Storage may not be the most exciting product to come out of Apple this year but the company today announced a major revision of its Storage Area Networking (SAN) software package.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced a back-up device called Time Capsule at Macworld in San Francisco on Tuesday, which automates the Time Machine backup application in Mac OS X Leopard.
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A flaw has been identified in the way Apple's operating system Leopard moves files between storage volumes which deletes the source file if the transfer is disrupted.
Apple sold two million copies of its latest operating system, Leopard, within one week of its release on 26 October but, since then, numerous flaws have been discovered -- which raises the question: should Apple put Leopard back in a beta cage or is it ready for the wild?
Apple also used the event to launch its latest bid for storage supremacy: the Time Capsule. For Mac-loving households, this might be good news, but as a business storage solution it leaves a lot to be desired.
Just before Macworld, Apple has unveiled a Mac Pro with eight processor cores and a new system architecture. Apple said its two 45-nanometer Intel Quad-Core Xeon processors running at up to 3.2GHz will double the power of its predecessor.
If you're planning to invest in new computers, it's worth considering whether to make the move to 64-bit technology. Does the extra scalability justify the expense?
Apple announced the Apple Mac Pro, the Intel Xeon-based replacement for the Power Mac G5 at it's recent Worldwide Developers Conference.
Apple's new Time Capsule incorporates both a wireless router and a hard drive into the same product. In its niche, the Time Capsule is the most advanced product on the market -- its price is also fair compared with a separate router and network-attached hard drive.
QNAP's TS-209 Pro offers a compelling mix of server functionality and straight-up NAS backup options.
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