The Reg Storage: Damn you, world! WHY can' t I have an object store on my desktop? [Wed Apr 10 2013]

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*** Data Storage Hardware ***

Avere releases FXT3800 speed filer
Rival still some Huawei in front
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/09/avere_fxt_3800/

Quantum spring-cleans StorNext for file-hungry arty small biz
When you need to juggle 500 million docs on a modest budget
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/09/quantum_stornext_smb/

Has Europe finally passed Peak Disk?
Tablets, cloud, THAT Thai flood mentioned as platters spin down
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/04/futuresource_emea_hdd_tracker/

IBM: We have placed the Big Data moon on this stick
Big BLU claims from Big Blue
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/04/ibm_blu_acceleration/

Behold: Ten storage chieftains whose products hold humanity's data
Biz lords who rule the collective memory of the race
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/03/storage_top_ten_bosses/

Tech is the biggest problem facing archiving
Mountains of unreadable obsolete magnetic tapes!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/03/archive_technology_problem/


*** Block Storage ***

NetApp snoozing at the wheel of incumbency juggernaut, says chap
Wake up and sniff those clouds for pity's sake
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/04/netapp-blair/

STEC - sorry sTec - opens direct and channel sales with name change
Sales people who do customer support? Hmm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/04/stec_sales_channels/


*** File Storage ***

Mutant array upstarts feast on EMC, NetApp's leavings
Should've rewritten the software lads...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/09/blind_spot/

Damn you, world! WHY can't I have an object store on my desktop?
Who will rid me of these hostile cloud mutterings
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/09/object_paucity/

Boffins say flash disk demands new RAID designs
Wear-levelling levels out
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/09/ssds_and_raid/

Xyratex tight-lipped over unimpressive first quarter
Loose lips sink ships, but sometimes they sink anyway
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/05/xyratex_q1_2013/

C-round greenbacks for Greenbytes
First in flash-optimised virtual storage appliances
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/05/greenbytes_c_round/

Hostile Xyratex investors claim CEO's scalp in aggressive haircut
Show us the money, says Baker Street
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/04/xyratex_ceo_ousted/


*** Data Protection and Management ***

Mm.. you like RAID? Ooh, you want flash. Try this super-Hadooper
Intel touts Nytro booster with cache controller
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/09/intel_lsi_nytro/

What'll we do tonight, Kieran? Same thing we do every night, Tintri....
... try to take over the VM storage world
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/08/tintri_pervm_replication/

Everything faster than everything, boast soft flash wizards
Your boots may be made for walkin' – ours are faster
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/08/velobit_vdi_vboost/

HDS CTO: Man, I could just throttle our array... er, in a good way
Fat NAS box does dedupe, when it's got a sec
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/08/hds_hnas_hus_dedupe/

Scality proudly unveils its RING to the world
Should we go Tolkien on the subhead, boss? Or ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/05/scality_digital_media_ring/

Why do they even call it a backup appliance? Just call it an EMC
It's a one horse race in the kingdom of the blind
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/03/idc_backup_tracker/


*** And finally ... ***

Fusion slips 1.6TB solid wedge into Hollywood scribblers' slots
And that's the way HP likes it
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/09/fusion_io_iofx/

'Proactive Wellness' rebranded as 'Infosight' by Nimble
So much better than Reactive Sickness, Late and Ill etc
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/03/nimble_infosight_proactive_wellness/



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