Coming across new European based storage vendors is a rare occurance, but Object Matrix is alive and well based out of Caerphilly in Wales of the UK. The MatrixStore has been produced since 2006 and although it is targeted at the media/post production industry it is a storage system in its own right that will [...]
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IBM has published a wonderful 320 page hardback book about IBM’s endeavours in storage, and I am pleased to have been given a copy, and mine is fortunately signed by the author Kurt Gerecke himself. This weblink points to a PDF version that is almost identical: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/de/resources/ibm_storage_kompendium.pdf Please do not let it put you off [...]
The 3rd Option by Axxana
Jun 15
Axxana briefed European analysts in June about its disaster recovery solution that captures all write operations even if the primary site suffers severe damage. The Disaster Recovery Dilemma Most IT professionals appreciate the philosophy of the ideal DR blueprint: by putting a significant distance between two or more interlinked IT sites. Should one site suffer [...]
Overland’s SnapServer family is extended with iSCSI SAN arrays. By targeting the SMB segment with its new SAN functionality, Overland hopes to build on its appeal in the NAS space. The SnapServer line, has led a surprisingly unfulfilled life over many years with its different owners failing to capitalise on the SMB potential in the [...]
Drobo Elite and Drobo S
Nov 23
Self managed RAID specialist adds new models: Drobo Elite and Drobo S. Drobo so far developed arrays of 4 and 8 bays of the which the user can insert HDDs and eject at will. The new S model tweaks the model with a 5 drive array and has eSATA added. The Elite for SMBs enhances [...]
