Sun pushes Open Storage

Sun Microsystems is approaching channel partners to push its Open Storage platform to mid-market customers, says CRN.

Open Storage, the new unified storage architecture promoted by Sun, is based on industry-standard hardware and open source technologies.

At the core of the Open Storage platform are some of Sun's well-known open source technologies and products such as Open Solaris and ZFS file systems, plus a number of third-party open source software products such as Amanda.

Dell recently expanded its enterprise technology portfolio to help organisations become more efficient through the innovative use of technology, reports HardwareZone.

The introduction of flexible and modular virtualisation and data centre consulting services, business-ready virtualisation configurations, and the new Dell PowerEdge servers and EqualLogic PS4000 storage array will further simplify the planning, deployment and management of virtualised and physical IT environments.

According to Brad Anderson, Dell senior vice-president for the enterprise product group, large enterprises, small to medium business and public-sector organisations face common IT obstacles that impede their ability to efficiently assess, deploy and manage technology.

Open-E announced the availability of its sixth generation Data Storage Software (DSS) V6 IP-Storage operating system, states eWeek.

The DSS V6 storage management software, featuring an upgraded architecture, user interface and with more functionality than previous versions, can be downloaded from Open-E's Web site.

DSS V6 is a unified file and block storage management operating system that offers NAS, iSCSI, InfiniBand and fibre channel SAN functionality.