D-Link xStack DSN-1100-10 5-bay iSCSI SAN array enclosure
10 December, 2009
The 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.
Quantum Scalar i40 and i80 tape libraries
10 December, 2009
Quantum has added Scalar i40 and i80 tape libraries to its iLayer tape automation portfolio, to provide SMBs and distributed data centres with more storage capacity, room for continued growth and simplified system management.
Hitachi Ultrastar C15K147 and 15K600 hard drives
26 November, 2009
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has announced two Ultrastar 15,000 rpm hard drives: C15K147, a 2.5″ 6 Gbps serial attached SCSI (SAS) hard drive, and the 600 GB 15K600 3.5″ with either 6 Gbps SAS or 4 Gbps fibre channel arbitrated loop (FCAL) interfaces. The drives are industry compliant, self-encrypting and enterprise class.
Quantum disk-to-disk backup
25 November, 2009
Quantum has released the DXi6500 series that integrates disk-to-disk backup and restores performance with all leading backup applications, using a simple NAS interface and the company’s deduplication technology.
Tandberg DPS1000 Series Virtual Tape Library
25 November, 2009
The Tandberg DPS1000 Series Virtual Tape Library (VTL) optimises the performance of data protection operations, with ready access to data and reduced backup and recovery time, the company claims.
StorageCraft ShadowProtect 3.5 backup for failing hard drives
25 November, 2009
StorageCraft ShadowProtect 3.5 enables backup of failing hard drives so users can salvage as much data as possible. It allows a backup to continue even if some areas of the hard drive can no longer be read.
Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drives
25 November, 2009
Toshiba’s USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drives feature complete system backup (Windows only), password protection for added security and enhanced software features.
Pure Gold for SNIA international committee
12 November, 2009Clive Gold, the Marketing CTO for EMC Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed the new Chairman of the Storage Networking Industry Association’s (SNIA) International Steering Committee. Gold is also the Vice-Chair of SNIA ANZ.
Unified storage provides fast access to customer simulations
15 October, 2009
The Diversus Group is a small business providing professional and advisory services to customers needing data storage and management services with 80% of its staff being remote users. Its headquarters and IT infrastructure is based in Canberra, and consultants work in Sydney and Melbourne.
Fibre channel over ethernet (FCoE) connectivity
15 September, 2009
DataCore Software has announced support for native fibre channel over ethernet (FCoE) connectivity for its SANmelody and SANsymphony storage virtualisation solutions.
Mobile hard disk drive
15 September, 2009
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has announced that it is shipping its Travelstar 7K500, a 500 GB, 2.5″, 3 Gbps SATA drive designed for notebooks, gaming systems and professional external storage solutions. Combining performance, ruggedness and capacity, Travelstar 7K500 is suitable for multitasking, gaming and other graphic-intensive applications.
MEOW adds bite to disaster recovery
08 September, 2009
With the bushfire season approaching again, Australia's defences against future bushfire threats received a significant boost with Telstra's launch of the $200,000 Mobile Exchange on Wheels (MEOW), the first of its kind in the country.
Deduplication calculator
17 August, 2009
Acronis has unveiled an online calculator to estimate the storage savings an organisation can achieve using the deduplication technology of Backup & Recovery 10 to cut storage requirements.
Two-terabyte hard disk drive
17 August, 2009
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is shipping a 2 TB, 7200 rpm hard disk drive (HDD), the 2 TB Deskstar 7K2000 that blends high performance and high capacity with low power and other eco-friendly features designed to enable Energy-Star rated computers and other high-performance desktop systems.
Small business storage
17 August, 2009
Seagate has announced a portfolio of products designed to protect data for sustained business continuity and optimum uptime.
