New NAS Rackmount Server Launched by iOmega
April 22, 2009Iomega has announced the latest addition to its network solutions portfolio with the worldwide launch of the Iomega StorCenter Pro ix4-200r NAS Rackmount Server. Powered by EMC's LifeLine operating system, the StorCenter Pro ix4-200r delivers economical file sharing, fast data throughput, cross-platform support and enterprise level features for today's small to medium businesses and remote work groups.
100 Gigabit Ethernet: Bridge to Terabit Ethernet
April 22, 2009IT managers who are getting started with -- or even pushing the limits of -- 10 Gigabit Ethernet in their LANs and data centers won't have to wait long for higher speed connectivity.
EMC upgrades home, small-business NAS drive with online file sharing
April 17, 2009EMC today unveiled several upgrades to its Iomega StoreCenter ix2 NAS drive, including Web access to files for home and small-business users and access and management from the device to the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing service.
Sharing USB devices easily
April 17, 2009The scoop: Four-port USB Net ShareStation (model GUIP204), by Iogear, about $85.
Improving local storage capacity and flexibility
April 17, 2009I said it years ago, but it's even more true today: you can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much data storage. Now that you can buy hard drives holding a terabyte of data (1,000 gigabytes) for a little over US$100, you might think storage isn't a problem anymore. But upgrading storage across various desktops and laptops isn't really data storage, it's just data scattered. Organized storage takes some planning, so let's talk about three new products that will help you intelligently increase local storage capacity.
Isilon boosts speed, capacity with new NAS boxes
April 16, 2009Scale-out NAS vendor Isilon this week released three new products designed to improve performance for a variety of data-access needs, from high-performance, I/O-intensive applications to nearline archiving.
Sun adds SSD to its x64 servers, blade systems
April 11, 2009Sun announced that it's offering enterprise-class solid-state disk drives with its x64 servers and blade systems that can be pooled behind its ZFS file system for tiered storage.
More NAS News
April 7, 2009View more NAS news and analysis from Computerworld.com
Buying advice: Network-attached storage
April 7, 2009A network-attached storage (NAS) drive is a dedicated storage device that uses its own operating system and software to provide centralized storage and file sharing over a computer network. NAS prices have come down to almost standard external hard-drive levels, so if you've thought about sharing one hard drive among multiple Macs or buying an external drive for each, a NAS drive may be more convenient and cost-effective.
Dell upgrades enterprise servers, storage
March 26, 2009Dell has released fourteen new products in a significant refresh of its enterprise server, workstation and storage systems portfolio.