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Xyratex Launches 2U Rack for 2.5" Drives

HAVANT, UK - April 2, 2008 - Xyratex Ltd. today announced the OneStor SP1224s - a 2U, 24 drive storage system for 2.5" drives.

It's the 2nd member of the OneStor ESP family with common Field Replaceable Units and SBB 2.0 compatibility – enabling OEMs to reduce both product ramp-up time and inventory costs for spares. ...Xyratex profile


Sans Digital Introduces 3.5" InstaRAID

Santa Fe Springs, CA - February 15, 2008 - Sans Digital today introduced the InstaRAID IR12TB - a a 3.5" SATA hard drive module which houses 2 internal 2.5" drives with RAID support.

The IR12TB has a built-in hardware RAID engine to support RAID 1 (mirroring) and RAID 0 (stripping) allowing data redundancy or performance increase, while only occupying the space of a single 3.5" hard drive. ...Sans Digital profile, Storage Boxes

Editor's comments:-
the idea is not entirely new. A few years ago Adtron used to market the I35MB Diskpak which included 2x PATA mirrored disks.


SeriTek Ships 5 Bay Hot-Swap SATA PM Enclosure

San Francisco, Calif - January 15, 2008 - FirmTek, LLC announced availability of the SeriTek/5PM SATA enclosure with port multiplier technology.

Housing up to 5 hot-swappable 3.5" drives in a $539.95 desktop aluminum enclosure it can deliver aggregate hard drive performance beyond 220MBps with just one cable. When configured with 3 additional SeriTek/5PM enclosures (for a total of 20 drives), RAID 0 performance can exceed 700Bps.

An interesting feature is a front-panel power switch that carries a multi-second delay to prevent accidental power-down. The enclosure is system independent, and will work with any Mac or Windows PC with a controller that correctly follows the eSATA II specifications for Port Multiplication. ...FirmTek profile


CRU-DataPort Acquires WiebeTech

Vancouver, WA - January 14, 2008 - CRU-DataPort has purchased WiebeTech.

James Wiebe, CEO of WiebeTech has joined CRU-DataPort as VP of product development. Operations for the WiebeTech brand of products will remain in Wichita , Kansas.

"We are pleased to add WiebeTech employees and their highly respected product line to our organization. WiebeTech will become a fully supported brand of CRU-DataPort," said CRU-DataPort's president & CEO Randal Barber. ...CRU-DataPort profile, ...WiebeTech profile



Intel Launches Cool NAS Server for the Home

SANTA CLARA, Calif - November 6, 2007 - Intel Corp today announced a new NAS storage platform for the home.

The SS4200x supports upto 4x 3.5" hard disk drives in a "customizable and consumer-friendly shell design" and is available with or without software. For example the fully loaded Intel SS4200-E includes software from EMC to create a flexible NAS appliance. It is also an ideal platform for Windows Home Server. The new products will be available in December, starting at $500. ..Intel profile

Editor's comments:- in the 1990s Sun Microsystems introduced the world to pizza box servers and storage. You'll recognise what inspired Intel's new box design next time you save left over chile in your freezer.


QNAP Introduces 3.5" USB / eSATA Backup Station

Taipei, Taiwan - October 16, 2007 - QNAP Systems, Inc. today introduced the QBack-35S to its external hard drive enclosure QBack series.

The titanium black QBack-35S supports a single 3.5" SATA hard drive, up to 1TB storage capacity, and USB and eSATA interfaces. QBack-35S is aimed at users who require fast and secure low cost data backup. With QBack-35S, users can experience handsfree automatic synchronization backup, AES 256-bit encryption, and e-mail (Outlook, Outlook Express, and Windows Mail) backup.

The award-winning backup software QBack is enclosed - which provides 4 backup modes. In addition to the auto-sync backup, one touch backup is supported. Users can back up data immediately by pressing the one touch button on the device. QBack also provides instant and schedule backup modes. ...QNAP Systems profile, Storage Boxes


Blackbird SATA RAID Nests on Desktops

TORRANCE, CA - August 14, 2007 - MicroNet Technology today rolled a out a new compact e-SATA storage array for SMB and SOHO customers.

The new SR-4 Blackbird SATA RAID array is MicroNet's answer to the traditionally costly and bulky direct-attached JBOD/RAID disk array. It packs 4 SATA drive bays into a compact 12-pound device with a desktop footprint about ½ the size of a sheet of notebook paper. Read performance is upto 240MB/sec, and write performance is upto 200MB/sec. OS support includes Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Each unit is bundled with an eSATA RAID controller (PCI-Express or PCI-X). The SATA-2 drives plug directly into the unit's backplane, eliminating the complexity of drive cabling and simplifying the process of swapping out drives for repairs or upgrades.

MicroNet's SR-4 Blackbird SATA RAID arrays are available in 1, 2,3 and 4 TB capacities. Pricing starts at $599 for a 1TB configuration with a PCI-X card and ranges up to $ 2,499 for the 4TB model with a PCI-Express card. ...MicroNet profile, Animal Brands in the Storage Market


Supermicro Unveils Universal I/O SAS RAID

xxSan Jose, CA - June 20, 2007 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. and LSI Corp today announced 3 Supermicro Universal I/O SAS RAID cards based on the SAS1078 RAID-On-Chip from LSI.

Optimized for Supermicro UIO servers, these cards feature 667MHz 256MB DDRII cache to deliver hardware RAID 5 and 6 data protection with flexible options for internal or external SAS/SATA connections.

"When installed, these high-performance UIO SAS cards become part of the server board, and the system still retains all of its PCI-Express and PCI-X slots for expansion cards," asserts Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "Supermicro UIO cards enable our customers to create optimized SAS solutions to match their specific requirements." ...LSI profile, ...Super Micro profile
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Serial Attached SCSI: New Interface, New Storage Rack? - article by Terabytes Server Storage Tech

Users need more than just host bus adapters and disk drives to deploy the new Serial Attached SCSI technology.

But the traditional way of designing the backplanes in storage racks could lead to high cost and not use the expansion and high availability aspects of SAS to best advantage. In this article one of the world's leading suppliers of computer chassis describes their award winning new backplane concept which gets the best out of the new SAS technology while reducing costs. . ...read the article, ...TST profile, Storage Boxes, Rackmount Storage
Storage Box & JBOD Manufacturers

Cables / Hard disk drives / NAS /
ACT/Technico

Addonics Technologies

American Megatrends (AMI)

ANACAPA

Apcon

Caen Engineering

Case Logic

Ci Design

Condre Storage

Coraid

CRU-DataPort

Data Protection Solutions

Elma Electronic

Enhance Technology

FirmTek

Freecom Technologies

GizMac Accessories

Granite Digital

I-Bus

Intel

iQstor Networks

JMR Electronics

NETGEAR

Nexsan Technologies

Norco Technologies

nStor

Parvus

Promise Technology

Proximity Data

RackmountMart.com

Rave Computer

Sans Digital

SSI Computer

StorCase Technology

StraightLine

Super Micro

Tape Laboratories

Terabytes Server Storage Tech

WiebeTech

Xtore

XtremeMac

Xyratex
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Rackmount
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removable disks
Removable drives

Military storage
Military STORAGE
low  cost - 3U 12 bay USB / FireWire / SATA / Infiniband  storage
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TMC-The Mate Company
TMC-The Mate Company,
based in California, manufactures
an extensive range of cables,
adapters, converters and
terminators for fibre-channel, SCSI
SATA and Serial Attached SCSI.
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Nibble:- Storage Boxes

During the 1980's and most of the 1990's you would have been forgiven for thinking that most computer systems looked pretty much the same. A PC from Compaq looked similar to a PC from IBM, and you would have to look really close at most portables to determine the brand. Most office computers and servers were aesthetically challenged. Then Apple, Sony and Sun Microsystems started to design computers to look pretty, and storage boxes followed suit.

But meanwhile another revolution was brewing...

For decades, industrial users, the military, and telcos had realised that the cost of housing and looking after large numbers of computers was significant. If you're managing hundreds, or even thousands of systems, then using standard rackmount modules is the only way to minimise floor space, speed repair and replacement, and manage thermal and safety issues. As millions of companies became wired to the internet during the 1990's they ran into the same problems encountered by earlier generations of IT managers who had bought mainframes during the 1960's and 70's...

...Servers take up a lot of space.

The difference was that unlike the computer rooms built as temples to IBM in earlier generations, the modern economic paradigm was less tolerant of wasted floor space. So rackmount became the "in thing" and is now the fastest growing segment in the server market.

Today the range of storage enclosures available to the computer buyer starts from portable gadgets which you can take to the beach, and scales upto fault tolerant systems where the disk drives and power supplies can be replaced while everything is powered up and online. In the home, the storage box for the digital entertainment center, will soon become as ubiquitous as hi-fi's and VCR's were in the 90's. Brushed aluminium, matt black, bright colors, or woodgrain finish will become more important product parameters to consumer RAID buyers than storage capacity and network speed.

They'll all hold 200 movies, and 500 record albums, connect to your TV, camera, and be backward compatible with your old DVD's, CD's etc... so who cares about what's inside?

Style, ergonomics and engineering excellence also have their part to play as corporate storage systems become physically bigger and more expensive than the computers which they connect to, the choice of enclosure and the options inherent in that choice will become even more significant than before.

PS - for pretty looking storage boxes see:- Storage News in Pictures
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Squeak! - Animal Brands and Metaphors in the Storage Market
Squeak! - Animal Brands and Metaphors in the Storage Market
Animal marketing metaphors are popular in service industries, but you'd be surprised how many companies have used animals in their marketing of data storage products and services.

The storage market was worth over $150 billion in 2005, and as it gets bigger - more companies will turn to animal brands to help differentiate their otherwise bland products and lend them artificial (or deserving) characters and virtues.

The idea behind this type of marketing is to suggest positive connotations so it's unlikely that anyone will choose to associate their products with gremlins. But you may be surprised by the population of the storage ark.

This reference articles lists all known companies who have furry marketing brands, and also includes some which are slimy, scaly and scary too. ...read the article, Mice in storage

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