Dell Inc. has launched a disk array comprising 2.5-inch drives that deliver higher performance per 1U system than arrays with more commonly used 3.5-inch drives. The PowerVault MD1120 is Dell’s first storage expansion enclosure built with 2.5-inch drives. Until the recent introduction of 300-GB 2.5-inch drives, the smaller devices didn’t have sufficient capacity for storage devices like the MD1120. Praveen Asthana, director of storage and networking at Dell said that the new product is a direct-attached storage device for small companies with a few business applications running on a server.
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