by Stephanie McLoughlin

Test Center Tracker: Storage and more

analysis
Sep 19, 20062 mins

Fresh from the Test Center: Microsoft's latest foray into networked storage, Windows Storage Server R2, focuses on centralized management and a more effective file replication process. Our review gives it two thumbs up for adding more useable storage, but remember that it's an OEM product - you can't buy this one direct. Luckily, Mario Apicella got his hands on HP's new StorageWorks All-in-One (AiO) 600, which u

Fresh from the Test Center: Microsoft’s latest foray into networked storage, Windows Storage Server R2, focuses on centralized management and a more effective file replication process. Our review gives it two thumbs up for adding more useable storage, but remember that it’s an OEM product – you can’t buy this one direct. Luckily, Mario Apicella got his hands on HP’s new StorageWorks All-in-One (AiO) 600, which uses Storage Server R2. Turns out that the management is very impressive, thanks to HP’s ASM management app, although you do have to watch out for some storage error message strangeness along the way.

Big storage, small package: When Iomega boosted the capacity of its plug-in REV drive, Oliver Rist knew it was a good thing for SMBs: this made the “sweet little SMB backup device that costs little more than a standard tape drive but doubles as a network hard disk” into a viable backup and shared storage drive combo. Check out his take on the Iomega REV 70 on the SMB IT blog.

Eclipse on the move: Looks like there’s no love lost between Eclipse and Sun — according to InfoWorld’s interview with Eclipse Foundation Director Mike Milinkovich, the open-source group is happy to toe the line with Sun’s NetBeans, but they’ve really got their sights set on Microsoft and .Net. For more on products using Eclipse, check out our review of Genuitec’s MyEclipse, M7 NitroX, and some other important Java IDEs.