VAST Data has announced support for the next-generation storage platform named Ceres. Enabled by VAST’s Universal Storage data platform, Ceres is built leveraging the latest hardware technologies like NVIDIA BlueField DPUs (data processing units). On the storage side, Ceres takes advantage of cost-optimized, and highly dense Solidigm EI.L ruler-flash drives and storage-class memory (SCM) SSDs.

NVIDIA has announced the acquisition of Tel Aviv-based software-defined storage provider Excelero. The acquisition gives NVIDIA the tools needed to expand its footprint into enterprise high-performance computing environments with a focus on storage-area networking.

Fungible announced a significant upgrade to its Fungible Storage Cluster (FSC) software with FSC 4.0, leveraging the Fungible DPU to deliver workload-centric block storage and empower data center cloudification. The Fungible Storage Cluster is an all-flash NVMe over TCP disaggregated storage platform.

VAST Data announced its continued global growth with a booking run rate of $300 million for FY2022. VAST saw customer adoption and diversification, financial performance, and international expansion during this same period. Equally impressive is VAST was recommended by 100% of customers surveyed. In its short time in the market, by leveraging flash in creative

Dell has introduced the PowerVault ME5 Series, an entry-level block storage array purpose-built and optimized for price-sensitive SAN & DAS environments focused on simplicity, performance, and affordability. It would be an understatement to say that this storage array is simple to set up and operate. Valid PowerVault ME5 configurations start as low as $12,000. The

When Intel® Optane™ persistent memory (PMem) first came out, we knew that it would radically alter the way business is done in the datacenter, but we couldn’t fully predict the number of ways in which it would. As is the case with all new technologies, we knew the initial use cases for persistent memory, but

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,