The Reg Storage: Hard drive sales to see double-digit dive this year [ Wed Feb 6 2013]

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*** Data Storage Hardware ***

Hard drive sales to see double-digit dive this year
Optical drives may disappear entirely
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/04/ihs_hdd_projections/

HP reels in late for LTO-6 party, yells: Tape is BA-ACK
'Tape storage is experiencing a resurgence'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/01/hp_lto_6/

Biz data-furtler CommVault reveals unexpected riches
Who says you need more than one product?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/01/commvault_q3fy13/

Commentards Ahoy! How about a Petabyte of storage?
Let's do some data recycling
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/31/reg_forums_reaction_petabyte_storage/

Hard Glass Spinner Technology: HGST's new 2.5-incher
No need to fear Flash bullies in the laptop locker room
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/30/hgst_c10k1200/


*** Block Storage ***

OCZ omnishambles leaves flash chippery biz on knife-edge
What's $55m between friends?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/05/ocz_snafu/

Wham SAN, thank you ma'am: Adapter biz smacks biggest rival
Emulex outsells QLogic
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/04/crossover_emulex_qlogic/

Cloud doctors, DevOps and unconferences: Pass the Vicodin
Get past annoying 'unpanel' tweeters and they're actually quite useful
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/01/storagebod_31_jan_13/

It's a CLUSTERPLUCK: Isilon array gobbles 4TB drives
Third more in same space
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/01/isilon_4tb/

Old-man EMC stirs from slumber, finds a pile 'o gold under its feet
Whoever was buying storage arrays for Xmas, Big Joe says thanks
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/30/emc_results_fy2012/


*** File Storage ***

HDS keeps filer sales ticking over, just don't mention the mid-range
Top-end arrays doing well, relatively speaking
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/05/hds_q3fy12/

Intel releases source code for NAS test app
Support ends, hacking begins!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/30/intel_naspt_source_code_released/


*** Data Protection and Management ***

HP: Flash is better in than out. Better for us, er, our customers
All-solid-state arrays stuffed in StoreServ, no need to buy a rival
silo
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/05/hp_afa_integration/

No solace in view for Quantum
Company struggling break free of red tape ink
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/04/quantum_q3_2013/

Fusion-io nosedives as Facebook, Apple finish scoffing flash and chips
Shares tumble on weak Q3 outlook
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/31/fio_q2_fy2013/

Hungry investors sink $30m into cohabiting silo crew DataGravity
VCs keen to muscle in on 'potentially enormous' Big Data market
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/30/datagravity_b_round/

Truly these are the GOLDEN YEARS of Storage
Hey stagecoach driver - the Iron Horse is coming
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/30/storage_glory_days/


*** And finally ... ***

The problem with deploying storage for a private cloud is...
block challenges and find solutions
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/01/storage_event/



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