iXsystems officially launched its TrueCommand Cloud. With this cloud-based service, it is ideal for managed and unmanaged solution providers alike. The solution comes with a cost being very reasonable (Subscriptions start at $10 per month for managing up to 50 drives) and the ability TrueNAS can use Cloud storage services (S3, Backblaze, Azure, and many

The QSAN XCubeFAS 3126D is an entry-level all-flash array that features 100% Native NVMe3U26 high-density storage. It has been a while since we’ve reviewed a QSAN product, so it’s nice to get our hands on one again, and put it through our tests. That said, the XCubeFAS 3126D is a decently-specced system that is released

Today NetApp announced a new object storage device for smaller environments with the NetApp StorageGRID SG100. The SG100 will be a turnkey solution for object stores that leverages the StorageGRID admin and gateway node software. This software also includes StorageGRID load balancer, what the company calls a critical component to operating object storage.

The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) has released a major new version of its storage solution benchmark, designed to help IT managers make better purchasing, configuration and optimization decisions.

This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. Cisco Acquires Slido and IMImobile. Atempo updates Tina and Miria. Arcserve X Series released. XenData launches two LTO appliances. AWS announced new storage instances at re:Invent. Firebolt launches with $37 million in

Today Lightbits Labs released LightOS 2.1 expanding scale out disaggregated storage capabilities for private, hybrid, and edge deployments. This 0.1 release is said to further enhance high-performance, scalability, and low latency. This is also another step on the path or the company’s vision of enabling organizations to unleash hyperscale storage for private clouds, but at

Today Kubernetes released its third major release of 2020 with Kubernetes 1.20. This release has a massive 44 enhancements. Of the 44, 11 have graduated to stable, 15 enhancements are moving to beta, and 16 enhancements are entering alpha.

This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. IGEL expands endpoint management capabilities. Ivanti Acquires MobileIron & Pulse Secure. Rubrik announces new AWS innovations. GigaSpaces launches InsightEdge portfolio. Actifio to be acquired by Google. Robin.IO Robin Cloud Native Storage qualifies

Today, Lenovo Data Center Group (DCG) unveiled a series of new ThinkSystem end-to-end data management solution updates. These new updates include Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series Storage Manager OS, ThinkSystem Intelligent Monitoring 2.0, Lenovo DB720S Fibre Channel Switch, and ThinkSystem DM5100F All-Flash Storage Array. Lenovo indicates that new updates will allow customers of all sizes, with