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Blog Post
22 Jun 2017
FlexPod SF converges NetApp SolidFire onto Cisco hardware
SUNNYVALE, California -- NetApp today launched its second SolidFire-based converged product this month, this time in partnership with Cisco. The FlexPod SF extends the FlexPod converged ... Continue Reading
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News
11 Apr 2017
Cisco gets MDS 9700 ready for 32-gig FC storage
Cisco 6 FC storage module brings 32 Gbps support across MDS 9700 director family. Cisco and partners certify UCS C-Series servers for 32 Gbps-ready host bus adapters. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 Aug 2017
Compare XtremIO vs. Unity all-flash storage system for VDI
Dell EMC offers two all-flash storage options geared toward VDI shops. One suits companies with fewer than 500 persistent machines, and the other is for larger deployments. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Aug 2017
MozyEnterprise backup tool finds a new key for security
Dell EMC's Mozy has unlocked a new encryption key security feature for its enterprise backup product. MozyEnterprise now provides support for the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP), ... Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Aug 2017
What the leading copy data management vendors offer
Copy management systems from the leading vendors offer unique features that can help IT departments consolidate their secondary storage into a single product. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 Aug 2017
Four tips for building a Swift object store
OpenStack Swift doesn't have to be scary. You can use the command line, zones and access control lists to make object storage management a little easier. Continue Reading
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News
14 Aug 2017
Nimbus Data ExaDrive tunes into OEM channel
Nimbus Data claims ExaDrive can replace traditional disk in data centers. The 3.5-inch SSDs package flash and intelligent software, including data features in multiple ASICs. Continue Reading
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Answer
11 Aug 2017
Should I be concerned about SSD lifespan?
HDD and RAID vendors have stirred up FUD around the lifespan of SSD drive cells, but companies considering solid-state don't have to worry about arrays wearing out. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Aug 2017
Flash Memory Summit 2017: Flash really on fire
Any claims that "flash is on fire" at Flash Memory Summit 2017 this week drew awkward glances, nervous laughs or groans. That's because one flash system literally caught fire, causing the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Aug 2017
Primary Data DataSphere upgrade follows funding grab
Primary Data has beefed up storage analytics and cloud migration in its DataSphere virtualization platform. Now the startup is ready to dip into a fresh stash of cash totaling $40 million to ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Aug 2017
Writable shared flash volumes highlight E8 Storage upgrade
E8 adds parallel file-system support for IBM Spectrum Scale and Oracle RAC deployments. Applications read and write to a shared flash volume on E8-D24 and new E8 X-24 arrays. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Aug 2017
How the leading all-flash array vendors meet storage demands
This in-depth overview of the features and capabilities of the leading AFA storage products can help you determine which configurations may best meet your needs. Continue Reading
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News
08 Aug 2017
New enterprise SSDs launch from Intel, Micron, Toshiba
SSD manufacturers showing off new 3D NAND products at this year's Flash Memory Summit include Intel, Micron and Toshiba; Intel adds new SSD form factor and Optane options. Continue Reading
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News
07 Aug 2017
Attala Systems shows off 'CPU-less' FPGA storage gear
Startup Attala Systems plans a joint demonstration with Intel at Flash Memory Summit next week. The FPGAs serve as NVMe storage targets and handle processing and network commands. Continue Reading
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News
07 Aug 2017
Wasabi Technologies takes on Amazon S3 pricing, performance
Wasabi secures more cash for data center expansion after cloud storage launch entices trial users on claims of significantly lower prices, higher performance than Amazon S3. Continue Reading
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News
02 Aug 2017
Red Hat acquires Permabit for inline deduplication
Permabit's inline compression, data deduplication and thin provisioning software will be integrated with Red Hat Enterprise Linux to help boost performance and lower costs. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
02 Aug 2017
Disaggregation enables on-demand resource pool management and creation
Disaggregation may not be a new concept, but it has become more important to IT in recent years. Here, it means breaking computers down to the core elements of compute, memory, I/O, storage, cache, network fabric and so on, to enable resource pool management and create more agile, cost-effective data centers. Done correctly, disaggregation lets you stand up and break down infrastructures almost instantly while better serving the needs of individual applications. Meanwhile, resource utilization soars, and resource pool management costs decline because of the automation that's enabled. Delve into the world of disaggregation and find out how vendors are applying the concept to their products.
Hybrid cloud storage can let you run, manage and move primary storage workloads between the cloud and on-premises data center. It can also improve IT agility and cut costs. Today, a number of products and services fulfill the promise of the hybrid cloud like never before, knocking down barriers that have inhibited wider adoption. Hybrid cloud products open new possibilities for deploying production applications, but you must choose wisely.
Pundits have predicted the demise of the hard disk for years. Not only is solid-state much faster than hard disks, the price differential between the two storage technologies is rapidly disappearing. Yet the HDD vs. SDD controversy continues with the death of the former still a long way off. The question shouldn't be when hard disks will disappear, but instead, how to best use flash technology within the memory-storage continuum that starts with tape and goes to L1 cache, the fastest and most expensive memory in a system.
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Opinion
02 Aug 2017
Forget all-flash arrays, aim for flash-optimized storage first
Look for simple, cost-effective products that are optimized for flash and meet your needs rather than focusing on the all-flash array storage that vendors are pushing. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Aug 2017
HDD vs. SSD: Is there room for disk in a solid-state world?
Although SSD vs. HDD speed is vastly different, for the foreseeable future, hard disks will have a place in our increasingly solid-state and even DRAM-centered data centers. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Aug 2017
Hybrid cloud technology gets the most out of primary storage workloads
Learn what to look for in a hybrid cloud platform so you can take advantage of the scalability, agility and cost benefits it has to offer primary storage. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Aug 2017
Disaggregating network, compute and storage allocation demystified
Explore the ways disaggregation concepts and principles are being applied to create and allocate pools of compute and storage resources to serve applications on demand. Continue Reading
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Opinion
02 Aug 2017
Software-defined storage products don't negate hardware's importance
Software-defined storage, positioned as the cure-all for vendor lock-in, suggests that hardware may not be as important to IT infrastructure as it once was. Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2017
Startup Morro Data launches CloudNAS services for SMBs
Startup Morro Data makes available hybrid cloud storage services for SMBs, blending an on-premises cache appliance for frequently accessed data and Amazon S3 or Backblaze. Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2017
Moonwalk software streams data to cloud archives
The free Starter Edition of Moonwalk's archiving software migrates up to 25 TB of data to repository or clouds as files or objects, as well as supporting AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google clouds. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jul 2017
NetApp cloud strategy includes SolidFire, SDS
Created in the 20th century to sell storage to engineers, NetApp has survived for 25 years to remain the largest standing data storage company not tied to a server vendor. Founder Dave Hitz credits ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jul 2017
Commvault earnings: Sales gain ahead of product launches
Commvault Systems is inching back toward profitability after another strong quarter of growth as it continues to build out its business beyond its traditional data backup model. The company's ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Jul 2017
WD-Toshiba memory sale requires 2-week notice to WD
Toshiba and Western Digital's SanDisk subsidiary acted on a San Francisco judge's suggestion today and agreed that Toshiba would give SanDisk two weeks' notice before closing on a transfer or sale ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Jul 2017
Axcient and eFolder merger gathers clouds, enhances data protection
Though they existed in the same general market, Axcient and eFolder had different technologies, different platforms and different customer bases. They're all the same now. Axcient and eFolder said ... Continue Reading
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News
26 Jul 2017
Ctera Networks' enterprise file-sharing services gain intelligent cache
The latest version of Ctera's file-sharing software takes the sync out of sync-and-share with intelligent caching built into Enterprise File Services Platform 6. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Jul 2017
Seagate revenue slides, CEO Luczo says ‘see ya later’
Seagate Technology changed its CEO, reported a revenue miss, and disclosed plans to cut 600 jobs -- all on the same day. The hard disk drive and systems vendor today said Dave Mosley, the company's ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Jul 2017
SoftNAS Cloud NAS software paces itself when moving petabytes
SoftNAS engineers encountered a problem early this year with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure clouds that caused a delay in the SoftNAS Cloud NAS 3.5 release. The engineers hit a snag while ... Continue Reading
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News
24 Jul 2017
Red Hat Ceph, Gluster roadmaps focus on HCI, containers
Red Hat's Ceph and Gluster storage roadmaps reflect increased focus on hyper-converged infrastructure, containers and big data, in addition to performance improvements. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Jul 2017
Symbolic IO CEO Ignomirello arrested on assault charges
Symbolic IO, identified as one of SearchStorage’s storage startups to watch in 2017, now bears watching for different reasons than the other vendors on the list. Brian Ignomirello, 46, the Symbolic ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Jul 2017
IBM flash storage and cloud rare revenue bright spots
While IBM's revenue dropped for the 21st straight quarter, its storage business proved a bright spot. Following its own 22-quarter slump, IBM storage is now on a two-quarter winning streak. During ... Continue Reading
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Tip
21 Jul 2017
Everything you need to know about OpenStack modules
OpenStack continues to evolve in an effort to compete with AWS. The modules that are available now make OpenStack a viable enterprise option. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Jul 2017
Broadcom-Brocade deal delayed, with ‘no assurances’
The $5.9 billion Broadcom-Brocade acquisition has been delayed 30 days, which may turn into a 75-day delay. That's if the deal happens at all. SAN switching vendor Brocade Tuesday evening said the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jul 2017
Veeam revenue benefits from more $1 million deals
Veeam Software today reported a a 27% year-over-year increase in revenue growth for total bookings and 53% year-over-year growth for deals that are more than $100,000 during the second quarter of ... Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2017
TrueNAS X10: iXsystems' open source storage contender
The TrueNAS X10 entry-level hybrid array from iXsystems provides a low-cost alternative to legacy arrays. The unified array scales to 360 TB in 6U for $55,000. Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Jul 2017
Making the case for an all-flash data center
Companies should ditch hard disk drives and outfit their data centers entirely with flash storage; vendors have solved old solid-state problems, such as wear time and cost. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Jul 2017
OwnBackup funding drives further cloud protection
Cloud-to-cloud backup startup OwnBackup plans to significantly expand following a $7.5 million Series B funding round led by Insight Venture Partners. OwnBackup CEO Sam Gutmann said the company may ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2017
Scality launches Zenko for multi-cloud management
Scality's new open source initiative is a multi-cloud management vision to help customers match specific workloads to the best cloud service. Zenko is based on Scality S3 Server. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2017
New WekaIO file system incorporates flash, object store
WekaIO launched its scale-out file system, which is optimized for server-based flash storage and designed to tier data to cheaper object storage on premises and in public clouds. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Jul 2017
DataGravity's data-aware storage scooped up by HyTrust
As a standalone company, DataGravity is no more. But the startup’s data-aware storage technology will live inside of HyTrust's cloud security products. HyTrust, based in Mountain View, Calif., ... Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jul 2017
Is enterprise object storage ready to lead?
As object storage benefits become more enticing to enterprises for internal storage uses and not just for cloud, vendors are overcoming its drawbacks. Continue Reading
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News
12 Jul 2017
Actifio copy data management sales help turn a profit
Actifio's copy data management platform finds favor with financial, government, healthcare and retail organizations. More than 2,200 customers use Virtual Data Pipeline. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jul 2017
Analyzing products from the leading object storage vendors
When evaluating the leading object-based storage systems, it is important to consider which product can best support your uses cases and unique site requirements. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Jul 2017
Arcserve UDP gains cloud capabilities via Zetta acquisition
Arcserve today acquired cloud provider Zetta, adding a direct-to-cloud disaster recovery and backup capability to expand its reach for service providers. Arcserve, which spun out of CA Technologies ... Continue Reading
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Answer
07 Jul 2017
Should you use a private cloud chargeback model?
The idea of chargebacks is to help organizations use private cloud resources efficiently by making departments pay for what they use, but the practice can backfire. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jul 2017
CEO Harr predicts Panzura storage shift to software deployments
Panzura CEO Patrick Harr predicts more customers will shift from using the company's physical appliances to VM-based software deployments in the cloud by year's end. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Jul 2017
Nutanix .NEXT 2017 highlights HCI vendor's partners, frenemies
While Google's new partnership with Nutanix received a lot of attention at Nutanix .NEXT 2017, other partners of the hyper-converged vendor also made news at the user conference. Google SVP of ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
06 Jul 2017
Hyper-converged infrastructure vendors offer range of storage options
Hyper-converged infrastructure vendors have integrated software-defined storage, compute and networking into easy-to-use, turnkey appliances. But the transition from a traditional, three-tier architecture to a hyper-converged data center can take getting used to. That's why it's important to carefully assess hyper-converged infrastructure vendors and the HCI appliances they offer when making this change. We'll show you ways to simplify the process.
Today, we mostly store unstructured data on NFS-based NAS file servers. More efficient, flexible and practical object storage is a rising alternative, however, particularly in products that layer file-based interfaces on top of object-based storage for the best of both worlds.
Tiering and caching can make a huge difference in active data storage performance. These two processes work in different ways, however. Tiering is about more than distributing data into hot, warm and cold tiers, while caching increases the speed of reads and writes. Both tiering and caching require choices.
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Opinion
06 Jul 2017
Object storage use cases coming to a data service near you
Object storage, unlike traditional file and block storage, is well-suited to manage vast amounts of unstructured data. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jul 2017
IT infrastructure transformation: Backbone of the digital revolution
Maximizing the value of incoming and outgoing data as a core business strategy demands transforming your IT infrastructure into a more agile and flexible entity. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jul 2017
Caching vs. tiering: Comparing storage optimization techniques
There are many factors to consider when choosing between caching and tiering storage techniques to optimize storage. Knowing how and when to use either can make a big difference. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jul 2017
Object-level storage poised to replace NAS in the enterprise
Many vendors offer highly scalable object storage-based products with file interfaces, making the technology more accessible than ever as an alternative to NAS. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jul 2017
Chief concerns when buying cloud storage include cost and capacity
Enterprises look for the best deal from the vendor with the best reputation when turning to the cloud to tame growing data volumes for archiving, backup and more. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jul 2017
ECX 2.6 includes intelligent data management
Catalogic Software's approach to snapshot creation and management delivers pragmatic features to DevOps and more with the release of ECX 2.6. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jul 2017
Wanna laugh? Data protection techniques give ransomware the boot
Done right, data protection such as cloud-based disaster recovery is the best countermeasure organizations have against insidious ransomware attacks. Continue Reading
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News
05 Jul 2017
Post-IPO, Tintri software plan comes into sharp focus
Tintri will scale back head-to-head matchups in all-flash array market; stand-alone software accounts for a growing portion of storage revenue, CTO and co-founder Kieran Harty says. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Jul 2017
Toshiba says enterprise demand remains for 15,000 rpm HDD
Tape isn't dead, and neither are 15,000 rpm enterprise hard disk drives. Not yet, at least. Toshiba recently began shipping a new AL14SX Series of 15,000 rpm HDD products designed for ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Jun 2017
With trepidation, Tintri storage takes Nasdaq plunge
Tintri heads into the July 4 holiday wearing a new status symbol: publicly traded company. Still, it's initial public offering came a day late and $40 million short. Shares in Tintri storage ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Jun 2017
Nakivo Backup & Replication 7.2 adds SQL support, management
With the latest sequel to its backup and replication software, Nakivo has added support for Microsoft SQL Server and more streamlined management, as it maintains a pace of releasing a product every ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jun 2017
Tintri IPO aims at lower share price
The Tintri IPO remains a go for now, but the flash vendor now expects less of a financial windfall than originally anticipated. The vendor's long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) of stock ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jun 2017
Ransomware protection helps mitigate data loss, but attacks are increasing
Ransomware attacks have grown to such a scale, companies are getting attacked more than once. Endpoint data protection vendor Druva recently surveyed 832 IT professionals worldwide during May and ... Continue Reading
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News
29 Jun 2017
Formation Data Systems exits crowded software-defined market
Formation Data's recent demise shows the challenges startups face in differentiating products in a crowded software-defined storage market, industry analysts say. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jun 2017
IBM DS8880 arrays lift mainframe archiving to the cloud
IBM Storage has closed the loop on its Transparent Cloud Tiering software by adding it to IBM DS8880 arrays for archival storage of mainframe data. The Transparent Cloud Tiering (TCT) microcode ... Continue Reading
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News
28 Jun 2017
Two Tegile storage tiers highlight IntelliFlash update
Tegile Systems updates IntelliFlash with two tiers of flash. The 6U Tegile configuration supports 72 SAS SSDs for capacity and NVMe flash drives for performance. Continue Reading
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Answer
27 Jun 2017
What private cloud implementation barriers should I plan for?
There are many factors to consider when building a private cloud, so planning is crucial. Policy changes and hardware choices are just some challenges that may arise. Continue Reading
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News
26 Jun 2017
Panzura cloud NAS gets performance jolt from NVMe
Panzura's enhancements to its cloud NAS include support for NVMe flash and increased capacity limit on VMware deployments. The cloud file system works with object storage. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Jun 2017
Determine your requirements before buying a copy management system
Before evaluating copy data management systems, examine the pros and cons of the deployment models, as well as the most important features to look for in a product. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Jun 2017
Japan-backed group is 'preferred bidder' for Toshiba memory business
Financially troubled Toshiba chose a Japan-backed consortium as the preferred bidder for its memory business, despite Western Digital's continuing claims that no sale can happen without its SanDisk ... Continue Reading
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Answer
22 Jun 2017
How is private cloud support divided between IT and providers?
When companies choose a private cloud storage provider, it's important that they understand what the internal IT department is responsible for, as opposed to what the provider will support. Continue Reading
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News
22 Jun 2017
Reduxio Systems adds CDM, DR upgrades to TimeOS
Reduxio rolls out its third version of TimeOS storage software, adding NoRestore copy data management and NoMigrate DR. The vendor claims to deliver zero downtime and data loss. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Jun 2017
FlexPod SF converges NetApp SolidFire onto Cisco hardware
SUNNYVALE, California -- NetApp today launched its second SolidFire-based converged product this month, this time in partnership with Cisco. The FlexPod SF extends the FlexPod converged ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Jun 2017
FalconStor Software hires new CEO, Quinn to resign
Come July 1, FalconStor Software will have a new leader. And that leader will have fewer followers due to plans for a new round of staff reductions. Storage industry veteran Todd Oseth will replace ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Jun 2017
Virtual Instruments adds storage monitoring to 32 Gb FC
Virtual Instruments tools that help organizations monitor storage gain deeper integration in the new family of Load DynamiX 32 Gb FC and 40 GbE Workload Generation Appliances. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jun 2017
Stretch clustering fits Pure customers' wish lists
All-flash array vendor Pure Storage added multisite replication between FlashArray and FlashBlade systems with ActiveCluster stretch clustering, which is included in the Purity 5 OS. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Jun 2017
Pure Accelerate 2017 closes San Francisco warehouse in style
At its Pure Accelerate 2017 conference this week, Pure Storage gave a new interpretation to the term data warehouse. A reported 3,000 analysts, customers and resellers gathered in a ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Jun 2017
Pure1 META analytics bolsters Pure Storage software
New predictive sizing tool complements other Pure Storage software rollouts from Accelerate. The artificial intelligence engine learns from all workloads running on Pure arrays. Continue Reading
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Answer
19 Jun 2017
What are the benefits of private cloud over popular alternatives?
Don't overlook the advantages of private cloud when choosing a cloud storage implementation. Security, cost and ease of transition make it a viable option. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jun 2017
Users get sneak peek at Pure, Cisco NVMe storage fabric
Pure Storage and Cisco Systems showcase NVM Express over Fabrics storage based on FlashArray//X all-flash and Cisco next-gen NVMe fabric protocol at Accelerate conference. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Jun 2017
Rubrik Cloud Data Management supports Microsoft, Nutanix hypervisors
The Rubrik Cloud Data Management platform has been beefed up with upgrades that are in line with the data protection startup's mission to be a full-scale cloud data management platform. Rubrik's ... Continue Reading
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News
14 Jun 2017
DDN IME flash cache, SFA operating system get updates
DataDirect Networks focused on performance and resilience in updates to its Infinite Memory Engine flash cache and Storage Fusion Architecture operating system. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Jun 2017
GlusterFS vs. Ceph: Weighing the open source combatants
When considering open source storage software, GlusterFS and Ceph share that designation and little else. Knowing how each option works can help in the selection process. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jun 2017
Pure Storage flash array lines bulk up software
Purity 5 software for Pure Storage FlashArray adds active-active multisite replication and portable snapshots. Pure FlashBlade clusters now scale to 75 blades and five chassis. Continue Reading
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News
12 Jun 2017
MapR Technologies launches enterprise file storage product
MapR expands beyond analytics into the enterprise storage market with an exabyte-scale data store designed to manage files and containers in data centers and across clouds. Continue Reading
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News
12 Jun 2017
Pure Storage CEO assesses NVMe, flash storage market
In the run-up to Pure Accelerate, CEO Scott Dietzen assesses the trajectory of the NVMe flash market, vendor consolidation and how customers are using Pure's FlashArray. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Jun 2017
Dell EMC storage revenue drops – was the calendar to blame?
Dell EMC revenue from storage systems in the first quarter dropped 16% from 2016 according to IDC, a fall Dell EMC executives blame on a change in the vendor’s reporting calendar. Dell EMC uses the ... Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Jun 2017
What to expect in OpenStack releases Pike and Queens
OpenStack Pike, Queens and Rocky will include much-needed features and updates that will simplify user interfaces and improve the function of existing APIs. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Jun 2017
Container ecosystem needs to expand its persistence of vision
Persistent storage for containers will become a necessity as the stateless computing method becomes less about just DevOps and more about end-user applications. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jun 2017
Scality storage update to RING 7 features object, file system interoperability
A Scality storage upgrade for RING adds versioning and replication capabilities for both object storage and file protocols, as well as greater interoperability between objects and files. Continue Reading