November 2017
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November 30, 2017
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Nov'17
Nexenta raises $20 million, shoots for cloud
Bolstered by lead investor SoftBank Corp., Nexenta secured $20 million in financing this week to fund its new cloud portfolio. The Santa Clara, California-based storage software vendor next month ... Continue Reading
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November 30, 2017
30
Nov'17
Qumulo File Fabric fuses on-prem, cloud storage for studio
Qumulo's File Fabric gives FuseFX ability to burst workloads into Amazon Web Services, giving it a virtual fourth location for file storage for its special effects rendering. Continue Reading
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November 30, 2017
30
Nov'17
OpenStack Swift
OpenStack Swift, also known as OpenStack Object Storage, is an open source object storage system that is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license and runs on standard server hardware. Continue Reading
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November 30, 2017
30
Nov'17
Barracuda Networks going private
Barracuda Networks became the latest public technology vendor to go private when equity firm Thoma Bravo agreed to pay $1.6 billion this week to acquire the security and data protection vendor. The ... Continue Reading
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November 30, 2017
30
Nov'17
Software-defined storage: Making sense of the data storage technology
Use this guide to help understand what vendors mean by 'software-defined storage,' what experts think of it and how to use it in your environment. Continue Reading
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November 29, 2017
29
Nov'17
Data recovery plans face tall task as storage levels grow
Too much data is weighing heavily on data recovery plans, according to a recent survey. The problem has scaled beyond what many organizations can handle, said Douglas Brockett, president of backup ... Continue Reading
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November 29, 2017
29
Nov'17
Pure Storage revenue boost puts it on ‘march to profit’
Pure Storage hit a home run in its first quarter under CEO Charlie Giancarlo. Pure Storage revenue of $278 million last month exceeded the high point of its guidance and increased 41% from last ... Continue Reading
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November 28, 2017
28
Nov'17
data management platform (DMP)
A data management platform (DMP), also referred to as a unified data management platform (UDMP), is a centralized system for collecting and analyzing large sets of data originating from disparate sources. Continue Reading
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November 27, 2017
27
Nov'17
block storage
Block storage is an approach to data storage in which each storage volume acts as an individual hard drive that is configured by the storage administrator. In the block storage model, data is saved to the storage media in fixed-sized chunks called ... Continue Reading
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November 26, 2017
26
Nov'17
Like its CEO, HPE storage in transition phase
Meg Whitman says it’s time for “a new generation” to take over Hewlett Packard Enterprise. She was talking about the CEO change when she made that comment during the company’s earnings call last ... Continue Reading
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November 22, 2017
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Nov'17
StorOne attacks bottlenecks with new TRU storage software
After six years of development, an Israeli startup launches new Total Resource Utilization storage software that aims to eliminate bottlenecks and improve storage efficiency. Continue Reading
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November 21, 2017
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Nov'17
Do users need 3D NAND flash memory?
The population of users who need 3D NAND flash chips on their computers is limited to those who run extremely large workloads, such as big applications or multiple virtual machines. Continue Reading
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November 20, 2017
20
Nov'17
NAND flash memory basics: Comparing SLC, MLC and TLC NAND
NAND is the most popular type of flash, but there are many different types, and they each serve a different purpose. Do you know your NAND flash basics? Continue Reading
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November 20, 2017
20
Nov'17
Infinidat embeds SAN, NAS replication in InfiniBox R4
Infinidat's software upgrade eschews SCSI in favor of custom IP-based replication protocol. The vendor claims InfiniBox R4 delivers target writes at sub-400-millisecond latency. Continue Reading
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November 16, 2017
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Nov'17
Quobyte preps 2.0 Data Center File System software update
One startup's 'Google-style' software-defined storage upgrade features 'table stakes,' such as volume mirroring for disaster recovery and support for Mac and Windows clients. Continue Reading
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November 16, 2017
16
Nov'17
NetApp revenue rides flash gravy train
NetApp is showing a legacy storage array vendor can still increase revenue impressively during these days of scant storage growth. NetApp Wednesday night reported its fourth straight quarter of ... Continue Reading
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November 15, 2017
15
Nov'17
NOR vs. NAND flash memory: What companies need to know
NOR and NAND flash memory each suit different use cases, and companies looking at a flash memory product need to know the difference before they buy. Continue Reading
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November 15, 2017
15
Nov'17
Amazon not to blame for S3 cloud storage lapses
The Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) has been giving big businesses –and their customers -- big trouble. It was reported earlier this summer that high-profile companies left data in their S3 ... Continue Reading
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November 14, 2017
14
Nov'17
Dell EMC: Big data lakes will like our Elastic Data Platform
Dell EMC big data storage has a sharper focus. The vendor recently launched Elastic Data Platform (EDP), a series of reference architecture geared for Hadoop and related big data environments. EDP ... Continue Reading
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November 14, 2017
14
Nov'17
Panasas storage, director blades split into separate devices
Panasas hybrid storage offers 57 PB of raw capacity with 200 shelves. ActiveStor Director 100 sits atop a rack of Panasas arrays. Customers can scale types and capacities of media. Continue Reading