Open source enterprise storage grows

Open source software is hardly a new concept, but it has only recently begun to make significant inroads into the world of enterprise data storage, where the big name proprietary vendors have had the advantage, states Linux Planet.

But as the open source community has grown and code has matured, with Linux taking root in more and more enterprises large and small, storage vendors, including big names like Sun Microsystems, have been developing open source networked storage solutions.

One network storage software vendor, Openfiler, never needed to be convinced of the benefits of offering enterprises an open source network storage operating system.

HP's next-generation arrays will be based on a scale-out, virtualised storage architecture using bladed storage processors and a separate storage management software layer and industry-standard drives and components, says The Register.

This is the message being put out by HP's new StorageWorks EMEA VP, Gary Veale.

This HP storage way is a three-layer deal, with the industry-standard drives and components as a base layer, storage processing blades presenting, organising and protecting their local base layer's capacity; and a storage management layer, presenting and organising the system's storage facilities.

Seagate has announced a new network attached storage (NAS) system for small businesses - the BlackArmor NAS 220. T, reports PC World.

The system will be released on 2 July in terabyte (TB) and 4TB configurations for $430 and $700 respectively.

The BlackArmor NAS 220 is designed to provide workgroups of up to 20 computers network storage capabilities.