Computerworld Storage
April 23, 2009
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In this issue:
1. Lenovo shows tool to manage encrypted drives
2. Seagate announces new green desktop drives
3. VMware vows to overhaul data center with 'cloud OS'
4. Western Digital unveils 1TB TiVo external drive
5. NASA dumps Sun, sticks with tape for archives
6. Review: OCZ's high-capacity solid-state disk 'a solid choice'
7. New Intel chips prompt rise in demand for DDR3 memory
8. I Think My Hard Drive is Dying
9. 100 Gigabit Ethernet: Bridge to Terabit Ethernet
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Lenovo shows tool to manage encrypted drives
PC maker Lenovo hopes to give IT managers a helping hand with encrypted hard
drive systems after announcing a new password management tool.
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Seagate announces new green desktop drives
Seagate today announced a new family of lower-power desktop drives under its
Barracuda line. The drives use 25% less power than standard 3.5-in. desktop
drives.
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VMware vows to overhaul data center with 'cloud OS'
VMware has unveiled vSphere, the long awaited overhaul of its core
virtualization platform which is designed to aggregate the virtual resources in
the data center into one centrally managed computing pool.
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Western Digital unveils 1TB TiVo external drive
Western Digital today announced the availability of a 1TB version of its My DVR
Expander for TiVo boxes for recording television programming.
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NASA dumps Sun, sticks with tape for archives
NASA has replaced 10 aging Sun/StorageTek tape libraries with two new models
from SpectraLogic Corp., allowing it to reduce the floor space required for tape
archives by 1,400 square feet.
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Review: OCZ's high-capacity solid-state disk 'a solid choice'
OCZ's Apex 120GB SSD is an all-around good drive that offers decent read/write
speeds at an attractive price. If you don't need the absolute fastest SSD, but
want to noticeably boost your laptop's performance, this is a solid choice.
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New Intel chips prompt rise in demand for DDR3 memory
A new series of Intel microprocessors aimed at the computer server market has
caused a spike in demand for DDR3 (double data rate, third generation) DRAM
chips, according to Samsung Electronics.
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I Think My Hard Drive is Dying
Repartitioning software told Bloodboughtme that his hard drive had "bad blocks."
He asked the Answer Line forum for advise.
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100 Gigabit Ethernet: Bridge to Terabit Ethernet
IT managers who are getting started with -- or even pushing the limits of -- 10
Gigabit Ethernet in their LANs and data centers won't have to wait long for
higher speed connectivity.
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