW PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Based on its fifth-generation RAID controller architecture, ACNC's JetStor SATA 516F RAID arrays combine SATA drives with 4Gbps Fibre Channel host connections. The 16-bay array features a parity-assist ASIC, PowerPC RISC processor, and storage...

Data Domain de-duplicates.(Data Domain Inc. introduced DDX arrays)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Data Domain recently began shipments of the DDX series of data de-duplicating storage arrays, which are targeted at data centers. The DDX series is powered by the new DD560 controller and offers up to 6.4TB per hour of sustained throughput,...

FilesX adds 'true' CDP.(continous dara protection software XpressRestore 3.0)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The 3.0 version of XpressRestore, from FilesX, features "true" continuous data protection (CDP) as a complement to frequent or scheduled snapshots. The company claims recovery time in minutes for applications such as Microsoft Exchange,...