Hitachi tweaks flash storage for speed, capacity and reliability

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: EnterpriseNew microcode for Hitachi Data System's Virtual Storage Platform provides a significant boost to performance with flash storage, while its new flash controller technology will yield additional improvements.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: TechnologyHitachi Data Systems' new Unified Storage VM provides medium-sized enterprises with enterprise-class storage virtualisation for block, file and object data.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: EnterpriseHitachi Data Systems is getting firmly behind Windows Server 2012 with the announcement that Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP), Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS), and Hitachi Compute Blade are now fully certified with full support for Windows Server 2012.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: TechnologyNew Flash Accel software from NetApp uses server-based flash storage to improve performance by up to 90%.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: TechnologySwinburne University of Technology researchers have developed a technique that uses nanotechnology to increase the storage capacity of optical discs and encrypt the data they carry.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: NetworkingEnhancements to EMC's VPLEX virtual storage products allow vMotion workloads to be moved over distances as far as 200km.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: TechnologyNetgear has been selling NAS devices for some time, but the company's new ReadyDATA 5200 kicks things up a gear by bringing enterprise-class facilities to small and medium businesses.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: TechnologyEMC has announced a significant performance boost for its VMAX 10K storage platform, along with new features across the VMAX range.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: MobilityLexar officials claim the company's latest USB 3.0 flash drives provide up to 24 times faster data transfer than USB 2.0 models.