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Case Study: Panasas ActiveScale Storage Cluster: Relying on a single data path for all I/O, typical storage networks are unable to capitalize on the continually improving performance of their Linux-based server clusters. Eliminating the bottleneck, therefore, should significantly improve overall utilization of storage systems, improve network performance and increase access to vital data. Panasas developed the...; Tags: panasas, storage, storage management, hardware; Case studies

PS3 chip powers world's fastest computer: Some scoffed at the 8 PS3 supercomputer. But not the scientists at Los Alamos National Labs. They used the idea to build a 1 petaflop computer named Roadrunner - the world's fastest. Here's how. 1,000 trillion floating point operations per second Fine-grained simulation of aging nuclear...; Tags: sony playstation 3, storage, amd opteron, ram, computer, cell, chip, roadrunner, powerxcell, infiniband, processors, networking, semiconductors, hardware, components, robin harris; Blog posts 2008-06-10
Michael Dell's new focus on storage: Wave good-bye to your 60% gross margins! Michael Dell is on the warpath, seeking to revive Dell's flagging fortunes. Storage, with its 60% gross margins, is ripe for the plucking through commoditization. And who knows more about commoditizing IT than Michael Dell? Right, the $1.4 billion...; Tags: dell computer corp., storage, hardware, robin harris; Blog posts 2008-01-21