Monthly Archives: July 2009
Equus to sell Synology NAS Systems
Synology, a global provider of network attached storage devices for the SMB market, entered into an agreement with Equus to sell Synology’s network attached storage devices. Equus will sell Synology’s award winning Disk Stations as part of the Equus complete … Continue reading
SUN ZFS Triple-Parity RAID-Z
The standard in the RAID industry for storage is RAID-6, with recovery from a double drive failure. But it’s not going to be good enough as disk capacities increase, prolonging failed disk rebuild times and so lengthening the window of unrecoverable … Continue reading
Thecus N8800SAS – 2U NAS Server with SAS support
Thecus has announced the world’s first rackmount NAS to feature SAS hard disk support for blistering data performance, the Tecus N8800SAS. Engineered for businesses looking for a high performance yet cost-effective storage platform, the N8800SAS is a 2U rackmount NAS that … Continue reading
Thecus N0503 ComboNAS
Thecus has revealed the world’s first NAS device with the ability to accommodate both 2.5” and 3.5” hard disks – the N0503. Thecus has announced the Thecus N0503 ComboNAS device with its special combo hard disk bays. It supports up to five … Continue reading
LSI acquires NAS provider ONStor
LSI Corporation announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ONStor, Inc. for approximately $25 million in cash inclusive of assumed debt and other net liabilities. ONStor, a privately held company based in Campbell, Calif., provides clustered network-attached … Continue reading
Traditional SAN and NAS vs Cloud Storage
The current crop of cloud storage solutions have many important differences from traditional SAN and NAS storage. This post by Nirvanix explains the difference between SAN-NAS storage and cloud storage, by first setting out what traditional storage is: “Most IT … Continue reading
Pogo Linux StorageDirector Z integrates NexentaStor 2.0
Pogo Linux has announced the availability of the StorageDirector Z250, Z350 and Z450, the newest storage appliances in Pogo’s managed-storage product line. These new systems launch with two major improvements over past offerings — support for Intel’s Xeon 5500 series … Continue reading
D-Link DIR-685 Xtreme N storage router review
SlashGear reviews the nice-looking D-Link DIR-685 Storage Router. Is it a NAS router or a digtal photo frame? “You’d be forgiven for mistaking the D-Link DIR-685 Xtreme N Storage Router for a cheap digital photo frame, at least from just … Continue reading
Synology DS409slim: green, 2.5-pound, 2TB File Server
Gearlog.com has a short review of the Synology DS409Slim network-attached-storage (NAS) device. It measures about 5 inches in each dimension, but has a capacity of 2TB (1.5TB redundant RAID 5 storage). The appliance costs about $400 and a configuration with … Continue reading
OpenSolaris’ ZFS Time Slider
Serverwatch has an good write up of the Opensolaris Time Slider, explaining the background of ZFS and how to use the Tool. “Introduced in November 2008 and updated in the most recent June 2009 OpenSolaris 2009.06 release, Time Slider is … Continue reading
