Whopping 10TB disks spin out of HGST – plus 3 .2TB flash slabs [Wed Sep 10 2014]

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Toshiba makes play to replace NFC with own speedy short range tech

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Cisco UCS Invicta off the shelves, for now

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Dell PowerEdge hooks up with SanDisk, stuffs servers with DAS Cache

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Fedora gets new partition manager

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'Software-defined' IS just a passing fad: HP techie Fink Tank lays down

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DCIG releases mid range array report... and all the apples from the

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Whopping 10TB disks spin out of HGST – plus 3.2TB flash slabs

That's not a typo. 10,000GB on spinning platters in helium

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/09/full_frontal_flash_and_disk_assault_by_hgst/



Backup bruiser Barracuda bares teeth, gulps down C2C

Adds archiving and mail management to backup

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OwnCloud: Fiddly but secure host-from-home sync 'n' share

Bit knotty for the average user, but may live up to NSA-proof claims

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/08/owncloud_review/



Is the all-flash data centre just a tantalising dream?

The real picture

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You know what Cisco needs? A server SAN strategy

So squawks the Vulture storage desk

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/05/cisco_needs_server_san_strategy/



My, what big data you have: NetApp's FlashRay to focus on databases

Flashy icing on the FAS cake

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/03/netapp_says_flashray_is_aimed_at_databases/



Fujitsu, Intel tilt at hyperscale storage with Ceph-powered arrays

Bring us your OpenStackers, your HPcers and your media streamers

yearning to store free

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/03/fujitsu_bets_on_ceph_for_storage_future/





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Death of a Salesman: Enough with the marketing already

A launch is not enough on its own

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Reddit wipes clean leaked celeb nudie pics, tells users to zip it

Now we've had all THAT TRAFFIC, we 'deplore' this theft

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/07/reddit_kills_fappening_subreddit_hosting_leaked_nude_jlaw_photos/







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