The NetApp AFF A250 is an entry-level, end-to-end NVMe enterprise array. Embedded with NVMe SSDs on the back end and NVMe over FC host connectivity on the front end, the A250 is an incredible performer at an entry price point. This allows mid-size and small businesses to get the most out of their workloads at
Brian invites Allyn Malventano to join him in the lab for an often candid discussion of SSD technology, specifically PCIe Gen 5.0. Allyn is, as he puts it, a jack-of-all-trades-storage, Storage Technical Analyst. Although Allyn works for Intel, he is tasked with understanding all vendor equipment related to storage and servers.
Amazon recently announced FSx for NetApp ONTAP, providing a fully managed shared storage offering in the AWS Cloud. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP gives IT full data access and management capabilities of ONTAP. By combining technologies and expertise from enterprise data center environments and public cloud services, FSx for NetApp ONTAP is designed to serve business-critical,
Addressing the growing Autonomous Vehicle (AV) market, Cheetah RAID is releasing a ruggedized, compact server designed to sit under a seat or in the trunk. The Cheetah RAID Prowler is powered by a 3.6GHz 8-core or 16-core processor, with up to 128GB memory and four NVMe drive bays housed in hot-swappable canisters supporting up to
NetApp announced an addition to the all-flash storage system array portfolio with the NetApp AFF A900, powered by NetApp ONTAP Enterprise Edition. The new AFF A900 provides the highest data storage performance for databases and applications in the NetApp Application Platform lineup. ONTAP Enterprise Edition provides full-featured data management, including unified support for SAN, NAS, NVMe-oF,
Today’s workloads require modern storage and networking solutions. Developers and administrators cut their teeth using public cloud resources and are demanding the same experience and freedom they’ve had with them in their current workplaces. HPE is leading the field in this regard with its new line of HPE Alletra storage arrays, which provide an API-driven
Responding to the growing need for high capacity storage with integrated compute capability, Seagate Technology has announced the new Exos Application Platform (AP) with a new controller powered by the 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processor. This new integrated compute and storage in a single enclosure addresses the requirements for rack space utilization, power savings, and
Veeam has released Universal Storage API plug-in integration for Dell EMC PowerStore adding to the current support for Dell EMC VNX and VNXe, Unity, Unity XT, SC Series, PowerMax and VMAX All-Flash. Customers with Dell EMC PowerStore can create backups directly from Storage Snapshots created in the PowerStore cluster using the new plug-in. The Veeam Dell
When one thinks of Kubernetes (K8s), terms that often come to mind have to do with large-scale environments like “cloud-scale,” “unlimited expandability,” and even “ginormous.” However, the reality is that a significant portion of the IT world needs to start with much smaller K8s environments for development and production. To provide cloud-level convenience, flexibility, and
Dell Technologies announces expanded availability of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions at Microsoft Ignite. Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, one of the industry’s top-selling server platforms, provide a solid base for hybrid data center solutions and software-defined portfolios. Based on the latest Dell EMC PowerEdge server, its HCI portfolio includes Dell EMC VxRail, Dell EMC PowerFlex, and
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