Raid/Enterprise

Kingston Technology Company’s Flash memory affiliate Kingston Digital, Inc. is announcing its newest addition to the SSDNow product line, the KC300 solid-state drive.  The KC300 maximizes power efficiencies in notebook PCs, enabling business, mobile and power users to markedly increase productivity.  The KC300 utilizes SandForce’s second-generation SF-2281 processor to provide advanced power management. The KC300 replaces the Kingston V+200 and …

SSDs continue to gain market share versus HDDs, according to a recent report from market research analysts IHS.  This trend is forecast to continue for several years.  SSD shipments in PCs are forecast to grow by a whopping 122% from 2012 to 2013! Chart source: ihs-isuppli As shown in the chart above (spanning 2012 through 2017), HDD shipments in PCs …

Seagate this morning announced an entire line of solid state drives to encompass  consumer and enterprise SATA, enterprise 12Gb/s SAS and enterprise PCIe applications.  It’s consumer retail and server level introductions are the Seagate 600 and 600 Pro SSDs, the 600 client SSD being the first SSD released at a z-height of 5mm.  Seagate supplied TSSDR with a 480GB version …

Running through the Runcore website recently resulted in a very interesting find in the name of the  RunCore Kylin III MAX PCIe Gen2 SSD.  The Kylin III MAX represents one of, if not the highest capacity and performance combination of a PCIe SSD that we have seen to date yet. It is a  full-length native PCIe card utilizing a controller …

Micron is announcing release of their P420m PCIe SSD for enterprise and data center applications requiring high performance read operations. Micron utilizes their own 25nm MLC NAND Flash in the P420m to provide enterprise-class reliability and performance at a mainstream price point.  The P420m is designed for applications such as caching, cloud and data centers, web acceleration, and online transaction …

SMART Storage Systems, a leading enterprise SSD technology developer, is announcing their new Optimus Eco enterprise SSD — the first SAS 6 GB/s SSD utilizing 19nm multi-level cell (MLC) Flash.  Anticipating the ever-changing needs of enterprise data centers, SMART continues their efforts to usher in a new era of Flash storage.  Their Optimus Eco SSD offers an industry best combination …

RAID-5 is a well-proven technique for creating hard disk arrays that can withstand the failure of a single disk drive with no data loss. But applying the same RAID-5 concepts to SSD arrays can have the opposite effect and contribute to decreased data reliability, according to Skyera Inc., founded by an executive and engineering team with unsurpassed backgrounds in the …

SMART Storage Systems, Inc., a creative provider of solid-state drive (SSD) technology for enterprise applications, and Diablo Technologies, Inc., an innovative provider of memory system interface solutions, are announcing an exclusive agreement.  This agreement will combine SMART Storage Systems’ Guardian Technology Platform with Diablo’s Memory Channel Storage (MCS).  The partnership will result in a new tier of enterprise SSDs that …

LSI Corporation is announcing IBM’s offering of a new series of its High IOPS Modular Adapters.  This new family will be based on LSI Nytro WarpDrive technology.  IBM will be adding these new adapters to a growing lineup of PCIe Flash adapters.  The new Nytro WarpDrive-based versions are designed for use with IBM System x servers, and will help their …

For those of us who are SSD RAID enthusiasts, case mounting solutions for our RAID arrays now have a new option — utilize one of your empty 5.25″ bays to hold up to fours SSDs with the new Sharkoon Bay Extension!  Most cases on the market (whether they be mini-tower, midtower, or full tower) feature multiple 5.25″ exterior drive bays.  …