Impossible becomes possible: MemVerge supporting distributed HPC app checkpointing
Memory virtualizer MemVerge is supporting the checkpointing of distributed, multi-threaded high-performance computing jobs by allying with the DMTCP Project.
Checkpointing is the saving of an application’s state so that it...
Nyriad gets new funding dollars for CPU+GPU storage array
GPU-influenced storage controller startup Nyriad has pulled in $28 million in new funding from existing investors.
Nyriad’s startup idea was to have a combined GPU plus CPU controller to cope...
Storage News Ticker – November 12
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A DCIG blog by Lead Analyst Ken Clipperton claims “The DRAM era of memory — volatile, scarce, and expensive — is drawing to a close. The era of big...
It’s a RoCE road: Kioxia’s Ethernet JBOF SSDs
Kioxia has launched EM6 SSDs accessed over RoCE NVMe-over-Fabric links and installed in a 24-slot EBOF — an Ethernet Bunch of Flash box — capable of pumping out 20...
VAST Data goes after FlashBlade
High-end, all-flash, enterprise filer supplier VAST Data has appointed George Axberg, a 16-year Dell EMC veteran, as its VP of the Data Protection division.
We’re told he is responsible for...
STAC benchmarks: DDN outpaces WekaIO/AWS and Dell EMC PowerScale
DDN’s latest Lustre-based AI400X2 array is faster than a WekaIO system running in Amazon’s cloud.
The STAC benchmark council tests audited system stacks running benchmark tests suited to the applications...
Storage News Ticker – November 10
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Public cloud SaaS data protector Clumio announced availability of Clumio Protect for Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon Elastic Compute Cluster (EC2). Its air-gapped SQL backups provide ransomware protection for applications,...
DDN doubles performance of high-end AI array
DDN has boosted the sequential bandwidth performance of its high-end A3I AI400X all-flash array almost twice over with an AI400X2 upgraded system in the same chassis.
The A3I arrays are...
Fourth generation Pure FlashArray//X is coming
Pure Storage says it’s launching another FlashArray system on December 8.
The marketing blurb gushes about “an entirely new level of performance to the FlashArray family, powering the next era...
FADU’s PCIe 5 SSDs flash into existence – and they are FAST
FADU has announced its Echo family of EDSFF format PCIe 5 SSDs, doubling PCIe 4 drive speed.
FADU is a fabless semiconductor startup company based in Korea. Its Echo drives will...
Storage News Ticker – November 8
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FADU, the Korean fabless SSD startup, is demonstrating its Delta Enterprise SSDs at the 2021 OCP Global Summit, San Jose, November 9 to 10. The Delta family is available...
Pure gets FlashBlade in Equinix colos for fast Azure connectivity
Pure Storage has announced an impressive partnership with Azure for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) storage and compute in the cloud.
Pure, Equinix and Microsoft Azure will deliver cloud-adjacent storage using...