Primary storage devices

Primary storage devices refer to storage hardware for data in active use, in contrast to storage used for backup purposes. They include SAN and NAS primary storage devices, non-volatile flash storage and other types of storage media. Find resources about primary storage and storage hardware, including RAID arrays and storage arrays, on this topic page.

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Primary storage devices News

  • December 14, 2021 14 Dec'21

    Nexsan Unity 7.0 boosts security, performance

    StorCentric's unified storage product line, Nexsan Unity, hits version 7.0 and brings more protocol support, security features and performance for existing hardware.

  • December 03, 2021 03 Dec'21

    Seagate's 20 TB hard drives ship

    Seagate has pumped its max-capacity hard drive up to 20 TB, with a version for the enterprise, Exos X20, and another for SMBs, IronWolf Pro 20 TB.

  • October 28, 2021 28 Oct'21

    Upgrades to Vast Data OS emphasize simplicity, security

    Vast Data released VastOS 4, which includes security features such as indestructible data snapshots and visualization tools aimed at making storage simpler to use and manage.

  • August 31, 2021 31 Aug'21

    Western Digital OptiNAND stretches HDD capacity, performance

    Western Digital unveiled a new storage drive architecture for hard drives that improves capacity, performance and reliability via an embedded flash drive to store metadata.

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