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Compare entry-level SAN arrays for the SMB market

Performance, capacity and data protection features are a few of the many factors SMB organizations should consider in their comparisons of entry-level SANs.

By Robert Sheldon • Feb. 23, 2021

Cloud file storage still nascent, but growing quickly

File storage lags behind object and block storage in the market, but Nasuni's offering on Google Cloud indicates a growing appetite for the format.

By Johnny Yu • Feb. 22, 2021

Violin, Stratoscale data storage technologies rise from dust

StorCentric's data storage technologies added Violin Systems in a bargain pickup last year. Zadara this week snagged the remnants of Stratoscale's HCI software.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 18, 2021

Pure Storage nudges all-flash toward hybrid workloads

Pure Storage all-flash revolves around unified fast file and object storage to consolidate local and cloud-based application data on a single high-performance flash platform.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 16, 2021

DataCore’s Caringo buy spotlights need for object storage

Object store acquisitions by DataCore, Nvidia and Quantum underscore the growing importance of object storage to address enterprise workloads ranging from archives to analytics.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 16, 2021

The best enterprise storage arrays of 2020

Vast Data, Dell EMC and Infinidat show that flash storage rules the data center in the 'Storage' magazine and SearchStorage Products of the Year 2020 disk and disk subsystems category.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 15, 2021

The best enterprise cloud storage of 2020

Winners address cloud NAS, hosted cloud and cloud-native application management, highlighting the technology's growing importance in an evolving IT world.

By Dave Raffo • Feb. 15, 2021

Pay-per-use pricing model can boost digital initiatives

Consumption IT shifts the burden of infrastructure support to vendors and expenditures from Capex to Opex. Can pay-per-use pricing keep pace with your digital business roadmap?

By Scott Sinclair • Feb. 15, 2021

These 5 IT buzzwords for 2021 reflect data storage priorities

As a mature IT discipline, the pace of change in storage has slowed, but there is still plenty of buzz about underlying technologies you'll need to know about in 2021.

By Dave Raffo • Feb. 15, 2021

Efficient data storage tips to achieve a green data center

This illustrated guide to energy-efficient data storage offers tips on offloading data to the cloud and areas to review when estimating storage costs.

By James Alan Miller • Feb. 15, 2021

The best enterprise storage systems and products of 2020

Nearly 100 products and services competed for top honors in the 'Storage' magazine and SearchStorage annual Products of the Year awards. Find out which won gold, silver and bronze.

By James Alan Miller • Feb. 15, 2021

Cost-effective snapshot management tips and strategies

Snapshots may be an optimal way to copy and protect data, but they can lead to some unexpected consequences. Find out what those are and how to avoid them.

By Dan Sullivan • Feb. 15, 2021

IBM, LucidLink the latest to tackle cloud file storage

Startup LucidLink has bundled its Filespaces file system with IBM's Cloud Object Storage offerings. Distributed work teams can access shared data as network-attached storage.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 12, 2021

Track these 4 emerging storage technologies in 2021

As they seek to increase the efficiency and performance of data storage systems in 2021, administrators should keep these four emerging technologies in mind.

By Marc Staimer • Feb. 10, 2021

IBM flash storage seeks wider appeal with FlashSystem array

New IBM flash storage includes 1U FlashSystem building block starting at 38 TB. The launch comes as IBM consolidates storage products around its FlashSystem flagship.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 9, 2021

Cloudian adds object storage for containers on VMware vSAN

Cloudian's integration with VMware's vSAN Data Persistence platform allows its customers to consolidate on-premises and cloud-native applications on the same object storage software.

By Johnny Yu • Feb. 8, 2021

Panasas storage yearns for expanded enterprise presence

After six years as chief operating officer, Panasas CEO Tom Shea took the helm last year to pilot the company's storage roadmap.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 3, 2021

QLC flash drives are hot ‘21 trend, pressure HDDs on price

Hot 2021 trends in memory and storage will include the ramp of QLC SSDs in enterprise flash arrays, pressuring HDDs on price, increasing Optane adoption and NVMe over TCP.

By Carol Sliwa • Jan. 29, 2021

Potential magnetic tape storage capacity surges in ‘renaissance’

Tape technology continues to improve, resulting in huge possibilities for capacity. With data growth, tape has received new customers; some don't even realize they're using it.

By Paul Crocetti • Jan. 29, 2021

Qumulo update, Quantum arrays target unstructured data

File vendors Qumulo and Quantum product launches differ in approach, but the impetus is identical: giving enterprise data centers the tools to subdue sprawling unstructured data.

By Garry Kranz • Jan. 29, 2021

Veritas NetBackup 9 adds Flex Scale scale-out architecture

NetBackup 9 offers a new scale-out deployment aimed at software-defined, hyper-converged data centers, allowing customers to add storage nodes as they see fit.

By Johnny Yu • Jan. 27, 2021

Storage as a service trending in 2021

Questions for 2021: Can Dell reach the Apex? How green is HPE's GreenLake? Large vendors highlight storage as a service as a hot area, but mass acceptance could take years.

By Dave Raffo • Jan. 27, 2021

Candy-maker sweetens IT setup with VxRail, PowerProtect

Warrell Corp. treated itself to a new IT infrastructure to drive its candy manufacturing, adding hyper-converged backup appliances and cloud DR from Dell EMC.

By Dave Raffo • Jan. 27, 2021

3D XPoint vs. NAND flash: Why there’s room for both

While there are key differences between 3D XPoint and NAND flash -- in terms of performance, cost and uses -- the two technologies will likely coexist for years.

By Jim Handy • Jan. 26, 2021

DataCore Software buys Caringo to fill object storage gap

DataCore's acquisition of object storage pioneer Caringo plugs a hole in its software-defined storage and advances its goal of block, file and object storage from a single vendor.

By Carol Sliwa • Jan. 26, 2021