ChannelWeb: Small Biz, Big Storage
VARs can help small business expand storage while they cut operating costs
Author: Joseph F. Kovar
When small businesses outgrow their single tape drives and their plug-and-play SOHO NAS appliances but are not yet ready for enterprise-class storage, where can they go? Actually, with the help of their friendly local solution provider, they can go quite far. Products specifically aimed at helping small businesses cope with expanding storage needs while reducing capital and operating costs abound. Here are some noteworthy new additions to the storage scene.
LSI, located worldwide, updated its MegaRAID SAS 8704EM2 adapter with changes to power consumption in RAID configurations. Its new Dimmer Switch feature provides green benefits to data centers by reducing the power consumption of devices attached to MegaRAID adapters. Also, any unconfigured drive connected to a MegaRAID adapter will be spun down after 30 minutes of inactivity. The software also offers support for solid state disk and VMware virtualization. Price: Adapter and software is $399.
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