Solid-state storage

Solid-state storage is becoming common for SAN, NAS and even emerging systems such as hyper-converged infrastructure. Look for guidance and advice on solid-state storage topics such as solid-state drives (SSDs) and devices, SSD prices and performance, solid-state memory, flash memory, and emerging flash technologies such as NVMe, Optane and 3D XPoint.

June 17, 2021 17 Jun'21
Infinidat expands beyond HDDs with new all-solid-state array

Infinidat's new all-solid-state InfiniBox SSA storage array is built on the same deep-learning software and DRAM cache technology that its flagship disk-based InfiniBox models use.
May 25, 2021 25 May'21
Pure Storage CEO zones in on enabling digital transformation

Pure Storage's CEO said the company will probably pursue acquisitions beyond its 2020 Portworx purchase to further assist customers in their digital transformation efforts.
May 13, 2021 13 May'21
Pure Storage updates management tool, integrates Portworx

Pure launched its first Portworx container storage update since acquiring the startup last year and enabled management through its newly updated Pure1 management tool.
May 11, 2021 11 May'21
Dell EMC PowerScale adds all-NVMe, Nvidia GPUDirect options

A Dell EMC PowerScale update adds a high-end all-NVMe F900 model with Nvidia GPUDirect support for AI and analytics workloads plus a OneFS 9.2 upgrade to improve performance.

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What the 4 PMem App Direct Modes mean for your organization

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These 5 IT buzzwords for 2021 reflect data storage priorities

As a mature IT discipline, the pace of change in storage has slowed, but there is still plenty of buzz about underlying technologies you'll need to know about in 2021. Continue Reading
With release of vSphere 7, VMware takes NVMe-oF mainstream

VMware's support of NVMe-oF means organizations might be able to significantly improve the performance of their application environments without changing any data center hardware. Continue Reading
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How key factors in storage performance and cost spur adoption

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The differences between SLC, MLC, TLC, QLC and PLC

Learn the important capacity, performance and reliability differences between multi-layer flash when it comes to adding SSD storage to your organization. Continue Reading