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How to prevent swap usage from hurting your NVMe devices
Overuse of swap files can cut into the life span of your organization's NVMe-based drives. Find out how to monitor and limit swapping on your Linux systems. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
The end of Moore's law for SSD performance
SSDs are seeing diminishing returns as Moore's law ends and quantum effects set in. Multilayers and more bits per cell are temporary fixes, but both have drawbacks. Continue Reading
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Storage startup trends: Vendors to watch in 2018
Another year is behind us, and 2017 wasn't kind to enterprise-storage startups, as a bunch went belly up or sold off their assets. Not deterred by this recent history and startup trends, a new group of companies has emerged to try and make an impact... Continue Reading
The status of NAND flash memory now and in the near future
Flash memory chips have driven a revolution in storage, and faced a recent shortage because of huge demand. That's easing, and advances in NAND technology show a great future. Continue Reading
Manufacturing NAND flash chips
NAND flash chips are made in fabrication plants known as fabs. Market oversupply or undersupply can cause manufacturers to alter production plans.Continue Reading
The next frontier
Processors get faster, networking tech takes it up a notch and bus designs keep up the pace, but they may all be dragged down if we can’t find a fix for slow I/O performance.Continue Reading