Pure Storage adds Optane caching to FlashArray//X
Pure Storage is adding Optane read caching to its high-end FlashArray//X systems to make drive-level read accesses up to five times faster.
The //70 and //90 R2 models can be...
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Qumulo updates software
Scale-out filer supplier Qumulo has streamed out a set of software updates over the past quarter:
Alternate Data Streams - Increase data access across both...
VAST Data gets faster and safer
VAST Data, the storage startup that wants to kill hard drives has released a software update for its Universal Storage platform that increases performance and system resiliency.
The company...
Western Digital buys NVMe-oF startup Kazan Networks
Western Digital has bought a small startup called Kazan Networks and its NVMe over Fabrics Ethernet connectivity products. Financial terms are undisclosed and the Kazan people are joining WD.
Kazan...
Dell EMC pumps up PowerMax performance
Dell EMC is ramping up performance for its high-end PowerMax arrays by adding support for FC-NVMe and Optane storage-class memory (SCM). Customers will get up to 50 per cent...
Cisco gets ready for 64Gbit Fibre Channel
Cisco today announced MDS 9000 storage network director support for the coming 64Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface and NVMe-FC,. It has also added Ansible automation and end-to-end analytics across ihe...
HPE to make and supply Apeiron kit
A couple of weeks ago Apeiron and its VC backer trumpeted a global OEM deal with HPE. There is less to this than meets the eye.
Making its debut in...
NetApp says so long to SAS and iSCSI with streamlined EF600 all-flash array
NetApp has announced a stripped down, hot-box, EF series all-flash array with double the performance of its predecessor.
Suggested EF600 workloads include Oracle databases, SQL Server, real-time analytics, and hig...
Enterprise storage suppliers bring their toys to VMworld
Suppliers of ancillary products are integrating themselves deeper into the VMware environment as it becomes a dominant platform for enterprise server computing. Let's look at some of the products...
Toshiba nudges direct-to-Ethernet SSD towards the light
Toshiba and Samsung are pushing the idea of SSDs directly accessed over Ethernet as a way of simplifying the storage access stack.
This idea of directly accessing storage drives across...
Pavilion Data Systems bags $25m investment
Storage startup Pavilion Data Systems has completed a $25m C-round of funding.
CEO Gurpreet Singh said in a statement: “We are pleased with the Series C oversubscribed round of funding...
Azure IoT Edge runs inside an NGD SSD
Computational storage supplier NGD has embedded the Azure IoT Edge service within its SSDs.
NGD has announced the 32TB Newport SSD in the U.2 (2.5-inch) form factor, twice the capacity...