Dell EMC’s Midrange.NEXT: Everything we know so far
Update May 5, 2020. Dell EMC today launched the PowerStore (formerly called Midrange.NEXT) data storage array line. Check out our PowerStore explainer. Our editor thinks this is "most important...
WD’s IntelliFlash gets SAP HANA-certified
IntelliFlash all-flash arrays have been certified for use by SAP’s HANA in-memory database system.
IntelliFlash was the main product portfolio Western Digital Corp. acquired when it bought Tegile in August...
Cisco, NetApp crank up FlexPod with MAX Data
Cisco and NetApp are adding MAX Data to their FlexPod reference design to make applications run faster.
In a white paper published last week Cisco showed MAX Data on FlexPod...
StorCentric scoops up ailing startup Vexata
Enterprise NVMe array startup Vexata has been bought by StorCentric, a private-equity-owned company which yesterday acquired the Retrospect backup software company.
Vexata was founded in 2013 by CEO Zahid Hussain...
Q. Does Optane DIMM access have to be so complicated? A. Yes
Intel’s Optane DIMMs can be accessed in five different ways, each of which have their advantages and disadvantages. We paint a broad brush picture here of the five to...
Your tasty storage collection of files, flash and the cloud
The themes of this collection of storage news bytes revolve around backup, parallel file access, the public cloud and flash, meaning data at scale and fast data access.
We...
StorONE’s Seagate SSD demo is fast for a virtual appliance
Startup StorONE claims record performance from its TRU S1 storage software running in a virtual appliance with 24 Seagate SSDs.
Is software ran more than three times faster last...
Vexata execs depart for greener shores
Struggling Vexata has lost its chief marketing officer and a product and solution marketing VP.
Vexata is an extreme high-performance array startup that downsized in March 2019, At the...
Hello from the other side. Mangstor completes EXTEN reboot
Mangstor, a pioneer in NVMe-over-Fabrics array technology which crashed and nearly burned, has escaped the undead. The company, now known as EXTEN Technologies, has launched HyperDynamic, a NVMe-oF target...
HPE’s Primera is Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
HPE's newly-launched Primera array is a performance beast - and that’s before it gets NVMe over Fabrics and storage class memory.
HPE staffers told Blocks & Files in a product...
HPE trickles out more Primera hardware specs
HPE has opened the door on Primera's hardware configuration - a little.
Field CTO Nick Triantos says in a LinkedIn article that Primera is based on a mostly re-designed 3PAR...
HPE scales out 3PAR to build massively parallel Primera line
HPE’s Primera array, launched today, is an evolutionary upgrade of its 3PAR platform, with expanded InfoSight management and claimed Nimble array ease-of-use.
Our sister publication The Register carries the announcement...