Enterprise Storage

Intel wins top spots in SSD storage drive ranking

DRAMeXchange said SSDs vary widely in quality depending on the controller chips, NAND chips and firmware

Seagate FreeAgent DockStar

3PAR InServ goes solid state

Adaptive optimization with SSD provides huge performance boost

EMC offers deduplication, thin provisioning for VWware on Celerra

New plug-ins are free with current maintenance agreements

Recovery is sweet – and sweat

IDC: Worldwide disk storage capacity grows 33% in 2009

Open storage systems, including iSCSI SANs, were a bright spot for 2009

Microsoft gets I-O Data to sign Linux patent-protection license

Does a Japanese maker of network attached storage devices really need protection against U.S. patents?

FalconStor adds solid state acceleration

Teams with Violin Memory to add SSDs

EMC: Flash could spell doom for Fibre Channel

With prices falling, Flash, SATA combination could replace Fibre Channel drives

NexentaStor adds primary deduplication

The open-source storage platform's related management software will also gain multiple hypervisor support