Emerging Trends In Software Defined Storage
Let’s take a closer look at the last type of SDS platform. We consider the virtual controller approach…
Open Source Gluster 3.3 Melds Object And File Storage
The Gluster open source distributed filesystem is out with version 3.3 after a long development cycle. Gluster 3.3…
SanDisk Enters Server Flash Caching Market with FlashSoft Buy
SanDisk is getting into the server flash-caching game by acquiring FlashSoft, a maker of solid-state drive (SSD) caching…
The Future Of Archiving
As more and more data gets created, I think we are going to see more people looking at…
Options for long-term data retention
The amount of data that must be retained for long periods of time continues to grow, driven not…
EMC VPLEX Metro and VMware ESX: Enabling 100 km VMotion with New Distributed Storage Federation
This ESG Lab report explores how EMC VPLEX can be used to create a heterogeneous pool of storage…
Xsigo intros virtual I/O director; Dell to resell
At the EMC World show today, I/O virtualization specialist Xsigo Systems introduced a smaller, 2U version of its…
Compellent Adds ZFS-Based NAS
Compellent augmented its support for NAS file services today with the introduction of zNAS, which provides NAS functionality…
LTO vs. Fast Changing Enterprise Tech
Maybe TDK knew what was coming when they got out of the LTO (Linear Tape Open) media market….
Dell Jumps Into Object-Based Storage
Dell unleashed a barrage of new storage products today with Dell-branded versions of EMC’s Celerra and Data Domain…