The Reg Storage: PEAK NAS? Peak NAS. I reckon we've reached it [ Wed May 28 2014]

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*** Data Storage Hardware ***

Toshiba pushes out 5TB spinner for cloudy types
Are 6TB drives on the way?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/23/toshs_cloudy_5tb_spinner/

Cloudy plague will KILL storage vendors, say Gartner mages
The dinosaurs, the weak and the young are all at risk
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/22/cloudy_plague_will_kill_storage_vendors_say_gartner_mages/


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5 things you didn't know about cloud backup
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*** Block Storage ***

Sphere 3D's mini microvisor: Drilling into touchy biz tech
Apps without mobility... made mobile
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/sphere_3ds_mini_microvisor/

Reg man pulls out telescope: Thar be magic quadragons... and lo, a new
vendor
Has a strange flash-array beastie emerged in Gartner's Magic Quadrant?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/23/gartner_magic_quadrant_update/

Oof! Brocade posts a loss after taking $81m kick in the profits
Exiting a hardware biz costs goodwill. And goodwill costs greenbacks
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/23/brocade_blows_it_lossmaking_quarter/


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5 things you didn't know about cloud backup
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*** File Storage ***

PEAK NAS? Peak NAS. I reckon we've reached it
Our man on the data centre floor thinks the filer arena will plateau
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/peak_nas/

IBM to end NetApp OEM sales pact: report
Big Blue wants to shift its own boxen and take all the profit
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/26/ibm_to_end_netapp_oem_sales_pact_report/


*** Data Protection and Management ***

X-IO shuffles senior staffers – but this isn't an IPO prelude
Internal promotions only? Sounds like a worried investor in the wings
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/27/x_io_examination/

HP: You know what's hot right now? Cloud* storage
Facebook's onto something... Right?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/25/hp_thinks_cold_storage_is_hot/

EMC's Project Nile: Elastic Cloud Storage isn't stretchy enough to fit
me
Something's going to happen here - but WHAT!?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/22/storagebod_emc_project_nile_elastic_cloud_storage/

Permabit: Our flashy dedupe is everywhere, heh heh. Thanks Pure!
Nobody says 'Albireo Inside'. But it's there, claims maker
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/22/permabit_our_flashy_dedupe_fortunes_are_on_the_up_thanks_pure/


*** And finally ... ***

Hang on, lads. I've got a great idea, says NetApp as it teeters on the
edge
Don't worry about the falling sales, maybe Amazon will pour ONTAP into
its mega-cloud
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/22/netapp_fiscal_2014/



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