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Calxeda’s ARM-based EnergyCore SoC coming soon to a data center near you

December 19, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

When will servers powered by Calxeda’s ARM-based EnergyCore SoC finally start to appear in data center racks? Soon, according to Karl Freund, the vice president of marketing for the technology startup. But you may not even realize it, and that suits the company just fine, at least in the near term. In a few short years, Calxeda […]

Filed Under: Data Center, Green IT, Servers Tagged With: ARM, Calxeda, cloud, Cloud Computing, Data Center, open source, OpenStack, server, Storage

Al Gore’s VC firm backs GreenBytes

May 29, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

GreenBytes array

Another SSD deal? You bet! GreenBytes snagged $12 million in Series B funding from Al Gore’s venture capital fund,  Generation Investment Management. Battery Ventures and GreenBytes’ management team chipped in as well. GreenBytes, a dedupe specialist and maker of SSD and hybrid disk arrays, plans to use the money to expand into the global marketplace and shore up […]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: green storage, GreenBytes, SSD, Storage, VC, venture

Green IT: Nicira intros network virtualization tech, EMC follows flash startups

February 7, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Nicira logo

Not that I planned it this way, but yesterday I wrote two articles for the IT Business Edge network, each with a neat little Green IT component. The first is about Nicira, a startup that emerged from stealth this week despite offering a product that’s been commercially available since July 2011. But let’s not get […]

Filed Under: Green IT, Storage Tagged With: EMC, network virtualization, Nicira, Storage, Virtualization

SSDs sales rise, prices drop below $1 per GB in 2012

January 10, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez

Later this year, solid-state drives (SSDs) are expected to drop beneath that magical barrier that really spurs adoption: $1 per gigabyte (GB) from a relatively lofty $1.56 in 2011. According to IDC, SSDs will reach this milestone in the second half of 2012. (Pro tip: hold off on that upgrade ’til then.) Mind you, SSDs are still […]

Filed Under: Green IT, Storage Tagged With: hard drive, SSD, Storage

Thailand flooding the SSD tipping point?

December 9, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez

This year’s devastating floods in Thailand have upended lives. They also illustrate the interconnected nature of the global economy. Take, for instance, Toyota. The Japanese automaker expects parts shortages in the region to clip its profitability and result in “230,000 vehicles in lost production this business year,” according to this Reuters report. The effect on several […]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: hard drive, solid-state drive, SSD, Storage, Thailand

Tech heavies team for SATA DEVSLP, a low-power SSD standard

September 14, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Solid-state drives (SSDs) are pretty energy efficient, but there are those in the industry that feel that they can do a lot better and are partnering on developing a new standard called SATA DEVSLP. Who are they? They’re SanDisk, Samsung, Intel and Microsoft SanDisk. It’s important to note that three out of four of those […]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: energy efficiency, Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, SanDisk, SATA DEVSLP, solid-state drive, SSD, standards, Storage

SSDs: Beyond the price premium

September 8, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez

Let’s get it out of the way, solid-state drives (SSDs) like Toshiba’s enterprise-class unit pictured above are expensive when you compare them to regular, magnetic hard drives. Old news, but it’s still a huge roadblock toward massive, widespread adoption. But those that are in the platter-free data storage camp are finding benefits that far outweigh […]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: flash storage, solid-state drive, SSD, Storage

Think green for efficient data storage

September 1, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Ragib Hasan and Randal Burns

In recent years, the data storage part of the IT energy efficiency equation has been getting a ton of attention. From deduplication drama to a white-hot flash startup scene, where our data’s stored and how it’s managed have become big priorities. The good news is that when it comes to architecting an efficient storage infrastructure […]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: data deduplication, dedupe, green storage, Storage

Pure Storage enters flash startup race

August 24, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Hot on the heals of flash storage all-stars Fusion-io and Violion Memory, comes Pure Storage, a startup that’s making some bold claims about its tech, particularly surrounding costs. Pure Storage, which just emerged out of stealth, has attracted $55 million in funding, including $30 million in a just-announced series-C round of funding led by Redpoint […]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: flash storage, funding, Pure Storage, SSD, startup, Storage, VC

Fusion-io’s Flashy IPO

June 9, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

The past couple of years have been good for startups that specialize in flash memory storage systems for data centers. Though they peddle pricey wares, flash chip-based data storage and SSD makers are giving data centers a performance edge with energy savings boot. And in an era that’s unkind to pokey cloud performance and is […]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: flash storage, Fusion-io, IPO, Storage, Violin Memory

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