Midrange SANs master high-end features: Midsize companies in search of some bang for their SAN buck have cause for celebration: There are systems on the market that are packed with impressive capabilities, as well as potential to grow with your needs. Senior Contributing Editor Logan H. Harbaugh recently took a look at a trio of systems from Compellent, iQstor, and Xiotech. Impressively, all three reaped Excelle Midrange SANs master high-end features: Midsize companies in search of some bang for their SAN buck have cause for celebration: There are systems on the market that are packed with impressive capabilities, as well as potential to grow with your needs. Senior Contributing Editor Logan H. Harbaugh recently took a look at a trio of systems from Compellent, iQstor, and Xiotech. Impressively, all three reaped Excellent scores.Virtualized Vista also a dud on Linux? Enterprise Desktop blogger Randall Kennedy is taking Vista to task, saying the operating system runs slower than it should under virtualization. “As with Vista under Windows-based VMware, the Vista-on-Ubuntu VM was slower than it should have been. But whereas the former configuration was as much as 50% slower than its equivalent native performance delta indicated it should be, the Vista-on-Ubuntu scenario showed a 93% slower result.” Technology Industry