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Cloudian CEO, CTO talk future of object storage

Cloudian CEO and CTO talk about the evolution of storage from block and file to object, and why object storage's future is so bright.

By Adam Armstrong • March 4, 2022

LUN masking

LUN masking is an authorization mechanism used in storage area networks (SANs) to make LUNs available to some hosts but unavailable to other hosts.

By Robert Sheldon • March 4, 2022

Spot by NetApp absorbs Fylamynt for cloud automation

NetApp acquires Fylamynt, a CloudOps startup that could become the 'glue' for the Spot by NetApp portfolio, analysts say.

By Tim McCarthy • March 2, 2022

virtual LUN (virtual logical unit number)

A virtual LUN (virtual logical unit number) is a representation of a storage area that is not tied to any physical storage allocation.

By Robert Sheldon • March 2, 2022

Micron releases first 176-layer NAND data center SSD

The Micron 7450 marks the launch of the first 176-layer NAND SSD aimed at the data center, bringing a consistently low-latency, PCIe Gen 4 performance and a spectrum of form factors.

By Adam Armstrong • March 1, 2022

Performance, capacity tick up with Dell PowerVault ME5

Dell Technologies modernized its entry-level storage with the new Dell PowerVault ME5, bringing more performance, capacity and ease of use for its SMB customers.

By Adam Armstrong • Feb. 25, 2022

Vast Data solves high-performance computing challenge

When DUG began to supply high-performance computing as a service, it discovered its storage was not up to the task, sending the company on a years-long journey.

By Adam Armstrong • Feb. 25, 2022

Hitachi Vantara simplifies hybrid cloud storage

Hitachi Vantara is now providing customers a path to the hybrid cloud with software-defined storage and colocation. It also unveiled a new midrange storage offering.

By Adam Armstrong • Feb. 23, 2022

cloud washing

Cloud washing (also spelled cloudwashing) is the purposeful and sometimes deceptive attempt by a vendor to rebrand an old product or service by associating the buzzword 'cloud' with it.

By Ellen O'Brien, Robert Sheldon, Rachel Kossman • Feb. 22, 2022

The best enterprise storage systems and products of 2021

Thirty-nine finalists competed for top honors in the annual 'Storage' magazine and SearchStorage Products of the Year awards. Find out which won gold, silver and bronze.

By Paul Crocetti • Feb. 16, 2022

The best enterprise cloud storage of 2021

Judges in this year's Products of the Year competition tap the best cloud storage products for enterprises, with unstructured file storage and Kubernetes storage taking honors.

By Tim McCarthy • Feb. 15, 2022

The top data storage and management tools of 2021

Software focused on large-scale data management and storage in expanding environments won in this year's Products of the Year storage system and application software category.

By Johnny Yu • Feb. 15, 2022

The best enterprise storage arrays of 2021

Tintri, Infinidat and Dell EMC enterprise arrays win top honors in the Products of the Year disk and disk subsystems category for their use of flash and automation.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 15, 2022

Cut down on containerized environment complexity

Containerized environments were supposed to speed up IT operations. However, too much of a good thing brings complexity challenges for organizations to overcome.

By Scott Sinclair • Feb. 15, 2022

Data storage and security make a mission-critical mix

At a time of heightened cyberthreats, IT administrators should look to improve their data storage security. There are numerous proactive ways to prepare for the next attack.

By Paul Crocetti • Feb. 15, 2022

Predictions for the top data storage trends of 2022

The constant need to organize, analyze and protect the hoard of data collected by organizations is pushing technology to new heights. Are these four predictions on your watch list?

By Marc Staimer • Feb. 15, 2022

20 years of ‘Storage’ magazine’s Products of the Year

Our best products competition is built on a premise that discourages vendors from sitting on their product's laurels while encouraging technology innovation.

By Rich Castagna • Feb. 15, 2022

Ruggedized storage takes autonomous vehicle research to edge

Mississippi State University's Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems selected Quantum Corp.'s R-Series SSDs to collect sensor data at the edge.

By Adam Armstrong • Feb. 14, 2022

Infinidat adds cyber resilience software to InfiniGuard appliance

Infinidat upgraded its purpose-built backup appliance, InfiniGuard, with anti-ransomware software and boosted its DRAM to provide faster recovery times.

By Adam Armstrong • Feb. 9, 2022

IBM upgrades FlashSystem to tackle ransomware

Addressing the continuing onslaught of cyber attacks, IBM has delivered an offering that combines its FlashSystem and Cyber Vault products for fast recovery.

By Adam Armstrong, Ed Scannell • Feb. 8, 2022

Panzura enables multi-cloud replication with CloudFS update

CloudFS customers can now replicate to a backup cloud instantly, enabling recovery in case of a cloud outage. New support for Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor expands VM features.

By Tim McCarthy • Feb. 3, 2022

Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)

Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) is an open protocol to control data backup and recovery communications between primary and secondary storage in a heterogeneous network environment.

By Rahul Awati • Feb. 2, 2022

NVMe-oF over IP: A complete SAN platform

NVMe/TCP or NVMe/RoCE are technologies that can now provide complete SAN platforms with multiple cost structures and are able to support different customer requirements.

By Claudio DeSanti • Feb. 2, 2022

NVMe-oF storage provider Pavilion Data raises $45 million

NVMe-oF startup Pavilion Data completed a series C1 funding with an additional $45 million, while keeping its focus on helping customers tackle modern workloads.

By Adam Armstrong • Feb. 1, 2022

hierarchical storage management (HSM)

Hierarchical storage management (HSM) is policy-based management of data files that uses storage media economically and without the user being aware of when files are retrieved from storage.

By Robert Sheldon • Feb. 1, 2022