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	Hitachi Data Systems launches unified computing platform Hitachi Data Systems on Monday launched its own version of unified computing with the execution of an OEM agreement with Microsoft to distribute Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft System Center management software and Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Celebrating Unified Storage Leadership NetApp customers mark historical milestone of 150,000 unified storage systems deployed. Customers are leveraging NetApp's unified storage solutions to simplify operations, achieve business breakthroughs, increase productivity, and recognize significant cost savings. To hear these customers tell their stories, click here. In this Issue Storage smackdown: Hard drives vs. SSDs Making the best use of SSDs Review: Apricorn's PCIe Drive Arrays Review: Dot Hill's AssuredSAN 3730 Array Review: Ritek NSSD-X25-128-C07M-PN Review: FusionIO's ioDrive 320GB Review: Adaptec's ASR5805/512 SSD controller and MaxIQ kit, with one SSD Review: Compellent's Storage Center 030 Review: HP's StorageWorks IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class Start-up founded by HP vets targets cloud computing deployments WHITE PAPER: Sophos Best practices for implementing Windows 7 If you're planning to roll out Windows 7, now is the time to review your endpoint and data protection strategies to make sure that you're taking full advantage of the new security features as well as enhancing your overall security for enterprise deployments. Read Now. Storage smackdown: Hard drives vs. SSDs Solid state drives offer substantial benefits over traditional hard drives – they are faster, more reliable, use less energy and are quieter. Read More Making the best use of SSDs Many of the standard ways that hard drives are used may not be appropriate for SSDs. Putting SSDs in a RAID 5 array, for instance, may make the RAID controller the bottleneck in the storage system, in addition to ensuring that all the drives in the array could fail at that same time, since writes are distributed evenly over all drives, and wear-leveling algorithms on the drives cause all cells to wear evenly as well, meaning that if the drives reach their limits on writes at the same time, all the drives in an array could fail at about the same time. Read More Review: Apricorn's PCIe Drive Arrays Apricorn's PCIe Drive Arrays: Easy installation, 'write cliff' performance hit Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Minimize Datacenter Costs with Server Offload This technical guide helps you learn how to reduce your server costs up to 60%. You'll gain valuable information on how Citrix NetScaler helps reduce datacetner costs with server and infrastructure offload. Read More! Review: Dot Hill's AssuredSAN 3730 Array Dot Hill's AssuredSAN 3730 Array: Easy to use, cost effective Read More Review: Ritek NSSD-X25-128-C07M-PN Ritek's NSSD-X25-128-C07M-PN ha sup to 10X performance boost over hard drive Read More Review: FusionIO's ioDrive 320GB FusionIO: Highest throughput, not easily expandable Read More E-GUIDE: APC by Schneider Electric 5 Ways to Shrink a Data Center Most data centers can support an average density of 100 to 200 watts per sq. foot. The future of high-density computing – beyond 30 KW - will have to rely on water-based cooling, but is that cost effective? This expert guide discusses the latest energy technologies for today and the future. Read Now. Review: Adaptec's ASR5805/512 SSD controller and MaxIQ kit, with one SSD Adaptec's ASR5805/512 SSD controller and MaxIQ kit, with one SSD has outstanding price/performance Read More Review: Compellent's Storage Center 030 Compellent's Storage Center 030: High performance, high price Read More Review: HP's StorageWorks IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class HP's StorageWorks IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class: High performance, low latency Read More Start-up founded by HP vets targets cloud computing deployments Cloud storage start-up TwinStrata launches with software designed to ease cloud computing deployments with Amazon and other providers. Read More
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