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Object storage systems ease data capacity and archival concerns

If your organization can identify with any of the object storage use cases noted here, it might be time to consider adding this technology to your storage portfolio.

By Scott Lowe • May 11, 2017

Dell EMC World 2017: HCI, startup investments, Nautilus

This year's Dell EMC World served as a coming-out party for Dell Technologies Capital, 'Project Nautilus' and IoT storage, and as a showcase for current products.

By Dave Raffo • May 11, 2017

NetApp StorageGrid enhanced for OpenStack deployments

NetApp's StorageGRID Webscale 10.4 object storage supports Docker containers and more simplified OpenStack deployments, and it gives admins more control of multi-tenancy in the cloud.

By Sonia Lelii • May 10, 2017

New Dell EMC PowerEdge serves up storage expansion

New PowerEdge 14G servers from Dell EMC form the 'bedrock of the new data center,' Michael Dell says. Ready Nodes and software-defined block storage are among the new products.

By Garry Kranz • May 10, 2017

Helpful steps toward an easy private cloud implementation

There are many aspects of an overall private cloud infrastructure that affect your organization's cloud storage plans, and knowing what to look for is vital.

By Sander van Vugt • May 10, 2017

Upgraded Nexsan Unity unified arrays get jolt of flash

Nexsan eliminated the need to run its E-Series arrays as Unity back-end storage. JBODs with RAID allow FASTier flash cache SSDs to run on 12 Gbps storage shelves.

By Garry Kranz • May 9, 2017

Quantifying the benefits of investing in copy management technology

There are many benefits to implementing copy data storage, including cost reduction and increased operational efficiency while maintaining service-level objectives.

By Chris Evans • May 9, 2017

Micron SolidScale NVMe-oF-based storage architecture emerges

Micron Technology launched its SolidScale storage architecture based on NVMe-oF technologies, with plans for branded appliances to start shipping later this year.

By Carol Sliwa • May 8, 2017

Dell EMC IDPA changes vendor’s backup strategy

The Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance is the vendor's first integrated enterprise backup target. What does this mean for physical Data Domain appliances?

By Dave Raffo • May 8, 2017

Dell EMC all-flash moves focus on VMAX, XtremIO and Isilon

Dell EMC VMAX and XtremIO SAN all-flash arrays christen Dell EMC World 2017. All-flash Isilon NAS adds Infinity modular architecture. Dense flash in compact footprint is the focus.

By Garry Kranz • May 8, 2017

Dell EMC World 2017: Flash, HCI and cloud take center stage

This year's Dell EMC World will feature plenty of product releases as the mega-vendor beefs up emerging technologies while continuing its pre-merger platforms.

By Dave Raffo • May 4, 2017

Data center storage architecture gets smarter with AI

Trends, such as event-triggered computing, as exemplified by Lambda Architectures, converge on data center storage to hasten data center intelligence evolution.

By Mike Matchett • May 4, 2017

Use the cloud to enhance the functions of primary storage

Learn some of the best ways to leverage public cloud as a storage tier to complement primary storage and make data centers more efficient.

By Jeff Byrne • May 4, 2017

Building an IT resiliency plan into an always-on world

A multipronged approach is the best protection against unaffordable and unacceptable downtime in today's 24/7 business cycle.

By Brien Posey • May 4, 2017

Scalability drives SAN market growth

Better performing, more scalable and capacious storage area networks are required for ever-growing amounts of unstructured data, demanding applications and big data analytics.

By James Alan Miller • May 4, 2017

Is an all-flash data center worth it?

The elevated cost of flash technology is a reason to limit flash usage. Find out what other factors go into a flash purchase and how it's used in today's data centers.

By George Crump • May 4, 2017

Symbolic IO IRIS a breakthrough in server, storage architecture

Intensified RAM Intelligent Server from newcomer Symbolic IO questions fundamental and often unstated foundations of contemporary server and storage design.

By Jon Toigo • May 4, 2017

Red Hat Gluster Storage integrated with OpenShift on AWS

Red Hat integrated Gluster storage with the OpenShift Container Platform on Amazon Web Services to provide consistent storage for on-premises and cloud application deployments.

By Carol Sliwa • May 3, 2017

X-IO storage pivots to the edge with NVMe-based Axellio

New storage strategy for X-IO centers on Axellio appliance with FabricXpress architecture. NVMe flash atop a PCIe edge storage switch allows analytics as data is ingested.

By Garry Kranz • May 2, 2017

Will the flash storage market see another big acquisition?

HPE's $1.2 billion deal for Nimble Storage has stirred speculation on potential future acquisitions in the all-flash array market, such as Kaminario and Pure Storage.

By Carol Sliwa • May 1, 2017

Layer 3 network integration from Datera uses nodes as endpoints

An updated version presents Datera Elastic Data Fabric storage nodes as a cluster of L3 network endpoints in anticipation of increased container adoption.

By Garry Kranz • April 27, 2017

Violin flash storage emerges for encore, sans ‘Memory’

Redux of Violin Memory's flash storage is under way with new CEO, new strategy and new ownership by Soros Fund Management's Quantum Partners. Will it finally turn a profit?

By Garry Kranz • April 25, 2017

Flash storage market shifting, Kaminario CEO says

Dani Golan of Kaminario sees NVMe as the next big disruptor in the flash market; says Kaminario focuses on cloud and SaaS, while legacy vendors fight over shrinking IT budgets.

By Carol Sliwa • April 24, 2017

Tier 0 storage moves to NVMe to meet demand for speed

Tier 0 has been fast and proprietary, but nonvolatile memory express is changing that second part as a standard programming interface for PCIe SSDs.

By Howard Marks • April 21, 2017

E8 Storage scales higher with new HGST NVMe SSDs

E8 qualifies HGST SN200 6.4 TB PCIe drives for D24 NVMe all-flash system. The 2U enclosure houses 24 SSDs and scales to 140 TB of usable capacity.

By Garry Kranz • April 19, 2017