Micron has announced the availability of the Micron 7400 NVMe SSD, highlighted by its PCIe Gen4 interface and comprehensive security features. Available in a range of form factors, the Micron 7400 is ideal for demanding data center workloads and helping to drive the transition to next-generation server architectures.

QNAP has released QTS 5.0, which consists of some fairly major updates to the company’s comprehensive NAS operating system. The main highlights of version 5.0 include an upgraded Linux Kernel (5.10), improved security, WireGuard VPN support, and enhanced NVMe SSD cache performance.

VMware has announced what will be in Update 3 (U3) of their popular hypervisor platform, vSphere, and their software-defined storage (SDS) product vSAN. After reading over the announcement these are the items with vSphere 7 Update 3 that we are most excited about and why.

We have been impressed with NVMe drives since we first reviewed them and realized the performance capabilities that they possessed. In the early days, their cost and the lack of PCIe slots in servers to host them were limiting factors to their adoption for use as local storage. However, in a recent report that we

Western Digital has announced the new WD Red SN700 NVMe SSD, a high-endurance, caching drive that helps to accelerate NAS performance for its SMB customers. WD has purpose-built the SN700 to support 24/7 NAS environments and always-on applications, focusing on reliability and endurance with a 1,750,000 hour MTBF rating.

Synology has announced the launch of C2 Backup For Individuals and C2 Backup For Businesses, the latest addition to the company’s C2 cloud application portfolio. C2 Backup offers users comprehensive and efficient data protection for Windows devices, both at home or distributed across multiple offices. It also allows users to securely back up everything on

Dell Technologies has announced new AIOps Capabilities, including the new CloudIQ support for PowerEdge servers and PowerSwitch networking that now covers all of Dell EMC-branded infrastructure portfolio. This allows for more intelligent AIOps capabilities, including new levels of automation.

Kioxia launched their storage-class memory (SCM), dubbed XL-FLASH, over two years ago. It took a good deal of time to deliver a packaged solution in the form of an SSD though, and Kioxia wasn’t the first to get there. It was DapuStor leading the way with XL-FLASH shipping the H3900 toward the end of 2020.

Dell Technologies has released a number of new updates today, building on their popular scale-out NAS platform. The news is highlighted by a series of Dell EMC PowerScale hybrid (H700 and H7000) and archive (A300 and A3000) nodes. There are also several software updates as well, including OneFS DataIQ, and PowerScale data protection.