Tag Archives: SO/CFS

EMC to buy Isilon Systems

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Ray

I understand the rationale behind EMC’s purchase of Isilon scale out NAS technology for big data applications.  More and more data is being created every day and most of that unstructured.  How can one begin to support multiple PBs of … Continue reading →

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Ibrix reborn as HP X9000 Network Storage

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Ray

On Wednesday 4 November, HP announced a new network storage system based on the Ibrix Fusion file system called the X9000. Three versions were announced: X9300 gateway appliance which can be attached to SAN storage (HP EVA, MSA, P4000, or … Continue reading →

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Symantec's FileStore

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Ray

Earlier this week Symantec GA’ed their Veritas FileStore software. This software was an outgrowth of earlier Symantec Veritas Cluster File System and Storage Foundation software which were combined with new frontend software to create scaleable NAS storage. FileStore is another … Continue reading →

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