Solid-state storage
Solid-state storage is becoming common for SAN, NAS and even emerging systems such as hyper-converged infrastructure. Look for guidance and advice on solid-state storage topics such as solid-state drives (SSDs) and devices, SSD prices and performance, solid-state memory, flash memory, and emerging flash technologies such as NVMe, Optane and 3D XPoint.
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Tip
14 Feb 2024
7 causes of SSD failure and how to deal with them
Although SSDs are a reliable storage technology, they are still prone to occasional failure. Here are some best practices to keep your SSDs humming along. Continue Reading
By- Julia Borgini, Spacebarpress Media
- John Edwards
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Feature
07 Jul 2023
SAS vs. NVMe: The future of 2 key storage interfaces
In SAS vs. NVMe, both interfaces play significant roles in enterprise storage. See how they stack up in terms of performance, scalability, flexibility and manageability. Continue Reading
By- Brien Posey
- Stacey Peterson, Senior Managing Editor
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Blog Post
02 Mar 2018
Pure Storage revenue tops $1 billion, says ‘hello’ to profit
Pure Storage has joined the billion-dollar club. On Thursday, the all-flash provider completed two long-sought goals by posting fiscal-year revenue of $1.023 billion, up 41%, en route to achieving ... Continue Reading
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News
21 Feb 2018
New IBM storage products key on NAS, cloud, NVMe over Fabric
IBM launches new and updated Spectrum software-defined storage products, including a new NAS option, and commits to broadened end-to-end NVMe over Fabrics support by the third quarter. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Feb 2018
Evaluate read-intensive and write-intensive SSD use cases
Consider write wear, performance and other factors when choosing between read-intensive, write-intensive and mixed-use solid-state drives. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Feb 2018
Intel P4510 U.2 SSD ships with 64-layer TLC 3D NAND
Intel launched a new P4510 Series of U.2 solid-state drives (SSDs) equipped with its 64-layer triple-level cell (TLC) 3D NAND flash and enhanced firmware, enabling greater storage density and lower ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Feb 2018
NetApp cloud-flash pivot brings cheers
NetApp attributed strong product revenue growth last quarter in part to two-a-days – it’s averaging two displacements of rivals’ all-flash SAN systems every day. Success in NetApp cloud and flash ... Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2018
Pure FlashBlade
Pure Storage FlashBlade is optimized for unstructured data analytics. Its system-on-a-chip architecture uses custom NAND flash blades to accelerate data and its metadata. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2018
WekaIO Matrix
Startup WekaIO's Matrix parallel, scale-out file software pools the fast flash storage in application servers and offloads cold data to public and private clouds. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Feb 2018
NVMe flash hopeful E8 Storage goes software-only route
All-flash array startup E8 Storage has expanded into reference architecture with the launch of a software-only version. The new product, E8 Storage Software, runs on rack servers from Dell EMC, ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jan 2018
Kaminario storage jettisons hardware for software-only cloud model
Kaminario is the latest vendor to deemphasize hardware in favor of a solely software-defined approach. Under its new strategy, customers will buy Kaminario storage as a reference stack from global ... Continue Reading
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News
24 Jan 2018
New enterprise SATA Micron SSDs use 64-layer 3D NAND flash
Micron launches new 5200 Series enterprise SATA SSDs with high-density 64-layer 3D NAND flash technology, offering similar performance to prior 32-layer 5100 Series. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Jan 2018
Factors to consider before evaluating hybrid storage systems
The right hybrid flash storage can help an organization maximize its storage capacity and improve performance. Learn what factors to consider before evaluating hybrid storage arrays. Continue Reading
By- Logan G. Harbaugh, Independent consultant
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Feature
23 Jan 2018
Key factors that affect NAND flash memory endurance
Program/erase cycles, write amplification and even garbage collection contribute to faster NAND flash wear-out. But wear leveling and bad block can help. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Jan 2018
Annual IBM revenue rises, thanks to cloud, flash storage
Aided by gains in cognitive analytics, cloud and storage, annual IBM revenue has finally returned to positive territory after an absence of nearly six years. IBM last week closed its 2017 fiscal ... Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2018
Enterprise storage arrays: 2017 Products of the Year finalists
All-flash and hybrid products comprise the bulk of the 14 storage arrays chosen as finalists in the 2017 Products of the Year contest. Only two arrays rely predominantly on disk. Continue Reading
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Opinion
10 Jan 2018
IT infrastructure automation boosts digital initiatives
Embracing automation through concepts like composable infrastructure cuts back on the use of manual IT tasks, which inhibit the success of digital business. Continue Reading
By- Scott Sinclair, Practice Director
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Feature
05 Jan 2018
Top five solid-state, cloud storage tips of 2017
In 2017, SearchStorage readers cared most about SSD lifespan, 3D XPoint technology and the difference between SAN and NAS. Check out our most-read articles of the year here. Continue Reading
By- Margaret Jones, Executive Editor
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Feature
14 Dec 2017
Hybrid storage arrays join multiple storage types to cut costs
Despite being more complex than all-flash or all-hard disk drive systems, hybrid systems offer the speed and low latency of flash and the economy of HDDs, tape or cloud. Continue Reading
By- Logan G. Harbaugh, Independent consultant
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Blog Post
14 Dec 2017
NVMe-focused Toshiba storage node software due in '18
Toshiba plans to deliver storage node software designed to extend the high performance and low latency benefits of NVMe-based solid-state drives over a network fabric. Toshiba Memory America’s ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Dec 2017
Western Digital-Toshiba flash clash ends
Western Digital and Toshiba settled their NAND dispute with an out-of-court settlement that allows Toshiba’s sale of its NAND chip business while WD keeps its stake in the companies’ joint venture. ... Continue Reading
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Answer
06 Dec 2017
Which enterprise NVMe SSD vendor is right for me?
Picking an NVMe drive is an important decision. Consider thermal control, proprietary software and drive architecture to make the right choice. Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Dec 2017
Peering into the future of enterprise storage for 2018
Rich Castagna takes a crack at the annual rite of prognostication with a bold look -- unfettered by truth, reality and sanity -- at data storage trends in the coming year. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Nov 2017
NetApp revenue rides flash gravy train
NetApp is showing a legacy storage array vendor can still increase revenue impressively during these days of scant storage growth. NetApp Wednesday night reported its fourth straight quarter of ... Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2017
Panasas storage, director blades split into separate devices
Panasas hybrid storage offers 57 PB of raw capacity with 200 shelves. ActiveStor Director 100 sits atop a rack of Panasas arrays. Customers can scale types and capacities of media. Continue Reading
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News
08 Nov 2017
Dell EMC all-flash SC Series prepped for launch
Dell EMC all-flash inclusive added to the mix for SC Series and Unity arrays. The vendor said each of the midrange storage products has a large customer base. Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Nov 2017
Are you ready for NVMe storage and the future of flash?
Three factors to consider beyond technical capabilities before designing and investing money and resources in a low-latency NVMe flash storage network. Continue Reading
By- Scott Sinclair, Practice Director
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Tip
01 Nov 2017
Solid-state drive performance metrics go beyond latency, IOPS
In determining performance and lifespan of an SSD, companies must consider the drive's architecture, the storage controller and write amplification in addition to IOPS and latency. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Oct 2017
Hybrid storage arrays offer the best of all storage worlds
Hybrid flash arrays provide performance benefits over all-flash and all-hard disk storage systems and can address the varying workload demands of today's organizations. Continue Reading
By- Logan G. Harbaugh, Independent consultant
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Blog Post
27 Oct 2017
Western Digital CEO vows to block Toshiba NAND sale
Western Digital CEO Steve Milligan said he remains confident his company will win its fight to prevent its NAND manufacturing joint venture partner Toshiba from selling its memory chip unit without ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Oct 2017
Secondary data storage: A massively scalable transformation
Capitalize on flash with interactive, online secondary data storage architectures that make a lot more data available for business while maximizing flash investment. Continue Reading
By- Mike Matchett, Small World Big Data
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News
02 Oct 2017
Toshiba memory business sale faces bumpy road
Toshiba signs a $17.7 billion deal to sell its memory business to a Bain-led consortium that includes Dell and Seagate, but Western Digital's SanDisk wants to stop it. Continue Reading
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Buyer's Guide
28 Sep 2017
Navigating the all-flash array storage buying process
Companies of all sizes are turning to all-flash storage arrays to meet their storage capacity, performance, reliability and data protection requirements. Continue Reading
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News
19 Sep 2017
Accelerate predictive analytics software with flash technology
For organizations that must analyze large amounts of data quickly and efficiently, nothing beats solid-state storage. Predictive analytics applications perform better with flash. Continue Reading
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News
19 Sep 2017
Qumulo Core File Fabric knits cloud bursting, replication
New Qumulo storage fabric replicates data between local and public cloud storage on AWS. QF2 is the first version of Core that runs in a public cloud. Continue Reading
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Answer
19 Sep 2017
Is there a Ceph client to connect Windows machines?
Integrating Ceph and Windows isn't as straightforward as connecting Ceph to Linux machines. You'll need a Ceph Gateway or SUSE Enterprise Storage to get the job done. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Sep 2017
Enter Your Great Storage Product in the Products of the Year Competition
In just a few days, the door will shut—and your outstanding data storage product will be left standing out in the cold rather than in the running for a Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com Storage ... Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2017
New Pure Storage CEO Giancarlo faces scaling challenge
Former Cisco exec Charles Giancarlo takes over as CEO of Pure Storage from Scott Dietzen with the all-flash pioneer set to become a billion-dollar baby. Will profits follow? Continue Reading
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News
14 Sep 2017
Everspin Technologies nvNITRO ST-MRAM SSDs ready to ship
Everspin's new ST-MRAM-based nvNITRO Storage Accelerator pledges 'DRAM-like' performance, but analysts say the high price could limit the SSD's use cases. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Sep 2017
Toshiba memory business sale points to Bain-led consortium
The Toshiba memory business could be sold to a Bain Capital-led consortium that reportedly includes Apple, Dell Technologies and Seagate if the parties can strike a deal that passes legal muster ... Continue Reading
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Tip
08 Sep 2017
Back-end storage considerations for in-memory processing
Storing hot data in main memory removes the latency associated with hard disk and solid-state storage operations; it's the best option for need-it-now data. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Sep 2017
Tintri revenue misses target, but earnings are a surprise
Private enterprise cloud specialist Tintri Inc. on Thursday posted mixed financial results in its first earnings call since going public in June. The bottom line: lackluster Tintri revenue was ... Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Sep 2017
How NVMe over Fabrics will change the storage environment
Expect NVMe to supplant SCSI and SAS protocols for SSD storage and NVMe over Fabrics to find a place in high-end networking deployments for transporting data. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Sep 2017
HPE storage more Nimble after $1.2 billion buy
HPE storage sales received a boost last quarter from its $1.2 bilion Nimble Storage acquisition. HPE did not break out its total storage revenue by product, or even give a total amount except to ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Sep 2017
Coho Data falls victim to 'cutthroat' data storage market
After receiving $76 million to develop DataStream hybrid NAS arrays, Coho Data can't find more investors and falls into the storage startup graveyard. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Sep 2017
Elastifile grabs $16M to stretch sales staff
Startup Elastifile, which sells a distributed file system that spans flash and cloud storage tiers, picked up $16 million in funding today. The startup also gained a new strategic investor in ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Aug 2017
Pure Storage CEO swap: Dietzen out, Giancarlo in
Pure Storage CEO Scott Dietzen resigned unexpectedly Thursday, as the all-flash pioneer named former Cisco executive Charlie Giancarlo its new leader. Dietzen will stay at Pure as chairman, ... 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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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
By- Logan G. Harbaugh, Independent consultant
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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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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
By- Jeff Kato, Taneja Group
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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
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
By- Sonia Lelii, TechTarget
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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
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
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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Definition
26 Jun 2017
USB flash drive
A USB flash drive -- also known as a stick, thumb or pen drive -- is a plug-and-play portable storage device that uses flash memory and can attach to a keychain. Continue Reading
By- Sonia Lelii, TechTarget
- Sarah Wilson, Associate Site Editor
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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
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
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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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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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
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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Feature
07 Jun 2017
New use cases for flash data storage benefit enterprises
Adoption of protocols such as NVMe and memory bus-based flash DIMMs helps flash storage devices keep pace with the most demanding use cases. Continue Reading
By - 07 Jun 2017
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Blog Post
01 Jun 2017
HPE storage looks to Nimble, SimpliVity for jolt
Recent Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) storage acquisitions will play a key role in “reengineering” the company, CEO Meg Whitman said. During HPE’s earnings call Wednesday night, Whitman called ... Continue Reading
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Answer
01 Jun 2017
Compare OpenStack local storage options for now and in the future
SSDs, HDDs and NVMe can all provide local storage for an OpenStack deployment. But what are the benefits and tradeoffs of each, and how will these technologies evolve? Continue Reading
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Feature
31 May 2017
Examining what products the leading all-flash array vendors offer
Although there are many factors to consider when selecting the right all-flash storage arrays for your organization, the first step is to assess your functional specifications. Continue Reading
By- Logan G. Harbaugh, Independent consultant
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Blog Post
25 May 2017
NetApp pockets Plexistor, nonvolatile memory software
NetApp quietly slipped an acquisition of storage memory software startup Plexistor into an earnings call otherwise noteworthy for strong results last quarter and a disappointing forecast for this ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 May 2017
Pure Storage flash lineup could be billion-dollar baby
Pure Storage executives claim the flash pioneer is on pace for $1 billion in revenue for 2017, plus its first profitable quarter by the end of the year. Neither goal is assured, but both seem ... Continue Reading
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Answer
19 May 2017
Phase change memory technology: Where is it headed?
With the release of Intel's Optane, a product based on phase change memory is finally on the market. Where PCM goes is dependent on quite a few factors. Continue Reading
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News
17 May 2017
Western Digital ships enterprise SAS-based 3D NAND SSDs
Tired of waiting for NVMe? Western Digital's HGST Ultrastar-branded 12 Gbps SAS-based 3D NAND SSDs target high-performance virtual, database, analytics and cloud workloads. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 May 2017
Optane memory: Opening the window on Intel's latest technology
Now that Optane products are on the market, the future of fast memory for storage and processing looks bright. But will Optane match the claims Intel has been making? Continue Reading
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News
09 May 2017
Upgraded Nexsan Unity unified arrays get jolt of flash
Nexsan eliminated the need to run its E-Series arrays as Unity back-end storage. JBODs with RAID allow FASTier flash cache SSDs to run on 12 Gbps storage shelves. Continue Reading
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News
08 May 2017
Micron SolidScale NVMe-oF-based storage architecture emerges
Micron Technology launched its SolidScale storage architecture based on NVMe-oF technologies, with plans for branded appliances to start shipping later this year. Continue Reading
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News
08 May 2017
Dell EMC all-flash moves focus on VMAX, XtremIO and Isilon
Dell EMC VMAX and XtremIO SAN all-flash arrays christen Dell EMC World 2017. All-flash Isilon NAS adds Infinity modular architecture. Dense flash in compact footprint is the focus. Continue Reading
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News
04 May 2017
Dell EMC World 2017: Flash, HCI and cloud take center stage
This year's Dell EMC World will feature plenty of product releases as the mega-vendor beefs up emerging technologies while continuing its pre-merger platforms. Continue Reading
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News
24 Apr 2017
Flash storage market shifting, Kaminario CEO says
Dani Golan of Kaminario sees NVMe as the next big disruptor in the flash market; says Kaminario focuses on cloud and SaaS, while legacy vendors fight over shrinking IT budgets. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Apr 2017
IBM flash storage helps snap 22-quarter downslide
IBM storage sales rose in the first quarter of 2017, for the first time in more than five years. IBM snapped a 22-quarter string of storage declines on the strength of flash hardware and ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Apr 2017
E8 Storage scales higher with new HGST NVMe SSDs
E8 qualifies HGST SN200 6.4 TB PCIe drives for D24 NVMe all-flash system. The 2U enclosure houses 24 SSDs and scales to 140 TB of usable capacity. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Apr 2017
Tegile funding round gives it $33 million for NVMe push
Tegile Systems closed a $33 million funding round that the flash array vendor intends to use to invest heavily in NVMe, the next big thing in solid-state storage. Like other flash vendors, Tegile ... Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Apr 2017
The present and likely future of the NVMe protocol
The NVMe and PCIe combination of protocol and interconnect was an inevitable development once solid-state drives were created, as was moving NVMe to fabrics. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Mar 2017
Reduxio Systems snares venture funds, moves closer to IPO
Storage startup Reduxio Systems has bulked up its venture capital, a stepping stone to a potential IPO. On Monday, the hybrid flash vendor nabbed $22.5 million in Series C financing from private ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Mar 2017
HPE 3PAR all-flash target allows persistent containers
HPE 3PAR flash container reference architecture bundles Mesosphere orchestration software with ProLiant blades, 10 GB SAN FlexFabric and StoreServ 8200 arrays. Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Mar 2017
Five factors to consider before buying all-flash storage arrays
Before purchasing all-flash array storage, you should determine whether your site plans to integrate AFA storage into its existing infrastructure or to start a new storage silo. Continue Reading
By- Logan G. Harbaugh, Independent consultant
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News
14 Mar 2017
Pure Storage flash array fuels Lifescript's DevOps strategy, CDM
Women's health website Lifescript 'transformed into a DevOps shop after implementing Pure Storage all-flash arrays from and Actifio copy data management.. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Mar 2017
Enterprise HDDs launch from Seagate, Toshiba
Flash may dominate the storage headlines, but there are still signs of life with HDDs. Seagate showed off 12 TB helium-based enterprise HDDs at last week's Open Compute Project Summit in Santa ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2017
DSSD D5 flash appliance sales cease, Dell EMC says
The DSSD D5 for PowerEdge servers from Dell EMC was the first product from the merged vendors. DSSD instead will be used to accelerate existing and new all-flash systems. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Mar 2017
Building a business case for all-flash array storage
To make a business case for purchasing AFA storage, you must first understand what your applications need in terms of IOPS, latency and throughput. Continue Reading
By- Logan G. Harbaugh, Independent consultant
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News
08 Mar 2017
HPE acquisition of Nimble gives it another SAN platform
Surprising HPE acquisition snares hybrid flash vendor Nimble Storage for proposed $1.2 billion. HPE picks up Nimble arrays and vaunts InfoSight storage analytics and monitoring. Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2017
Riverbed SteelFusion edge devices embrace NFS
Riverbed adds NAS support to SteelFusion to broaden the reach of the remote office storage appliance, which already supports SAN and object storage. Continue Reading
By- Sonia Lelii, TechTarget
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E-Zine
03 Mar 2017
The state of flash storage performance
All-flash arrays have virtually eliminated flash storage performance issues, for now. But applications and user expectations will eventually catch up. Innovations in flash technology -- such as nonvolatile memory express and storage-class memory (flash DIMM) -- promise to keep solid-state storage ahead of the curve, however. We discuss these technologies and more as we explore the current and future states of flash storage performance.
DevOps allows developers to rapidly create, develop, amend and deploy applications using Agile methodologies. DevOps resources, including storage, are consumed differently, though, taking more of a cloud-like approach.
Security and compliance concerns are big obstacles to public cloud storage adoption. Reliability, data movement and poor application performance, frequently from irregular spikes in network latency, are other important caveats. We provide tips on how to overcome these and other issues.
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Feature
03 Mar 2017
SAN arrays maintain primary data storage dominance, for now
Solid-state flash is the most sought-after technology for primary storage, as storage area networks remain the main focus of increasing capacity for most enterprises. Continue Reading
By- James Alan Miller, Senior Executive Editor
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Feature
03 Mar 2017
The state of flash storage systems
Making flash storage performance even faster has little to do with the media itself and more to do with the storage infrastructure that surrounds it. Continue Reading
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