If Storage Vendors Were Automakers…
Posted by Stephen in Computer history, Enterprise storage, Personal on 07. Aug, 2009 | View Comments
If the enterprise storage market was the auto market, who would be who?*
Reacting to TechTarget’s Storage Products of the Year
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage on 11. Feb, 2008 | View Comments
TechTarget’s Storage magazine today announced the winners of their annual Products of the Year awards, and it’s an impressive array of technologies. Although I did not contribute to the voting this year, I heartily endorse the outcomes!
Overall, I was impressed with many of these products this last year, but certainly CommVault, HDS, ProStor, Xsigo, [...]
Water-Cooled Hard Drives
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Terabyte home on 07. Aug, 2007 | View Comments
It seems that water-cooled storage isn’t just for IBM spinoffs anymore! NEC and Hitachi have unveiled a new water-cooled hard drive module for PCs (in Japan) to keep their drives nice and cool (and quiet, too!)
Don’t expect to see this tech widely used, though. It’s way too complex for mainstream application.
Once again, in [...]
