I recently wrote an article for TechTarget that looked at the implementations of data de-duplication in primary storage arrays. One of the things that stood out for me was the lack of de-duplication support in traditional (and some might say legacy) storage arrays.
The cynical amongst us would say that the big 5 storage vendors [...]
A clear focus of the recent Tech Field Day #8 event was the use of flash storage (or SSDs) for storage arrays or within hybrid solutions. Pure Storage offers an all flash storage array, which they say can be delivered at the same cost or less than traditional solutions. It’s a [...]
I’m not a fan of making press releases on behalf of other companies however once in a while, a news item catches my interest. So it is with the announcement of the Violin Memory Inc. 3200 series of all-memory storage arrays. Why are these interesting? Because I think they are moving and potentially [...]
Fujitsu, Hitachi, Toshiba, Samsung and Seagate are getting together as the Hybrid Storage Alliance to promote the use of HDDs with large amounts of additional cache. They’ve set up a (not so snazzy) website at www.hybridstorage.org (check out the builder on the features page – when did [...]
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