HPE updates Primera and Nimble arrays
HPE has refreshed the Primera upper mid-range array and Nimble lower-mid-range arrays. Let's take a closer look.
The Primera array gets NVMe support via Primera OS v4.2. HPE said all-flash...
Huawei plans 20TB SMR drive for OceanStor Pacific storage array
Huawei is planning to use 20TB SMR drives in its OceanStor Pacific, a mass data storage "array for the 5G era".
Launched last month, OceanStor Pacific is a unified...
Your occasional storage digest featuring Couchbase, Delphix, Excelero, Kioxia and Wasabi and more
This week's storage digest features two funding rounds concluded in the pandemic, and data virtualizer Delphix declaring its original data source coverage mission is complete. We move on swiftly...
Fujitsu launches scale-out block and object storage
Fujitsu has announced a server-based, scale-out storage system, the first in a new line branded ETERNUS DSP.
ETERNUS is Fujitsu's overall storage brand and DSP is short for Digital Services...
Datera bags OEM deal with Fujitsu
Datera, the high-end software-defined storage vendor, has signed an OEM deal with Fujitsu, initially covering Europe and Japan.
Datera’s Data Services Platform is a scale-out virtual SAN storage software that...
NetApp revenue decline accelerated by pandemic
NetApp's fourth quarter ended April 24 deteriorated as the pandemic struck and exacerbated product and cloud sales weaknesses.
NetApp’s final 2020 quarter revenues were $1.4bn, dropping 11.9 per cent from...
Will NVMe become the universal block storage access protocol?
Facebook’s virtual OCP summit earlier this month hosted two provocative presentations that suggested NVMe could become a universal block access protocol. How realistic is this prospect?
The 2020 OCP Virtual...
Infinidat ‘pours NVMe-oF rocket fuel’ on DRAM caching fire
Infinidat has added NVMe-oF support to its storage array operating system, in a move intended to preserve its speed advantage over all-flash rivals.
Today's software update marks the first time...
Your occasional storage digest including Arcserve, Excelero and WekaIO
There's a lot of teamwork going on in data storage land as suppliers piggyback on each other's strengths. We see it with Arcserve and Sophos, WekaIO and Valohai, and...
HPE storage revenues take a beating, blames pandemic supply chain woes
HPE’s storage revenues slumped 18 per cent to $1bn in its second 2020 quarter ended April 30 as “component shortages and supply chain disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic...impacted...
Datera completes defensive funding round and lays off staff
Update: May 19. Two more exited execs listed.
Datera is cutting staff and reducing some salaries to reduce cash burn. The storage software startup last week raised an undisclosed sum...
Nimbus Data touts ExaFlash One array for ‘dense enterprise workload consolidation’
Update: May 18 - TouchSupport customer review of ExaFlash One.
Nimbus Data, a data storage vendor based in Los Angeles, has announced the ExaFlash One all-flash array with a...