RunCore Ships 1st PXI
Express SSDs
Editor:- January 5, 2010 - RunCore has started
shipments of the 1st SSDs aimed at the
PXI Express market (a standard
which brings PCIe performance and functionality into the robust modular form
factor popular in automated instrumentation
test systems).
RunCore's
3U CPCIe\PXIe SSD card provides upto 768GB
MLC or 384GB SLC
capacity and has sustained R/W speeds upto 400MB/s. Available with industrial
operating temperature range and MIL-STD-810F processing, the module provides a
fast purge rate of
5GB/s.
USB 3.0 SSDs Coming Soon
Editor:- October 5, 2009 -
Active Media
Products today announced imminent shipments of its
Aviator
312 line of bus powered fast
USB 3.0 external
SSDs with R/W speeds upto
240MB/s and 160MB/s respectively.
Measuring less than 3" long and
only 0.2" thin, the A312 is smaller than a credit card and is designed to
fit in a pocket. Capacity options include:- 16GB ($89), 32GB ($119) and 64GB
($209).
Hagiwara Unveils CFast Storage Card
Editor:- March
26, 2009 - Hagiwara
Sys-Com has extended its range of
1" SSDs - with
the launch of the
CFast Storage
Card which will ship in Q2.
These industrial grade SSDs are form
factor compatible with CF cards, but have a
SATA interface.
Capacities range from 2GB to 16GB. See also:-
CFast -
Evolution of the CompactFlash Interface (pdf)
Aleratec Launches High Volume USB Flash Duplicators
Chatsworth, CA
- March 10, 2009 - Aleratec Inc. announces 2 new USB flash
duplicators.
Both the 27 way model (ESP $3,799) and 118 way model
(ESP $15,749) can copy up to 33MB/s. Aleratec's President and CEO, Perry
Solomon says - "The performance of the duplicators is not degraded when
simultaneously copying large numbers flash drives, a common shortcoming in most
USB flash drive
duplicators." ...Aleratec
profile, Disk
Duplicators
Winchester Systems Unveils Rugged Rackmount SSD RAID
Editor:-
March 5, 2009 - Winchester
Systems says its will launch a range of rugged
rackmount SSDs
next week at FOSE
.
Among the new products is a 1U RAID 5 / 6 protected rugged
SSD array - the RX-1300
FlashDisk - which houses 12x
2.5" SSDs.
Interface options for the array include
SAS,
FC and
PCIe.
"Customers
find that they need field deployable storage and servers that exceed standard
commercial capabilities but not full
military rugged
specifications or prices," explained Joel Leider, the company's CEO. "Our
rugged storage and servers provide extra security and protection against dust,
rain, shock and vibration at COTS prices which are about half of full military
standard costs."
The US Army has approved these units for field use. They are deployed
in harsh environments worldwide in HUMVEEs and stationary shelters.
SalvationDATA Offers Better Hope of Data Recovery for flash SSDs
Sichuan,
China - February 6, 2009 - SalvationDATA announced it has developed a
new technology for flash SSD data recovery.
The company says its
methodology will work with all commercial devices (excluding military and
industrial SSDs which have inbuilt secure erase). The new tools are expected to
launch in May 2009 - and will be priced at about $1,300.
...SalvationDATA
profile
Editor's comments:- I didn't think this would be
feasible - and even wrote an
article explaining
why it would be very difficult.
It is difficult! - and does need a
new approach. But this is one prediction about which I'll be glad to be proved
wrong. Lack of an affordable flash SSD data recovery industry could have
triggered a backfire, damping enthusiasm in the consumer SSD revolution - and
such a setback could have been a reactionary market differentiator favoring
notebook HDDs. (Most consumers and SMBs don't do effective
backups - a trend which
hasn't changed in all the many years I've reported market research on this
subject.)
A-DATA Announces 3.5" SSD RAID Enclosure
Taipei, Taiwan -
December 30, 2008 - A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd siad it will ship a
3.5" SSD RAID enclosure in Q1 2009.
The A-DATA XPG Dual SSD 3.5" RAID Enclosure is a complete
RAID solution through the
use of 2x 2.5"
SATA SSDs mounted on one
standard 3.5" form
factor drive cage. This multifunctional RAID enclosure can be used as 2
separate drives, as a redundant drive to protect against drive failure, combined
to become one high-performance drive or combined to become one large drive. All
these different RAID configurations and more can be set by using a hardware DIP
switch on the back of the unit or software. Connection via
SATA or
USB enables easy direct
access.
...A-DATA profile |
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| Verari
Announces Intel-SSD-Inside Hybrid Storage Blade |
DALLAS, TX. - October
15, 2008 - Verari Systems today announced HyDrive, a hybrid
enterprise storage blade.
The new Verari HyDrive disk blade
integrates Intel's X25-E
2.5" SSD as well
as high capacity 3.5" SATA hard drives into Verari's
BladeRack 2 X-Series
platforms. ...Verari
Systems profile, rackmount
SSDs, Hybrid
Storage Drives
New SATA SSDs List
Editor:- September 30, 2008 -
StorageSearch.com today published a new directory of - SATA SSDs.
In
the past 4 years we've tracked the SATA SSD market go from zero manufacturers to
more than 30. And new ones are coming into the market every month. To simplify
the process of finding them among nearly 100 SSD companies in our
main SSD page - we've
published a new guide. ...read
the article | |
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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
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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