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Flashbacks from SPARC History

1 year ago - February 2008 - China Becomes New OpenSPARC Incubator

3 years ago - February 2006 - Sun Embarks on Linux Port for SPARC

7 years ago - February 2002 - CCPU Launches Hot-Swappable SPARCblades

8 years ago - February 2001 - Sun Launches Sun Blade 100 $995 64 bit workstation

9 years ago - February 2000 - Microsoft says Windows 2000 more scalable than Solaris

13 years ago - February 1996 - Sun and Apple merger talks end

17 years ago - February 1992 - Sun and Motorola unveil new SBus chips

19 years ago - February 1990 - Sun announces multi-million dollar workstation sale to Intel
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Toshiba Hopes Fujitsu's HDD IP will Fast Track New Server SSDs

Tokyo, Japan - February 17, 2009 - it was confirmed today that Fujitsu plans to transfer its hard disk drive business to Toshiba.

Toshiba anticipates this will ease its entry into the enterprise HDD market where Fujitsu is currently a leader. Toshiba also plans to marry its flash SSD technology with Fujitsu's HDD IP to spawn new enterprise SSDs . ...Fujitsu profile, ...Toshiba profile, storage mergers


DTS Launches Fastest 3.5" SSD

San Jose, CA - February 17, 2009 - DTS, Inc today announced availability of the fastest 3.5" SATA SSD - the Platinum HDD 2009 model.

Internally it has a 1GB RAM SSD which operates as a non volatile RAM cache for an internal flash SSD (320GB to 512GB). Aimed at server acceleration applications performance is 25,000 R/W IOPS, read speed is 250MB/s, and write speed is upto 240MB/s. DTS says the huge nv cache also attenuates writes (the opposite of write amplification) - thereby reducing flash wear by x10 to x400 compared to conventional flash SSDs. ...DTS profile

Editor's comments:-
in my article Predicting Future Flash SSD Performance I noted how having a non volatile RAM cache is a key architectural factor in flash SSD tune ups.

In the rackmount SSD segment the RamSan-500 from Texas Memory Systems (launched September 2007) and in the 2.5" form factor the ESSD from Memoright are other examples of this type of implementation.

DTS's original Platinum drive (launched a year ago) was a hard disk / RAM SSD hybrid. The new 2009 model benefits from the faster IOPS performance which stems from embedding a flash SSD instead of HDD. It also builds on the experience of refining the internal cache which accelerates many types of server app - without any modification to the application software. You just install it like a hard drive. DTS says it's particularly good for VMware and similar multiple client environments. Their website includes comparative benchmarks.


ZoneLoc Prevents flash SSD Data Walking into the Wrong Hands

Phoenix, Arizona - February 12, 2009 - White Electronic Designs Corp announced a new technology - ZoneLoc - which automatically sanitizes a flash SSD to military standards - when the device is moved outside a specified operating zone - to prevent data falling into enemy hands.

The boundary can be tied to a fixed location or made to be portable for mobile applications. ZoneLoc has configurable features and options, including audible warnings, programmable response times, wireless remote purging and sensitivity modes. Because the protected device takes its own action, autonomously, security is guaranteed. ...White Electronic Designs profile, Storage Security, Disk Sanitizers


A-DATA's New 2.5" SSD

Editor:- February 12, 2009 -A-DATA says it will show a new 384GB 2.5" SSD next month at CeBIT.

If ultimate 2.5" SSD capacity is your thing - pureSilicon and STEC offer bigger.
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selected SPARC VARs in the UK

AMTEC

ATS Solutions

Clarity Technology

Computacenter

Diamond Point

Distributor Systems International

Esteem Computers

Eurotech Computer Services

GE Access

Hamilton Rentals

Ibus

Ideal Hardware

Indecs Group

Latitude

Morse

NE Computing

Partner Support Services

Prob-Solve Solutions

Productivity Computer Solutions

Recurve Technologies

Sandyx Systems

Standard Build

Sunrise Computer Maintenance

Transtec Systems

Westek Technology

World Data Products

XOptions.com

Zycko

Platinum drive is a hybrid  flash SSD with huge RAM SSD like non volatile cache for maximum IOPS and throughput
fastest - 3.5" SATA Enterprise SSD
from DTS
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Squeak! - the Solid State Disks Buyers Guide
This is the 5th annual edition of this very popular report.

The earlier edition of this article was the most popular storage article viewed by STORAGEsearch.com's readers in the previous year.
the solid state disks buyers guide
The SSD Buyers Guide lists all SSD products commercially available in the market by form factor, interface type and memory technology. It also includes a summary of key milestones in the SSD market in the past year. ...read the article, solid state disks
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Targa Series 4 - 2.5 inch SCSI flash disk
Removable Military Solid State Disks
from Targa Systems

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Sanitization Methods for Cleaning Up Hard Disk Drives - article by Intelligent Computer Solutions

Removing the data on old unwanted disk drives has become a concern for all users.

A security company found that they were able to read 7 out of 10 hard-drives bought over the Internet at auctions such as eBay, for less than the cost of a McDonald's meal, all of which had "supposedly" been "wiped-clean" or "re-formatted".

This article reviews the various methods available to sanitize hard disks along with the advantages and disadvantages in each case....read the article, ...Intelligent Computer Solutions profile, disk sanitizers
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