The Reg Storage: It's GOOD to get RAIN on your upgrade parade: Crucial M550 1TB SSD [Wed Apr 30 2014]

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*** Data Storage Hardware ***

Hey, Samsung: Why so shy about your 960GB flash drive's endurance?
TLC SSD dangled over data centre admins – but how many writes can it
take?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/29/samsung_dangles_tlc_ssd_carrot_in_front_of_data_centre_buyers/

It's here, the 4TB FLASH drive: SanDisk rips sheet from the Optimus MAX
Solid state delirium
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/29/sandisk_bigs_up_ssd_to_4tb/

Hit the Nytro: LSI's PCIe cards now even faster with SQL Server 2014,
says firm after upgrade
Less spinning rust, more flashy goodness for you all
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/29/lsi_speeds_sql_2014_with_buffers/

Shocking new low for SanDisk – 15nm flash chips rolling out its fabs
Shrinking NAND storage for SD cards, PCIe monsters and enterprise
drives
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/24/sandisk_shrinks_flash_smaller_than_ever/

It's GOOD to get RAIN on your upgrade parade: Crucial M550 1TB SSD
Performance tweaks and power savings – what's not to like?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/23/review_crucial_m550_1tb_ssd/

HP's top-end array just TOPPED ITSELF
XP becomes XP7
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/23/hps_topend_array_just_topped_itself/


*** Block Storage ***

Let them eat cache: PernixData crams RAM in virtual flash platform
Adds RAM as cache medium
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/28/pernixdata_rams_in_more_fvp_cache/

Have you heard the one about Goldilocks and the Micron hardwares?
New data-centre-friendly flash drive is not too fast, not too
expensive, not too slow
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/25/microns_goldilocks_ssd/

Flashy Fusion-io pleads the fifth – the fifth loss-making quarter, that
is
Low-hanging fruit of NAND PCIe cards picked and pressed long ago
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/24/fusion_io_q3_fy2014/

New HDS array: It's a G1000 Jim, but not as we know it*
'Most reliable hardware on the planet' ... is not a BlackBerry
lookalike mobe
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/23/hds_array_will_never_fail_maybe/

My software-defined life: Boss of MCS-flasher Diablo chats to the Reg
The flash DIMM software angle looks interesting
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/23/diablo_ceo_talks_sw_integration/

Enterprise storage will die just like tape did, say chaps with graphs
Wikibon prognosticates, says we're all doomed
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/23/server_san_to_decimate_sans_and_filers_wikibon/


*** File Storage ***

Silicon bungalow? Nah, I'll have SK Hynix's 4-storey flash condo
Chip-embiggening 3D NAND wizardry expands upwards
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/28/sk_hynix_going_for_flash_condos/

List prices mean zilch. Remember that when buying from upstarts
Be nice to vendors – even if they're the new kids on the block
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/24/storagebod_rotating_header_image_buy_savvy/

Pure Storage opens wide, VCs shovel in yet MORE millions of $$$
Nearly half a billion dollars of funding to date. But no IPO?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/23/pure_storage_gobbles_yet_more_millions_of_dollars/


*** Data Protection and Management ***

GULP. Veeam adds thousands of accounts. It must be eating SOMEONE'S
lunch
Hey backup bods, what's that in your teeth?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/29/veeam_me_up_scotty/

Backup biz CommVault to Wall St: Cheer up, lads. We just need MORE
SALES REPS
Lower-than-expected Q4 results accompany 'under-hiring' spree
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/28/commvault_results/

Storage management tools SUCK. We're getting what we pay for
Tenuous storage business cases mean you're pissing cash down the drain
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/28/too_cheap_too_manage/

Hungry Barracuda Networks gobbles a profitable quarter at last
And for its next trick, a profitable year? Hm?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/25/barracuda_makes_a_profit/

Top dog EMC's dilemma: Seasonal dip or long-term problem?
No fleas on VMAX, right...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/24/emcs_dilemma_seasonal_or_secular_changes/

The big Reg STORAGE SURVEY
From RAID to FLASH and SDS ... and more
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/24/reg_storage_survey/



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