Nutanix getting GPUDirect ducks lined up
A Nutanix technical white paper confirms Nutanix will support AI foundation model training with distributed data set access and fast file data delivery to NVIDIA GPU servers.
Foundation models, also...
Samsung shuffles exec deck again amid AI chip ‘crisis’
Samsung Electronics has shaken up the leadership of its chip division for the second time this year, as it struggles against the competition in the AI data processing space.
Jun...
PEAK:AIO targets underserved AI workloads with cost-effective storage
Interview: AI-focused storage startup PEAK:AIO talked about its recognition of small-scale datacenter AI processing needs in part one of a briefing. We continued the briefing with a deeper dive...
NAND flash revenue rises despite bit shipment decline
Analyst house TrendForce says the global NAND flash industry recorded a 2 percent quarter-on-quarter decline in bit shipments in the third quarter of 2024. But a 7 percent rise...
Storage News Ticker – 26 November
45Drives has announced the Stornado F16, its most powerful storage server to date. It has a 2RU chassis with:
AMD EPYC or Intel Xeon CPUs, expandable to 4TB of memory,...
How cyber resilient storage hardware can defeat ransomware
SPONSORED FEATURE: Ransomware is everywhere. The FBI and CISA just issued yet another advisory about it.
The average payouts associated with this type of cyber attack are huge. The 2024...
Quantum DXi9200 hybrid backup appliance replaces previous models
Quantum has launched a high-end DXi9200 target backup appliance as its sole hybrid (flash+disk) hardware accompanying the two all-flash T-series and two V5000 virtual appliances.
As a consequence, its DXi...
Hammerspace hammers MLPerf Storage benchmark results
Hammerspace claims it has set new records in the MLPerf Storage 1.0 benchmark with its Tier 0 storage beating DDN Lustre more than 16x at the same client count.
The...
Storage news ticker – November 22
Cloud backup and storage supplier Backblaze announced the launch of a proposed follow-on public offering of $30,000,000 of shares of its Class A common stock. In addition, Backblaze expects...
SK hynix begins mass production of 321-layer 3D NAND
SK hynix has started mass producing its 321-layer 3D NAND, winning the flash layer count race, which Western Digital has claimed to be over with its 218-layer NAND.
The Korean...
Qumulo lays claim to ‘fastest’ enterprise cloud data platform title after hitting 1 TB/sec
Qumulo says its Cloud Native Qumulo on AWS achieved over a terabyte per second throughput and more than one million IOPS using standard Network File System clients.
The company's Core...
Quantum wants to claw its way back to profitability – and growth
Analysis. Quantum has been wading through the mire. After two reverse stock splits, a hyperscaler tape system buying stop, a second set of financial reporting problems, and an abrupt...