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Infinidat storage wants to rescue stranded IBM customers

Infinidat storage takes direct aim at IBM with Data Rescue Program. IBM users can trade in IBM XIV and FlashSystem A9000 gear for Infinidat InfiniBox disk arrays.

By Garry Kranz • July 18, 2019

Discover the best NAS products for your organization

Explore some of the top NAS products on the market -- based on features, cost and implementation -- to help you make the right buying decision.

By Brien Posey • July 18, 2019

Quest QoreStor adds cloud tier, fast tier and a UI makeover

QoreStor's latest update adds many new features, including the unique ability to dedicate a high-speed disk area that can be deduplicated without sacrificing recovery speed.

By Johnny Yu • July 17, 2019

Western Digital IntelliFlash adds NVMe, SAS storage

The expanded Western Digital IntelliFlash models include low-end N5100 NVMe and high-density HD2160 SAS arrays. IntelliFlash OS now supports live migration to an S3-compatible cloud.

By Garry Kranz • July 16, 2019

Google’s Elastifile buy shows need for cloud file storage

Google buys partner Elastifile's scale-out file system to bolster options for enterprises looking to shift NFS-based applications to public cloud storage.

By Carol Sliwa • July 12, 2019

IBM Spectrum storage refresh targets object, AI metadata

IBM Spectrum storage sharpens its focus on AWS backup and metadata across heterogeneous storage. IBM increases the density of object storage and previews the VersaStack model with NVMe.

By Garry Kranz • July 11, 2019

Getting started with containerized storage

Containerization simplifies storage operations, saving time and money. Getting started is easy, too, once you know what to look for.

By John Edwards • July 10, 2019

DataCore adds new HCI, analytics, subscription price options

DataCore adds an HCI appliance based on Dell hardware, a cloud-based predictive analytics engine for proactive maintenance and new pricing options for its software-defined storage.

By Carol Sliwa • July 10, 2019

5 advantages of cloud storage

Unlimited capacity, multi-tenancy and built-in disaster recovery are a few of the cloud storage benefits administrators can use to help solve data storage challenges.

By Marc Staimer and Stacey Peterson • July 10, 2019

Scality Ring upgrade targets hybrid cloud data management

Scality Ring8 file and object storage adds Zenko cloud data orchestration -- called Extended Data Management (XDM) -- but for now that feature is a separate software installation.

By Carol Sliwa • July 3, 2019

Languishing Vexata storage gets bailed out by StorCentric

Roll-up company StorCentric expands its storage holdings with Vexata storage arrays for NVMe flash. The Vexata deal follows the June acquisition of backup software vendor Retrospect.

By Garry Kranz • July 2, 2019

Open source machine learning accelerates winemaking

Using open source machine learning, Palmaz Vineyards developed a tool to automatically alert winemakers of environmental conditions. Soon, the data flowed like wine.

By Johnny Yu • July 2, 2019

7 rules for effective data backup procedures

If you're responsible for data backups on multiple systems, strong policies are highly recommended. This tip gives you seven rules to follow for effective data backup procedures.

By Rick Cook and Paul Crocetti • June 28, 2019

Super Micro storage server refresh homes in on NVMe flash

Product revamp includes new BigTwin SuperServer and launch of 1U Petascale line. Super Micro storage servers are optimized for EDSFF NVMe SSDs and Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory.

By Garry Kranz • June 28, 2019

Growth of dark data shows need for better classification

Dark data causes all sorts of problems, but there are ways to mitigate it. However, customers continue to add storage as a bandage solution, because it's cheaper and simpler.

By Johnny Yu • June 27, 2019

Cloudian teams with Seagate, VMware on new storage options

Cloudian's latest partnerships will give customers options to use the object storage in new high-density Seagate appliances and VMware-based cloud environments.

By Carol Sliwa • June 27, 2019

Quantum launches Distributed Cloud Services

Distributed Cloud Services is now available from Quantum, as well as storage-as-a-service offerings and Cloud-Based Analytics software to manage day-to-day storage operations.

By Tanner Harding • June 27, 2019

Panzura launches global file system Freedom 8

Panzura's new platform, Panzura Freedom 8, is a multi-cloud services platform designed to enable users around the world to collaborate on a single, large-scale project with ease.

By Tanner Harding • June 27, 2019

5 multi-cloud use cases for better storage

Use cases for multi-cloud storage proliferate as the technology becomes mainstream. Consider the technology for backup, resiliency, compliance, AI and software development.

By John Edwards • June 26, 2019

Put your multi-cloud storage knowledge to the test

Do you know what you need to about multi-cloud and storage? Use our quiz to find out about the technology's basics, as well as integration, management and migration issues.

By Stacey Peterson • June 26, 2019

New Qumulo all-flash and hybrid arrays equipped with NVMe

The Qumulo all-flash P-184T packs 184 TB of NVMe storage in 2U. The vendor also launched the C-168T hybrid and K-168 Active Archive arrays that use disk storage with SAS SSDs as a write cache.

By Garry Kranz • June 26, 2019

3PAR customers face adjustment with new HPE Primera array

Hewlett Packard Enterprise storage customers say they like many of the Primera storage array's new capabilities, but will miss some 3PAR features that are going away.

By Carol Sliwa • June 24, 2019

Discover the benefits of a network-attached storage device

Find out what's new with NAS technology today, including how it differs from SAN and DAS and where a NAS device might fit into your enterprise's storage plan.

By Brien Posey • June 24, 2019

5 NVMe-oF implementation questions answered

Want to know more about implementing NVMe over fabrics, where it's useful and what to consider? Get answers to these and other questions surrounding this technology.

By Stacey Peterson • June 24, 2019

HPE Memory-Driven Flash targets AI and real-time analytics

HPE's memory-driven approach addresses DRAM and NAND limitations by incorporating storage class memory technology into the storage infrastructure.

By Robert Sheldon • June 20, 2019