Dell EMC upgrades Unity mid-range storage arrays
Dell Technologies World Dell EMC’s new Unity XT arrays add drives, memory and CPU power, with the hybrid models getting a stronger upgrade punch than their all flash cousins.
Unity...
Western Digital hit by weak demand and excess inventory
Western Digital was hit by weak disk drive demand and over-supply-induced flash price cuts in its third fiscal 2019 quarter. When will things improve for the flash, SSD and...
Dell EMC PowerMax adopts dual-port Optane SSDs
Dell Technologies World Dell EMC's PowerMax arrays will incorporate Intel's dual-port Optane SSD memory.
The technology is intended for applications that require 24x7 access to the data on the drive....
Amazon adds block storage to Snowball Edge
Amazon has introduced block storage for its Snowball Edge data collecting and processing device, adding to existing file and object storage capabilities.
According to Amazon, customers want to process locally...
Pavilion Data speeds NVMe-oF array
Pavilion Data Systems, the NVMe-over-Fabrics array maker, has tweaked its software to pump performance to fresh heights.
Taking an untraditional approach, The RF100 series appliance incorporates a bank of controllers...
Your occasional storage digest featuring Violin, NEC, Scale Computing, Formulus Black and Hitachi Vantara
Today's storage briefs include Violin arrays adopting NVMe, NEC using Scale Computing to build a hyperconverged offering, Formulus Black getting its software added to HPE servers but not by...
Xilinx buys Solarflare
FPGA-maker Xilinx is buying Solarflare Communications and its accelerated network interface technology for an undisclosed price.
Solarflare began life in 2001, and has taken in more than $305m in funding...
Your occasional storage digest, featuring Azure, Pure Storage, Datrium, Hitachi Vantura and more
Today has been a blockbuster blizzard for enterprise storage news. Blocks & Files will guide you through the day's events with this handy round-up. Let's start with Microsoft.
Azure moves...
Lightbits Labs enters all-flash array fray
Lightbits Labs has introduced the NVMe-connected SuperSSD all-flash array using its LightOS and LightField accelerating hardware cards.
The SuperSSD is hooked up to accessing servers across dual 100GbitE links and...
Micron skewers the SKUs with 9300 NVMe SSD refresh
Micron has used the launch of the 9300 to prune its NVME SSD line-up. More importantly, the drive outclasses the competition, according to our informal survey of products...
Kaleao gets fresh CEO
Hyperconverged startup Kaleao has appointed Komprise sales boss sales Tony Craythorne as its new CEO.
Kaleao’s KMAX technology uses ARM servers with FPGAs and a virtual NIC concept to...
E8 practises scales for BeeGFS singalong
E8, the NVMe-oF array supplier, is backing up ThinkParQ’s clustered parallel file system to deliver files faster to high performance computing customers.
ThinkParQ's product is called BeeGFS, an open source...