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.
Flash storage and RAID: The essentials
We take a look at LUN provision and management, RAID and flash storage, plus tuning for analytics workloads and key emerging technologies that can give your organisation a competitive advantage in mission-critical operations, such as storage-class memory, NVMe flash and persistent memory.
News : Flash storage and solid-state drives (SSDs)
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June 25, 2018
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VM-aware storage pioneer Tintri on verge of bankruptcy
Recent first-quarter results by the VM-aware storage pioneer throw light on a fragile financial situation that needs new funds or a buyer to avoid bankruptcy by the end of June
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June 22, 2018
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Jun'18
Vexata doubles capacity in NVMe flash storage VX family
NVMe flash storage Vexata maker ups capacity to just under half a PB with 8TB drives, claims near-bare metal performance, and aims at analytics, trading and simulations workloads
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June 20, 2018
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Jun'18
San Francisco 49ers add pace to the team with NVMe flash from Datrium
US NFL football team plans high-performance NVMe flash to power in-game statistics and video decision-making, plus access for scouts to player databases during draft
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June 14, 2018
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Jun'18
StorageCraft to unveil unified storage, backup and cloud appliances
StorageCraft arose as a backup software maker but now plans converged storage, backup and analytics play in a move to unify offering built on core and acquired products
In Depth : Flash storage and solid-state drives (SSDs)
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Container storage: Docker in flash, HCI and software-defined
We look at what flash array, hyper-converged infrastructure and software-defined storage makers are doing to provide persistent storage for container-based deployments Continue Reading
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NVMe over Fabrics brings benefits of NVMe to shared storage
NVMe over Fabrics – with NVMe carried over Fibre Channel, Ethernet, Infiniband and other protocols – could revolutionise shared storage. We look at how the market is shaping up Continue Reading
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Intel Optane DIMM aims at persistent storage on the motherboard
Intel to make 3D Xpoint flash available to applications in a tier below RAM and above storage, with in-memory databases, analytics and high performance computing set to benefit Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Flash storage and solid-state drives (SSDs)
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Alibaba’s dual-mode SSD platform raises bar for storage performance
The growing use of artificial intelligence and big data has put a strain on hyperscale datacentres, particularly traditional, standardised storage infrastructure that has been unable to adapt to ... Continue Reading
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Time to dump the all-flash scepticism
When we surveyed several hundred IT professionals on the topic of All-Flash Arrays, one thing that came out was just how broad was the chasm in thinking between those whose organisations already ... Continue Reading
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Is hyper-converged the answer to the NVMe bottleneck?
NVMe offers huge possibilities for flash storage to work at its full potential, at tens or hundreds of times what is possible now. But, but it’s early days, and there is no universally-accepted ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Flash storage and solid-state drives (SSDs)
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IT transformation brings storage transformation
IT departments’ moves away from specialised skills to generalist skillsets are fuelling the rise of easy-to-use hyper-converged infrastructure and all-flash storage systems Continue Reading
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Solid state storage in the datacentre: More than a flash in the pan
As IT organisations transform their datacentres to meet the efficiency and agility demands of the digital enterprise, flash storage is increasingly viewed as a key element Continue Reading
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Server-side flash cache pros outweigh cons for many
Server-side flash offers sub-millisecond latency that can be targeted at specific apps, which is why it has caught on fast for databases and VDI Continue Reading