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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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Blog Post
08 Feb 2017
Microsoft Office 365 backup included in Acronis Backup 12 update
Acronis has added cloud-to-cloud backup for Microsoft Office 365 in the latest version of Acronis Backup. Acronis Backup 12 protects Microsoft Office 365 and 15 other platforms, all under one ... Continue Reading
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News
08 Feb 2017
Kaminario K2 array boosts performance, capacity
New Kaminario all-flash array features higher performance and capacity, improves data reduction guarantee to 4:1 and offers faster storage networking options. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Feb 2017
Nakivo Backup & Replication for Hyper-V gets ready for prime time
Nakivo Inc.'s latest backup and replication product offers support for VMware vSphere 6.5, Microsoft Hyper-V 2016, VMware vSphere 6.5 and Windows Server 2016 Backup along with a way to delete ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Feb 2017
Pivot3 vSTAC sales soaring, CEO says
Hyper-converged vendor Pivot3 said it more than tripled its revenue in the fourth quarter of 2016 from the previous year, and grew total revenue 84% in 2016 from 2015. Pivot3's growth came in part ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Feb 2017
Stratoscale buys Tesora, adds AWS database services
Stratoscale acquired database-as-a-service provider Tesora Inc. in a move aimed at strengthening its AWS database services. The hyper-converged software startup added Tesora's open platform for ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Feb 2017
Open source object storage startup OpenIO adds hardware
Up to 96 nano nodes fit in OpenIO's SLS-4U96 chassis. Each ARM CPU manages a single high-capacity disk and a small amount of flash storage for fast metadata access. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Feb 2017
'Alexa, provision my Tintri storage'
Want to manage your Tintri storage the same way you turn on lights, set an alarm, or choose music with an Amazon Echo or Dot device? Tintri Inc. launched a proof of concept that lets customers ask ... Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2017
Minio object storage offers 'go big' container storage
Minio's object storage software is written in the robust Go programming language and supports Amazon S3 storage APIs for developers working in container environments. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Feb 2017
Future of the Ethernet drive may hinge on NVMe over Ethernet
Despite their debut two years ago, drives that connect via Ethernet have been mostly a curiosity. The Ethernet flavor of NVMe over Fabrics may change that. Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2017
NetApp AFF A700s flash array slims down A700 footprint
NetApp launches small-footprint A700s version of its high-end All Flash FAS A700 with built-in SSDs, updates all-flash capacity guarantee for A-Series flash storage line. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jan 2017
Report: Better data theft protection needed for employee exits
The processes for keeping data safe when employees leave a company are fundamental data protection best practices: backup, archive and encryption. Yet barely half of the organizations that took ... Continue Reading
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News
30 Jan 2017
Panzura controller, OS updates extend cloud options
The new Panzura controller has a bigger cache and an improved operating system with enterprise features. Hybrid Cloud Controller model also offers new enterprise support options. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Jan 2017
Quantum video storage customers range from police to pot growers
Quantum's scale-out storage business is growing like a weed, with the help of a large weed grower. While Quantum's DXi disk backup library increased the most of all its product lines last quarter, ... Continue Reading
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News
26 Jan 2017
Dense Pure Storage FlashBlade storage zeroes in on web-scale analytics
FlashBlade system-on-a-chip from Pure Storage converges compute, flash storage and software-defined networking. The arrays use custom flash modules instead of solid-state drives. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Jan 2017
Commvault products rollout promised throughout 2017
Following a quarter of solid revenue growth to end 2016, Commvault Systems Inc. plans a string of product enhancements throughout 2017. The additions are designed to improve Commvault's performance ... Continue Reading
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Buyer's Guide
26 Jan 2017
How to navigate the public cloud service provider selection process
Learn how to determine if your organization could benefit from public cloud storage and how to select the public cloud provider that will best meet your needs. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Jan 2017
A look at the services the leading public cloud vendors provide
Examine the leading public cloud service providers and the features each offers, including backup and recovery, archival, hybrid cloud storage and cloud analytics. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2017
Enterprise flash storage to speed up in 2017
CTOs at leading storage vendors predict speed and latency breakthroughs with new NVMe-based enterprise flash and upcoming memory technologies in 2017 and beyond. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2017
Cloud storage for enterprise use should spike in 2017
Storage CTOs predict enterprise cloud adoption will increase in 2017, with a boost from new development and management technologies to assist with planning and deployment. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jan 2017
Veeam Software cracked $600 million revenue mark in 2016
While much of the storage market is stagnant or down, data protection vendor Veeam Software said it grew revenue 28% in 2016 by expanding its business into enterprises and the cloud. Veeam, a ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2017
Enterprise storage market poised for more disruption in 2017
CTOs share enterprise storage predictions for 2017. Cloud, server-based storage, HCI, and growing use of containers and analytics will spur further disruption. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2017
Qumulo Core data-aware arrays help researchers manage sequencer data
Carnegie Institution for Science's embryology department manages research data with Qumulo Core data-aware NAS storage, taking advantage of advanced analytics. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Jan 2017
Alluxio in-memory storage software gains EMC mindshare
In-memory storage startup Alluxio has struck a partnership with Dell EMC. The news marks Alluxio’s first formal alliance with a North American storage vendor. Alluxio in September integrated its ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2017
IBM DS8880 arrays adopt PCIe 3 in all-flash versions
The expansion of the IBM DS8880 hardware line introduces all-flash models designed around the vendor's High-Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 to support PCIe 3.0, but not yet NVMe. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Jan 2017
Panzura raises $32 million in funding
Cloud NAS vendor Panzura raised $32 million in Series E equity funding this week to expand its product and give organizations an alternative to what CEO Patrick Harr calls a "dying on-premises ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Jan 2017
Kaminario secures $75 million funding round
All-flash array pioneer Kaminario kicked off 2017 with a cash infusion of $75 million to accelerate global expansion and fuel product support for non-volatile memory express (NVMe) technologies. ... Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jan 2017
Get the most value out of your SDS systems by making smart choices
There are many choices you face when looking to implement an SDS infrastructure. Making the right ones will help you get the most value from software-defined storage. Continue Reading
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Opinion
09 Jan 2017
Showback the value of your data storage expertise
To demonstrate value, IT must provide an easy-to-understand cost model to its business leaders. This has fostered IT showback projects. Yet showback isn't easy to achieve. Continue Reading
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Opinion
09 Jan 2017
All-flash array market advances outpace demand, create opportunities
Scott Sinclair says high-density, high-capacity all-flash storage arrays are a disruptive technology ahead of customer demand for now, but businesses will realize they need it. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Jan 2017
How to build a private storage cloud
Building internal cloud storage must account for elasticity, choosing the right platform, allowing for workflow, and stack deployments and public cloud integration. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Jan 2017
Top enterprise storage vendors to watch in 2017
Check out our comprehensive forecast of what challenges and opportunities the top enterprise storage vendors are expected to face in the coming year. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
09 Jan 2017
A dozen data storage vendors to watch in 2017
Hyper-convergence, solid-state, software-defined storage and the cloud have revolutionized the way we deploy, manage and secure storage. How the dozen leading data storage vendors presented here navigate the challenges and opportunities created by these changes will tell us a lot about the short- and long-term future of data center storage. Find out what to watch out for with each of these data storage vendors as the year unfolds.
On-demand object, block and file storage as a service from the likes of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure is a standard part of today’s IT toolkit. Cloud storage isn’t the exclusive domain of the public cloud, however. You can gain the same convenience, flexibility and agility by building your own internal storage cloud. We present the resources enterprises can use to construct one of these, and how to integrate it with existing storage and computing resources as well as public cloud storage.
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News
06 Jan 2017
All-flash storage system 2016 Products of the Year finalists
Our seven all-flash storage system 2016 finalists include products from flash-only vendors, as well as vendors that offer all-flash versions of existing hybrid arrays. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jan 2017
Storage and SAN management tools: 2016 Products of the Year finalists
The six finalists in the 2016 Products of the Year storage and SAN management tools category run the gamut from network probes to complete SAN control software. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jan 2017
Server-based storage: 2016 Products of the Year finalists emerge
2016 Products of the Year finalists revealed for category encompassing hyper-converged appliances and software-defined storage that runs on commodity server hardware. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jan 2017
Enterprise hard disk/hybrid storage systems: 2016 Products of the Year finalists
The 11 finalists in the hard disk/hybrid storage systems category of the 2016 Products of the Year include cloud and arrays that don't demand all-flash drives. Continue Reading
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Guide
06 Jan 2017
Data storage systems: 2016 Products of the Year finalists
We've culled through the entries for this year's Products of the Year competition and narrowed the field to these 54 finalists in six data storage systems categories. Continue Reading
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Tip
04 Jan 2017
Start your hybrid cloud implementation off on the right foot
Hybrid cloud storage has garnered a lot of interest because it offers cost savings and scalability. But there are some key concerns to think about before you dive in. Continue Reading
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News
29 Dec 2016
SwiftStack object storage cures Oklahoma biomed's capacity, cost woes
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation phased out NAS and tape backups with SwiftStack object storage. Nine SwiftStack nodes replicate between data centers for disaster recovery. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Dec 2016
Survey says: Business disaster recovery plans need work
While companies may be confident in their disaster recovery strategy, DR planning and testing still has a ways to go, according to results of a survey by data protection vendor Zetta. Among 403 IT ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Dec 2016
Using multiple BDR products doesn't always translate into faster data recovery
Companies spend a lot of money on disaster recovery solutions but that doesn’t translate into faster data recovery, according to a survey conducted by Quorum titled the “State of Disaster ... Continue Reading
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Photo Story
16 Dec 2016
Keep tabs on the following data storage startup vendors in 2017
Our list of the top data storage startups to watch offers products for containers, data analytics, in-memory databases, NVMe flash and object storage. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Dec 2016
Four criteria for evaluating public cloud storage providers
Prior to selecting a public cloud service provider, it's essential that you understand what each vendor offers and how their services can best meet your organization's needs. Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Dec 2016
Focus attention on a cognitive data management system
Jon Toigo advises paying less attention to storage component stories and more to system-focused narratives such as a cognitive data management process. Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Dec 2016
Hyper-convergence meets private cloud platform requirements
Infrastructure choice and integration are fundamental to capitalizing on all that a private cloud environment has to offer your organization. Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Nov 2016
How eMMC 5.0 can improve your organization's small storage needs
The latest eMMC specification puts the tiny flash storage devices on a level playing field with many SSDs when it comes to speed -- but eMMC is still the smallest flash drive. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Nov 2016
NetApp’s hyper-convergence answer? All-flash and CI arrays
NetApp’s hyper-convergence strategy is to address that market through FlexPod and SolidFire. FlexPod is the NetApp-Cisco converged infrastructure program, and SolidFire is the all-flash array ... Continue Reading
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Tip
08 Nov 2016
Differences between SSD caching and tiering technologies
Brien Posey looks at popular ways of using SSD as cache, including write-around, write-through and write-back, as well as how the technology compares with SSD tiering. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Nov 2016
A look at the future of data storage careers
Thanks to virtualization, the cloud and solid-state technology, data storage professionals and those who want to pursue a career in it face an uncertain future. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Nov 2016
Take the sting out of switching cloud data storage providers
Switching your cloud storage provider is a complicated, sometimes painful, process, but here's what you need to know before making the decision to migrate your data. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Oct 2016
HPE launches new XP7 based on Hitachi technology
Hewlett Packard Enterprise launched its high-end enterprise storage array upgade today at the same time as Hitachi Data Systems. The HPE XP7 and HDS Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) use the same ... Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Oct 2016
Making a storage capacity plan that doesn't bust your budget
Storage capacity is growing at a rapid rate and by using the latest innovations in storage technologies it is possible to meet demands without growing your storage budget apace. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Oct 2016
Smart storage systems smart for business
Mike Matchett explains how data-aware storage combined with application awareness is leading to a new wave of intelligent data storage. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Sep 2016
Dell EMC to 'stay the course' with flash storage portfolio
Dell EMC plans to “stay the course” with its flash storage portfolio despite overlapping products at the midrange and low end, an executive at the newly combined company confirmed. Daniel Cobb, a ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Sep 2016
Maxta makes MxSP HCI software version perpetually free
Software-only hyper-converged startup Maxta today formally unveiled a free perpetual license option for its MxSP software, following a registration drive launched during VMworld 2016. MxSP is ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Sep 2016
Spectra BlackPearl line grows family, archive customer base
Spectra Logic is extending its BlackPearl Deep Storage Gateway line upwards and downwards. The tape vendor has added an entry-level model and a much larger offering that more than triples the ... Continue Reading
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News
22 Sep 2016
Hedvig storage update offers multicloud capabilities
Hedvig outlined its vision for a Universal Data Plane spanning public and private clouds, as it announced an updated version of its software-defined storage. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Sep 2016
Veritas: Dell EMC’s no marriage made in heaven
LAS VEGAS -- In the pre-Symantec days when Veritas was an independent storage software company, its executives frequently bashed their primary competitor EMC. That rhetoric cooled after Symantec ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Sep 2016
With on-premises storage, storage administrators must adapt or perish
Storage admins show increased interest in and adoption of on-premises storage technologies such as software-defined storage and hybrid clouds. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Sep 2016
Flash storage caching boosts application performance, requires balance
Chris Evans discusses the benefits to caching flash storage, the trade-offs involved and flash cache models, as well as a handy cheat sheet. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Sep 2016
Atomic storage offers speed and capacity, lacks intelligence
Dutch scientists studying atomic data storage claim that 500 TB of data can be stored on one square inch, but data management remains elusive. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Sep 2016
EMC expects to pass Nutanix as HCI leader by mid-2017
“We consider Nutanix No. 1 today," EMC's Jeremy Burton said. "Our goal is to get to No. 1 by the end of the year. We think it’s doable, although it would be a stretch. If it’s not by the end of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Aug 2016
Catalogic copy data management tool gets Pure
Copy data management specialist Catalogic Software has added two all-flash arrays to its roster of supported platforms. In separate moves, the Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey-based software maker rolled ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Aug 2016
Nimble says customers quick to embrace all-flash
Nimble Storage, which was relatively late selling all-flash arrays, is trying to make up for lost time since launching its Predictive Flash platform in February. The vendor received a jolt from ... Continue Reading
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News
23 Aug 2016
IBM flash storage expands with midrange all-flash products
IBM's all-flash portfolio grows, with a new midrange and entry-level option, and the vendor adds a migration program aimed at EMC-Dell customers. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Aug 2016
Rubrik grabs $61 million, aims for cloud
Converged data protection startup Rubrik turned to the cloud with a software release that allows customers to use Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure as well as Rubrik's appliances to store data. Rubrik ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Aug 2016
HCI vendor Pivot3 reports more customers using more apps
Pivot3 more than doubled its revenue in the first half of 2016 over 2015, which its CEO attributes to customers buying its hyper-converged appliances as a platform rather than for single ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Aug 2016
Ctera builds new data migration, ILM and security capabilities into its platform
Ctera Networks recently unveiled new enhancements to its Enterprise File Service Platform that include the ability to migrate data from an on-premise cloud to the public cloud without disrupting ... Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Aug 2016
Seven tips to improve data storage efficiency
Storage networks, server-side flash, network cache, software-defined storage and all-flash or hybrid arrays help storage performance and efficiency. Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Aug 2016
Simplifying data storage technologies is hard
All-flash arrays and hyper-converged storage are two technologies that make it tough to simplify data storage technology. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Aug 2016
Seagate, WD see exabyte growth with high-capacity enterprise HDDs
Unit shipments of hard disk drives (HDDs) may be on the decline, but the exabytes that Seagate Technology and Western Digital are shipping with their high-capacity enterprise HDDs is spiking. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jul 2016
Quantum results indicate 'stable' backup market
It’s no secret that storage sales have been hard to come by over the last year or two. Most of the large vendors experience product revenue decreases or small increases quarter after quarter. But ... Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Jul 2016
Almost time for SSD flash storage to be used with object storage
As the price of flash SSD storage continues to fall, it becomes more attractive for object storage, which otherwise counts on big, slow and cheap HDDs. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Jul 2016
RDMA over Fabrics: a big step for SSD access
Shared storage access for servers has been the most basic requirement for storage networks. Performance demands for multiple systems accessing data continually increase due to improvements in ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jul 2016
Syncplicity adds Office 365 support, Egnyte launches data governance solution
Enterprise file sharing vendor Syncplicity recently announced its software is now integrated with Microsoft Office 365, while competitor Egnyte rolled out its Egnyte Protect governance solution. ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jul 2016
NAND flash technology is just the beginning
NAND flash adoption has been as fast as the speed it offers, but faster storage techs such as 3D XPoint and phase-change memory are on their way. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Jun 2016
EMC pitches isolated data recovery to thwart cyber attacks
Who’s protecting the data in your data protection storage? That’s a question EMC wants you to think about as the scope of security threat increase. EMC recommends – and has customers using – an ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Jun 2016
How to measure flash storage's true value
Flash storage, or using the broader term, solid-state storage, suffers from an inadequate measure of value. Flash storage provides a step-function improvement in the ability to store and retrieve ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jun 2016
EMC, Veritas lead in worldwide PBBA revenues
Unlike overall disk storage, purpose-built backup appliances' total worldwide factory revenue increased in the first quarter of 2016, according to International data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide ... Continue Reading
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Tip
17 Jun 2016
Storage Spaces Direct builds on Windows Storage Spaces
With the new Direct feature, Windows Storage Spaces can use local storage for failover clusters. It also supports JBOD storage. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jun 2016
Servers and storage become inextricably linked
The rise of flash storage and convergence technologies makes it tougher to see storage and servers as separate entities in a software-defined world. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
06 Jun 2016
Server-side flash technology lifts solid-state adoption
Server-side solid-state storage is more ubiquitous than ever due to growing capacities and rapidly dropping flash technology prices. There are a many ways to install flash technology in a server, though there are decisions to make before you buy. We examine flash technology form factors, interfaces, protocols and capacities, as well as use cases, advantages and limitations.
Disk-based backups revolutionized data protection. While far more expensive to deploy and maintain than tape, a growing list of vendors are consolidating backup with other secondary storage requirements into appliances that make disk-based backup more cost-effective.
Although tape may no longer be the storage medium of choice for backup and disaster recovery, it still has a solid place in enterprises as an archive tier and as a transportation and sharing format for certain industries. In this issue of Storage magazine, we explore the state of the art of tape and its potential use cases today.
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Tip
03 Jun 2016
Why the standalone EFSS market isn't going away just yet
Enterprise file sync-and-share allows for simpler file access and sharing on the consumer and business level. Success stories like Box may indicate that EFSS is sticking around. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Jun 2016
IT resilience vs. disaster recovery: What's better for your business?
DR may be dying. The term DR, that is, not the actual process of disaster recovery. There is a move in the industry to replace the phrase with "IT resilience." At last week's ZertoCON business ... Continue Reading
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News
27 May 2016
Data storage technology trends debated in inaugural Tweet Chat
Data storage industry professionals discussed the appeal of technologies such as all-flash arrays, hyper-convergence and cloud storage during the first SearchStorage Tweet Chat. Continue Reading
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News
19 May 2016
New Dell SC Series operating system adds dedupe, QoS
Dell launches an operating system update for its SC Series storage arrays, featuring dedupe, QoS, Live Migrate, VVOLs support and new management capabilities. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 May 2016
Datto expands into file sync and share with a free, one-year service
Data Protection specialist Datto is giving away its new file sync and share service for a year. The Datto Drive service for SMBs is hosted on the vendor's 200 PB private cloud within nine worldwide ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 May 2016
Commvault Systems posts second straight quarter of revenue gains
Data protection vendor Commvault Systems generated $159.6 million in revenues in the fourth quarter, hitting the second consecutive quarter of sequential growth after three quarters of declining ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
02 May 2016
Get the most from cloud-based storage services
Enterprise data storage managers are in position to help their companies get more from cloud storage services. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 May 2016
Hadoop Distributed File System helps tackle big data
Hadoop Distributed File System storage systems are being enlisted to tackle big data thanks to vendors like EMC, Hitachi, IBM and NetApp, and Apache. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Apr 2016
Hadoop data analysis: Common concerns with the HDFS platform
Using HDFS technology as a data analysis platform may be insufficient for your storage needs. Explore the challenges storage administrators may encounter and find out how to address them. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Apr 2016
Cinder still No. 1 OpenStack storage project, but Manila interest picks up
Cinder still has the highest adoption rate among OpenStack storage projects, but interest in the nascent Manila file-share service is picking up, according to a 2016 user survey released this month ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Apr 2016
FalconStor's playing beat the clock with FreeStor
The bad news for FalconsStor is it lost $3.2 million last quarter. If there is good news, it’s that its new FreeStor software is picking up OEM and managed service provider (MSP) customers and ... Continue Reading
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News
25 Apr 2016
Nexsan storage software brings Unity to its hardware
Unity software supports Nexsan with NST block devices, Assureon object storage and Transporter cloud sync functionality that it picked up from Connected Data. Continue Reading
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Answer
12 Apr 2016
How do RDMA storage systems improve latency reduction?
RDMA technology can help speed up I/O in storage environments by bypassing copy processes in the software stack when data is called up from a system's memory. Continue Reading