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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
NetApp wants to be cool kid of SAN with latest all-flash array
NetApp has doubled down on its all-flash systems with a new SAN array, the ASA A-Series, and a new StorageGRID object storage system, and has added a ransomware recovery guarantee...
New moves in AFA driven by QLC flash
A new chapter is opening in the all-flash storage array (AFA) world as QLC flash enables closer cost comparisons with hybrid flash/disk and disk drive arrays and filers.
There are...
Storage news ticker – 10 May
AWS has announced general availability of new storage-optimized Amazon EC2 I4g instances featuring AWS-designed Graviton processors and AWS Nitro SSDs. With up to 64 vCPUs, 512 GiB of memory,...
Dell PowerStore gets more snapshots than a tourist
Dell is giving its all-flash PowerStore array direct integration with PowerProtect backup appliances, enabling it to provide storage nodes to VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure compute nodes for separate compute and...
NetApp gets file storage benchmark boost
NetApp has a world-record SPEC Electronic Design Automation (EDA) score of 6300, easily exceeding the previous best result: 3,600 from a WEKA system.
Update. SPEC comment added. 6 May 2023.
This...