news: Top Storage Stories of 2009: RAID, Clouds, SSDs and Mergers

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Top Storage Stories of 2009: RAID, Clouds, SSDs and Mergers

Wednesday December 30, 2009

Top Storage Stories of 2009: RAID, Clouds, SSDs and Mergers
December 30, 2009
2009 was all about dramatic change and mergers for the data storage industry.

RAID Storage Levels Explained
By Scott Alan Miller - December 29, 2009
The author explains common RAID levels � and makes a case for why you should consider RAID 10.

3Par Rises on Takeover Speculation
By Paul Shread - December 28, 2009
Could 3Par be acquired by NetApp or HP? Some analysts have their doubts.

AMD Does RAID On a Chip
By Paul Shread - December 23, 2009
AMD is using Dot Hill's software RAID technology to save server users the cost of hardware RAID adapters.

Sun Layoffs Hit Open Source Projects
By Andy Patrizio - December 22, 2009
Is Oracle seeking to do away with OpenSolaris?

The Future of Data Storage: FCoE, SSD Mergers, But No Clouds
By Henry Newman - December 21, 2009
Enterprise storage columnist Henry Newman sees FCoE and SSD mergers coming, but there are no clouds in his forecast.

Goldman Offers Divergent Views on EMC, NetApp
By Larry Barrett - December 18, 2009
Storage stocks head in opposite directions following comments from an influential Goldman Sachs analyst.

Cisco FCoE Switches Help Hospital Save Power
By Drew Robb - December 17, 2009
One early FCoE adopter alleviated a power crunch by moving to converged storage and data networks.

EMC Adds 8-Gig Fibre Channel to Symmetrix V-Max
By Paul Shread - December 16, 2009
The data storage giant is the first high-end vendor with native 8-gig Fibre Channel, but others will soon follow.

Broadcom Combines FCoE, iSCSI
By Paul Shread - December 15, 2009
QLogic and Emulex have a new competitor in the converged network adapter (CNA) market.