IBM recently announced a new storage subsystem the Storwize V7000, which takes some of the DS8000, SAN Volume Controller (SVC) and XIV and combines them into one low-cost, highly compact storage solution. Storwize V7000 Storage Subsystem First, about the branding, IBM wanted something to signify storage intelligence and now that they own the Storwize brand [...]
We once again return to the classic block storage benchmark, the latest Storage Performance Council (SPC) results*. Not much new in SPC-1C/E or -2C results so only SPC-1 and SPC-2 activity is discussed below. SPC-1*results There have been three new SPC-1 results this past quarter – two based on IBM SVC5.1 with DS8700 backends and [...]
Announcing IBM SVC SSD support, new H/W and S/W IBM recently announced a new version of SVC software, hardware and SSD support. SVC SSD support The latest SVC hardware supports up to four 146GB SSD drives per engine, mirrored to the other storage engine in an IO group. Adding SSD hardware as internal storage increases [...]
HP StorageWorks SMB Announcements HP announced on May 28th a new refresh to their MSA product line, their low-end unified storage line and a new line of virtualization solutions. MSA Refresh Earlier this year HP refreshed their EVA product line and now they move to the MSA product line. HP’s new SAS JBOD or MSA2000sa [...]
HP StorageWorks SVSP, EVA, and Data Protector Announcements Today, HP announces a new refresh to their EVA storage line and SVSP appliance as well as a new version of their Data Protector backup package. EVA Refresh Last year HP refreshed their low end EVA 4400, and today the rest of the EVA product line gets [...]