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Move to NVMe technology will depend on need and speed

As a replacement for the SCSI storage protocol, NVMe can provide more responsive storage and lower latency. But transitioning to NVMe in the data center requires thorough planning.

By George Crump • Aug. 20, 2018

NAND flash manufacturers showcase new technologies

Get up to speed on new NAND flash technologies, including Toshiba Memory's XL-Flash, startup Yangtze Memory's Xtacking, and SK Hynix's so-called 4D NAND.

By Carol Sliwa • Aug. 20, 2018

Scale-out Qumulo NAS qualifies latest Dell EMC PowerEdge servers

Qumulo scale-out NAS software can now run on Dell EMC's PowerEdge servers. That means Dell EMC server customers can choose between Qumulo software and Dell EMC's Isilon.

By Garry Kranz • Aug. 15, 2018

IBM DS8882F converges array and mainframe in one rack

IBM skinny mainframes add a few pounds with the DS8882F all-flash array screwed into the IBM Z ZR1 and LinuxOne Rockhopper II 19-inch racks.

By Dave Raffo • Aug. 14, 2018

New Quantum backup appliance brings Veeam to tape

Integrated disk backup appliances are now common, but Quantum and Veeam have taken the converged architecture to tape backups to eliminate the need for a dedicated external server.

By Johnny Yu • Aug. 14, 2018

Rubrik backup helps Castilleja School move to cloud

California school sees Rubrik converged data protection and AWS S3 as key building blocks for a multi-cloud strategy, with archiving as the first step.

By Dave Raffo • Aug. 13, 2018

New Seagate Nytro SSD line uses Toshiba 3D NAND chips

Seagate shows off its first triple-level cell, 64-layer 3D NAND Nytro SSDs since investing in Toshiba NAND. Analysts wonder if the HDD giant waited too long to get serious about flash.

By Carol Sliwa • Aug. 13, 2018

NAND flash shortage end could lead to dramatic price drop

Impending NAND flash oversupply will lead to price collapse of NAND flash chips and higher capacity enterprise SSDs, according to semiconductor analyst Jim Handy.

By Carol Sliwa • Aug. 8, 2018

NVMe-oF and its many benefits take NVMe to the next level

NVMe over Fabrics is revolutionizing the storage market by making full use of data center capacity and becoming an effective replacement for SAN environments.

By Sander van Vugt • Aug. 8, 2018

Newisys NVMe flash array chases hyperscale market

Sanmina-owned Newisys is known as a white-label server OEM to array vendors. The NSS-2560 NVMe flash provides storage density with hot-pluggable SSDs and Intel Broadwell servers.

By Garry Kranz • Aug. 7, 2018

Catch the next wave of digital IT transformation: Learning tech

IT learning technologies, such as machine learning and AI workloads, are gaining traction and could be the next wave of IT investment that drives competitive advantages.

By Scott Sinclair • Aug. 3, 2018

Understanding data storage and its import eludes younger IT folks

Jon Toigo has a lot to say about the consistent disparagement and disregard many young people in the IT industry show toward data storage technology and management.

By Jon Toigo • Aug. 3, 2018

The challenges of flash enterprise storage and how to beat them

Blazing fast all-flash data centers raise important issues. It's expensive to equip DR sites and then there's all that stale data. Find out how to counteract these issues.

By George Crump • Aug. 3, 2018

NVMe market and technology rapidly evolve

The tipping point of NVMe acceptance is fast approaching as more enterprises consider adopting the technology to maximize SSD flash investment and performance.

By James Alan Miller • Aug. 3, 2018

How NVMe technology will rock the enterprise storage boat

NVMe flash speeds up storage and radically alters server connectivity. How will enterprises adopt NVMe storage and how well will it work with existing technologies?

By Chris Evans • Aug. 3, 2018

Storage conferences aren’t what they used to be

If you're an IT pro looking for a good storage user conference these days, you'll probably have to go through one or more of your storage vendors to find one.

By Dave Raffo • Aug. 3, 2018

NetApp AI storage packages OnTap all-flash FAS A800, Nvidia

NetApp follows Pure Storage's lead, adds Nvidia GPUs to its all-flash arrays to build a storage product designed for data scientists and others dabbling in artificial intelligence.

By Garry Kranz • Aug. 2, 2018

Western Digital launches 15 TB enterprise SAS SSD

Western Digital's 15 TB Ultrastar SAS SSD has twice the capacity of its previous version, but only half of the capacity of Toshiba's 31 TB whopper.

By Carol Sliwa • Aug. 2, 2018

Alluxio adds connectors for multi-cloud data migration

Updated Alluxio open source storage software homes in on portability across multiple big data object stores. Applications access Alluxio as mountable file storage.

By Garry Kranz • Aug. 1, 2018

Storage networking technologies explained

Make sure you know the differences among network fabrics, such as Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand, before making decisions about your storage network infrastructure.

By Robert Sheldon • July 31, 2018

Storage class memory advances could be a game-changer

Sometimes referred to as persistent memory, SCM may address the growing gap between storage and memory technologies. But don't expect it to happen just yet.

By Robert Sheldon • July 30, 2018

PATA and SATA: The evolution of disk standards

Disk standards have evolved over time, and while PATA and IDE may have reliability on their side, growing support and advancements for SATA may make it the preferred option.

By Scott Lowe • July 30, 2018

5D data storage and the future of optical technology

Researchers say revolutionary 5D optical storage could protect hundreds of terabytes of data for billions of years, far beyond the capabilities of current storage media.

By Robert Sheldon • July 30, 2018

CEO outlines Data Dynamics StorageX trends, future features

Data Dynamics' CEO discusses upcoming StorageX software capabilities designed to help customers find, analyze, move and manage unstructured data in a hybrid cloud environment.

By Carol Sliwa • July 27, 2018

Repurpose legacy storage systems for reliability and savings

Planning to move to a new data storage platform? Before kicking your older legacy storage hardware to the curb, consider the benefits of repurposing your existing technologies.

By John Edwards • July 26, 2018