Wayne Rash

Adaptec’s Snap Server 730i device joins a rapidly growing number of similar appliances, including the Dell MD3000i that I tested in September. While the details of these appliances differ, they all are designed to provide a storage destination for Windows and Linux servers, and can support attachments from multiple hosts at the same time. One […]

10 Things You Should Know About iSCSI You really can use your existing Ethernet infrastructure to support iSCSI. Of course, thats assuming you have a fairly modern, high-capacity switch that will handle VLANs (virtual LANs), prioritization and maybe even jumbo frames. And, of course, it has 10 Things You Should Know About iSCSI – Basic […]

Quantum mechanics and the activities of subatomic particles play a significant role in the design and operation of processors. When those processors are scaled down in size and bumped up in speed, as IBM has done with the Power6, the actions of those forces and particles become a significant factor in chip design. One good […]

AUSTIN, Texas–IBMs p570 is the first in a new line of servers designed specifically to take advantage of the companys new Power6 dual-core processor. While the p570 has grown from a line of earlier p-series enterprise machines, it offers a number of improvements and enhancements, some enabled by the Power6. The processor, meanwhile, stems from […]

I was sitting next to eWEEKs Chris Preimesberger in a meeting room in Los Angeles before we were set to present our thoughts at a wrap-up panel at the Ziff Davis Enterprise Storage Summit in Los Angeles on Oct. 10. Because were serious journalists, Chris and I avoided talking about the things that youd expect […]

DALLAS—If there was a unifying theme at this falls Storage Networking World Oct. 15 to 18 at the Gaylord Texan Resort, here, it is the ascendancy of the appliance. While there are still some disk enclosures, servers and software packages, the biggest stars were the ranks of 1U and 2U machines designed around a single […]

One mans junk … Last month, my hometown held an electronics drop-off—one of those events where community members are invited to dump their technology detritus (in this case, at a local high school). When I heard about the event, I figured it was a recycling program, but looking at the flier after the fact, I […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Representatives from three of the biggest vendors in the industry agreed on a single focus for the next big step in technology for the data center. Andrew Chien, vice president of research for Intel; Guido Jouret, chief technology officer of Ciscos Emerging Markets Technology Group; and Prith Banerjee, Hewlett-Packards director of HP Labs, spoke […]

This story actually starts on a day when my older daughter and I walked across the sun-filled Lawn at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. There was a sense that the presence of learning walked with us as we enjoyed the glory of Thomas Jeffersons storied campus. After our walk, we visited the physics department […]

Hewlett Packards c3000 blade system breaks new ground in the server and storage industry. While blade systems have been around for several years, this is the first time such a system has been specifically aimed at smaller businesses. To do this, HP designed a blade chassis that was small enough to fit into a server […]

StorageCraft Technology has released the latest version of its backup and recovery software, ShadowProtect 3.0. For disk-to-disk backup, ShadowProtect is a serious contender. However, its worth noting that the product is not intended to compete against backup software for tape or similar media. The new version is designed to work with both Windows desktop machines […]

With USB memory sticks rapidly reaching the point where theyre commodity items, SanDisk needed to do something to keep buyers interested in a brand-name purchase instead of simply picking up a no-name device at Frys or MicroCenter. SanDisk has done so by offering an innovative physical design coupled with an idea from the old days—bundled […]