Seagate object storage used in exascale computing projects
Seagate’s CORTX object storage was used for high-performance research projects in the European Union’s SAGE Exascale computing initiative.
SAGE, started in 2015, is one those weird made-up acronyms, and apparently...
Storage news ticker – April 19
AWS DataSync now supports transferring files to and from Amazon FSx for OpenZFS, a fully managed service built on the open-source OpenZFS file system. Using DataSync, you can migrate...
Storage news ticker – April 14
CData Software says Monrovia Nursery Co. is using its CData Sync product for storage of data from many and varied sources to develop cohesive financial and operational reporting processes....
There’s no flash in ExaGrid’s plan, says exec
ExaGrid makes disk-based purpose-built backup appliances and its CEO told us he sees no need to move to flash media.
We suggested ExaGrid might add an SSD front end as...
StorageMAP charts uncharted unstructured data oceans, estimates carbon footprints
Datadobi claims its new StorageMAP product can chart entire file and object storage estates, revealing a customer's unknown data arsenal and shining light on their low-value or useless data...
CTERA: Not storage, but a cloud data services biz
CTERA is leaving its storage roots behind and becoming a cloud-based data services business selling to large enterprises.
Update. Nasuni comment added 12 April 2022.
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NetApp on the CloudOps acquisition trail
NetApp has bought eight companies in two years as Anthony Lye, EVP and GM of the Cloud DataServices Business Unit, builds up a cloud data operations facility.
The aim is...
Infinidat sticks to its guns for on-premises growth
Infinidat will strengthen its products with access to a wider range of client protocols, as it sticks to its on-premises high-end storage focus – but not to the extent...
Dell storage dives into Equinix colo private cloud pools
Equinix is selling Dell managed storage, hyperconverged and data protection products as-a-service from its datacenters.
The products include Dell PowerStore (all-flash), VxRail and PowerProtect Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE). PowerStore...
Big data? Bring it on – XenData’s multi-100PB active archive
XenData has announced an X100 active archive which can manage multiple hundreds of petabytes in tape or optical cartridge libraries with a front-end RAID cache.
This system is for enterprises...
Dell PowerScale syncs to object storage
Dell is adding SmartSync file synchronization to object storage for PowerScale and Isilon systems with a OneFS v9.4 update.
OneFS is the operating system for Dell's PowerScale and Isilon scale-out...
Qumulo aims to be a multi-protocol, multi-hybrid-cloud data lake services company
Interview. Ten years after it was founded, as an on-premises scale-out filer supplier, Qumulo is becoming an unstructured data lake services company in a hybrid multi-cloud world, with its...