ChatGPT, LLMs, and storage
Analysis: The IT analytics world is being dominated by a storm of interest in Large Language Model (LLM) machine learning and generative AI (GAI). The release of the ChatGPT...
Infinidat upgrades to hybrid cloud storage
High-end array supplier Infinidat says it is now a hybrid on-premises and public cloud storage supplier with strengthened cyber-resilience and new deep scanning and indexing detection features.
Update. AWS implementation...
Panasas shrinks HPC powerhouse into edge-sized box
Panasas has halved the size of its ActiveStor Ultra parallel file system node to make a lower-cost edge datacenter box.
The ActiveStor range runs scale-out PanFS, with NFS and SMB/CIFS...
Spectra Logic and Arcitecta take on NAS market
SpectraLogic and Arcitecta are partnering to enter the high-performance scale-out NAS market with the former's all-flash BlackPearl storage system and the latter's MediaFlux software.
BlackPearl is SpectraLogic's hybrid flash/disk, front-end...
Kioxia doubles capacity, write speed of client gumstick SSD
Kioxia has replaced its gumstick client SSD with a new model with twice the capacity and double the random write speed of its predecessor.
The BG5 with its 1TB maximum...
Storage news ticker – May 19
Data protector Acronis announced general availability of Acronis Advanced Security + Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, with new capabilities such as AI-based attack analysis....
DDN generates QLC SSD array for generative AI training
DDN has unveiled an upgraded A1400 X2 ExaScaler array for AI and machine learning storage workloads that uses QLC SSDs and adds a compression facility for higher capacity.
ExaScaler is...
VAST Data and Nvidia form SuperPOD squad
VAST Data says its all-QLC flash file storage has been certified as an Nvidia SuperPOD data store.
Nvidia’s SuperPOD houses 20 to 140 DGX A100 AI-focused GPU servers and uses...
Dell wields NeuroBlade to cut analytics time
Dell is partnering with startup NeuroBlade to put SQL query-accelerating PCIe cards in select PowerEdge servers to speed up high throughput data analytics.
Update. Note added about NeuroBlade branding and...
Kioxia CD7 SSD: PCIe 5 drive hits HPE servers
Kioxia has announced its datacenter SSD series is for HPE servers and arrays, using 3D NAND two generations behind its latest tech but with the latest PCIe gen 5...
Solidigm pumps out new QLC datacenter SSD
Solidigm is touting a PCIe gen 4 QLC flash SSD offering TLC-class read performance and has appointed a pair of co-CEOs.
QLC or 4bits/cell NAND provides less expensive SSD capacity...
Micron declares TLC NAND war on Solidigm
Micron has built a TLC SSD with 232-layer tech that's faster and more efficient than Solidigm's lower cost QLC drives. It's also launched a fast SLC SSD for caching.
SLC...