Acting immediately on its recent EqualLogic acquisition, Dell announced a new line of
network storage products on Monday that the
company claims are easy to install and manage.Targeted at SMBs, the Dell EqualLogic PS5000 Series of
arrays includes controllers, disks, and chassis with 16-bay enclosures that are scalable to store up to 192TB of
data and execute up to 60,000 transactions at once, said Brad Anderson, senior vice president of Dell's
business product group, at an event in San Francisco.The product can be plugged into existing IT infrastructure and be up and running rapidly, in some cases under an hour, Anderson said. It is also compatible with existing EqualLogic systems.The arrays operate over a SAN using the iSCSI (Internet Small
computer System Interface) interconnect protocol to transfer
data and manage networked
storage.Because
storage disks can be attached on the fly, system administrators don't have to plan the amount of
storage needed, saving money and resources in th
(Source: Ciena)
In today's technology-driven
business environment, enterprises are structured almost entirely around the information they create, process, share and store. As a result, protecting that information is of critical importance. Enterprise
data centers are being dispersed geographically to minimize or eliminate the potential of a disruption or loss of
data.
Retire that old
data onto cheap
storage.IBM is to introduce new
software that Big Blue claims will allow businesses to better manage the growth of information by integrating
data warehousing and archiving capabilities in a single offering.
Investors have poured $24 million into Pivot3, a RAID
storage vendor that specializes in storing video surveillance
data.
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