Bε-Tree – B-Epsilon Tree – Beta-Epsilon Tree
Bε-Tree - B-Epsilon Tree - Beta-Epsilon Tree - the Bε, B-Epsilon and Beta Epsilon tree terms apply to the same concept, a B-tree with buffers. We’ll call it the...
Iceberg
Iceberg - Apache Iceberg format tables, are used in big data and enable SQL querying. Query engines such as Spark, Trino, Flink, Presto, Hive, Impala, StarRocks, and others can...
Hudi
Hudi - Apache Hudi (Hadoop Upserts Deletes and Incrementals)is an open-source framework for building transactional data lakes with processes for ingesting, managing, and querying large volumes of data. Uber...
DNA data storage wants to standardize
The DNA Data Storage Alliance has joined the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) as a Technology Affiliate to begin technical work and standards development, and speed the development of...
RF-2 and RF-3
RF-2 and RF-3 - RF-2 is Resiliency or Redundancy Factor-2, and means that the data has a single redundant copy in the system. RF-3 means there are two extra...
Veritas takes autonomous data management moonshot
Veritas is attempting to transform its core NetBackup product into an autonomous data management service operating across public clouds, on-premises datacenters, and edge sites. The company is spending a...
Storage news ticker – June 13
Data cyber security and backup supplier Acronis has launched a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) pack for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud available in an Early Access Program. Acronis says it...
Storage news ticker – June 6
Arcserve announced the expansion of its OneXafe family of immutable data storage products with the OneXafe 4500 Series. Its capacity can be up to 216TB. It needs near-zero deployment...
The four storage horsemen of the epochalypse
Forgive the headline pun but apocalypse it is not. We have compared the storage growth rates for Dell, HPE, NetApp, and Pure Storage and spotted standout differences with HPE...
SCSI
SCSI - Small Computer Systems Interface pronounced as 'Scuzzee.' It is an interconnect standard for PCs and servers linking to peripheral devices, such as disk drives and SSDs, and...
Venture capitalists issue startup funding warning
Venture capitalists including Sequoia and Y Combinator are warning that an economic downturn is to threaten future fundraising, meaning start-ups should look to raise cash right now or conserve...
UALink
UALink - In May 2024 AMD, Broadcom, Cisco, Google, HPE, Intel, Meta, and Microsoft announced the formation of a group that will form a new industry standard, UALink (Ultra...