InfoWorld Storage

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Nimbus Data Systems today announced a new all-NAND flash storage array aimed at enterprise-class data centers that it said matches disk arrays on price, but outperforms everywhere else. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Nimbus & #039;s new E-Class (enterprise-class) Memory System is a fully redundant solid-state storage system that scales from 10TB to 440TB in capacity in a single file system and a single rack and costs about $10 per gigabyte. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Seagate Technology said Tuesday that supply of hard disk drives (HDDs) this year will continue to fall short of demand, leading large customers to look to long-term agreements to ensure supply after & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/t/hard-drives/the-impending-hard-drive-shortage-and-possible-price-hikes-176453 & quot; & gt;devastating floods in Thailand & lt;/a & gt;. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Shortage of drives by the end of this year is likely to be about 150 million units, it said. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Last week Amazon.com let it be known that it has launched a public beta test of Amazon Storage Gateway -- my colleague Matt Prigge has done an & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/t/cloud-computing/hands-amazon-storage-gateway-185241 & quot; & gt;in-depth, hands-on look of it & lt;/a & gt;. This software appliance stores data on local hardware and uploads backup instances to Amazon Web Services & #039; S3 (Simple Storage Service). The idea is to provide low-latency access to local data while keeping snapshots of that data in the AWS cloud. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Last week Amazon.com let it be known that it has launched a public beta test of Amazon Storage Gateway -- my colleague Matt Prigge has done an & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/t/cloud-computing/hands-amazon-storage-gateway-185241 & quot; & gt;in-depth, hands-on look of it & lt;/a & gt;. This software appliance stores data on local hardware and uploads backup instances to Amazon Web Services & #039; S3 (Simple Storage Service). The idea is to provide low-latency access to local data while keeping snapshots of that data in the AWS cloud. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Last week, Amazon announced the most recent addition to its AWS product portfolio: The & lt;a href= & quot;http://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/ & quot; & gt;Amazon Storage Gateway & lt;/a & gt;, a simple, powerful way to back up on-premise data to Amazon & #039;s S3 storage infrastructure. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;But the Storage Gateway is not just a cloud-based backup solution. It also opens the door to using Amazon EC2 instances as a means to provide disaster recovery. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Last week, Amazon announced the most recent addition to its AWS product portfolio: The & lt;a href= & quot;http://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/ & quot; & gt;Amazon Storage Gateway & lt;/a & gt;, a simple, powerful way to back up on-premise data to Amazon & #039;s S3 storage infrastructure. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;But the Storage Gateway is not just a cloud-based backup solution. It also opens the door to using Amazon EC2 instances as a means to provide disaster recovery. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Last week, Amazon announced the most recent addition to its AWS product portfolio: The & lt;a href= & quot;http://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/ & quot; & gt;Amazon Storage Gateway & lt;/a & gt;, a simple, powerful way to back up on-premise data to Amazon & #039;s S3 storage infrastructure. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;But the Storage Gateway is not just a cloud-based backup solution. It also opens the door to using Amazon EC2 instances as a means to provide disaster recovery. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Cloud storage service Mozy announcedon Wednesday public beta availability of & lt;a href= & quot;http://mozy.com/stash & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;Mozy Stash & lt;/a & gt;, a new feature that provides customers with a method of accessing files across multiple computers and mobile devices. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Stash combines MozyHome & #039;s online backup service with the ability to synchronize files across devices in near real time. Data can be viewed from any computer, regardless of the operating system, as well as mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Cloud storage service Mozy announcedon Wednesday public beta availability of & lt;a href= & quot;http://mozy.com/stash & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;Mozy Stash & lt;/a & gt;, a new feature that provides customers with a method of accessing files across multiple computers and mobile devices. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Stash combines MozyHome & #039;s online backup service with the ability to synchronize files across devices in near real time. Data can be viewed from any computer, regardless of the operating system, as well as mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Cloud storage service Mozy announcedon Wednesday public beta availability of & lt;a href= & quot;http://mozy.com/stash & quot; target= & quot;_blank & quot; & gt;Mozy Stash & lt;/a & gt;, a new feature that provides customers with a method of accessing files across multiple computers and mobile devices. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Stash combines MozyHome & #039;s online backup service with the ability to synchronize files across devices in near real time. Data can be viewed from any computer, regardless of the operating system, as well as mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Nvidia lowered its revenue forecast Tuesday for the quarter ending Jan. 29, citing the impact of the hard disk drive (HDD) shortage caused by the Thailand floods on its mainstream GPU business. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Competitors Intel and Advanced Micro Devices also reported that they were affected by the floods, as HDD manufacturers like Western Digital start to bring their operations back to normal in Thailand. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Nvidia lowered its revenue forecast Tuesday for the quarter ending Jan. 29, citing the impact of the hard disk drive (HDD) shortage caused by the Thailand floods on its mainstream GPU business. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Competitors Intel and Advanced Micro Devices also reported that they were affected by the floods, as HDD manufacturers like Western Digital start to bring their operations back to normal in Thailand. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Nvidia lowered its revenue forecast Tuesday for the quarter ending Jan. 29, citing the impact of the hard disk drive (HDD) shortage caused by the Thailand floods on its mainstream GPU business. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Competitors Intel and Advanced Micro Devices also reported that they were affected by the floods, as HDD manufacturers like Western Digital start to bring their operations back to normal in Thailand. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;I & #039;ve written on a & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-explosion/the-right-way-use-ssds-in-your-storage-environment-980 & quot; & gt;number of occasions & lt;/a & gt; about the capabilities of enterprise-class SLC solid-state drives (SSDs) when leveraged in demanding primary storage environments. Their ability to both provide impressive sequential read/write performance and shoulder & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-explosion/its-official-ssds-rule-the-high-end-082 & quot; & gt;enormous OLTP loads & lt;/a & gt; has made them an almost indispensable component of high-end database and large VDI infrastructures. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;I & #039;ve written on a & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-explosion/the-right-way-use-ssds-in-your-storage-environment-980 & quot; & gt;number of occasions & lt;/a & gt; about the capabilities of enterprise-class SLC solid-state drives (SSDs) when leveraged in demanding primary storage environments. Their ability to both provide impressive sequential read/write performance and shoulder & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-explosion/its-official-ssds-rule-the-high-end-082 & quot; & gt;enormous OLTP loads & lt;/a & gt; has made them an almost indispensable component of high-end database and large VDI infrastructures. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;I & #039;ve written on a & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-explosion/the-right-way-use-ssds-in-your-storage-environment-980 & quot; & gt;number of occasions & lt;/a & gt; about the capabilities of enterprise-class SLC solid-state drives (SSDs) when leveraged in demanding primary storage environments. Their ability to both provide impressive sequential read/write performance and shoulder & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-explosion/its-official-ssds-rule-the-high-end-082 & quot; & gt;enormous OLTP loads & lt;/a & gt; has made them an almost indispensable component of high-end database and large VDI infrastructures. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;I & #039;ve written on a & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-explosion/the-right-way-use-ssds-in-your-storage-environment-980 & quot; & gt;number of occasions & lt;/a & gt; about the capabilities of enterprise-class SLC solid-state drives (SSDs) when leveraged in demanding primary storage environments. Their ability to both provide impressive sequential read/write performance and shoulder & lt;a href= & quot;http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-explosion/its-official-ssds-rule-the-high-end-082 & quot; & gt;enormous OLTP loads & lt;/a & gt; has made them an almost indispensable component of high-end database and large VDI infrastructures. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Those of us with a bit of institutional memory recall a brash upstart named Network Appliance that burst onto the storage scene to challenge EMC -- itself once a brash newcomer -- and other storage royalty like IBM. But that was 20 years ago, as difficult as that seems to believe, and the company, now named NetApp, is $5 billion-plus storage leader in its own right. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Those of us with a bit of institutional memory recall a brash upstart named Network Appliance that burst onto the storage scene to challenge EMC -- itself once a brash newcomer -- and other storage royalty like IBM. But that was 20 years ago, as difficult as that seems to believe, and the company, now named NetApp, is $5 billion-plus storage leader in its own right. & lt;/p & gt;

& lt;!--paging_filter-- & gt; & lt;p & gt;Those of us with a bit of institutional memory recall a brash upstart named Network Appliance that burst onto the storage scene to challenge EMC -- itself once a brash newcomer -- and other storage royalty like IBM. But that was 20 years ago, as difficult as that seems to believe, and the company, now named NetApp, is $5 billion-plus storage leader in its own right. & lt;/p & gt;