Dell’s packed performant PowerStore update
Dell has release version 2.1 of its PowerStore software with performance improvements, NVMe/TCP functionality, automated IP SAN setup and management improvements. It's also released XtremIO v6.4 software, and there's...
Cloudian provides object back end to WEKA’s file-munching front end
Cloudian and WEKA have partnered to add exabyte-scalable backend HyperStore object storage to WEKA's scale-out, parallel Data Platform for AI filesystem software.
The two say their combined products, integrated through...
Zamarian’s Pavilion gets $45 million funding boost
Pavilion Data, supplying very fast storage hardware based on network switch architecture, has gained renewed funding — $45 million of it — after recently-appointed CEO Dario Zamarian led the...
Two new Optane drives surface in New Hampshire
Intel has two new Optane 3D XPoint drives coming, if tests at a New Hampshire Interoperability Lab are anything to go by.
As reported in Tom’s Hardware, the SSD DC...
Storage news ticker – January 17
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UK-based digital archiver Arkivium has been selected to take its petabyte-scale and SaaS-based ARCHIVER offering through to the final, pilot stage, in preparation for commercialisation on the European Open...
Hyve: busy hyperscaler bees buy hardware, not software
Hyve Solutions sells storage hardware to its hyperscaler customers, but not software — because they don’t want it. What, then, do hyperscalers want?
Hyve is a TD Synnex business unit...
Faster data access coming – PCIe generation 6 spec unveiled
The PCIe SIG has released the official PCIe gen 6 specification, which doubles PCIe 5 speed to 256GB/sec across 16 lanes.
PCIe system designers can use this to double existing...
Micron’s incredibly dense gumstick SSD
Micron has announced the 2400 — a 2TB gumstick-sized PCIe 4 SSD using 176 layer 3D NAND formatted with QLC (4bits/cell), doubling the performance of the prior 2210 96-layer...
Strategic move: NetApp’s top legal eagle becomes Chief Strategy Officer
In a seemingly unusual move, NetApp has appointed Matt Fawcett, its now ex-General Counsel, as Chief Strategy Officer.
Fawcett has been NetApp's top internal lawyer for 10 years, being appointed...
Storage news ticker tape – January 4
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Hammerspace has hired Floyd Christofferson from StrongBox to be its VPO Of Product Marketing. Christofferson’s availability occurred when Strongbox’ exec roster was reorganised by incoming CEO Andrew Hall in...
Speed demon: Samsung and Intel demo PCIe gen 5 SSD setup
PCIe gen 5, quadruple PCIe 3.1's interface speed, looks set to near revolutionise database, AI and analytics performance.
Intel has released a video for CES showing how Samsung’s PCIe gen...
Storage news ticker – December 16
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Data migrator and manager Datadobi announced the appointment of Charlie Collins as the company’s new channel sales director for the Americas. He’ll be responsible for developing and managing strategic...