Latest storage news.
Nanotech breakthrough could put entire YouTube contents on an iPod-size device, 09/06/07: IBM researchers last week unveiled two nanotechnology projects that could lead to more scalable and dense disk drives and chips.
NetApp sues Sun for patent infringement, 09/05/07: Network Appliance filed a lawsuit in District Court in Lufkin, Texas, today claiming that Sun infringed on seven NetApp patents for the Write Anywhere File Layout (WAFL) and RAID.
Onaro software offers storage-capacity monitoring, virtualization features, 09/04/07: Onaro enhances storage software, adds capacity management, virtualization support.
Backup technology key to protecting virtual machines, 09/04/07: As the number of servers being virtualized grows, backing up and protecting them becomes more of a problem. It’s not enough for IT administrators to simply back up each virtual server and its data. Protection also is needed for the virtual server’s image — its operating system, configuration and settings — and the metadata on the physical server that identifies the virtual server’s relationship to networked storage.
