Google tests storage for Caffeine

Google unveiled its Caffeine update earlier this month and the company is now testing a new storage system on the backend, reports DailyTech.

The company is also set to debut its second custom designed file system in the last 10 years.

Google has the largest search engine on the globe and subsequently not only has the most users, but also has one of the largest databases of any IT company. That means the search giant is always on the lookout for new ways to increase the performance and storage capacity of its data centres.

Sun has become the first enterprise tape drive maker to be granted a prestigious federal security qualification: the FIPS 140-2 Certification at Security Level 2 for its StorageTek T10000B tape drive, states eWeek.

FIPS (Federal information processing standards) is a federal data security standard for cryptographic modules published and maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

All federal agencies are required to use only FIPS-validated products in designing sensitive or valuable data processing systems, Sun said. While FIPS certifications are optional for enterprise users, it now serves as a differentiating factor for Sun's StorageTek products.

Data Domain has introduced the DD880, a deduplication storage system with approximately double the capacity and speeds of previous models and a version of the company's management GUI with more granular system controls, says Inforstore.

The DD880 supports an aggregate throughput of up to 5.4TB per hour and single-stream throughput up to 1.2TB per hour, and supports up to 71TB of addressable, post-RAID, pre-deduplication disk storage.

The new speeds and feeds of the DD880 controllers also mean the Data Domain DDX Array gets a boost. A fully configured DDX with 16 DD880 controllers increases aggregate throughput performance up to 86TB per hour and supports up to 56PB of usable capacity for long-term online data retention.