Hammerspace expands Global Data Environment with archival tape system support
Hammerspace has added archival tape system support to its Global Data Environment (GDE). This parallel file system covers data in globally distributed and disparate sites and enables it to...
Data protection in 2023 was all about resilience
Recovering from data loss and ransomware are the gifts that keep on giving ... for data protection suppliers, that is.
Update. Dell additions. 18 Jan 2024
Compared to a year...
Arcitecta upgrades Mediaflux to add streamlined data management
Arcitecta has upgraded its Mediaflux software to become a Universal Data System orchestrating, managing, and storing geo-distributed unstructured data across its entire lifecycle.
Mediaflux is an unstructured data silo-aggregating software...
IBM unveils Storage Scale System 6000 for AI workloads
IBM has launched a new Storage Scale appliance with twice the throughput of the current high-end ESS 3500.
Storage Scale is IBM's established parallel file system software previously called GPFS...
Quantum provides plenty of solace to those seeking cheaper cold data
Nasdaq-listed Quantum Corporation has released pre-configured data bundles to make it easier to purchase and deploy the company's ActiveScale Cold Storage, the Amazon S3-like object storage system.
The ActiveScale offering...
Lenovo storage man talks market share, all-flash and more
B&F caught up with Marco Pozzoni, EMEA Storage Sales Director for Lenovo’s Infrastructure Solutions Group, about Lenovo’s moves in the storage sector. He was hired from NetApp, where he...
Storage news ticker – September 4
MediaFlux supplier Arcitecta has announced Scale-Out ZFS with Mediaflux, which it reckons "overcomes the scalability limitations of traditional scale-up ZFS systems and empowers customers to handle exponential data growth...
Cerabyte roadmaps ceramic nano-memory storage
German startup Cerabyte says its ceramic-based storage technology will enable 100 petabyte archives using cartridges and 1 exabyte ones using ceramic tape.
Update: Cartridge points added; 4 Sep 2023. Cartridge...
Quantum improves private-public cloud data integration
Quantum is making it easier to move backup, file, and object data between its private cloud infrastructure products and the public clouds.
The data management supplier has added facilities to...
50TB IBM tape drive more than doubles LTO-9 capacity
IBM has announced its latest TS1170 tape drive with 50TB cartridges, more than 2.5 times larger than LTO-9 cartridges.
IBM, which manufactures the LTO tape drives sold by itself, HPE,...
IBM developing S3 interface tape library
IBM is adding a server and software to its Diamondback tape library to build an on-premises S3 object storage archive.
The DiamondBack (TS6000), introduced in October last year, is a...
When hyperscalers catch a cold, Quantum sneezes
Storage supplier Quantum has encountered significant challenges due to a decrease in device and media sales, and reduced spending by hyperscale customers.
In the first fiscal quarter of 2024 ending...