Reprints from my posting to SAN-Tech Mailing List and ...

2011/10/07

[san-tech][03398] "OCZ Technology Acquires UK Design Team from PLX Technology", 2011-10-05

Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:23:22 -0400
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"OCZ Technology Acquires UK Design Team from PLX Technology"
 Experienced R&D Team and Access to Intellectual Property to Speed Time
 to Market and Reduce Development Costs for Company’s Next Generation
 SSD Solutions
 2011-10-05
  http://www.ocztechnology.com/aboutocz/press/2011/453

  "... today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire
   the UK Design Team and certain assets from PLX Technology, further
   strengthening the company’s global research and development team."

  "PLX's UK Design Team has built a reputation for designing innovative
   and reliable system-on-chip (SOC) solutions and the acquired
   engineering team’s expertise provides OCZ with additional resources
   for controller design. Through the acquisition of the engineering
   team and the license of intellectual property (IP), OCZ will be able
   to accelerate solid state drive development, reducing its time
   to market for next generation SSD products, while also reducing
   development costs."

2011/10/05

[san-tech][03396] "Red Hat to Acquire Gluster", October 4, 2011

Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:16:23 -0400
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"Red Hat to Acquire Gluster"
 *) Ushers in New Era of Software-Based Open Storage Platforms to
   Unify On-Premise and Cloud
 *) Adds Scale-Out Management of Unstructured Data to Red Hat Portfolio
   with Gluster's Disruptive Open Source Storage Solutions
 October 4, 2011
  http://www.redhat.com/promo/storage/press-release.html
  http://www.gluster.com/2011/10/04/red-hat-to-acquire-gluster/

  "... today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement
   to acquire Gluster, Inc., a leading provider of scale-out,
   open source storage solutions for standardizing the management
   of unstructured data. With this acquisition,"

2011/10/03

[san-tech][03395] Fusion-io: ioDrive2 and ioDrive2 Duo, Oct. 3, 2011

Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:55:29 -0400
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Fusion-ioからのプレスリリースです:

"New Storage Class Memory Beats Fusion ioDrive On All Metrics"
 Next-Generation Enterprise Flash Product Delivers More Capacity,
 Enhanced Enterprise Reliability, Better Performance, All at
 a Lower Cost: Introducing the New ioDrive2 from Fusion-io
 Oct. 3, 2011
  http://www.fusionio.com/press-releases/new-storage-class-memory-beats-fusion-iodrive-on-all-metrics/
  http://www.fusionio.com/load/-media-/1g1rrm/docsPress/PR_FIO_ioDrive2_FINAL.pdf

  "... today announced the next evolution of its ioMemory platform
   for powering application acceleration and data center optimization.
   The company that broke performance barriers, brought you the first
   enterprise MLC products, dramatically enhanced reliability metrics
   for enterprise flash, and redefined server side flash has done it
   all over again with the new ioDrive2 and ioDrive2 Duo."
.....
*) System level integration with the latest Fusion-io VSL 3.0 software
   subsystem

Three "Bolshoi" Supercomputer Simulations of the Evolution of the Universe, Sep. 29, 2011

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"Three "Bolshoi" Supercomputer Simulations of the Evolution of
 the Universe Announced by Authors from University of California,
 New Mexico State University"
 September 29, 2011
  http://hipacc.ucsc.edu/Bolshoi/News.html

  "Two research articles describing the most accurate cosmological
   simulation of the evolution of the large-scale structure of
   the universe yet made" ... "The results calculated by the Bolshoi
   simulation - spectacular visualizations of what the universe was
   like at time steps 40 million or 80 million years apart - are
   being made publicly available to the world’s astronomers and
   astrophysicists..."

[san-tech][03394] Violin Memory: Violin 6000 Series & Violin 3220, Sep. 27, 2011

Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:13:40 -0400
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2012/04/20
[san-tech][03534] Violin Memory vRAID Technology
  Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:29:45 +0900
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Violin Memoryから新シリーズと新製品の発表がありました:

"VIOLIN MEMORY LAUNCHES POWERFUL NEW PRODUCTS FOR CIOs TO BUILD
 THE ALL-SILICON DATA CENTER"
 "Rack in a Box" Reliability and Consolidation Advantages Poised to
 End the Reign of Mechanical Storage Arrays in the Data Center
 September 27, 2011
  http://www.violin-memory.com/news/press-releases/6000-2/

  "... today introduced the Violin 6000 Series flash Memory Arrays,
   the industry's first all-silicon storage systems with
   the reliability, performance and economics to be deployed
   as mission-critical primary storage."
.....
  "Violin also unveiled the new Violin 3220, doubling the storage
   capacity of the 3200 Series to 20 terabytes (TB) of SLC per
   3U shelf."

[san-tech][03393] QLogic: Highest Density, Most Flexible FC/FCoE Top of Rack (TOR) Switch, Sep 28, 2011

Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:14:06 -0400
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QLogicからのプレスリリースです:

"QLogic Universal Access Point Switch Offers Highest Density,
 Most Flexible, Converged Solution for Storage and Data Networks"
 QLogic Universal Access Point Switches and iSR intelligent Storage
 Routers Provide Fabric Freedom to Connect Any Server, Any Network,
 Any Storage on Any Switch Port
 Sep 28, 2011
  http://ir.qlogic.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=85695&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1610757

2011/10/02

[san-tech][03391] DDN: SFA10Kシリーズ強化 (SFA10K-X & SFA10K-E), 09.20.11

Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:44:16 -0400
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DDNが SFA10Kシリーズを強化しました:

"DataDirect Networks (DDN) Delivers Highest Big Data Performance with
 SFA10K-X, World's Fastest Integrated Block and File Storage Appliance"
 Award-Winning DDN Storage Fusion Architecture (SFA) Technology Embeds
 Applications and File Systems While Optimizing Bandwidth, IOPS and
 Capacity Utilization for Cloud and Content
 09.20.11
  http://www.ddn.com/press-releases/2011/datadirect-networks-ddn-delivers-highest-big-data-performance-sfa10k-x-world%E2%80%99s-f
  http://www.ddn.com/sites/default/files/10KXPR_FINAL.pdf

  "... today unveiled the Storage Fusion Architecture (SFA) 10K-X,
   a leading integrated storage appliance that maximizes application
   performance while minimizing total cost of ownership for Big Data,
   cloud, and content-intensive environments."

[san-tech][03390] NetApp: 55PB (1TB/sec) Storage for LLNL Sequoia Supercomputer (20PF)'s Lustre, Sep. 28, 2011

Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:59:39 -0400
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NetApp Eシリーズが、LLNL (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
で構築中の理論性能 20PF Supercomputer: Sequoia (IBM BlueGene/Q) 用
Lustre: 55PB (1TB/sec) のストレージに選ばれました:

"U.S. Department of Energy Selects NetApp as the Storage Foundation
 for One of the World's Most Powerful Supercomputers"
 September 28, 2011
  http://www.netapp.com/us/company/news/news-rel-20110928-990734.html

  "... NetApp today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy
   (DoE) has selected the company to provide the storage foundation
   for its Sequoia supercomputer."
.....
  "To store and manage all of this critical data, LLNL will
   leverage a solution built on 55PB of NetApp E-Series storage
   that will provide over 1TB/sec to the Lustre file system."

[san-tech][03389] "Lustre 2.1 Released", September 30th 2011, Whamcloud Press Release

Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:02:10 -0400
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Whamcloudから、Lustre 2.1リリースアナウンスがありました:

"Lustre 2.1 Released"
 September 30th 2011, Whamcloud Press Release
  http://www.whamcloud.com/news-and-events/lustre-2-1-released/

  "Whamcloud, a venture-backed company formed from a worldwide network
  of high-performance computing (HPC) storage industry veterans, today
  announced the release of Lustre 2.1 with better control over
  virtualized storage and wider platform support. It is the first full
  release of Lustre with Whamcloud and OpenSFS hosting the master
  codeline. Significant in this release, contribution rules have been
  greatly simplified to more openly encourage community contributions."

[san-tech][03388] Slide: European Lustre Workshop 2011 (2011/09/26, 27)

Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:59:08 -0400
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2011年 9月 26, 27日に開催された、

European Lustre Workshop 2011
 September 26-27, Paris, Pullman Paris Bercy Hotel
  http://www.eofs.eu/index.php?id=5

の講演資料が上記 Webサイトで公開されています。

PDF版 Agenda:
  http://www.eofs.eu/fileadmin/workshop2011/agenda_workshop_2011.pdf

2011/09/27

[san-tech][03386] "SDSC Announces Scalable, High-Performance Data Storage Cloud", 09.22.11

Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:13:57 +0900
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SDSC (San Diego Supercomputer Center) のプレスリリースです:

"SDSC Announces Scalable, High-Performance Data Storage Cloud"
 Web-based System Offers High Durability, Security, and Speed
 for Diverse User Base
 09.22.11
  http://www.sdsc.edu/News%20Items/PR092211_sdsccloud.html

  "The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of
   California, San Diego, today announced the launch of what is
   believed to be the largest academic-based cloud storage system
   in the U.S., specifically designed for researchers, students,
   academics, and industry users who require stable, secure,
   and cost-effective storage and sharing of digital information,
   including extremely large data sets."

2011/09/23

[san-tech][03385] Slide: HEC FSIO 2011 Workshop (2011/0807 - 10)

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:49:34 +0900
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2011年 8月 7 ~ 10日に開催された、

High-End Computing File Systems and I/O (HEC FSIO) 2011 Workshop
 Sunday, August 7, 2011 ? Wednesday, August 10, 2011
  http://institute.lanl.gov/hec-fsio/conferences/2011/

のプレゼンテーション資料がほぼ揃いました。

2011/09/21

"DOD Announces First Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace", July 14, 2011

"DOD Announces First Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace"

  "The Department of Defense released today the DoD Strategy for
   Operating in Cyberspace (DSOC).  It is the first DoD unified strategy
   for cyberspace and officially encapsulates a new way forward for
   DoD's military, intelligence and business operations."
.....
  ""The cyber threats we face are urgent, sometimes uncertain and
   potentially devastating as adversaries constantly search for
   vulnerabilities," said Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III.
  "Our infrastructure, logistics network and business systems are heavily
   computerized.  With 15,000 networks and more than seven million
   computing devices, DoD continues to be a target in cyberspace for
   malicious activity.""


"Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace"
 July 2011

[san-tech][03382] OpenStackの大容量ストレージサービス、Swiftの仕組みと使い方、2011/08/05, 09/20, TechTarget

Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:40:52 +0900
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NTTデータの伊藤雅典さん連載の

OSSクラウド基盤 OpenStackの全て [全 7回]、TechTarget
  http://techtarget.itmedia.co.jp/tt/news/1101/13/news06.html

から、

"OpenStackの大容量ストレージサービス、Swiftの仕組み" [第 6回]
 2011年08月05日 09時00分 UPDATE,
 伊藤雅典,NTTデータ, TechTarget
  http://techtarget.itmedia.co.jp/tt/news/1108/05/news01.html

  "OpenStackのオブジェクトストレージサービス「Swift」の特徴、
   アーキテクチャ、利用するためのツールを紹介。Swiftは専用
   アプリケーションを用いて、大容量データを高速に取り扱うのに
   最適化されたサービスである"

  " 今回から2回にわたり、OpenStack ObjectStorage(Swift)の全体像と
   具体的な利用手順を紹介する。今回はSwiftの特徴、アーキテクチャ、
   利用するためのツールなどの全体的な紹介を行い、次回は具体的な
   利用手順について解説する。"

[san-tech][03381] Intel Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) に関する Blog, Sep. 15, 2011, Research@Intel

Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:22:02 +0900
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[san-tech][03564] "Open-Silicon Announces Industry’s First Hybrid Memory Cube Controller IP", June 4, 2012
  Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:39:56 +0900
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IDF 2011でデモンストレーションされた Intel Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC)
についての Blogです:

"Reinventing DRAM with the Hybrid Memory Cube"
 September 15, 2011. Bryan Casper, Research@Intel
  http://blogs.intel.com/research/2011/09/hmc.php

  "Today, Intel CTO Justin Rattner is demonstrating the Hybrid Memory
   Cube, the fastest and most efficient Dynamic Random Access Memory
   (DRAM) ever built. I want to give you some background on how
   and why we collaborated with Micron on this new memory technology."
.....

[san-tech][03379] Cache IQ:新興 NAS加速化キャッシュプラットフォーム, Sep. 19, 2011

Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:31:39 +0900
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Cache IQ社が少しだけ製品アナウンスをしました:

"Cache IQ Announces Industry's First Smart NAS Acceleration Solution"
 RapidCache dramatically increases application performance and tames
 the out of control growth of network attached storage
 September 19, 2011
  http://www.cacheiq.com/about/company-news/press-releases-2/

  "Cache IQ, an enterprise storage solutions company, announced today
   the limited release of their RapidCache solution. This intelligent,
   high-performance network attached storage (NAS) caching appliance
   delivers enhanced performance to I/O intensive applications while
   relieving overburdened storage subsystems. RapidCache identifies
   applications' active data sets, and then uses a combination of
   DRAM and SSDs to dramatically improve performance."

[san-tech][03378] ScaleMP Announces Strategic Collaboration with AMD, Sep. 20, 2011

Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:59:44 +0900
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ScaleMPから AMD公式サポートのアナウンスがありました:

"ScaleMP Announces Strategic Collaboration with AMD:
 vSMP Foundation for AMD-Based Servers"
 Users can scale servers based on the AMD Opteron platform beyond
 four processors and 512GB RAM using vSMP Foundation
 September 20, 2011
  http://www.scalemp.com/scalemp-announces-strategic-collaboration-with-amd-vsmp-foundation-for-amd-based-servers

  "ScaleMP, ..., today announced a strategic collaboration with AMD
   for vSMP Foundation to support AMD Opteron processor-based servers.
   The collaboration enables users to scale AMD-based servers beyond
   four processors and create AMD Opteron processor-based systems
   with up to 512 processors and 64TB of memory."

2011/09/19

[san-tech][03377] デル、最高45℃での使用も保証で外気冷却を支援、2011/08/24、@IT

Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:40:02 +0900
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2012/03/25

[san-tech][03488] Slide: Green Grid Forum 2012 (March 6-7, 2012) & Free Cooling Map Update
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デル株式会社のプレスリリースリストには見当たりませんが、

"複数の既存サーバやストレージを対象に
 デル、最高45℃での使用も保証で外気冷却を支援"
 2011/08/24、@IT
  http://www.atmarkit.co.jp/news/201108/24/dell.html

  " デルは8月24日、事業者や企業のデータセンターにおける外気冷却への
   取り組みを支援するため、同社の法人向けIT機器の保証でカバーする
   温度範囲を拡大したと日本で発表した。1機種に限定したものでなく、
   同社の複数の既存サーバ、ストレージ、スイッチなどに適用される。

    具体的には、年間の合計稼働時間のうち、10%までを室温5~40℃、
   湿度5~85%、1%までを室温-5~45℃、湿度5~90%、そして残りの時間を
   10~35℃、湿度10~80%の範囲で動かす場合、これがデルの製品保証範囲に
   含まれるというもの。常時45℃の稼働を保証するというものではない。
   目的が外気冷却の活用支援だからだ。"

複数の既存IT機器を対象製品として認定した:
  http://www.atmarkit.co.jp/news/201108/24/l_dell02.jpg

※積算温度モニタシステムみたいなものが必要になりそう。

[san-tech][03375] Pure Storage: the First All-Flash Enterprise Array, August 23, 2011

Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:30:46 +0900
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1ヶ月余り前の発表ですが、All-Flash Arrayストレージシステムメーカー
からのプレスリリースです;

"Pure Storage Breaks the Cost Barrier to Mainstream Flash Adoption
 in the Data Center with the First All-Flash Enterprise Array"
 All-Flash Array is 10x Faster, 10x More Power and Space Efficient,
 and Less Expensive than Traditional Disk-Centric Arrays
 August 23, 2011
  http://www.purestorage.com/our-company/pr-2011-08-23_2.html

[san-tech][03374] "Kaminario and Fusion-io Collaborate to Deliver Enterprise-class All Solid-State SAN Storage", Sept. 13, 2011

Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:21:05 +0900
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Kaminarioという All Solid-state SAN Storage Solutionsメーカーと
Fusion-ioとの協業プレスリリースです
※Kaminarioの新製品プレスリリースも同日です (後述します)。

"Kaminario and Fusion-io Collaborate to Deliver Enterprise-class
 All Solid-State SAN Storage"
 Kaminario K2 storage embeds Fusion-io technology, addressing
 enterprises' I/O- and latency-bound applications
 Sept. 13, 2011
  http://www.kaminario.com/company/press-releases/Kaminario_and_Fusion-io_Collaborate_to_Deliver_Enterprise-class_All_Solid-State_SAN_Storage
※Fusion-ioからのプレスリリースはありません。

  "Kaminario, a leading provider of high performance, all solid-state
   SAN storage for accelerating critical business applications,
   today announced that it is teaming up with Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO),
   a provider of a shared data decentralization platform, to develop
   and market the next-generation Kaminario K2 storage, the industry's
   first all solid-state SAN storage."
.....
  "As part of the companies' collaboration, Kaminario will incorporate
   the Fusion ioDrive Duo as a memory accelerator in its all
   solid-state SAN storage and its Scale-out Performance Storage
   Architecture (SPEAR). Kaminario and Fusion-io will also team up
   to bring the Kaminario K2 family of products into joint customer
   environments. These combined efforts reinforce the companies'
   commitment to remove the barriers enterprises currently face
   in obtaining high performance and highly available SAN storage
   at a price point that makes sense."