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

As companies continue migrating their data center functions to cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, and Google Cloud, they find some of those non-fault tolerant applications are costing more than anticipated. The use of temporary, idle cloud inventory is proving problematic.

Properly leveraging the vast amount of growing data can be a momentous task for many organizations. Being able to reliably search, manage, store, and analyze content is vital for success, which is also true when it comes to figuring out how to move forward in digital transformation. HPE realizes this is most important when it

Windows is great for a lot of things, there’s a reason it’s the number one operating system in the world. That said, it’s not perfect, especially when it comes to embracing new storage standards. As such, there’s a tremendous opportunity for enterprising companies to develop solutions for Windows shops. As NVMe SSDs continue to dominate

We’ve worked with DataON a good deal in the past around their Azure Stack HCI offerings. They’ve done some great work with their Intel platforms and they’ve been able to take advantage of the entire ecosystem, including Intel servers, Optane storage, TLC SSDs, and even QLC SSDs for a low-cost data tier. Now, with new

We’ve been talking a lot about E1.S (ruler) SSDs lately. The last podcast covered ruler, we even transcribed key findings from that conversation in a ruler deep dive. Now, we’ve got a box of E1.S SSDs in from SK hynix, that leverage the popular 15mm z-height standard. Having the flash is fun and all, but