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Ceph vs. Swift: Two object storage systems for different needs

Some cloud object storage experts think that Ceph is better than Swift, but that isn't true. The fact is that both options can work, but your workload needs matter.

By Sander van Vugt • March 6, 2018

WekaIO CEO says focus will stay on AI, life sciences

WekaIO CEO Liran Zvibel sees partnerships with HPE, Mellanox and AWS as key for the startup, as it pursues growth opportunities in artificial intelligence and life sciences.

By Carol Sliwa • March 5, 2018

Cloudian HyperStore gains on-demand pricing, new funding

IT Investment firm Digital Alpha ponies up $125 million to Cloudian. Most of the new money will fund expanded inventory to support consumption pricing of local HyperStore arrays.

By Garry Kranz • March 5, 2018

Compare cloud vs. local archive benefits and drawbacks

Local archives allow companies to use hardware they already own and save on cloud subscriptions, but cloud archives remove hardware maintenance tasks and costs.

By Brien Posey • March 1, 2018

NAND flash memory technologies evolve to support QLC

QLC NAND pushes the storage capacity of flash devices higher, but devices can wear out more quickly than other NAND types because more data can be written to the same cell.

By Brien Posey • March 1, 2018

Hybrid Reduxio storage shifts gears to midrange enterprises

Reduxio's converged primary and secondary storage integrates native tools for data management and protection. Can the hybrid flash vendor turn a profit and pull off an IPO?

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 22, 2018

Virtual Instruments rebrands Load DynamiX as WorkloadWisdom

Virtual Instruments rebrands Load DynamiX Enterprise storage performance validation software, updates its user interface, boosts performance and adds 25 GbE and SMB support.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 22, 2018

Five reasons to consider data warehouse as a service

DWaaS offers benefits that are unmatched by on-premises counterparts, including improved agility and cost-effective big data storage.

By John Edwards • Feb. 22, 2018

New IBM storage products key on NAS, cloud, NVMe over Fabric

IBM launches new and updated Spectrum software-defined storage products, including a new NAS option, and commits to broadened end-to-end NVMe over Fabrics support by the third quarter.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 21, 2018

Software-defined storage benefits to sway SDS holdouts

Software-defined storage is often misunderstood, yet the technology offers some advantages over traditional storage systems for many organizations.

By John Edwards • Feb. 21, 2018

RackTop Systems, Seagate launch secure NAS

RackTop Secure Data Protection Platform transfers data to cloud or other storage systems. It is intended for enterprises with compliance requirements.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 19, 2018

Six software-defined storage architecture mistakes to avoid

SDS architecture is beneficial for many companies, but organizations making the switch can miss important steps, such as capacity and migration planning.

By John Edwards • Feb. 16, 2018

Cloud migration planning tips: How to move data out of the cloud

Most people know how to move data and files to the cloud, but what happens when you decide you want your files back? Getting that data back is no easy task.

By Marc Staimer • Feb. 14, 2018

NooBaa update focuses on multi-cloud data management

Software-defined object storage startup NooBaa takes on unstructured data management across multiple private and public clouds with second major product release.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 14, 2018

Industry experts predict shift to multi-cloud storage in 2018

Hot trends in enterprise cloud storage in 2018 will include the use of multiple clouds, hybrid cloud storage and file-based cloud storage, according to industry experts.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 14, 2018

Violin Systems and StorOne lead way to shared storage

Two companies head toward a future of shared enterprise storage resources, moving away from siloed software-defined and hyper-converged approaches.

By Jon Toigo • Feb. 13, 2018

Market for software-defined systems due for a correction

Software-defined storage seems to relegate hardware to the sidelines, but that may change as hardware-centric offerings become attractive alternatives to software-on-COTS options.

By Rich Castagna • Feb. 13, 2018

Time for a flash storage system refresh: What’s next?

The second wave of flash storage systems in the enterprise must be about optimizing flash performance and density, not just IOPS, and being faster than its hard disk predecessor.

By George Crump • Feb. 12, 2018

IoFabric Vicinity 3.0

Vicinity 3.0 from IoFabric uses artificial intelligence to cut storage costs and also creates a seamless, live instance of data between on-premises sites and the cloud.

By Rodney Brown • Feb. 12, 2018

Pure FlashBlade

Pure Storage FlashBlade is optimized for unstructured data analytics. Its system-on-a-chip architecture uses custom NAND flash blades to accelerate data and its metadata.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 12, 2018

Caringo FileFly Secondary Storage Platform

FileFly Secondary Storage Platform from Caringo works with Windows Server and NetApp OnTap, adding intelligent data transfer to scale-out secondary storage while reducing cost.

By Rodney Brown • Feb. 12, 2018

Infinidat InfiniBox 3.0

InfiniBox 3.0 stores data on disk, deploying a small amount of flash as an acceleration tier. Its caching algorithm ensures the hottest data is on the fastest storage media.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 12, 2018

DataCore SANsymphony PSP6

The latest release of DataCore's software-defined storage offering, SANsymphony PSP6, enhances REST API integration, container support and cloud replication.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 12, 2018

Excelero NVMesh 1.1

Startup's NVMesh software virtualizes nonvolatile memory express-based storage and lets applications access pooled storage resources at high speed and low latency.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 12, 2018

Datrium DVX 3.0

Datrium impresses judges and wins top honors with its DVX storage architecture, designed to sidestep latency and deliver performance and speed at scale.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 12, 2018