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Komprise COO talks 2021 growth and future software plans

Krishna Subramanian, COO of Komprise, discusses improvements made to the company's flagship data management software and updates planned for the remainder of the year.

By Tim McCarthy • Aug. 5, 2021

Protect NAS device backups with these tips

NAS devices provide reliable data storage for businesses of all sizes. Backing up that data requires organizations to implement additional data protection efforts.

By John Edwards • Aug. 5, 2021

How the CXL interconnect will affect enterprise storage

The Compute Express Link standard will shake up the enterprise storage market in several significant ways. Here's what admins need to know.

By Marc Staimer • Aug. 5, 2021

New HPE Alletra extends cloud console to Primera, Nimble

Hewlett Packard Enterprise's new Alletra storage brand will bear striking similarity to Primera and Nimble arrays on the operating system and management front.

By Carol Sliwa • July 30, 2021

How the Container Storage Interface can aid Kubernetes use

Compared to in-tree plugins, the Container Storage Interface simplifies Kubernetes integration with storage devices, but thorough testing of CSI drivers is a must.

By Brien Posey • July 30, 2021

When long-term data archiving means ‘forever’

Storage customers such as the German data processing service center GWDG have started to think about how they can archive data forever. It's challenging and complex, but possible.

By Paul Crocetti • July 30, 2021

Distributed storage carves niches for enterprise use

Numerous vendors specializing in distributed storage and other distributed services look to expand userbases and find new appeal for enterprise customers.

By Johnny Yu, Tim McCarthy • July 28, 2021

Datadobi touts SMB and product streamlining in update

Datadobi's 5.12 update unites software under a single engine and adds SMB file transfer support, as the company looks to evolve next year.

By Tim McCarthy • July 27, 2021

Apply hyperscale data center design principles to IT storage

Storage admins in large enterprises can borrow infrastructure design principles from the major hyperscale cloud providers to optimize their own storage systems and operations.

By Kurt Marko • July 23, 2021

Pure Storage adds service options for FlashStack, Portworx

Pure Storage users can now choose consumption-based pricing for FlashStack converged infrastructure and Portworx storage for containerized workloads.

By Carol Sliwa • July 23, 2021

Cubbit offers ‘green’ distributed cloud storage option

New EU startup aims to offer alternative to major cloud storage with a distributed model, offering increased security and potentially less environmental waste for a lower cost.

By Tim McCarthy • July 22, 2021

Civo and StorageOS partner for Kubernetes in the cloud

Civo, a managed Kubernetes cloud service, selects StorageOS to provide lightweight, persistent storage for their customers' container application needs and future database storage.

By Tim McCarthy • July 20, 2021

IBM FlashSystem adds storage as a service, attack protection

IBM introduces new consumption-based Storage as a Service for FlashSystem based on performance, capacity and contract term; and adds Safeguarded Copy to guard against cyberattacks.

By Johnny Yu, Carol Sliwa • July 20, 2021

VRAM (video RAM)

VRAM (video RAM) refers to any type of random access memory (RAM) specifically used to store image data for a computer display.

By Linda Rosencrance, Alexander Gillis, Wesley Chai • July 19, 2021

XenData links up tape archives with S3 interface

XenData launched an object storage interface for its LTO archives, along with a new synchronization service that consolidates multiple archives into a single, global repository.

By Johnny Yu • July 13, 2021

StrongBox Data’s StrongLink adds multisite storage management

StrongLink version 3.2 adds new features to StrongBox Data's flagship software, including multisite storage management, a command-line interface and more.

By Tim McCarthy • July 13, 2021

Flexify.IO CTO says multi-cloud migration within easy reach

Multi-cloud storage and migration can be a costly hassle, but Flexify.IO CTO Sergey Kandaurov claims his company's flagship product can help eliminate fees and woes about lock-in.

By Tim McCarthy • July 12, 2021

Next-generation PCIe key to composable infrastructure progress

High-performance computing and AI environments are just two strong uses for composable architecture. Explore benefits and drawbacks of PCIe in composable systems.

By Kurt Marko • July 12, 2021

RAID 10 (RAID 1+0)

RAID 10, also known as RAID 1+0, is a RAID configuration that combines disk mirroring and disk striping to protect data.

By Rich Castagna, Erin Sullivan • July 9, 2021

Serial ATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA)

Serial ATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA) is a command and transport protocol that defines how data is transferred between a computer's motherboard and mass storage devices, such as hard disk drives (HDDs), optical drives and solid-state drives (SSDs).

By Garry Kranz • July 8, 2021

Micron 3D XPoint supply will end with $900M fab sale to TI

Micron's $900 million deal to sell its Utah semiconductor factory to Texas Instruments will end the plant's 3D XPoint supplies for Intel Optane memory and storage products.

By Carol Sliwa • July 1, 2021

Boost array performance with Optane-ready products

Explore a group of Optane-ready products to improve storage performance. In addition, there are other options beyond self-managed hardware for the same purpose.

By Kurt Marko • June 30, 2021

Nvidia finalizes GPUDirect Storage 1.0 to accelerate AI, HPC

Nvidia GPUDirect Storage's driver hit 1.0 status to enable direct memory access between GPU and storage and boost the performance of data-intensive AI, HPC and analytics workloads.

By Carol Sliwa • June 30, 2021

Cloud storage market calms after historic year

While 2020 became an unpredictable year for companies with regard to storage needs, analysts are predicting a much quieter and standard outlook for the rest of 2021.

By Tim McCarthy • June 29, 2021

Portworx brings storage solution to LogDNA’s Kubernetes need

LogDNA wanted to reduce its cloud storage costs and bring Kubernetes-based software to on-premises servers. Portworx provided a Kubernetes-native solution and ongoing support.

By Tim McCarthy • June 29, 2021