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New XenData appliances provide bridge between disk and tape

XenData seeks to simplify managing LTO tape libraries but finds itself competing with disk, public clouds, other tape vendors and 'poor storage management.'

By Johnny Yu • Dec. 9, 2020

EBS Block Express helps AWS reinvent cloud SAN

Most of AWS' storage updates at AWS re:Invent 2020 make enterprise features more accessible to non-enterprise customers, but its Block Express high-IOPS volumes are unique.

By Johnny Yu • Dec. 7, 2020

Lenovo storage expands NVMe with midrange DM ThinkSystem

Server vendor Lenovo wants to grow its ThinkSystem storage business. The DM5100F NVMe Lenovo storage array integrates S3 protocol for unified data management.

By Garry Kranz • Dec. 4, 2020

All-flash array adoption rises for NetApp, HPE

NetApp credits AFA flash array sales as key to its gaining market share, while HPE reports significant flash increase despite overall decline in storage revenue.

By Dave Raffo • Dec. 2, 2020

Intel’s 3D XPoint dominance will face challenge from Micron

Intel's Optane memory and storage products have no competition now, but that will change as Micron and potentially other vendors ramp up production in the future.

By Carol Sliwa • Dec. 1, 2020

Test your knowledge of object storage usage in the enterprise

Do you know when and where to use object storage? Take our quiz to see which workloads it's best for and insight into how object storage fits into the overall storage picture.

By Stacey Peterson • Nov. 30, 2020

Next Pathway gives data warehouses a route to the cloud

Next Pathway has introduced Crawler360, a tool for helping customers size and cost their migration from legacy data warehouses such as Netezza and Teradata to cloud platforms.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 30, 2020

Dell still waiting for PowerStore to power up

Dell EMC's flashy new PowerStore array has done little to remediate the leading storage vendor's shrinking midrange market share, allowing competitors to gain ground.

By Dave Raffo • Nov. 25, 2020

Pure Storage cloud licensing buoys vendor’s fortunes

Pure Storage cloud revenue grew by double digits last quarter. A new service catalog guides customers to categorize workloads for predictable performance and pricing.

By Garry Kranz • Nov. 25, 2020

Dense processing fuels Pavilion Data storage performance

Pavilion Hyperparallel Flash Array clusters multiple controllers in unified namespace that spans racks and chassis. Pavilion storage scales 2.2 PB of raw NVMe flash.

By Garry Kranz • Nov. 24, 2020

Big data vs. artificial intelligence: How they compare

Artificial intelligence can help synthesize and analyze the large volumes of information provided by big data initiatives. The two are different, but they work well together.

By Robert Sheldon • Nov. 23, 2020

Qumulo storage adds NVMe cache to NAS stash

The Qumulo storage software code was written to operate in containers in microservices environments. The vendor swapped SATA SSDs for NVMe to cache data in front of capacity disk.

By Garry Kranz • Nov. 19, 2020

Flash storage debate heats up over QLC SSDs vs. HDDs

QLC flash storage is exerting pressure on spinning disk for mass storage and archiving use cases -- but HDDs will stick around for years if not decades, industry experts predict.

By Carol Sliwa • Nov. 19, 2020

COVID-19 research generates big data, invaluable info

When supporting COVID-19 research that could uncover treatment for the pandemic, IT and storage pros want to make sure they're 'not the bottleneck' in the process.

By Dave Raffo • Nov. 18, 2020

Rivals Dell EMC, Unitrends refresh backup appliance lineups

When upgrading their backup appliance portfolios, Dell EMC and Unitrends addressed continued demand for backup hardware. Both also rolled out new unified management interfaces.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 18, 2020

All-flash object storage makes its way into the enterprise

Object storage isn't just for backups and archives anymore. All-flash offerings are being used for AI, machine learning and analytics. See what types of products are available.

By Robert Sheldon • Nov. 18, 2020

Kioxia flash storage sews NVMe fabric onto Kubernetes

Kioxia's KumoScale virtualizes NVMe block volumes for consumption by file and object storage. The Kioxia flash invokes native TCP/IP drivers to install an NVMe-oF layer.

By Garry Kranz • Nov. 18, 2020

Flexential Archive Storage heats up with Wasabi

Cloud storage has trended up since the coronavirus pandemic hit. Flexential and Wasabi have teamed up on an archival storage platform that takes advantage of the cloud.

By Paul Crocetti • Nov. 16, 2020

NVMe, Optane, GPUs exert big impact on enterprise storage

Enterprises in need of high-performance storage for AI, analytics and virtualization may find help in new NVMe, Optane and processor technologies, a Flash Memory Summit panel says.

By Carol Sliwa • Nov. 13, 2020

Flash storage grows up with new EDSFF SSDs, denser 3D NAND

Expansive new directions for flash memory technology shine brightly in the launch of 176-layer 3D NAND chips, EDSFF E1.S and Zoned Namespace SSDs, and computational storage drives.

By Carol Sliwa • Nov. 11, 2020

How can I best implement an active archive environment?

Examine the major elements of an active archiving environment, including the kinds of data that you can use in one and resources to help with platform execution.

By Paul Kirvan • Nov. 11, 2020

Quantum NAS options expand with All-Terrain File System

Quantum adds to its NAS lineup with All-Terrain File System aimed at general-purpose use cases while enhancing its StorNext parallel file system and ActiveScale object storage.

By Garry Kranz • Nov. 11, 2020

RAID vs. backup: Learn the differences and benefits of both

In a battle of RAID vs. backup, both could win. While RAID offers disk failure protection, it falls short in other areas where backup comes in handy.

By Brien Posey • Nov. 10, 2020

Caringo Swarm 12 adds remote sync, SSO and updated UI

Caringo's updates to Swarm are designed to make the object storage easier to access and manage while working with distributed data at scale as remote work becomes prevalent.

By Johnny Yu • Nov. 10, 2020

Lines blur between structured and unstructured data storage

Open source tools like Presto persist low-cost unstructured object data stores while still making information accessible through structured data access tools such as SQL.

By Dan Sullivan • Nov. 9, 2020