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Addonics Enters
Disk Duplicator Market
Editor:- June 10, 2009 - Addonics today
announced a family of
hard
disk duplicators for 2.5" and 3.5 SATA or PATA drives..
Prices
start from $249.
Editor's comments:- Addonics's
Zebra
disk duplicator is the 2nd Zebra in my menagerie directory -
Animal Brands
in the Storage Market.
The
disk duplicator market
is not, frankly a great market to be in, at a time when
hard disk market
revenue is declining by double digit percentages year on year. Addonics says
you can use these duplicators for
SSDs too. But that won't
boost demand because most oems are just going to redeploy the under utilized
equipment they've already got - rather than buy new stuff.
SATA-IO Interoperability Workshop
Editor:- June 8,
2009 - ULINK Technology
announced today that the company's newly released software,
Drive Master 2010 Pro
SATA supports SATA-IO's
Revision 3.0 tests in the
SATA-IO Interoperability
Workshop being held this week in Milpitas, CA.
The Drive Master
2101 Pro SATA is the ULINK's newly released flagship product to support
features, such as 6Gbps interface speed. It also includes new features for
Trusted Computing Group's
Full
Disk Encryption testing.
See also:-
Storage Events,
Storage Security,
Storage Testers &
Analyzers
WD Ships New 2TB Enterprise Hard Drive
Editor:- April
20, 2009 - Western
Digital - announced details of a new 2TB 3.5"
SATA
hard drive - the
WD RE4-GP.
Features include time-limited error recovery for use in
RAID systems, and lower
power consumption than older hard drives. MSRP is $329.
Editor's
comments:- this kind of drive is optimized to provide high capacity at low
cost, rather than high performance. Typical applications include
disk to disk backup and
video or other massive
content storage.
Seagate Demos 6Gbps SATA Prototype Hard Drive
SCOTTS
VALLEY, Calif. - March 9, 2009 - Seagate and AMD will
collaborate in the first public demonstration of 6Gbps SATA storage this
week at a conference in New Orleans.
The demo features 2 Seagate
SATA disk drives -
one a shipping Barracuda 7200.12 3Gb/second hard drive and the other a
prototype Barracuda 6Gbps drive - in a desktop PC to show the performance
difference between the 2 generations. The PC is powered by an AMD prototype SATA
6Gb/second chipset. The Seagate SATA 3Gb/second drive runs at more than 2.5Gbps
and the SATA 6Gb/second drive at 5.5Gbps with the performance of each storage
interface displayed on the PC monitor.
...Seagate profile,
storage chips
G-Tech Launches Desktop eSATA SSD RAID
Macworld, San
Francisco - January 5, 2009 - G-Technology today announced a new
family of external drives based on 2.5" SSD technology.
The
G-DRIVE mini SSD has a FireWire and USB interface and costs $599 for 120GB and
$1,299 for 250GB.
The G-RAID mini SSD has
eSATA,
FireWire and
USB interfaces and upto
195MB/sec data transfer rates. Price is $2,199 for 500GB. ...G-Tech profile
Benchmark Reviews Confirms flash SSD Performance Uncertainty
Principle
Editor:-
January 4, 2009 - Benchmark Reviews has recently published an article - "SSD
Benchmark Performance Testing."
This provides experimental
confirmation of something I warned about in an earlier article -
Can you trust flash
SSD specs & benchmarks? - namely that hard disk based performance
software provides unreliable results for SSDs.
The author, Executive
Editor, Olin Coles (who has published many disk benchmarks) concludes "I
warn readers to regard SSD reviews with a high degree of caution". He says
he's going to stop using certain test suites, and the discovery that he can't
trust all the results which he has worked hard to collect and publish made him
feel sick. Coles is a very experienced benchmark tester - and his article makes
interesting reading. ...read
the article
ATTO Ships Fastest SAS/SATA HBAs
Amherst, NY -
November 13, 2008 - ATTO Technology, Inc. announces shipment of its
first 6Gbps SAS/SATA host adapters, to select OEMs and partners.
Leveraging
PCIe 2.0 and 6-Gb SAS speeds, ATTO says the
H608 (8 internal
ports) and H680 (8
external ports) deliver the fastest available connection to
SAS/SATA storage (up to
8GB/sec. full-duplex).
...ATTO Technology profile,
Record Breaking
Storage
Oxford Semi Dangles eSATA DAS Dongles
MilpitasCalif. -
November 4 , 2008 - Oxford Semiconductor today unveiled 2 new DAS
security encryption chips.
Aimed at
storage oems - the
OXUFS936DSE
and OXUS931SE
feature an embedded hardware encryption engine enabling real time encryption
with no loading on the host PC.
...Oxford
Semiconductor profile, storage
chips, Storage
Security
Toshiba Samples Bigger 2.5" Car Drive
IRVINE,
Calif. - October 21, 2008 - Toshiba is sampling its first 80GB SATA
automotive-grade HDD - a 2.5" form factor drive which spins at 4,200 RPM.
Toshiba's
latest model features an operating altitude specification of 5,500 meters and
supports an operating temperature range of -30º to 85º Celsius. The
MK8057GSC also can withstand operational shock of 300G, providing a rugged and
dependable storage solution for automobiles operating through extreme
temperatures and terrain. ...Toshiba
profile, 2.5"
SSDs, Hard disk drives,
Military Storage
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
ULINK Invites SSD OEMs to Participate in SATA-IO Interoperability
Workshop
Santa Clara, CA - September 29, 2008- ULINK Technology will
provide a range of testing tools for designers and manufacturers during the
SATA-IO Plugfestthis
week in Milpitas, California.
ULINK considers that it will be a good
opportunity for new SSD
designers and manufacturers to test the compliance of SATA-IO industrial
standard by working with ULINK during this coming event.
Storage Events,
Storage Testers &
Analyzers
Sonnet Launches Speedy SATA ExpressCard for Notebooks
IRVINE,
CA - September 12, 2008 - Sonnet Technologies today announced the Tempo
SATA Pro ExpressCard/34, a dual port SATA host controller for notebooks.
It
enables users to connect from 1 to 10
SATA
hard drives to any
compatible notebook computer with an ExpressCard/34 or /54 slot. Suitable for
video capture and editing it supports sustained data throughput of up to
200MB/sec. OS compatibility includes MacBook Pro systems running Mac OS 10.5
and 10.4, as well as with notebooks running Windows Vista and XP SP2. The
Sonnet card will be available in October at a suggested retail price of
$299.95.
...Sonnet profile
New SATA Compatible CompactFlash Standard
PALO ALTO, Calif. -
September 3, 2008 - the CompactFlash Association announces that the
new CFast specification revision 1.0 is now available for download.
The first CFast cards (CompactFlash form factor card with a
SATA interface) were
demonstrated at the Flash Memory
Summit in August.
The current CompactFlash PATA (parallel ATA) interface provides up
to a 133MB/second interface data rate. The SATA interface will provide interface
data rates up to 3Gb/sec as well as compatibility with the SATA disk drive
interfaces that are increasingly being used.
...CompactFlash
Association profile, Flash
Memory Chips & Cards, Storage
ORGs
editor's comments:- the draft spec costs $100 for non CFA
members .
InServ Selects Emulex Embedded FC-to-SATA Bridge
COSTA MESA, Calif. -
September 2, 2008 - Emulex Corp today announced that its BR-2401
embedded storage bridge has been selected for use within 3PAR's InServ
storage servers.
Emulex's
FC-to-SATA
bridge solution enables high-capacity
SATA
hard disk drives to be
integrated into the back-end of 3PAR's InServ arrays. With this integration,
3PAR customers can take advantage of both low-cost, high-capacity SATA along
with Fibre Channel disk
capacity within the same drive chassis. ...3PAR profile,
...Emulex profile,
storage routers
STMicroelectronics Demos 6Gb/s SATA Interface at IDF
Geneva
- August 19,2008 - STMicroelectronics today demonstrated the world's
first MIPHY (Multi Interface PHY) Physical Layer interface for the new 6Gb/s
SATA Technology.
Physical Layer macro-cells perform the
high-speed serialization and de-serialization of data to and from the disk and
provide a 20-bit-wide parallel interface to the link layer.
SATA is the most
popular interface for hard
disk drives and the ST demonstration coincided with the official
announcement by the SATA
International Org of the new specification, which doubles the maximum data
transfer speed from 3Gb/s to 6Gb/s, during the
Intel Developer Forum this week in San
Francisco.
ST's 6Gb/s SATA PHY is an IP (Intellectual Property)
block designed to be integrated with other functions into low power
System-on-Chip (SoC) devices supporting 1.5 and 3 Gb/s as well as 6 Gb/s SATA
HDDs for mobile and desktop computing applications. The ST demonstration
features the SATA Physical Layer Serial Interface, fabricated in 65nm CMOS
technology, that will power new HDDs from a leading manufacturer later this
year.
...STMicroelectronics
profile, storage chips
ULINK Announces PATA / SATA Flash SSD Test Suite
Santa Clara, CA - July 10,
2008 - ULINK Technology, Inc. has developed an SSD quality and
compliance test suite for SSD oems and integrators.
ULINK's
software is used as a quality verification testing tool by major
flash SSD
developers worldwide. ULINK has a series of SSD specific tests including:- SSD
wear leveling test and SSD garbage collection test.
DM 2008 software
also provides scripts for PATA / SATA protocol, performance, regression and
reliability tests, and it enables SSD chipset or product vendors to perform
benchmark simulation tests, power management tests, power interrupt and
integrity tests, power cycling testing and device ready timing measurement.
...ULINK profile,
Storage Testers |
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| Seagate to
Ship 1.5TB SATA HDDs |
SCOTTS
VALLEY, Calif - July 10, 2008 - Seagate says it plans to ship
1.5TB 3.5" SATA hard drives in August.
The world's highest
capacity disk drive - the Barracuda 7200.11 - spins at 7,200 RPM and has 4
platters. It has a sustained data rate of up to 120MB/S. ...Seagate profile,
Record Breaking
Storage
Editor's comments:- with 4 platters - there's a lot
more mechanical stuff to go wrong than with single platter drives.
But
this is aimed at the desktop PC market where low cost is more important than
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Can You Trust
Your Flash SSD's Specs?
Editor:- July 9, 2008 -
STORAGEsearch.com today published a new article which asks - Can you
trust your flash SSD specs?
The
flash SSD market
opens up tremendous opportunities for systems integrators to leverage solid
state disk technology. But due to the diversity of products in the market and
lack of industry standards - it's got tremendous risks as well.
The
product which you carefully qualified may not be identical to the one that's
going into your production line for a variety of reasons... ...read the article
InnoDisk Announces Smallest SATA SSD
Taiwan - June 2,
2008 - InnoDisk announced the world's physically smallest SATA SSD - the
SATADOM - measuring 39mm by 20.5mm by 8mm.
Capacity ranges
from 128MB to 8GB. The SLC flash SSD has a sustainable read speed of 24MB/sec
and write speed of 14MB/sec. ...InnoDisk profile,
Record Breaking
Storage, Miniaiture
SSDs
Sans Digital Launches 2.5" SATA SSD Platform
City of
Industry, CA - May 23, 2008 - Sans Digital has a new product line of
CompactFlash enclosures.
The CompactRAID CR2T accomodates 2
CF cards in a single
2.5"
SATA storage device.
It supports spanning and RAID 1 (mirroring).
...Sans Digital
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Nibble:-
Re: Serial ATA
Serial ATA is a storage interface
specification which started life in 2001.
SATA is used to directly
attach storage devices, such as
hard disk drives,
DVDs and
SSDs , to the motherboard
and is the replacement for legacy Parallel ATA physical storage interface.
Serial ATA technology allowed for platform cost reductions and
performance improvements while supporting a seamless transition from Parallel
ATA technology. Serial ATA will supply storage interface headroom for many
generations to come, beginning with 1.5 Gbps, and scalable to 2x, 4x and beyond.
Serial ATA is a drop-in solution that is compatible with existing ATA
software drivers and will run on standard operating systems without
modification. It will provide for systems that are easier to design, with
narrower cables that are simple to route and install, smaller cable connectors,
improved silicon design, and lower voltages, which alleviate current design
constraints in Parallel ATA. Configuration of Serial ATA devices will be much
simpler, with many of today's requirements for jumpers and settings no longer
needed.
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Serial Attached SCSI - Delivering Flexibility to the
Data Center - article by LSI Logic and Maxtor
If you think
you already know SAS because you know SATA and traditional SCSI then think
again. Sometimes disruptive technologies wear an unassuming disguise. In
fiction, Clark Kent, Frodo Baggins and Buffy Summers at first seem harmless, but
we see them change into Superman, the Ring Bearer and the Slayer.
SAS
too comes cloaked in plain garb - with a physical layer which looks a lot like
SATA. But like the Incredible Hulk there are muscles rippling under that shirt -
and you would be wrong to dismiss SAS so lightly. There's a lot more inside this
interface than it says on the box as this informative article reveals. ...read the article,
...LSI Logic profile,
...Maxtor profile,
Serial Attached SCSI | |
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