Benchmarks! IBM deploys memcaching with flash and 3D XPoint to match DRAM
Implementing Memcache with NAND or 3D XPoint produces near-DRAM cache performance at a much lower cost, IBM claims.
Memcache is an open source distributed memory system launched in 2003. These...
An amassment of storage predictions and announcements
We have four sets of predictions for 2019, followed by 11 brief news items, two customer notes and a CEO promotion at Datto.
Three Archive360 predictions
Archive360 archives data up to...
Apeiron throws new CEO in at the deep end
Apeiron has hired HPE veteran Chuck Smith as CEO. His predecessor company founder William Harrison has stepped aside take the CTO role.
Smith worked for two years with Compaq, which HP...
Hybrid vigour: Intel adds Optane to flash mini-SSD
Intel has announced a combined Optane and flash H10 drive designed for memory expansion into thin and light notebooks, All-in-One and Mini PCs.
Dell, Lenovo, HP, Acer, ASUS, and other...
Unlucky for some: Chris Mellor’s 13 predictions for storage tech in 2019
Here are my personal predictions for IT this year and how they will affect enterprise storage.
Multi-cloud adoption will (a) encourage enterprises to adopt fewer infrastructure component suppliers and (b)...
Iguazio builds Google-like Outpost for IoT retail edge
Unlike Amazon's Outpost and Azure Stack, Google has no public cloud on-premises presence. Iguazio says it can provide one for Google customers.
The Israeli start-up claims superstores with multi-branch retail...
Your occasional storage digest. It’s a Rap
Storage can be fast, storage can be slow. The disks can be vast and tapes a no-no. Storage is easy, storage is hard, It leave you scarred, get you...
Micron cuts capex in response to declining memory market
Micron is reining in capital spending in the face of a glut in the DRAM and NAND memory markets.
The chip giant yesterday reported $7.91bn revenues Q1FY2019, missing estimates of...
How does NetApp’s MAX Data use Storage-Class Memory? Let’s find out
In this article we explore NetApp's MAX Data use of server-based Storage Class Memory to slay the data access latency dragon?
But first, a brief recap: MAX Data is server-side...
Intel confirms Optane DIMM and SSD speed
Intel has revealed Optane DIMM and SSD read latency numbers.
Optane DIMMs and SSDs use 3D XPoint memory, which is non-volatile, faster than NAND but slower than DRAM, and based...
IBM enlists Nvidia for full-stack AI build-out
IBM has introduced Spectrum AI, a souped up integrated set of server, GPU and storage components. The reference architecture includes:
IBM Elastic Storage Server or Spectrum Scale NVMe all-flash appliance,...
Self-driving cars! The Quantum of some solace for ailing tape vendor
CEO Jamie Lerner is taking Quantum into vertical markets with a front and central focus on StorNext, its scale out filesystem manager. The first example is a mobile storage...