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Storage and Storage Software

Five Dimensions: Key for Eternal Data Storage?

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Five Dimensions: Key for Eternal Data Storage?

Specially arranged sheets of nano-structured glass might make the storage material of the future, University of Southampton researchers say-- creating storage with a shelf life of over 1 million years and thermal stability of up to 1000°C.

As you might now, modern storage technologies (from magnetic tape and Blu-ray discs to HDDs and SSDs) can only hold data for a few decades or so. 

“This is the first time real data has been recorded and retrieved using this technique,” lead researcher Jingyu Zhang says. “We successfully designed a new system and recorded a PDF file inside of the glass.”

A paper titled "5D Data Storage by Ultrafast Laser Nanostructuring in Glass" explains the novel-sounding technology. It uses the 5 dimensions of glass-- the traditional 3 (length, width, height) plus axis orientation and "birefringence," meaning the way the material refracts light.  Read more...

Micron Unveils 16nm NAND Flash

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Micron Unveils 16nm NAND Flash

Micron Technology starts sampling 128Gb multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory made using 16nm process technology, an industry first allowing for increasingly smaller memory devices.

The 16nm technology is also "the most advanced processing node for any sampling semiconductor device" the company claims.

"Our customers continually ask for higher capacities in smaller form factors, and this next-generation process node allows Micron to lead the market in meeting those demands," Micron says.

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EMC Data Protection in Hardware, Software

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EMC Data Protection in Hardware, Software

EMC upgrades its data protection software, hardware and services with the integration of Protection Storage Architectures across Data Domain, Avamar, NetWorker and Mozy product launches. 

According to the company backup admins face what EMC calls "accidental architecture," a fragmented set of data protection processes and infrastructure silos with, more often than not, unclear ownership. Fixing such a situation is Protection Storage Architecture, with "a full range of capabilities that enable backup teams to transform from the chaos of the accidental architecture."

The architecture promises Protection Storage (cost- and capacity-optimised storage with high data durability), Data Source Integration (leverages optimised data flows and UIs of data sources) and Data Management Services (a catalog of all data copies plus compliance reporting and analytics).  Read more...

SanDisk Buys Some SMART(s)

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SanDisk Buys Some SMART(s)

SanDisk follows on the recent sTec acqusition by WD and buys up enterprise SSD developer SMART Storage Systems for $307 million in cash and equity-based incentive awards. 

The company makes the 4th SanDisk enterprise storage purchase, following Schooner IT (June 2012), Pliant (May 2012) and FlashSoft (February 2012), as well as a recent investment in all-flash array supplier Whiptail. 

"This acquisition enables SanDisk to address a $1.6bn market opportunity in enterprise SATA products, and complements our strong enterprise SAS product portfolio," SanDisk says. "With this combination, SanDisk will have products qualified with 6 of the top 7 storage OEMs worldwide." Read more...

WD Buys Enterprise SSD Maker

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WD Buys Enterprise SSD Maker

Western Digital business coughs up $340 in cash for sTec, an early leader in the enterprise SSD market currently going through a negative shift in fortunes. 

Once the acquisition closes the sTec engineering team and IP will be integrated into the HGST (former Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) SSD business, gaining WD a range of technologies ranging from flash and DRAM memory, SATA and PCIe SSDs, embedded SSDs, flash storage devices and flash storage and caching software. 

HGST will also continue supporting existing sTec customers.  Read more...

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