Are AFAs right for VDI?
Partner Content In any VDI deployment, storage is crucial for success and user experience. It ensures performance and responsiveness while supporting scalability and reliability. Storage bottlenecks can undermine the...
Chinese researchers claim fastest memory in graphene-based paper
Chinese researchers have developed a new type of storage-class memory based on graphene, claiming it outperforms both SRAM and DRAM in speed.
A team of eight researchers are said to...
How Pure Storage developed the FlashBlade//EXA system
Interview. What led up to Pure Storage developing a new disaggregated system architecture for its FlashBlade//EXA?
Pure Storage was founded as an all-flash storage array (AFA) vendor, surviving and prospering...
Seagate claims spinning disks beat SSDs on carbon footprint
A Seagate Decarbonizing Data report says energy usage is a top concern for more than half of business leaders and better use of disks is a wise datacenter choice.
The...
Pure debuts RC20 FlashArray//C with reused controllers for smaller deployments
Pure Storage has introduced a more affordable, low-capacity FlashArray//C model, the RC20, built with reconditioned controllers and aimed at edge deployments and smaller workloads.
The FlashArray//C series uses Pure’s proprietary...
DAOS file system lives on after Optane
The DAOS parallel file system delivers higher IOPS and bandwidth per server than Lustre and WEKA, according to IO500 benchmark data cited by the DAOS Foundation.
DAOS, the Distributed Asynchronous...
Storage suppliers stare down Trump slump after tariff mayhem
Analysis. The latest round of tariff confusion – including a last-minute US Customs exemption for computers, smartphones, and related components, followed by a social media post from President Trump...
Storage news ticker – April 11
Cloud storage and backup provider Backblaze announced a partnership with PureNodal, “a next-generation cloud platform purpose-built for AI and high-performance compute (HPC) workloads,” to deliver an efficient, high-performance, and...
Dell refreshes storage and server lines for AI workloads
Against a background of disaggregated IT and rising AI trends, Dell has announced refreshes of its PowerEdge, PowerStore, ObjectScale, PowerScale, and PowerProtect storage systems.
Dell is announcing both server and...
Storage winners and losers in Trump’s tariff-happy world
Analysis Trump’s tariffs will affect US companies with multinational supply chain components and finished products imported to America, and products from foreign suppliers imported to the US. They will...
Pure Storage scores flashy Meta deal
Analysis: Pure Storage has won a deal to supply its proprietary flash drive technology to Meta, with Wedbush financial analysts seeing this as “an extremely positive outcome for PSTG...
Storage news ticker – April 4
Cohesity announced it is the first data protection provider to achieve Nutanix's Database Service (NDB) database protection Nutanix Ready validation. It says: "NDB is the market leading database lifecycle management...