The Reg Storage: HELIUM-FILLED disks lift off: You can' t keep these 6TB BEASTS down [Wed Nov 6 2013]

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*** Data Storage Hardware ***

Western Digital 'fesses up to Mavericks data loss mess
Cause of external drive SNAFU uncertain, apps pulled just in case
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/05/western_digital_fesses_up_to_mavericks_data_loss_mess/

CommVault contemplates analytics play
Workflow tools to groom data for analysis apps under consideration
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/04/commvault_contemplates_analytics_play/

Mixed tape: Overland Storage buys Tandberg Data in CASH-FREE
transaction
$42m price tag - but Overland's had to pay completely in stock
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/01/overland_storage_to_buy_tandberg_data/

HP 100TB Memristor drives by 2018 – if you're lucky, admits tech titan
Universal memory slow in coming
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/01/hp_memristor_2018/

Storage memory has a DIMM future... and that's a GOOD thing
Change the phase, spin the transfer talk
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/31/dimm_outlook_for_storage_memory/

HGST pops out 1TB fondleslab disc as thin as a digestive biscuit
Well, roughly. Also claims to have piled the previous model high, if
not sold it cheap
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/30/hgst_adds_slower_1tb_travelstar/


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*** Block Storage ***

WD slips bullet between teeth, gets ready to hand $706 MEELLION to
Seagate
Alright guys, change the black ink refills for red. Dammit
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/30/wd_prepares_for_706_million_payment_to_seagate/


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*** File Storage ***

HELIUM-FILLED disks lift off: You can't keep these 6TB BEASTS down
Low-friction 3.5-inch hard drives are cooler, lighter and less power
hungry
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/04/helium_drives_from_hgst/

NetApp chucks sueball at upstart rival Nimble Storage, former staffers
Alleges employees and IP were snatched
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/01/netapp_sues_nimble/

Starboard Storage goes titsup: LeftHanders to leave the building
Sad end to promising startup revealed
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/31/tango_uniform_syndrome_strikes_a_deadly_blow/

Lord of the RING Scality lets NFS and popular pals into the object
party
From files to objects and back again
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/31/scality_ring_enters_the_file_circle/

Speaking in Tech: 'Pure Storage is defined by... Vaughn Stewart's
hairdo'
Plus: 'LinkedIn's just a giant public Rolodex'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/30/speaking_in_tech_episode_82/

Fusion-io founder Flynn gets $50m fuel to get Primary Data flying
Server flash upstart receives B-round funding – report
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/30/flynn_flies_again/


*** Data Protection and Management ***

Microsoft offers 'free' backup for Azure users with the cloud fear
Redmond and EVault ink deal: Enterprise cloud contract gets you a
year's disaster recovery
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/05/into_the_azure_blue_with_evault/

From here to ETERNUS and beyond: Fujitsu refreshes array lines
Says it has a million-IOPs MONSTER lurking in basement
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/05/fujitsu_array_refresh/

BitTorrent awarded distributed storage patent
Pirate favourite now RAIDing the cloud
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/04/bittorrent_awarded_distributed_storage_patent/

EMC braces self for November's flashy XTremIO launchgasm
Hopkinton makes a play at the array world
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/30/emc_to_ejaculate_xtremio_at_launchgasm/

Fusion-io fortifies flashy SAN box - but it lacks handy real-world
features
Shane Robison's rescue squad still on the uphill stretch
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/30/fusionio_fortifies_flash_san_box/


*** And finally ... ***

For its next trick, Inktank tries to pull golden rabbit from Ceph hat
Just how do you make people pay for an open-source filesystem?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/31/inktank_ceph_enterprise_release/

Want to go to billionaire Sun kingpin's beach? Hope you're a strong
swimmer
Co-founder cites 1848 law from before state of CALIFORNIA EXISTED
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/30/billionaire_sun_cofounder_blocks_beach_bums/



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