Latest storage news.
Data storage in a petri dish, 04/05/07
Bacteria-based storage systems can save data for thousands of years while protecting it against nuclear explosions. Atoms can hold 250 terabits of data per square inch of surface area. There are organic thin-film structures with more than 20,000 write-read-rewrite cycles.
Nexsan, Reldata combine NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel products, 04/05/07
Nexsan Technologies and Reldata have announced they are teaming to produce an IP storage area network/network-attached storage product that includes data replication over WANs.
Vendors hail Fibre Channel over Ethernet spec, 04/05/07
A group of storage vendors on Thursday proposed the development of a new specification that would allow the Fibre Channel storage-area networking protocol to run over Ethernet.
Vendors push Fibre Channel on Ethernet, 04/05/07
A group of data-center vendors has proposed a standard for putting Fibre Channel traffic on Ethernet networks, saying it could simplify management and cut costs.
