TidalScale and inverted server virtualization
Nine-year-old startup TidalScale has developed a distributed hyperkernel which combines different nodes in a cluster of physical servers into a software-defined server. It enables inverse virtualization, combining a cluster...
Fungible testing computational storage on DPUs
Fungible, a developer of Data Processing Unit (DPU) chips for offloading east-west networking operations including storage array access from server X86 CPUs, is testing computational storage applications on the...
CXL memory pools: Just how big can they be?
CXL 2.0 will enable memory pooling, which sounds great, but a bit vague. How big can the memory pools be? There is no firm answer yet, but we can...
Storage news ticker – June 23
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Data protection and security business Acronis has sponsored another sporting team: Scotland's Hibernian FC. Acronis will become become Hibernian FC's Principal Cyber Protection Partner. It will be supported by...
DiRAC’s Liqid pours GPUs into servers for cosmological research simulation runs
Durham University’s DiRAC supercomputer is getting composable GPU resources to model the evolution of the universe, courtesy of Liqid and its Matrix composability software.
The UK’s Durham University DiRAC (Distributed...
Storage news ticker – June 7
DPU and composable infrastructure supplier Fungible has announced Fungible Storage Cluster (FSC) 4.1, providing support for vSphere environments requiring high performance. Its all-flash array based on NVMe/TCP is now...
Storage news ticker – June 6
Arcserve announced the expansion of its OneXafe family of immutable data storage products with the OneXafe 4500 Series. Its capacity can be up to 216TB. It needs near-zero deployment...
Storage news ticker – May 31
HPC storage supplier Panasas has announced a new global strategy with added benefits and incentives to grow sales reach through channel and alliance partners. New features include a partner...
Storage news ticker – May 12
Cloudflare has announced D1, the first cloud storage database for the Workers serverless platform, pitched as enabling developers to build fast, database-backed applications with just a few clicks. It said almost...
Storage news ticker – May the 4th be with you
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Seagate celebrates Star Wars Day with the introduction of three collectible disk drives inspired by Boba Fett, Grogu, and The Mandalorian. Seagate's marketeers have gone over the top, saying these "Special...
Storage news ticker – April 20
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An updated all-flash array history chart includes newer entrants like VAST Data and StoreOne, older ones like Fusion-io, Violin and Vexata, and more acquisitions. Enjoy this snapshot and tell...
Storage news ticker – 12 April
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In-cloud Saas data protector Clumio announced news of its Clumio Protect for Amazon DynamoDB, with granular recovery, improved audit readiness and reduced TCO for long-term backups. Clumio said it...