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NetApp adds new flash hardware, debuts VMware DR service

The enterprise storage vendor continues its hybrid cloud portfolio push with capacity flash for the ASA hardware family and bolts a VMware DR service to its BlueXP console.

By Tim McCarthy • Oct. 24, 2023

data archiving

Data archiving moves data that is no longer actively used to a separate storage device for long-term retention.

By Johnny Yu , Brien Posey • Oct. 23, 2023

10 data storage questions for enterprises to ask

Does top management support your organization's storage needs? Is the storage platform compliant with regulations? These are just two of the data storage questions you need to ask.

By Paul Kirvan • Oct. 23, 2023

Dell PowerMaxOS 10.1 targets operational, energy efficiency

The latest Dell PowerMaxOS update brings greater data reduction and power usage monitoring to its top-of-the-line storage array. The update also keyed in on cyber-resilience.

By Adam Armstrong • Oct. 18, 2023

Storage as a service value continues to increase

Explore how storage as a service can be a cheaper option for enterprises and how one vendor will potentially increase the value with updates to its platform.

By Scott Sinclair • Oct. 18, 2023

archive

An archive is a collection of data moved to a repository for long-term retention, to be kept separate for compliance reasons or moved off primary storage media.

By Sarah Wilson • Oct. 18, 2023

StorPool adds fast erasure coding to block storage

Latest release of StorPool Storage enables high-performance data protection for block storage using erasure coding on standard SSDs for fast recovery of demanding applications.

By Tim McCarthy • Oct. 17, 2023

Micron first to bring 232 layers to mainstream SSDs

The 7500, Micron's latest SSD, uses the company's 232-layer NAND technology to support a broad set of use cases at a lower price point than its high-end counterparts.

By Adam Armstrong • Oct. 17, 2023

Multi-cloud data storage becomes a ‘must-have’

Enterprises typically have data spread across multiple locations, including multiple clouds. Vendors in turn should look to provide hybrid, multi-cloud and on-premises storage.

By Scott Sinclair • Oct. 13, 2023

Hitachi Vantara gives single view of storage

To reduce complexity, Hitachi Vantara released a storage platform aimed at unifying data management, but it will need to find ways to differentiate its offering, says one analyst.

By Adam Armstrong • Oct. 11, 2023

Future of storage lies in collaboration, unified management

Storage vendors throughout 2023 bet big on unified management and collaboration tools as what the market will want and what will help them stand out among the enterprise C-suite.

By Tim McCarthy • Oct. 10, 2023

Dell PowerFlex hits 4.5, Apex Block Storage hits Azure

Dell's software-defined storage offering, PowerFlex, gets an update that provides better infrastructure monitoring, more file services and a new Apex Block Storage option.

By Adam Armstrong • Oct. 6, 2023

Compare file storage options in the cloud

In the hot market of file storage in the public cloud, many options are available across some of the largest vendors, with performance a major consideration.

By Dave Raffo • Oct. 6, 2023

cold storage

Cold storage is a computer system or mode of operation designed for the retention of inactive data.

By Carol Sliwa • Oct. 5, 2023

What a Western Digital-Kioxia merger might mean for NAND

Speculation that Kioxia and Western Digital could combine their NAND businesses is making rounds again. Analysts consider what it may mean for the flash memory market.

By Adam Armstrong • Oct. 2, 2023

RAID controller

A RAID controller is a hardware device or software program used to manage hard disk drives or solid-state drives in a computer or storage array so they work as a logical unit.

By Kim Hefner, Rich Castagna • Oct. 2, 2023

How SSD encryption can protect enterprise data

It's easy for an SSD to fall into the wrong hands. Encryption, which is common in SSDs, is a powerful tool to protect mission-critical and personal data.

By Jim Handy • Sept. 26, 2023

Dell Apex brings cloud Azure HCI to ground

Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure combines Dell hardware with Microsoft Azure software, a move that adds to Dell's hybrid cloud offerings.

By Adam Armstrong • Sept. 26, 2023

blockchain storage

Blockchain storage is a way of saving data in a decentralized network, which utilizes the unused hard disk space of users across the world to store files.

By John Moore • Sept. 21, 2023

OpenZFS interest grows alongside rise of unstructured data

With the explosion of unstructured data, lower-cost file systems such as OpenZFS are gaining more attention as they continue to gain support from vendors.

By Adam Armstrong • Sept. 21, 2023

Komprise offers insight into storage costs across clouds

Storage Insights for the Komprise Data Management platform enables users to define metrics for storage consumption across clouds and vendors for cost management and migration.

By Tim McCarthy • Sept. 21, 2023

4 reasons cloud data repatriation is happening in storage

When the advantages of cloud storage aren't fully realized, repatriation becomes a consideration. Find out where the cloud isn't delivering on its promises.

By Paul Kirvan • Sept. 20, 2023

Infinidat offers all-flash within a hybrid array

Infinidat places a virtual all-flash array in its hybrid storage system while doubling the capacity of InfiniBox SSA and carving it up for easier consumption.

By Adam Armstrong • Sept. 19, 2023

RAID 4 (redundant array of independent disks)

RAID 4 (redundant array of independent disks) is a RAID configuration that uses a dedicated parity disk and block-level striping across multiple disks.

By Kim Hefner • Sept. 19, 2023

Scality CEO on ESG and storage as a solved problem

Scality's CEO discusses the company's ESG efforts, ESG in IT, object storage's role in primary storage and AI while seeing the problems of storage have mostly been solved.

By Adam Armstrong • Sept. 18, 2023