Flash memory and storage
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Feature
02 Feb 2023
Volatile times for non-volatile memory as NAND sales decline
All the major NAND vendors are seeing poor earnings as the demand for flash storage has dried up over the last two quarters. Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Jan 2023
How to purchase SSDs during a NAND flash price fall
Although NAND flash prices are collapsing, that doesn't mean that they will pop back up at some future date. It's rarely a good idea to purchase SSDs well before they are needed. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
26 Jan 2023
Understand SSD overheating and what to do about it
It's easy for an SSD to overheat, but there are several methods to cool it down. Keep cool, and avoid damage to the SSD's data retention and integrity. Continue Reading
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News
12 Jan 2023
Micron's 9400 U.3 SSD aimed at AI, ML workloads
Micron has expanded its NVMe SSD portfolio with the 9400 U.3, a TLC drive designed to provide high-performance storage for high-performance use cases. Continue Reading
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News
09 Nov 2022
Samsung begins producing 1 terabit TLC NAND
Samsung has begun mass production on its latest generation of V-NAND, bringing 1 terabit per chip to raise density and increase speed. Continue Reading
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01 Nov 2022
Promises, potential pitfalls of software-enabled flash
An open source project is aiming to upend how storage architecture runs, but for developers to see potential gains, they'll have to invest in both hardware and software. Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Oct 2022
Filmmaker uses NAS storage for better collaboration
With normal workflows out the window, horror filmmaker Damien LeVeck eased the collaborative movie editing process by going all-in with Blackmagic Cloud Store. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Sep 2022
State tax agency nixes slow HDD backup for speedier flash
The Mississippi Department of Revenue chose an all-flash storage and backup setup to maximize app performance and minimize headaches after a spinning-platter disaster. Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2022
IntelliProp CEO describes how CXL will change memory market
In this Q&A, IntelliProp CEO John Spiers talks about his vision for CXL and how it will affect both storage performance and the storage market. Continue Reading
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News
08 Sep 2022
NAND prices drop, but customers won't benefit
Supply chain disruptions, recession fears and war in Ukraine have helped push the price of NAND down sharply, but OEMs may not lower their prices any time soon. Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2022
The legacy of Optane goes on
Intel's storage class memory has ceased production, but the technology and the mission for cheaper, more performant storage disrupted an entire market. Continue Reading
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News
25 Aug 2022
Kioxia looks back at 35 years of NAND -- and at what's ahead
Kioxia invented NAND memory 35 years ago. At FMS, the company highlighted the technological achievements of NAND while introducing new SSDs and protocols. Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Aug 2022
Understand the Intel Optane shutdown
Intel's upcoming shutdown of Optane follows multibillion-dollar losses. However, some technology benefits came out of the IT giant's effort to improve storage performance. Continue Reading
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News
08 Aug 2022
Phison's new X1 controller to power Seagate SSD
Seagate continues its partnership with Phison through the release of the X1, a customizable SSD controller that promises higher performance and lower power use. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jul 2022
Intel pulls the plug on Optane
Intel will wind down its storage class memory business as it plans to shift focus elsewhere, while still supporting current customers using the technology. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Jul 2022
What to know about SMART SSD use
This overview of SMART attributes in SSDs explains how organizations can put them to good use. SMART SSDs provide peace of mind about device life span. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2022
Micron breaks the 200-layer barrier in NAND
Micron is shipping a 232-layer NAND that brings higher density and performance with potentially lower costs, starting on the client side before moving to the data center. Continue Reading
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News
28 Jun 2022
Micron releases first 176-layer NAND SATA SSD
Micron brings high endurance, lower costs and continued support for the SATA interface with the release of its new 5400 SATA SSD for the data center. Continue Reading
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Tip
24 Jun 2022
QLC vs. TLC SSDs: Which is best for your storage needs?
QLC flash memory is best for most read-intensive workloads, while TLC is suited to write-dominant workloads. Discover how QLC vs. TLC NAND are coexisting in the data center. Continue Reading
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Opinion
14 Jun 2022
Pure Storage's focus shines at Pure Accelerate 2022
At Pure Accelerate 2022, Pure Storage displayed its continued investment in R&D, coupled with new product releases. The vendor should continue to make a splash in flash. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jun 2022
Pure Storage FlashBlade//S increases performance, flexibility
The new Pure Storage FlashBlade//S expands the file and object storage array into a family with more options and more use cases. Continue Reading
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News
25 May 2022
IBM releases compact, ultra-fast storage for AI
IBM released the elastic storage system 3500, a new object storage array that uses Spectrum Scale to provide fast storage for AI modeling and training. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Apr 2022
How enterprises can ensure NVMe security in 2.0
Today's world demands airtight security more than ever. Key NVMe security features, such as namespaces, the Lockdown command and TLS in NVMe over TCP, keep data safe. Continue Reading
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News
22 Apr 2022
Vast Data, Vertica to deliver data lakehouse and analytics
Vast Data combined its disaggregated 'share everything' storage with Vertica's high-performance analytics to create a data lakehouse that answers queries in near real time. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Apr 2022
Ways to add enterprise NVMe drives to your infrastructure
Organizations can benefit from faster data transport between applications and storage through NVMe. When looking at enterprise NVMe, remember management and cost considerations. Continue Reading
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News
11 Apr 2022
Nexsan brings NVMe storage to SMBs
Nexsan Unity NV10000 storage array helps NVMe storage become more mainstream by making the interface accessible to smaller companies. Continue Reading
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News
30 Mar 2022
Kioxia releases PCIe Gen 5 SSD for data centers
Kioxia's CD8, its second-generation PCIe Gen 5 SSDs, provides increased performance and a 2.5 inch form factor that make it much more data center-friendly than the CD7. Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Mar 2022
OpenDrives key to remote editing of Dave Grohl documentary
Jim Rota and Dean Gonzalez lacked high-performance storage needed to make and edit their new music documentary, so they turned to a vendor born out of Hollywood movie-making. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Mar 2022
SSD vs. SSHD vs. HDD: Which one is best?
Hybrid drives promise fast, cost-effective performance for primary and secondary storage. Here's what you need to know about the benefits and drawbacks compared to SSDs and HDDs. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Mar 2022
A primer on SSD response time, other performance benchmarks
Consider several SSD performance benchmarks, including SSD response time as a key unit of measurement. Also, note the difference between benchmarks and load generators. Continue Reading
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News
15 Mar 2022
Kioxia ups NAND ante with new 24G SAS SSD
Kioxia unveils its second-generation 24G SAS SSDs, the PM7, building off its previous generation to provide added performance and support for the new FIPS standard. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Mar 2022
The role of NVMe network storage for the future
This chapter excerpt from 'Building a Future-Proof Cloud Infrastructure' examines the role networking and storage protocols, like NVMe, could have in the remote storage market. Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2022
Kioxia, WD NAND contamination to affect flash pricing
A contamination last month of WD NAND that also affected Kioxia has been corrected, but the fallout from disrupted flash memory production is not yet known. Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2022
Nvidia buys Excelero to speed block storage access in DPUs
Excelero's NVMe storage pooling technology will become integrated with Nvidia's DPU technology stack for faster block storage access in data centers. Continue Reading
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News
01 Mar 2022
Micron releases first 176-layer NAND data center SSD
The Micron 7450 marks the launch of the first 176-layer NAND SSD aimed at the data center, bringing a consistently low-latency, PCIe Gen 4 performance and a spectrum of form factors. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Feb 2022
Vast Data solves high-performance computing challenge
When DUG began to supply high-performance computing as a service, it discovered its storage was not up to the task, sending the company on a years-long journey. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Feb 2022
The top data storage and management tools of 2021
Software focused on large-scale data management and storage in expanding environments won in this year's Products of the Year storage system and application software category. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Feb 2022
The best enterprise storage arrays of 2021
Tintri, Infinidat and Dell EMC enterprise arrays win top honors in the Products of the Year disk and disk subsystems category for their use of flash and automation. Continue Reading
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News
08 Feb 2022
IBM upgrades FlashSystem to tackle ransomware
Addressing the continuing onslaught of cyber attacks, IBM has delivered an offering that combines its FlashSystem and Cyber Vault products for fast recovery. Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2022
NVMe-oF storage provider Pavilion Data raises $45 million
NVMe-oF startup Pavilion Data completed a series C1 funding with an additional $45 million, while keeping its focus on helping customers tackle modern workloads. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Jan 2022
Understand NVMe 2.0 specification and its related features
NVMe 2.0 added several features for storage administrators to consider, including domain support. The specification also made enhancements, such as to Endurance Group Management. Continue Reading
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News
17 Dec 2021
Vast Data: New NVMe enclosures will cause HDD demise
Vast Data is using 30 TB QLC SSDs in its Universal Storage system, putting itself on par with enterprise HDDs in pricing, while bringing more performance to a smaller footprint. Continue Reading
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News
16 Dec 2021
NetApp AFF A900 brings more performance to same chassis
NetApp AFF A900 adds higher efficiency, additional OnTap features and optional anti-ransomware software to the flagship array. There's also an upgrade option for A700 users. Continue Reading
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News
07 Dec 2021
Pure Storage launches highest performing FlashArray//XL
Pure Storage releases FlashArray//XL, its highest performance array that completes the puzzle for on-prem customer storage. Continue Reading
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News
23 Nov 2021
Kioxia releases PCIe 5.0 EDSFF SSDs
Kioxia became the first vendor to release a PCIe Gen 5.0 SSD with its new CD7 series. Still, it highlighted the EDSFF specification over beating the Gen 5 drum. Continue Reading
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News
09 Nov 2021
ScaleFlux debuts SFX 3000 series and SSDs
ScaleFlux showcased its new SFX 3000 computational storage suite, including a custom chip and new SSDs with higher performance along with compression and encryption. Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2021
StorOne adds NVMe over Fabrics
StorOne adds NVMe over Fabrics over TCP and remote direct memory access, with no hardware update needed. Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2021
Tintri expands VMstore T7000 line for better configurability
Tintri expanded its all-NVMe VMstore T7000 line with two new appliances, supporting various use cases and configurability. Continue Reading
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12 Oct 2021
Hitachi Vantara's new VSP 5600 hits 33 million IOPS
Hitachi Vantara launched new VSP 5000 models and added storage options to its E Series. The products may help enable storage consolidation for customers. Continue Reading
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08 Oct 2021
Micron launches 7400 PCIe Gen 4 SSDs for data centers
Micron unveiled NVMe SSDs with seven form factors this week, all with PCIe Gen 4 performance. The new family of SSDs could take Micron deeper into the data center. Continue Reading
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Opinion
04 Oct 2021
Why QLC flash adoption now benefits the enterprise
While enterprises must overcome some obstacles with QLC, there is a solid case for its use. 3D NAND has played a big part in enabling QLC use within the enterprise. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Sep 2021
Look for PCIe 5.0, NVMe 2.0 to boost storage performance
Enterprises that need high-performance storage for AI and ML workloads can keep an eye out for new products based on the latest PCIe 5.0 and NVMe 2.0 specifications. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Sep 2021
Flash memory guide to architecture, types and products
Flash memory, a staple of consumer electronics, is playing a wider role in enterprise storage. This guide offers an overview of flash, from current use cases to future directions. Continue Reading
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Tip
01 Sep 2021
Performance, reliability tradeoffs with SLC vs. MLC and more
Learn the important capacity, performance and reliability differences between multilayer flash when it comes to adding SSD storage to your organization. Continue Reading
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Answer
31 Aug 2021
Cache vs. RAM: Differences between the two memory types
Cache memory and RAM both place data closer to the processor to reduce latency in response times. Learn why one can be faster, along with other key variables in cache vs. RAM. Continue Reading
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News
24 Aug 2021
Infinidat and Virtana bring VirtualWisdom to InfiniBox
Virtana's VirtualWisdom is now available for Infinidat's InfiniBox arrays. The software can expand to handle hybrid cloud workflows. Continue Reading
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News
23 Aug 2021
Rising NAND flash prices should start to fall in 2022
Enterprise customers should see prices for NAND flash and enterprise SSDs start to fall in 2022, as flash and component shortages subside, market analysts predict. Continue Reading
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Tip
05 Aug 2021
How the CXL interconnect will affect enterprise storage
The Compute Express Link standard will shake up the enterprise storage market in several significant ways. Here's what admins need to know. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Jul 2021
New HPE Alletra extends cloud console to Primera, Nimble
Hewlett Packard Enterprise's new Alletra storage brand will bear striking similarity to Primera and Nimble arrays on the operating system and management front. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Jul 2021
NVMe speeds vs. SATA and SAS: Which is fastest?
The NVMe protocol is tailor-made to make SSDs fast. Get up to speed on NVMe performance and how it compares to the SATA and SAS interfaces. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jul 2021
Pure Storage adds service options for FlashStack, Portworx
Pure Storage users can now choose consumption-based pricing for FlashStack converged infrastructure and Portworx storage for containerized workloads. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jul 2021
IBM FlashSystem adds storage as a service, attack protection
IBM introduces new consumption-based Storage as a Service for FlashSystem based on performance, capacity and contract term; and adds Safeguarded Copy to guard against cyberattacks. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2021
Micron 3D XPoint supply will end with $900M fab sale to TI
Micron's $900 million deal to sell its Utah semiconductor factory to Texas Instruments will end the plant's 3D XPoint supplies for Intel Optane memory and storage products. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Jun 2021
Boost array performance with Optane-ready products
Explore a group of Optane-ready products to improve storage performance. In addition, there are other options beyond self-managed hardware for the same purpose. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Jun 2021
Work around NVMe storage controller drive limitations
Innovation in the storage and memory market helps with the challenge of NVMe drive limits. Be sure to make the right comparisons and scale out effectively. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jun 2021
Infinidat expands beyond HDDs with new all-solid-state array
Infinidat's new all-solid-state InfiniBox SSA storage array is built on the same deep-learning software and DRAM cache technology that its flagship disk-based InfiniBox models use. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 May 2021
Pure Storage CEO zones in on enabling digital transformation
Pure Storage's CEO said the company will probably pursue acquisitions beyond its 2020 Portworx purchase to further assist customers in their digital transformation efforts. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 May 2021
Why and how to implement NVMe power management
Understand how to use NVMe built-in power management features to conserve energy, manage heat and, in the case of mobile devices, extend operating times. Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2021
Dell EMC PowerScale adds all-NVMe, Nvidia GPUDirect options
A Dell EMC PowerScale update adds a high-end all-NVMe F900 model with Nvidia GPUDirect support for AI and analytics workloads plus a OneFS 9.2 upgrade to improve performance. Continue Reading
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News
30 Apr 2021
Excelero adds option to pool NVMe storage on Azure cloud
A new deployment option for Excelero's NVMesh software-defined storage will target some of the most demanding applications running on Microsoft Azure virtual machines. Continue Reading
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News
22 Apr 2021
Intel breaks silence on effects of Micron's 3D XPoint exit
Intel's director of technology initiatives was surprised by Micron's exit from 3D XPoint business and confirms company's plans to have Optane on emerging CXL interface. Continue Reading
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Answer
14 Apr 2021
How do data processing units support enterprise storage?
While only a small number of hardware vendors offer DPUs, the technology has significant implications for IT storage systems -- and the admins who manage them. Continue Reading
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News
06 Apr 2021
New Vast Data Gemini selling model offers better economics
Vast Data now allows customers to buy integrated appliances on hardware with the capacity and performance levels of their choice, with full transparency on the hardware costs. Continue Reading
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News
30 Mar 2021
Fungible computational storage eyes composable use cases
Fungible's computational storage anchors a new offering for composable infrastructure. The Fungible Data Center license allows IT teams to consume resources on demand. Continue Reading
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News
24 Mar 2021
Pure Storage FlashBlade anchors B2B marketer's Azure cloud
Digital marketing specialist MultiView deployed a physical Pure Storage FlashBlade for production data, with the ability to consume all-flash storage as a virtual array in Azure. Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2021
Micron ends 3D XPoint development to focus on CXL products
Micron ends development of 3D XPoint and shifts its focus to CXL-enabled memory products, raising questions on the future supply source of Intel's Optane memory. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Young Superwomen in Flash: What Is Their Situation?
The SuperWomen in Flash Leadership Award winner discusses key issues for women in the storage industry and young women in the industry share their professional journeys and more. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Storage for AI in 2025 and How We Got There
AI applications will become more prevalent, and storage systems will have to be designed specially to meet their needs. Discover what storage for AI will look like in 2025. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
SuperWomen in Flash Panel
SuperWomen in Flash award winners discuss their professional roles and how they got there, opportunities in the storage industry for women, and future plans. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
FMS Special Presentation: UC Santa Cruz School of Engineering
In this short presentation, learn about The Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, their two leading storage research centers and how your organization can get involved with them. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
SmartNICs: The Key to High-Speed Converged Networks
The SmartNIC can improve both throughput and scalability, and can provide a variety of functions, including cybersecurity, storage functions such as deduplication and mirroring, and more. This is a discussion exploring the topic. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Performance at Scale for Model Training
An AI leader explores how AI and machine learning applications are different than traditional file-based applications, performance at scale of model training and more. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Getting Serious About Containers and Flash Memory
The common use of containers to speed up distributed applications is transforming data centers all over, but what is the effect on storage? Explore how containers are being used today with flash-based storage systems. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
IT Brand Pulse Awards
IT professionals were surveyed across six categories of brand leadership. Here are the vendors that IT pros selected as innovation leaders for 2020. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Next Great Breakthrough in Flash Memory
Breakthroughs in flash memory keep occurring, and advances raise density and speed and decrease costs. What will be next with flash products? Will it be multiple levels beyond QLC? Here is a panel discussion among five leaders who dig into flash technology and its future. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
SPI NAND Host-Side Error Correction
Error code correction is a key technology for maintaining reliability and extending memory longevity in SPI NAND flash. Compare integrated and host-based ECC by looking at three major areas. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Open Source Processors for Next-Generation Storage Controllers
Open source software tools are enabling a high level of innovation for storage controllers and data center architectures. Here is an introduction to storage controller SoC devices and more. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Using Software to Improve the Performance and Endurance of High-Capacity SSDs
NAND flash technologies with more levels per cell deliver larger SSDs at much lower per-bit cost, but strength and performance can suffer. Here, you will find insights on how you can use machine learning and AI to enhance endurance of QLC. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Analyzing the Effects of Storage on AI Workloads
Wes Vaske, a principal storage solutions engineer, discusses some of the challenges and methods for overcoming unique challenges for architecting storage systems for AI workloads. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Using Computational Storage to Handle Big Data
Computational storage examples already in use illustrate ways to overcome bandwidth and data processing issues. Find out about other promising directions to explore for the future as well. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Using PM and Software-Defined Architectures to Optimize AI/ML Workloads
Explore how you can close AI, machine learning and analytics workload performance gaps using persistent memory and software-defined architectures. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Hands-On Testing of Persistent Memory's Effects on Analytics Performance
What is persistent memory and how does it work? Look at the basics here, as well as a review of the Intel Optane implementation and some real-world persistent memory examples. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Flash Memory Technologies and Costs Through 2025
You will learn how flash memory technology and design changes are dramatically shifting who the cost leaders are and some of the challenges in the market. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Flexible Computational Storage Solutions
Learn how you can simplify and provide hardware and software flexibility in computational storage architectures, the breadth of software options to unlock the benefits of computational storage and more. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Keys to Making Computational Storage Work in Your Applications
Computational storage applications require careful analysis, and the trade-offs will generally be increased cost vs. increased performance. Learn about real-world deployments from different companies in the market. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Scaling of New Memory Technologies Used for Persistent Memory
New memory technologies are gaining wide interest as persistent memory in storage systems. Here, you will find a review of different memory in the market and their characteristics, scaling challenges and more. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
What Do Users Need to Know About Next-Generation Form Factors?
Learn about challenges organizations face in terms of storage performance and meeting application needs while juggling other responsibilities, including managing budgets and rack space. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Designing Powerful AI Systems with NVMe, PCIe and Logical Volumes
Explore some give-and-take and performance factors to consider when designing storage systems for AI and ML workloads. Technologies covered in this presentation include PCIe switching and fabrics, NVIDIA’s GPUDirect Storage and others. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Annual Update on Computational Storage
Computational storage allows data to reside close to processing power, thus allowing processing tasks to be in-line with data accesses. Stay on top of the IT architecture by reviewing this update. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Best Storage Strategies for AI and ML
Learn about what has changed with artificial intelligence (AI) from a storage perspective and AI trends to know, including some insights on the motivation behind computational storage and training. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Annual Flash Update -- The Pandemic's Impact
Will COVID-19 lead to a flash market collapse? Will 3D XPoint memory undermine SSDs? Will SSDs finally displace the HDD? Find out how the market is faring today and its outlook. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
05 Mar 2021
Flash Memory Summit 2020 Sessions From Day Three
In this FMS on-demand content library, delve into storage trends and updates -- from computational storage to artificial intelligence and machine learning and more. Continue Reading