Folio Photonics joins Active Archive Alliance
Archive optical disk developer Folio Photonics has joined the Active Archive Alliance, bringing it a step closer to delivering product into an archive ecosystem.
The Folio Photonics DataFilm Disk (DFD) has...
Quantum positions ActiveScale as HPC secondary storage
Interview: Quantum, known best for its flash, disk and tape storage, also sells into the data-intensive world of HPC storage. We spoke to Quantum's Eric Bassier, senior director, Product...
Will tape play a ‘critical role’ in the zettabyte era as its supporters hope?
The Tape Storage Council has put out a report saying tape will play an even broader role in the IT ecosystem as data storage growth continues.
We beg to differ.
The...
Rockport flat network boosts UK supercomputer
Rockport Network’s flat, switchless network is interconnecting compute nodes and storage systems in ExCALIBUR, the UK’s DiRAC exascale supercomputer test environment.
Rockport believes that hierarchical leaf-spine, switched networks are inherently...
Storage news ticker – April 20
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An updated all-flash array history chart includes newer entrants like VAST Data and StoreOne, older ones like Fusion-io, Violin and Vexata, and more acquisitions. Enjoy this snapshot and tell...
Archive
Archive – A storage repository for little-accessed data that needs to be retained for a long time. The key difference from a backup is that a backup is a copy of...
Coercivity
Coercivity - the amount of resistance in a ferromagnetic medium to having its magnetic direction (north or south pole) lost by exposure to an input magnetic field. A disk...
Storage news ticker – April 6
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Data protector Arcserve announced the availability of Arcserve Backup 19, an enhanced version of its tape air-gapping product. It delivers improved performance, security, and reliability over previous releases. Enhancements...
Quantum starts selling its custom hyperscaler tape library rigs
All those who said tape would soon be history can eat their words. Back in October Quantum revealed custom massive capacity modular scale-out tape libraries for hyperscaler customers. Now...
Storage news ticker – 1 March
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Ahana has added new security features to its Ahana Cloud for Presto managed service. These include multi-user support for Presto and Ahana, fine-grained access control for data lakes with...
Quantum’s revenues fall as savage supply chain issues ravage costs
Quantum saw a 2.8 per cent decline in revenues in its latest quarter as severe supply chain issues – some suppliers "holding it to ransom" – cost it $62...
Infinidat strengthens InfiniGuard with automated network fencing and more throughput
Infinidat has added automated fenced-in networks to its InfiniGuard data protection array to safeguard forensic analysis of malware attacks, and doubled throughput with new B4300 hardware. The resulting software...