Flash storage and solid-state drives (SSDs)
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News : Flash storage and solid-state drives (SSDs)
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June 10, 2019
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Jun'19
Western Digital aims to help rethink unstructured data storage
Zonedstorage.io is Western Digital-backed idea to re-architect unstructured data storage with sequential writes to high-capacity media such as SMR HDDs and ZNS NVMe flash
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April 29, 2019
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Apr'19
LightBits Super SSD brings NVMe on vanilla Ethernet
Israeli startup LightBits offers super-fast NVMe flash storage over plain Ethernet networks in a move that some think will bring “iSCSI for the NVMe generation”
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April 26, 2019
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Apr'19
NVMe is ‘ready’, say Dell EMC, Virtual Instruments and Cisco
Storage and networks big guns say super-fast NVMe flash is ready for enterprise users, with performance 10x over existing Fibre Channel and ecosystem in place
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April 24, 2019
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Apr'19
Pure Storage buys Compuverde to put object storage on steroids
Fast flash storage specialist Pure Storage adds object storage to FlashArray and aims to compete with NetApp on NAS while bringing flash performance to web applications
In Depth : Flash storage and solid-state drives (SSDs)
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Docker backup: Deciding what to protect and how
Docker is a simplified form of virtualisation whose popularity has rocketed. We look at the key decisions about what parts of Docker you need to backup and how to do it Continue Reading
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SAN vs NAS vs hyper-converged for virtual machine storage
The pros and cons of file and block access storage arrays vs the new breed of all-in-one server/storage architecture for storage of virtual machine systems and data Continue Reading
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5 storage class memory technology terms you should know
SCM will define the future of memory and storage. Get to know some of the key technologies you'll be hearing a lot more about in the next few years. 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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Nand, flash, SSDs and HDDs – what’s happening?
It is estimated that the world creates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. How will storage technology cope? Continue Reading
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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