Pliops unveils XDP-Rocks for RocksDB
Israeli startup Pliops has announced that its Extreme Data Processor (XDP) hardware running XDP-Rocks speeds RocksDB databases throughput by 20x and reduces tail latency by 100x.
The Pliops XDP is...
VAST Data chases zero trust, zero waste dragon
VAST Data has updated its storage filer OS, claiming it is laying the foundation for a zero trust and "zero waste" infrastructure.
It appears to be homing in on the...
Azure touts elasticated SAN service
Microsoft's Azure cloud is previewing an Elastic SAN service offering high-availability iSCSI-access block storage.
This storage instance is designed, Microsoft said, “for large scale IO-intensive workloads and top tier databases...
Broadcom refreshes connectivity portfolio
Broadcom has updated its range of connectivity products from top-of-rack Ethernet switches down through storage NICs, video offload accelerators, and HBAs to HDD controller SoCs and PreAmps.
The company says...
Smart IOPS packet-switching controller supercharges SSDs
Startup Smart IOPS has burst out from stealth mode with a line of enterprise-class PCIe 3 and 4 SSDs using its own controller chip that it says treats data blocks...
Infinidat ups capacity and cyber resiliency
Block array supplier Infinidat says a move to 20TB disk drives has enabled it to increase high-end system capacity by more than 70 percent and add more capacity for...
Pavilion Data – last NVMe over Fabrics flash array startup – has died
NVMe-over Fabrics storage array startup Pavilion Data has crashed.
Update. Co-founder Sundar Kanthadai's epitaph LinkedIn post added. Jan 1, 2023.
The news was released at an all-hands company meeting on October...
Storage news ticker – October 10
Cloud and backup storage vendor Backblaze has hired Robert Fitt as Chief Human Resources Officer, its first such position. He will lead the company’s strategic advancement for all HR...
Dell has Liqid route to CXL memory pooling
Dell has shown how its MX7000 composable server chassis can be used with Liqid technology to add PCIe gen 4-connected GPUs and other accelerators to the composable systems mix,...
Dremio data lakes can run on VAST Data storage
VAST Data has a partnership with Dremio enabling its lakehouse software to run on-premises, accessing data from VAST’s Universal Storage all-flash file and object array.
Dremio’s software runs in-memory and creates...
Fungible shifts focus to SAN performance, power
DPU startup Fungible has rowed back from its data center composability ambitions, cancelling products to concentrate on its storage cluster technology using all-flash arrays controlled by its DPUs with...
Storage news ticker – September 28
Cloud storage provider Backblaze has launched a company Shareholder Perks Program on the Stockperks app. Stockperks provides shareholder rewards, with more than 20 public companies using the platform to...