Violin Memory, well known for their innovative all flash storage arrays, has announced the release of a fully integrated data management solution from Symantec meant to complement the already numerous capabilities built into their products. The new features should make it considerably easier for companies to manage and protect their sensitive data. The new functionality includes cloning, snapshots, replication and …
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Sonnet Releases Upgradeable HD-SDI Enabled Tempo SSD PCIe Cards
Sonnet Technologies has announced the release of its 2.5″ Tempo SSD cards. The “Pro” variant will support up to two SATA 6 GB/s SSDs configured in RAID 0 in order to provide an aggregate bandwidth of up to 900MB/s while the non-pro version provides accommodations for one drive. The Tempo SSD and SSD Pro cards will be priced at 149.95 …
Read More »Micron SSD Business Update: Future Of The SSD Industry And The Virtues Of Vertical Integration
Micron Technology held a press conference today regarding the future direction of Micron and of the solid state storage industry in general. They touched on several interesting aspects of the industry, going into detail on both the consumer and enterprise SSD markets, both of which are becoming important staples in Micron’s bottom line. This is excellent news for the industry, …
Read More »Plextor Releases M5 Pro Series SSDs With Marvell 88SS9187 Monet Controller
Plextor has announced the release of their M5 Pro Series of SSDs and the M5 Pro will be the very first based on Marvell’s new 88SS9187 Monet SSD Controller, the successor to Marvells 9174 controller widely used by companies including Intel and OCZ. Plextor’s new products will deliver sequential R/W speeds of up to 540 MB/s and 450MB/s respectively, not …
Read More »Intel To Develop Ultrabook SSD Specs As Naysayers Are Put On Notice
Intel, well known for, um, just about everything, has announced their intention to release a unified set of Ultrabook SSD specifications. This comes in the wake of Ultrabook manufacturers releasing their products with SSDs of all shapes and sizes, which has had the side effect of making it difficult for consumers to increase their storage capacity without breaking the bank, if it’s …
Read More »Crucial Adapts Phison Controller in New v4 SSD SATA 2 Family
Crucial Technology today announced the imminent release of their Crucial V4 SSD. Crucial’s new V4 will be equipped with a SATA 2 interface, underscoring the demand for lower end SSDs in the marketplace. Crucial’s new product will deliver read/write speeds of up to 230MB/s and 190MB/s respectively. The new drives will be available in capacities of 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB …
Read More »Runcore Builds Super SSD Facility With Intent of Greater Industry Positioning
Runcore has announced that they will be opening a state of the art SSD manufacturing facility in Changsha, China. This move is apparently part of a plan to spur unprecedented growth in the company over the next three years. When finished, according to Runcore, the new plant will offer “the most advanced production capabilities in the industry” giving them an eminent …
Read More »TMS’ RamSan-70 Bootable PCIe SSD Goes One Step Further In Making Magnetic Storage Expendable
Texas Memory Systems has announced the release of their RamSan-70 PCIe SSD. The RamSan-70 will employ the use of up to 900 GB of SLC memory, and deliver 1.5 million IOs per second, not to mention bandwidth of 2.5 GB per second and an ultra-low access latency of 30-60 microseconds. This should ensure that any server equipped with one of …
Read More »Toshiba Cuts Back Production Of NAND As Flash Drives Become Passe’ For Consumers
Toshiba has announced it will be cutting back its supply of NAND flash memory. Toshiba didn’t state a specific reason for ramping down production, though they did talk about a general trend when it came to “weak pricing” of storage products meant for consumer electronic devices, presumably due to nothing more than waning demand for what have pretty much become …
Read More »Transcend Announces SSD320 As Max IOPs Becomes Irrelevant
Transcend, well known for their myriad storage and memory solutions, has announced the release of its new SSD320 6Gb/s SSD. The LSI Sandforce based drive will deliver read and write speeds of up to 560MB/s and 530MB/s respectively. Also offered is random 4k performance of up to 87,000 IOPS, up from from the 60,000 IOPS seen on most garden variety SF-2281 based …
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