Synology DS218play, DS218j and DS118 NAS servers
08 November, 2017The Synology DS218play, DS218j and DS118 are feature-rich NAS servers with media streaming, file sharing and data backup features that are suitable for the home and small offices.
Flash to the rescue when things get tight
02 November, 2016When the University of Melbourne's top tier of storage reached capacity, the educational institution found a solution in the latest generation of flash storage arrays.
Seagate Technology IronWolf 10 TB NAS hard drive
08 August, 2016The Seagate Technology IronWolf 10 TB hard drive for NAS is designed for always-on environments and provides a 180 TB/year user workload rate.
Brocade G620 Fibre Channel Switch
04 March, 2016Brocade has announced the Brocade G620, a Gen 6 Fibre Channel switch for storage networking. The high-density SAN switch delivers high performance and scalability designed to support data growth and demanding workloads from mission-critical applications.
Is direct-attached storage dead?
17 December, 2013 by Stephen WithersSeveral years ago, there was a concerted move from direct-attached storage (DAS) towards SAN (storage area network) and NAS (networked-attached storage). But emerging storage technologies could mean the resurgence of DAS within the next 10 years.
Post-production company processes 20 TB a day with new system
18 March, 2013Park Road Post Production, an NZ-based film company, has implemented a storage system that can manage up to 20 TB of data each day.
Quantum StorNext M330 metadata controller appliance
26 July, 2011 byThe StorNext M330 metadata controller appliance combines the high-performance, heterogeneous software file sharing and tiered, vendor-agnostic archiving benefits found in Quantum’s StorNext data management software with the simplicity of purpose-built hardware.
D-Link DNS-1200-05 ShareCenter Pro 5-bay NAS
25 July, 2011 byThe DNS-1200-05 ShareCenter Pro 5-bay network attached storage (NAS) solution can be used to meet the needs for data consolidation and information sharing of small to medium businesses.
oOh!media manages data growth with Hitachi SAN infrastructure
10 February, 2011Outdoor shopping centre signs and large-format billboards all form part of Australia’s $427 million out-of-home advertising industry. Within this sector, oOh!media Group, operating from offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Sydney, produces and sends large data files to and from its other offices and clients.
Compellent Storage Centre SAN with zNAS
02 July, 2010 byThe Compellent Storage Centre SAN with zNAS consolidates file and block storage on a single, intelligent platform, integrating next-generation ZFS software, high-performance hardware and architecture to provide a responsive, granular and automated storage system.
Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks P2000 G3 MSA and P4000 G2 SAN
16 March, 2010 byHewlett-Packard has announced two additions to the HP StorageWorks portfolio: the P2000 G3 Modular Smart Array and the P4000 G2 SAN solutions.
Tandberg Data DPS2000 NAS series disk system
10 March, 2010 byThe Tandberg Data DPS2000 NAS series flexible disk system for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) is claimed to make file sharing and storage consolidation easy with its deduplication technology and cross-platform support for Windows, Macintosh and Unix/Linux.
D-Link xStack DSN-1100-10 5-bay iSCSI SAN array enclosure
10 December, 2009 byThe D-Link xStack DSN-1100-10 5-bay iSCSI storage area network (SAN) array enclosure, for SMBs, holds up to 5 TB of data. Each bay can hold one 3.5-in SATA drive with up to 1 TB capacity.
Fibre channel over ethernet (FCoE) connectivity
15 September, 2009 byDataCore Software has announced support for native fibre channel over ethernet (FCoE) connectivity for its SANmelody and SANsymphony storage virtualisation solutions.
Web security and WAN optimisation
18 June, 2009 byRiverbed Technology has combined with Websense to offer enterprise customers web security on the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP). The Websense Web Security can be deployed on the RSP, a virtualised, extensible data services platform integrated with the Steelhead appliance hardware that allows customers to deploy multiple best-of-breed edge services that formerly required dedicated servers.