Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on Wednesday unveiled its first ever hardware product a storage server with embedded software designed to work with the company's databases and be used in a grid. The Exadata programmable storage server aims to put database intelligence next to each drive.
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Virtualisation is the key technology for creating less power-hungry datacentres, according to numerous speakers at the Energy Logic symposium in Sydney.
HP is releasing a new line of "green" storage products that, according to the company, will require half the power and cooling of its current systems.
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Google has attracted a lot of attention with a new study that contradicts the accepted wisdom that hard drives are more likely to fail in cool conditions than warm ones. However, I don't think we ought to be switching off the datacentre air conditioners any time soon.
Over the last decade the art of maintaining the datacentre of a large organisation has evolved into an art form.
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Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie have some big shoes to fill. The two execs talk to about how they plan to take over for Gates.
Sun Microsystems plans to detail a timeline for N1, a sweeping software strategy that will let administrators create virtual mainframes out of their existing computer resources.
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When businesses scaled out their server infrastructure, Dell rode high, but the arrival of virtualisation is hurting its server sales. Despite this, Dell's president, Asia Pacific South, Paul-Henri Ferrand says the world will need more of its servers and storage in the future.
Apple Computer has announced an upgrade to its line of rack-mounted servers and unveiled a line of storage gear.
Apple Time Capsule is a convenient and simple wireless router and NAS server combo for your home. Unfortunately, especially in the case of the 1TB version, you can find better deals on devices that offer greater storage space and many more features for the price.
Microsoft releases a driver for the emerging iSCSI specification that lets its operating system share storage gear using Ethernet networks.
A terabyte of extra storage is a compelling idea, although setup can be a bit tricky.
The last year has seen prices tumble for network attached storage. We look at four of the best options to get some more storage on your network.
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