Storage news ticker – October 5
Network and storage network comms equipment supplier ATTO has signed a distribution agreement with Adistec Corp. that extends the availability of the ATTO high-performance storage and network connectivity portfolio...
Seagate DNA lab chip technology explored
DNA storage lab-on-a-chip technology from Seagate promises gumstick card-sized DNA storage readers and writers that could speed up DNA storage IO by one, two or more factors.
The Catalog DNA...
HBM3E
HBM3E - High Bandwidth Memory gen 3 Extended. It's explained in a separate entry for High Bandwidth Memory.
e.MMC
e.MMC - Embedded MultiMediaCard is a small postage stamp-sized or even smaller card format for NAND, a controller and an interface; a mini-SSD delivered in an industry-standard Ball Grid...
Private equity as careful steward: Is it possible?
Comment: There is a stream of thought that says private equity ownership is the second best alternative to an IPO, with a private equity takeout being the fate of...
Dell talks up the green datacenter
Dell has written a post on sustainability that swerves away from direct energy consumption numbers and says a comprehensive strategy is needed to create a green datacenter.
The blog by Travis...
Pure Storage defends sustainability credentials
Pure Storage says its arrays are more efficient than legacy or upstart all-flash arrays so it has better sustainability credentials.
VAST Data earlier this month claimed its arrays were more...
CSAL
CSAL - Cloud Storage Acceleration Layer is an open-source host-based Flash Translation Layer (FTL) project under the Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK) that uses high-performance SSDs as an ultra-fast cache...
Seagate DNA storage involvement predates Catalog deal
Seagate is bringing its lab-on-a-chip technology to Catalog's DNA storage technology to enable faster and much, much smaller devices to read data stored in DNA. What is a lab-on-a-chip,...
Google launches storage services with knobs on
Google Cloud has expanded up its storage portfolio, augmenting existing services and launching a dedicated backup and data recovery service for the first time.
Google Cloud’s group product manager for...
Spinning rust? No, now Seagate’s working with DNA
Seagate has kicked off a collaboration with DNA storage pioneer Catalog Technologies Inc to shrink the start-up’s technology for encoding data into the stuff of life itself from room...
Hitachi Vantara says SQream if you want your data to go faster
Hitachi Vantara has turned to Tel Aviv for a speed boost when it comes to crunching through massive data sets for analytics and delivering insight.
The Japanese data giant is...