Pure debuts RC20 FlashArray//C with reused controllers for smaller deployments
Pure Storage has introduced a more affordable, low-capacity FlashArray//C model, the RC20, built with reconditioned controllers and aimed at edge deployments and smaller workloads.
The FlashArray//C series uses Pure’s proprietary...
DAOS file system lives on after Optane
The DAOS parallel file system delivers higher IOPS and bandwidth per server than Lustre and WEKA, according to IO500 benchmark data cited by the DAOS Foundation.
DAOS, the Distributed Asynchronous...
Storage news ticker – April 11
Cloud storage and backup provider Backblaze announced a partnership with PureNodal, “a next-generation cloud platform purpose-built for AI and high-performance compute (HPC) workloads,” to deliver an efficient, high-performance, and...
Dell refreshes storage and server lines for AI workloads
Against a background of disaggregated IT and rising AI trends, Dell has announced refreshes of its PowerEdge, PowerStore, ObjectScale, PowerScale, and PowerProtect storage systems.
Dell is announcing both server and...
Storage news ticker – March 31
Amazon Web Services (AWS) wants to build a two-story datacenter for tape storage in Middlesex, England. Its building application has been granted. The planning documents say: “This datacenter will...
Scan Computers deploys PEAK:AIO storage for Blackwell GPU cluster
An EMEA-based GPU server cloud provider is using PEAK:AIO storage to hold customer data for its Blackwell GPU cluster.
Startup PEAK:AIO is building scale-out AI Data Server storage based on highly...
Seagate sees fresh spin for NVMe hybrid flash/disk array
A Seagate blog says that fast-access hybrid flash+disk drive arrays are a good fit to AI workload needs because retaining large datasets solely on SSDs is financially unsustainable for...
Storage news ticker – March 21
Data integration supplier Adeptia announced double-digit annual growth since 2021 by enabling enterprises to manage and optimize their first-mile (raw data created outside of an organization’s internal data operations)...
DDN unveils Inferno and xFusionAI with hybrid file-object tech
Analysis: DDN launched its Inferno fast object appliance and xFusionAI hybrid file+object technology at Nvidia’s GTC 2025. We examine both technologies to see what they offer.
From the AI training...
Legacy systems fade as arrays shift to extreme scale and parallelism for AI
Analysis: The storage array industry is undergoing a massive pivot to extreme scale and parallel, multi-protocol data delivery for AI training and inferencing, with dual-controller arrays and scale-out filer...
MinIO AIStor 2.0 embraces Nvidia GPUDirect, BlueField-3, and NIM for faster AI inference
The MinIO v2.0 AIStor update adopts Nvidia GPUDirect, BlueField superNICS and NIM microservices to bring object data faster to AI inferencing.
Back in February 2022, MinIO co-founder and CEO AB...
Storage news ticker – March 6
Kubernetes app data protector CloudCasa has integrated with SUSE Rancher Prime via a new Rancher Prime Extension. Users can install CloudCasa agents and manage and monitor backups directly from...