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...
Two ways in which QLC flash can cause falling SSD prices
Blocks & Files expects the rapid adoption of 96-layer QLC flash for fast-access, read-centric data storage applications, where its lower write endurance, compared to TLC flash, matters less. But will...
Happy Hedvig gets helping hand from HPE
Profile: Hedvig sells multi-protocol, scale-out, software-defined storage and says it is getting a strong helping hand from HPE to seed its technology in big companies.
Why does HPE want to get...
China embarks on long march to 3D NAND domination
China's target for self-sufficiency in semiconductor technology is edging closer with the first mass production of 3D NAND chip packaging and testing products in the country.
Unimos Electronics will start...
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...
Quantum dedupes DXi hardware range from 3 to 2 models
Quantum has refreshed its DXI deduplicating backup-to-storage array appliance line, replacing three hardware models with just two.
Two high-end models, the DXi6900 and DXi6900S (a DXI6900 with added SSDs 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...
Toshiba debuts BG4 mighty mini NVMe SSD at CES
Toshiba has demonstrated a 96-layer, QLC (4bits/cell) NVMe SSD for thin notebooks, server booting and embedded systems at CES 2019.
The BG4 (Ball Grid array gen 4) series device use...
Samsung DRAM sales slump
Poor memory chip sales caused lower than expected operating income and revenue for Samsung's fourth 2018 quarter.
Samsung's operating profit in these preliminary results was $9.6bn - 21 per cent...
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...