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Toyota outage shows not all backup failures are ransomware

An IT error for Toyota Motor Corporation knocked out production for a day, but the auto giant was quick to note the issue was not due to a cyberattack.

By Tim McCarthy • Sept. 14, 2023

TD Securities chooses Dell PowerMax to grow with it

Looking at high-end block storage systems for high transactional needs, a Canadian wholesale bank decided to tap Dell PowerMax as an investment for current and future business.

By Adam Armstrong • Sept. 14, 2023

Ctera Vault locks up critical data with WORM tech

File gateway vendors are looking to differentiate themselves in the market, with Ctera eyeing regulated industries by protecting data with a suite of cybersecurity features.

By Tim McCarthy • Sept. 12, 2023

150 TB IBM tapes hit the market

IBM's new enterprise tape drive brings 50 TB of native capacity and 150 TB compressed for archiving large amounts of data and is a sign of investment in an old storage medium.

By Adam Armstrong • Sept. 8, 2023

Panasas taps Seagate’s Ken Claffey as new CEO

In this Q&A, the new Panasas CEO talks about the company's direction, how it is branching out and how generative AI will drive adoption of parallel file systems.

By Adam Armstrong • Sept. 6, 2023

What are 3 top Google Cloud Storage limitations?

While Google Cloud Storage has several limitations, these three are among the most prevalent -- but users have straightforward ways to get around them.

By Brien Posey • Sept. 5, 2023

StorCentric winds down, Nexsan stands out

StorCentric's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing pushed the storage conglomerate and the companies it acquired into limbo. Now one of those companies might find new footing.

By Adam Armstrong • Aug. 30, 2023

NetApp cloud storage evolving for stateful K8s, AI

Stateful Kubernetes storage, faster storage for AI data ingestion and more are all important features NetApp seeks to support for first-party cloud storage among the hyperscalers.

By Tim McCarthy • Aug. 30, 2023

The future of storage administration: 4 key questions answered

What are the best moves a storage professional can make? Learn about the skills, technologies and strategies to focus on now for the most payback in the future.

By Stacey Peterson , Brien Posey • Aug. 28, 2023

Google Cloud adds storage capabilities to support AI, ML

The latest additions to Google Cloud's storage portfolio will focus on bringing object storage into the file-centric workloads of AI and ML alongside a Google-run NetApp service.

By Tim McCarthy • Aug. 24, 2023

SSD, flash memory advances to see slow walk to market

New SSDs and CXL memory modules were on display at the 2023 Flash Memory Summit, but it might take market adjustments, new infrastructure and time to reap the benefits.

By Adam Armstrong • Aug. 22, 2023

VMware vSAN Max disaggregates storage for hybrid cloud

Early HCI vendor VMware separates storage from compute in its new vSAN offering, targeting enterprise hybrid clouds and seeking to avoid the compute sticker shock.

By Tim McCarthy • Aug. 22, 2023

What is RAID 6?

RAID 6, also known as double-parity RAID, is one of several RAID schemes that work by placing data on multiple disks and enabling I/O operations to overlap in a balanced way, improving performance.

By Kim Hefner • Aug. 22, 2023

How to create an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account

This tutorial details two different ways admins can set up an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account, which will be a necessity when Gen1 isn't an option anymore.

By Brien Posey • Aug. 21, 2023

Navigate storage networking requirements, architectures for AI

Optimize your approach to AI workflows with reliable storage networking capabilities to enhance productivity, strengthen performance and improve data management.

By Saqib Jang • Aug. 18, 2023

Wasabi Technologies, IBM modernize historic Fenway Park

When Fenway Sports Group migrated to the Google Cloud Platform in 2020, it turned to Wasabi and IBM to help usher in a hybrid cloud model.

By Tim McCarthy • Aug. 15, 2023

PeerIQ peers into NAS software across vendors, clouds

NAS storage analytics can be viewed in a single place with Peer Software's PeerIQ, bringing different vendors and on-premises and cloud storage analytics together.

By Adam Armstrong • Aug. 15, 2023

MemVerge, XConn, Samsung, H3 unite to show benefits of CXL

Four vendors combine technologies to demonstrate CXL memory pooling at the Flash Memory Summit and tout its benefits to use cases like generative AI.

By Adam Armstrong • Aug. 11, 2023

AWS adds vaulting, multi-cloud services at Storage Day

The hyperscaler introduced new features and services to AWS including an air-gapped cyber vault service and support for multi-cloud at its annual storage event.

By Tim McCarthy • Aug. 10, 2023

Vast Data sets sights on analytics, AI

Vast Data expands on its primary storage origin story, adding database management options and targeting analytics, all with an eye on AI workloads.

By Adam Armstrong • Aug. 8, 2023

semiconductor fab

A semiconductor fab -- short for fabrication -- is a manufacturing plant in which raw silicon wafers are turned into integrated circuits (ICs).

By Rahul Awati, Carol Sliwa • Aug. 8, 2023

Computational storage SSD options vary in benefit level

Computational storage SSDs come in two major formats: programmable and fixed-function. They have stark differences in feature set and market acceptance.

By Jim Handy • Aug. 2, 2023

quad-level cell NAND (QLC NAND)

Quad-level cell NAND (QLC NAND) is a form of NAND flash memory that can store up to 4 bits of data per memory cell.

By Alexander Gillis • Aug. 2, 2023

Vast Data looks beyond storage to the data lakehouse

Vast Data, a storage software vendor, introduces a new data management platform that unites its software capabilities into a platform.

By Tim McCarthy • Aug. 1, 2023

Lenovo’s latest heavy on flash, security for enterprise storage

Lenovo's concentration on QLC flash, hybrid cloud and ransomware protection in its latest hardware and software offerings should aid enterprise buyers.

By Scott Sinclair • July 31, 2023