I've used one Drobo or another since the first device came out in 2007. I bought the very first generation Drobo. It was slow, but I found the ease of use and reliability a big win. When the much ...

We just bought a new storage array with 10 SAS 146 GB drives in it with a dual quad core server as a front end for a virtualization project. I'm putting ~8 virtual machines on it to ...

Today, it's still the only one, and the CRN Test Center has had an opportunity to test one in its labs. The first thing that surprised us about the SAS6160 was its small size. For a SAS expander ...

Adaptec on Tuesday released OnTarget 3.0, a software solution that allows solution providers to turn an industry-standard server into an IP SAN array for small and midsize businesses. With OnTarget, ...

Let me start by admitting that I'm not at all well versed with SAN topics, but know the basics. I was looking at a HP P2000 G3 SAS DAS for a two host Hyper-V cluster. The thinking was that we'd forgo ...

Storage area networks (SANs) and network-attached storage (NAS) owe their popularity to some compelling advantages in scalability, utilization and data management. But achieving high performance for ...

When storing data and backups outside of devices, you have a few options. First is a singular external drive, which is ...

NetApp announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Engenio, a maker of external high-performance storage arrays targeted at storing data from high-bandwidth applications such as ...

Solid-state storage, and non-volatile memory express (NVMe) in particular, has removed one of IT’s greatest bottlenecks. NVMe allows compute to communicate with storage at much higher speeds than was ...

Lenovo and NetApp’s storage alliance, joint venture in China, and new series of all-flash and hybrid flash products announced at Lenovo’s Transform event, put them both in a much stronger position in ...