Helium HDDs help capture black hole data

Helping the world harness the power of data, HGST says that the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project is using HGST Ultrastar® HelioSeal™ hard disk drives (HDDs) to store imaging data from the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*. HGST’s HDDs are the first and only helium-filled HDDs in the world. The hermetically sealed Ultrastar HDDs being used by the EHT represent a breakthrough in storage technology, which results in higher capacity and lower power consumption when...

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BC/DR launches from Datto

Datto has announced that the company achieved rapid growth in the second quarter of 2015. Datto introduced new products, held its first-ever EMEA Partner Conference and expanded its distribution further into the UK, Ireland and Europe.

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Flash for less than $1/GB

Kaminario has unveiled its K2 v5.5 all-flash primary storage array. In an industry-first move, K2 drops the average cost/GB usable less than $1/GB and introduces deployment of 3D TLC drives, building on the company’s earlier K2 and offering an even more cost-effective and scalable all-flash array to enterprises. Kaminario’s new system also includes native array-based replication and the company’s Perpetual Array™ program, enabling customers to seamlessly phase in new...

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