StorONE’s Seagate SSD demo is fast for a virtual appliance
Startup StorONE claims record performance from its TRU S1 storage software running in a virtual appliance with 24 Seagate SSDs.
Is software ran more than three times faster last...
Vexata execs depart for greener shores
Struggling Vexata has lost its chief marketing officer and a product and solution marketing VP.
Vexata is an extreme high-performance array startup that downsized in March 2019, At the...
Hello from the other side. Mangstor completes EXTEN reboot
Mangstor, a pioneer in NVMe-over-Fabrics array technology which crashed and nearly burned, has escaped the undead. The company, now known as EXTEN Technologies, has launched HyperDynamic, a NVMe-oF target...
HPE’s Primera is Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
HPE's newly-launched Primera array is a performance beast - and that’s before it gets NVMe over Fabrics and storage class memory.
HPE staffers told Blocks & Files in a product...
HPE trickles out more Primera hardware specs
HPE has opened the door on Primera's hardware configuration - a little.
Field CTO Nick Triantos says in a LinkedIn article that Primera is based on a mostly re-designed 3PAR...
HPE scales out 3PAR to build massively parallel Primera line
HPE’s Primera array, launched today, is an evolutionary upgrade of its 3PAR platform, with expanded InfoSight management and claimed Nimble array ease-of-use.
Our sister publication The Register carries the announcement...
What’s up with computational storage
Computational storage is an emerging trend that sees some
data processing carried out at the storage layer, rather than moving the data
into a computer’s main memory for processing by the...
Oracle uses machine learning to boost Exadata X8 performance
Oracle has pushed out Exadata X8, the latest iteration of its engineered system optimised for the Oracle database.
The launch marks the tenth anniversary of the Exadata platform.
Unveiled today, the...
NGD ships 8TB M.2 SSD with in-situ data processing
NGD Systems has squeezed its computational storage platform into the miniature M.2 form factor, making it possible to embed in a wider variety of hardware.
NGD is targeting applications in...
Dell EMC updates VxBlock 1000, hints at NVMe-oF
Dell has updated its VxBlock 1000 converged infrastructure system, with the emphasis on pushing end-to-end NVMe over fabrics (NVMe-oF) infrastructure.
Dell EMC introduced the VxBlock 1000 in February 2018, ...
VAST Data guarantees no downtime, no data loss
VAST Data is making potential customers an offer it hopes they can’t refuse: guarantees on uptime and data loss, fixed price maintenance for a decade, and free access to...
Violin asks Phison: can you NVMe?
All-flash array pioneer Violin Systems is teaming up with Phison Electronics to add NVMe support to its storage systems, as it looks to deliver high performance while maintaining continuity...