Dell storage dives into Equinix colo private cloud pools
Equinix is selling Dell managed storage, hyperconverged and data protection products as-a-service from its datacenters.
The products include Dell PowerStore (all-flash), VxRail and PowerProtect Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE). PowerStore...
Networkless Pliops XDP is not a DPU
Israeli startup Pliops wants to replace the existing block interface to SSDs, based on disk drive-era thinking, with key:value store technology that enables vastly more efficient SSD operation. It...
MinIO says S3 is primary storage on the public cloud
Can an object storage system function as primary storage? The general assumption is that primary storage is the fastest storage you can get to support important applications such as...
VMware adds cloud file store on AWS
VMware is previewing a managed Cloud Flex Storage file service for VMware Cloud on AWS, based on its Datrium acquisition.
Cloud Flex Storage is a pay-as-you-go, elastic and scalable storage...
NetApp is increasing targets thanks to CloudOps biz
The Cloud Operations (CloudOps) business looks so good for NetApp that the company has increased its overall revenue targets.
This was revealed at a NetApp Investor Day conference on March...
Nyriad releases SAN arrays with CPU+GPU controllers
Newcomer Nyriad has launched two SAN array systems with combined CPU+GPU controllers to provide fast recovery from drive failures and a maximum sustained IO rate of 18GB/sec for writes...
HPE adds block storage to GreenLake
HPE is adding block storage to its GreenLake cloud-style IT subscription service along with backup and recovery, an existing parallel file system in a new GreenLake for High Performance...
VergeIO – an HCI curiosity shop survivor
Verge.io's technology creates nested, multi-tenant, virtual datacenters for enterprises and MSPs from hyperconverged infrastructure servers. Back in the HCI glory days before 2018, it was known as Yottabyte and...
NetApp and Cisco reshape FlexPod for hybrid cloud
Cisco and NetApp have mapped out a hybrid cloud future for their decade old FlexPod platform.
The firms are pitching the FlexPod XCS as a single “automated platform for modern...
Azure Oracle database speed doubles with Silk storage: source
New Azure compute instances have doubled Oracle database speeds when using Silk storage, B&F has been told.
Silk’s software provides storage to apps running Azure virtual machines by using Azure’s...
Lightbits Labs heading towards the public cloud and MSPs
Now in its seventh year, Lightbits Labs is broadening its scope from being an NVMe/TCP-focused storage vendor to becoming a data services supplier which happens to use NVMe/TCP as...
NetApp withdraws from Russia
NetApp is suspending its Russian operations in light of the Ukraine invasion.
The company has employees in Russia and sells to local businesses via an OEM agreement with Fujitsu. Tech...