Flash storage and solid-state drives (SSDs)
Find the latest information on flash storage and solid-state drive (SSD) technology options and learn strategies for successfully implementing flash and SSDs.
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Feature
19 Dec 2024
Top 10 AI and storage stories of 2024
In this 2024 review, we look at the impact of AI on data storage, what’s needed to support AI during training and inference, and storage suppliers’ responses to the rise of AI Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
12 Dec 2024
Google Cloud Platform: Key storage options in the Google Cloud
We survey the key cloud storage offers available from GCP, which include Cloud Storage, Persistent Disk and Filestore, with a range of service levels and app-specific options Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Oct 2020
NVMe-over Fabrics: How NVMe-oF revolutionises shared storage
NVMe brought super-fast flash storage to the datacentre, but it needs NVMe-oF to allow it to bring the benefits of rapid access and low latency to SAN and NAS shared storage Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2020
Nutanix boosts storage performance by 50% with BlockStore
Hyper-converged infrastructure pioneer Nutanix boosts access to NVMe and potentially Optane storage with BlockStore, which avoids the need to access the deepest layers of the OS Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra and Antony Adshead
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News
21 Sep 2020
India’s storage market takes hit but hasn’t lost its shine
The slower growth in storage spending in India amid the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to be mitigated by digitisation efforts by financial services and manufacturing firms Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
16 Sep 2020
Pure flashes the cash, paying $370m for Portworx
Flash storage pioneer believes container storage is the next frontier and pays big money for container persistent storage software provider Portworx in deal set to close this month Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
15 Sep 2020
A peek into the future of storage
Flash-based storage is here to stay and will continue to be enhanced, even as helium and DNA are being primed for use in the distant future Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
15 Sep 2020
Scality aims at high-performance object with Ring 8 all-flash
Object storage specialist – with file storage capability – aims at tier-1 use cases such as AI/ML, content delivery and some backup tasks with all-flash upgrade to Scality Ring 8 Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
10 Sep 2020
Broadcom launches Brocade gen7 Fibre Channel switches
New generation Fibre Channel doubles performance to 64Gbps with switches and HBAs now available. But what future for Fibre Channel with NVMe-over-fabrics hitting the datacentre? Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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News
02 Sep 2020
Nimbus Data launches 64TB of QLC flash in one drive for £8,000
Flash pioneer aims QLC-equipped ExaDrive NL at AI/ML, analytics, media streaming and archiving use cases. Nimbus eschews NVMe for well-established SAS and SATA connectivity Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra and Antony Adshead
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News
01 Sep 2020
Pure aims at unified file and object and launches new QLC storage
Flash storage maker says unified storage in file and object is what is needed for contemporary analytics and AI workloads, while it launches a new all-QLC version of FlashArray//C Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
25 Aug 2020
Storage analytics: How AI helps storage management
We look at storage analytics products that measure key metrics in storage hardware, single-vendor and multi-vendor tools, and how AI-based storage management and AIOps is emerging Continue Reading
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News
25 Aug 2020
Intel’s DAOS tops the IO500 speed challenge for HPC storage
Following on from Lustre, Intel’s DAOS is an object storage-based system with that is designed specifically for use with Optane for metadata and SSD for bulk storage in HPC environments Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra and Antony Adshead
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News
18 Aug 2020
Panasas launches storage tiering by size instead of usage
Dynamic Data Acceleration moves data to media dependent on file size and claims performance advantage over rival as it gets the best out of flash and spinning disk hard drives Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
12 Aug 2020
Pure and Cohesity launch FlashRecover for flash-speed restores
Flash market pioneer links up with scale-out backup product maker to provide bundled backup plus super-fast recovery based around Pure FlashBlade storage arrays Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
29 Jul 2020
Five on-premise and cloud options for network-attached storage
We look at five options for file access storage, from ‘traditional’ NAS in a standalone appliance to distributed hybrid cloud file storage and NAS cloud gateways Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Tip
27 Jul 2020
NVMe Zoned Namespace lowers costs and improves performance
The new zoned storage interface capitalizes on NAND flash capabilities to let host software communicate with NAND storage to better align workloads with SSD storage. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Jul 2020
Storage pros and cons: Block vs file vs object storage
Despite the many changes in storage, there are still some fundamentals that hold true. We look at the key defining characteristics and use cases of block, file and object storage Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
23 Jul 2020
Commvault refreshes HyperScale backup appliances with Hedvig
Backup player set to replace Fujitsu/Red Hat-based backup appliances with new hardware and storage software from Hedvig, which it bought late last year Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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E-Zine
14 Jul 2020
Is digital art coming of age during lockdown?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as the pandemic forces many sectors into a business rethink, digital art is hoping to capitalise on changing times. Chinese supplier Lenovo is dominating the supercomputer market – we examine how it got there. And as datacentre engineers become key workers, we look at the health and safety issues. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Jul 2020
Drive to improve flash reliability
Due to its limited write cycles, flash-based storage can corrupt data. Computer Weekly looks at how flash reliability is being addressed Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
08 Jul 2020
Pavilion adds object storage to NVMe Hyperparallel Flash Array
Pavilion responds to customer demand for object storage to support AI/ML, big data analytics workloads with multi-controller NMVe flash storage architecture Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
08 Jul 2020
Decision points in storage for artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data
Artificial intelligence and machine learning storage is not one-size-fits-all. Analytics work differs, and has varied storage requirements for capacity, latency, throughput and IOPS. We look at key decision points Continue Reading
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E-Zine
07 Jul 2020
The privacy challenges of easing lockdown
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as pubs in the UK re-open after lockdown, we examine the privacy issues around collecting customer data for contact tracing. We look at how interconnected devices are revolutionising the manufacturing and engineering sectors. And we assess GDPR progress two years after its introduction. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2020
Qumulo hybrid cloud NAS provides special effects for Cinesite
Hybrid cloud scale-out NAS from Qumulo used to offload Active Directory lookups and other workloads to the AWS cloud that had suffered in peak times when on Isilon Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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E-Zine
30 Jun 2020
Unlocking value in the railway network’s data
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how the rail industry is working to improve its use of data to deliver better services to passengers. Is flash the saviour of the storage universe? Our buyer’s guide assesses the choices for IT managers. And we examine the failure of the government’s Covid-19 contact-tracing app. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
25 Jun 2020
Nebulon emerges with software-defined storage, but from the cloud
Startup to offer on-site storage with local I/O and some controller functionality in the cloud, combining software-defined and cloud to bring “fleet management at scale” Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
19 Jun 2020
Cloud flash storage: SSD options from AWS, Azure and GCP
We look at the flash storage options available from the big three cloud providers – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform – that can help narrow the gap between on-site and cloud workloads Continue Reading
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News
16 Jun 2020
QLC + 3D Xpoint = Vast Data’s universal storage
Vast marries cheap-and-deep QLC flash with super-fast 3D Xpoint to bring flash for all data, with a particular eye on analytics and with NAS and S3 object access for now Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
09 Jun 2020
Cloud storage 101: NAS file storage on AWS, Azure and GCP
We look at NAS file storage options in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. All three offer native-based and NetApp-based file storage, with Azure adding single namespace cache services Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
29 May 2020
Kaminario offers cut-price virtual SAN in the cloud
Flash pioneer Kaminario builds its VisionOS out to the cloud and says its cloud block storage is much cheaper than what is available from the native cloud services of the big three providers Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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Feature
28 May 2020
NVMe-oF storage technology and terms explained
Get to know how NVMe-oF optimizes storage network performance and lowers latency with this roundup of terminology associated with the emerging technology. Continue Reading
By- Stacey Peterson, Senior Managing Editor
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Feature
21 May 2020
Mainframe storage: Three players in a market that’s here to stay
Far from disappearing, the mainframe market and the storage it needs is here to stay for some time. The three key array makers compete with high-end flash-equipped products Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
13 May 2020
How key factors in storage performance and cost spur adoption
It may take years, but a storage product's performance, cost and the problems it solves can converge to make its sales take off. See how a storage technology's tipping point is reached. Continue Reading
By- Marc Staimer, Dragon Slayer Consulting
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News
11 May 2020
Dell EMC launches PowerStore NVMe container-based storage array
PowerStore controller software is based on container modules for SAN and NAS storage, while the mid-range array is all-NVMe and aimed at performance-hungry use cases such as Splunk Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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Quiz
24 Apr 2020
Test your QLC storage knowledge
Do you know when and where to use QLC flash? Check out our quiz to see what workloads it's best for and other insight into the latest generation of NAND technology. Continue Reading
By- Stacey Peterson, Senior Managing Editor
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News
23 Apr 2020
What comes after flash? Weebit Nano hopes its ReRAM will
Weebit Nano’s ReRAM stores bits by building resistive filaments and promises a 1,000x speed boost over flash in chips that can store data for years and is well-suited to edge uses Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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Feature
17 Apr 2020
High-performance object storage: What’s driving it?
Object storage is getting its performance on to meet the needs of content delivery, analytics and IoT use cases while enabled by rapid flash storage media and other tech advances Continue Reading
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Podcast
14 Apr 2020
Podcast: Ruthlessly prioritise applications during Covid-19
We talk to Alex McMullan, CTO international at Pure Storage, about scaling up storage and compute for remote working and why that means prioritising applications Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
02 Apr 2020
The future of flash memory promises unprecedented speed, capacity
NAND flash's future involves more layers and bits per cell. At the same time, NVMe-oF, storage class memory and other new technologies will fundamentally change memory and storage. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Mar 2020
NOR flash memory proves a good fit for robotics, IoT devices
As mobility and IoT continue to expand, NOR memory provides fast random reads and long-term reliability, making it suitable for automotive, medical and portable consumer devices. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Mar 2020
Storage class memory makes its way into the enterprise
The number of SCM products and use cases is growing. Find out which vendors have SSD and memory offerings and how they're being used in various products. Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2020
Smartbox move to Nutanix HCI a catalyst for IT team revamp
Gift supplier reorganises IT team structures as Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure helps sweep away legacy architecture for hybrid cloud and containerised operations Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
25 Mar 2020
A history of flash memory and its rise in the enterprise
Flash memory plays a huge role in enterprise storage. However, 16 years ago, SSDs barely existed. Find out the story behind this technology and how it came to dominate storage. Continue Reading
By- Jim Handy, Objective Analysis
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Infographic
23 Mar 2020
How SSD endurance affects flash memory use
SSD durability is a key factor in the lifespan of storage devices. Learn how it's measured, how it's evolving, what the best endurance levels are for different workloads and more. Continue Reading
By- Stacey Peterson, Senior Managing Editor
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Feature
20 Mar 2020
Computational storage: What is it and what are its key use cases?
Computational storage brings the CPU to the storage and so boosts system performance by tackling processing tasks, such as near the edge or in AI/machine learning workloads Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Mar 2020
How Oxeva delivered budget analytics with Pure Storage flash NAS
Web hosting provider Oxeva thought the consultants were mistaken and that what suited the web giants for analytics/big data wasn’t necessarily what was needed for enterprise customers Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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News
12 Mar 2020
APAC remains hotbed for digital transformation
Nearly half of organisations in the Asia-Pacific region see digital transformation as their top priority, followed by cloud infrastructure deployment and artificial intelligence, survey finds Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
05 Mar 2020
Cache vs tier: What’s the difference between cache and storage?
We look at the key distinctions between cache and tiers of storage, and where the line has become blurred with fast flash, 3D Xpoint and storage class memory technologies Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
03 Mar 2020
Flash storage tiers: Performance, cost and use cases
We look at performance, cost and potential use cases for the key flash storage types available, such as Nand flash, 3D Xpoint and Intel Optane, plus SAS, SATA and NVMe connectivity Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Feb 2020
What are the NAND flash memory types and where do they work best?
Which type of NAND flash memory is best for your environment? We break down five major NAND flash options, their benefits and where they work best. Continue Reading
By- Erin Sullivan, Senior Site Editor
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Feature
25 Feb 2020
5 storage class memory queries answered
Find out if emerging SCM technology is right for your organization with this look at the benefits, uses and products, as well as what to assess when considering it. Continue Reading
By- Stacey Peterson, Senior Managing Editor
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News
25 Feb 2020
IT Priorities 2020: Cloud storage key but SAN/NAS alive and well
In the Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey cloud dominates storage spending priorities for 2020, but on-premise technologies such as SAN and NAS are still key to IT Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Quiz
24 Feb 2020
Test your NVMe-oF storage acumen
Do you know the basics about implementing, enhancing and monitoring NVMe-oF? Check out our quiz to see if you're up to speed on this rapidly maturing technology. Continue Reading
By- Stacey Peterson, Senior Managing Editor
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News
12 Feb 2020
IBM unifies storage arrays under FlashSystem brand
IBM to bring together all non-mainframe storage arrays as FlashSystem product, with options from entry-level to petabyte-scale with NVMe flash and storage class memory Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
04 Feb 2020
Caribbean island hospital rebuilds after hurricane with DataCore
Hurricane Irma tore the roof off a server room and flooded IT hardware, but that was an opportunity to rebuild redundant IT using DataCore’s SANsymphony software-defined storage Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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News
29 Jan 2020
Formulus Black Forsa turns memory into block storage
Forsa allows customers to bring application data into memory, by provisioning DRAM or persistent memory as block access storage with latency several times better than NVMe flash Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Opinion
23 Jan 2020
HDD vs. SSD storage in the age of flash
HDDs continue to play a key role in the data center, even as SSD capacities increase and prices fall. See how HDDs and SSDs stack up in terms of price, capacity and use cases. Continue Reading
By- Kurt Marko, MarkoInsights
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News
20 Jan 2020
Inside NetApp’s transition into a data management firm
NetApp’s leaders in Asia-Pacific discuss the company’s pivot into data services and its traction in the region Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
16 Jan 2020
Big storage meets cloud in the datacentre 'as-a-service' revolution
Cloud is mainstream but the datacentre’s here to stay. This has resulted in a trend towards as-a-service in the datacentre where big storage array makers and the cloud giants meet Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
15 Jan 2020
How container applications are shaping storage management
Persistent storage, backup and recovery were not on the minds of those behind container applications, but that is starting to change Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
07 Jan 2020
Scale’s HE150 the first of a big push to small edge HCI hardware
Scale Computing aims to scale to micro-sized hyper-converged with a lightweight operating system it claims its competitors can’t match for edge and remote location deployments Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Opinion
31 Dec 2019
Are PMEM and storage class memory worth the price?
Look beyond price/performance to find out if SCM and persistent memory modules are right for your business. Faster response time and earlier time to market are important, too. Continue Reading
By- Marc Staimer, Dragon Slayer Consulting
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Feature
30 Dec 2019
The rise of the high-capacity vs. the high-performance SSD
Learn about the latest trends in enterprise drives, how high-performance devices figure in and the effect of advances in the underlying NAND flash technology. Continue Reading
By- Kurt Marko, MarkoInsights
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Feature
23 Dec 2019
Top 10 storage deployment stories of 2019
Here are ComputerWeekly’s top 10 storage deployment stories for 2019, which see quite a move away from traditional SAN and NAS to hyper-converged, software-defined storage and object storage Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
19 Dec 2019
Top 10 storage stories of 2019
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 storage stories for 2019, with the latest trends in enterprise storage arrays, hyper-converged, object storage, scale-out NAS, and more Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
09 Dec 2019
Public sector still losing user devices in high numbers
The Ministry of Justice has lost 354 smartphones, PCs, laptops and tablets in the past 12 months, according to a Freedom of Information request, and other government departments are in the same boat Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
05 Dec 2019
NetApp’s Keystone hybrid cloud storage ‘try-before-you-buy’ for on-prem
Keystone on-premise and cloud subscription model will cost more than buying hardware so will be best suited to customers that want to try NetApp on-site before committing to purchase Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
04 Dec 2019
Samsung V-NAND SSDs designed for high capacity, speed, efficiency
Samsung's V-NAND chip breaks through existing 3D NAND cell stacking limits with the industry's first 100+ layers in a move designed to enhance speed, capacity and power efficiency. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Nov 2019
Figeac Aero manages growth with DataCore software-defined storage
Global roll-out sees DataCore software-defined storage deployed on Huawei hardware to HQ and 14 worldwide sites as aero parts maker copes with acquisition and expansion Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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News
20 Nov 2019
Datrium boosts VMware protection but won’t add more hypervisors
NVMe flash pioneer turned DR-as-a-service-focused data platform provider Datrium says VMware and Kubernetes have “won the market” and it won’t extend support beyond those two Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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E-Zine
19 Nov 2019
Is facial recognition happening too fast?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as the information commissioner calls on police forces to slow down the introduction of facial recognition, we examine the issues. We look at what the use of DevOps methods means for storage strategy. And we talk to Microsoft’s global cyber security chief. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
18 Nov 2019
DataCore adds file and S3 object storage with vFilO
Software-defined storage specialist DataCore has added file storage and S3 object storage access with vFilO, which lets customers create virtual pools from on-site and remote datastores Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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Feature
14 Nov 2019
NVMe-over-TCP brings super-fast flash over standard IP networks
TCP is the latest transport protocol that can be used to connect NVMe flash storage. We explain how NVMe-over-TCP works and the key advantages for datacentre customers Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Nov 2019
What is QLC flash and what workloads it is good for?
QLC flash offers low per-gigabyte costs and lots of capacity, but can be limited by endurance and I/O performance. It can be a good disk replacement for several workloads, however Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Nov 2019
Is NVMe flash the right choice for you?
NVMe flash storage boosts performance for I/O-hungry operations, but how does it work, where can organisations best deploy it, and what are the key uses cases where it can make a difference? Continue Reading
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News
05 Nov 2019
Qumulo gets HPE upgrade as customers ‘come back from object’
Distributed file system maker Qumulo benefits from HPE Apollo hardware upgrade in a market where Qumulo exec says customers are coming back from object storage for unstructured data Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Blog Post
04 Nov 2019
IBM supercharges scale-out NAS with NVMe in Elastic Storage 3000
Product development in storage often feels like a bolting together of existing categories of product. You take one advance from here and mate it with another from over there. Getting the timing ... Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
25 Oct 2019
An in-depth look at Optane persistent memory and its operating modes
Intel's 3D XPoint technology can be set up in two ways. Find out how the Memory Mode and Application Direct Mode differ in terms of app compatibility, performance and features. Continue Reading
By- Kurt Marko, MarkoInsights
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News
24 Oct 2019
Total saves £95,000 a year with Nutanix hyper-converged
Gas and electricity supplier struggled with ageing traditional infrastructure, but moved to hyper-converged for projects that include containers and DevOps deployments Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
21 Oct 2019
Virtual Instruments is now Virtana and aims at cloud, containers
Searches for “Virtual Instruments” returned too many synthesizers, so storage monitoring pioneer went through a blue sky ordeal. It has new plans for cloud and container capability, too Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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E-Zine
16 Oct 2019
CW APAC: Expert advice on storage
The creation of ever-increasing volumes of data is posing escalating problems for storage. In this issue of Expert Advice, Computer Weekly looks at how APAC firms are dealing with storage management issues in the cloud age, NVMe flash as a storage choice for artificial intelligence applications, and how to set up containerised storage. Continue Reading
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News
10 Oct 2019
UK and Middle East PR firm ditches NetApp for Nutanix and Talon Fast
Four Communications needed better connectivity for collaboration between the UK and its gulf sites, so dumped server/storage for hyper-converged and a distributed file system Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
07 Oct 2019
PLC flash: A solid state candidate for analytics and archives?
We thought flash would end at QLC, but storage media makers are working on penta-level cell, which could push capacity to double figures, but at a further performance cost Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
01 Oct 2019
Dutch group works on digitising collaborator archives created in aftermath of World War 2
Experiments have been carried out to ascertain the best technology to open up the analogue archives of the Central Archive of Special Justice in the Netherlands Continue Reading
By- Kim Loohuis
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News
01 Oct 2019
Intel previews Optane persistent memory, QLC SSD and even PLC
Intel sets out roadmap for second-generation Optane persistent memory – between SSD and DRAM – as well as QLC SSD, with talk of PLC (penta-level cell) after that Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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News
30 Sep 2019
Pure Storage APAC CTO talks up storage trends
Flash-based storage will be around for at least two decades more, while crystal- and DNA-based storage needs a lot more work before becoming mainstream, according to Pure Storage’s CTO for the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
25 Sep 2019
NVMe-oF products are changing the face of data storage
NVMe-oF products are rapidly maturing, and NVMe-oF devices are now suitable for production workloads. Let's look at the hardware, software and supported systems hitting the market. Continue Reading
By- Kurt Marko, MarkoInsights
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News
24 Sep 2019
Pure adds Optane and QLC flash to boost performance and capacity
Flash storage player adds Intel Optane modules performance, a capacity flash range based on QLC drives, plus rebranding and GA of its on-premise/cloud leasing service Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
19 Sep 2019
Storage and DevOps: What is required for agile development?
DevOps brings continuous and agile application. Storage has to fit in and make itself just as responsive to development that does away with the inertia of stifling hierarchies Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2019
Pure Storage sees stellar growth in APAC
Pure Storage is expanding its footprint in key markets such as Australia, Japan and South Korea, even as it proceeds with caution in China Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
17 Sep 2019
Pure Storage outlines growth momentum, bolsters cloud play
Pure Storage CEO talks up the storage supplier’s competitive edge in a largely stagnant market dominated by larger rivals Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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E-Zine
12 Sep 2019
CW Europe: Dutch authorities call temporary halt to datacentre construction
Two Dutch municipalities are putting all datacentre construction on hold while they put together a strategy to help them control developments. A local alderman said datacentres take up a lot of space and place a large burden on the electricity grid. Also read how France is racing ahead of Germany in making the most of service companies in India, and about Google’s plans for a new datacentre and technology training hub in Finland. Continue Reading
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News
10 Sep 2019
Spectra tilts at HSM with StorCycle storage management software
Spectra Logic unveils newly-developed storage management platform and two-tier file access and object storage with all data visible to all users for restore Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
10 Sep 2019
Ctera launches hybrid cloud HC2400M at media use cases
Edge filer specialist hits up the media and entertainment market with its NAS-like hardware that caches data locally, syncs with other nodes and stages data to the cloud Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
09 Sep 2019
How APAC firms can slay the storage management beast
The data deluge and compliance requirements are shaping how Asia-Pacific firms are approaching storage management issues in the age of cloud Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
04 Sep 2019
Virtual Instruments brings automated VM right-sizing in v6.2
Storage and app performance specialist can now change virtual machine compute and network resources according to workload, with increased shift to analytics and proactive monitoring Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
16 Aug 2019
How to deploy NVMe flash storage for artificial intelligence
We run the rule over NVMe flash as a storage choice for AI applications and the key decision points in form factor and hardware specification Continue Reading
By- Eric Ebert
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Opinion
13 Aug 2019
Storage: How ‘tail latency’ impacts customer-facing applications
Henry He of Virtual Instruments looks at tail latency, the small percentage of storage I/O that could be causing big and costly problems for business applications Continue Reading
By- Henry He, Virtual Instruments
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Feature
12 Aug 2019
Hop jumps to Pure Storage to avoid big storage complexity
Air France short-haul and regional brand Hop jumps to Pure Storage after coming up against Dell EMC, NetApp and HPE, which all tried to sell it solutions ill-suited to its needs Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra, LeMagIT
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News
30 Jul 2019
Australia to upgrade supercomputer in HPC boost
The Gadi supercomputer at the Australian National University will run 10 times faster than its predecessor, giving researchers access to high performance computing resources to solve the toughest research problems Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Guide
11 Jul 2019
How NVMe-oF advantages are transforming storage
There's a lot involved with deploying NVMe over fabrics. Here's what you need to know to fully understand this communication protocol and make it work in your organization. Continue Reading
By- Stacey Peterson, Senior Managing Editor