Today at VMworld Europe 2016 in Barcelona, Mangstor, Inc. showcased its NX6325 storage array with Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) over RDMA networks. We previously reviewed the NX6325 over fabrics here and found it to be fastest shared storage solutions we had tested. Mangstor also announced that its MX-Series NVMe-based SSDs earned certification on VMware vSphere 6.0.
VMware Announces VSAN 6.5 & Other Solutions
Today at VMworld Europe 2016 in Barcelona, VMware, Inc. announced the several new releases of its compute, storage, and cloud management solutions. These updated solutions are designed to help IT efficiently run, manage, and secure their traditional and modern applications on- or off-premises and include VMware vSphere, VMware Virtual SAN, and VMware vRealize Automation. All
VMware Introduces Kubernetes as a Service On Photon Platform
Today at VMworld Europe 2016 in Barcelona, VMware, Inc. announced built-in support for Kubernetes in VMware Photon Platform, this support will allow the ability to deliver Kubernetes as a Service (KaaS). On top of KaaS, Photon Platform will also be adding networking and storage services powered by VMware NSX and VMware Virtual SAN, making it
Primary Data Adds Scale-Out File Services To DataSphere For VSAN
Today Primary Data announced that is has added scale-out file services with VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) to its DataSphere software. This means that VSAN will be able to support its native block protocols as well as file protocols with DataSphere. Primary Data states that this new ability for VSAN to support more applications in the same
HPE Introduces Adaptive Backup And Recovery Suite
Today Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) introduced its analytics-powered solution suite designed to automate and streamline information management and protection, HPE Adaptive Backup and Recovery Suite. The Suite is a combination of HPE Storage Optimizer, HPE Data Protector and HPE Backup Navigator. This combination will bring analytics together with the end-to-end backup and recovery process.
VMware & AWS Announce VMware Cloud on AWS
VMware and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) have announced a strategic alliance to bring a hybrid offering of the full software-defined data center (SDDC) experience to the most popular public cloud, VMware Cloud on AWS. This new solution enables AWS customers to run their applications across VMware vSphere-based private, public, and hybrid cloud environments. In
Seagate Announces BarraCuda And FireCuda Mobile Hard Drives
Seagate has announced the immediate availability of the 5TB mobile BarraCuda and the 2TB FireCuda, two new mobile consumer drives based on Seagate’s 2.5 inch 1TB platters. The BarraCuda drive is offered in both internal (a 7mm thin mobile or laptop upgrade design) and external (laptop upgrade design and a 15mm) models, while the FireCuda
Pure Storage Announces Next-Gen FlashArray//m
Pure Storage released the latest version of its flagship all-flash array, FlashArray//m. Pure states that with the new array companies now have access to petabyte-scale storage for mission-critical cloud IT. Along with petabyte-scale, //m offers 99.9999% availability and always on Quality of Service (QoS).
Caringo Launches Swarm 9
Caringo has announced that it has released the latest version of its object storage software, Swarm version 9. Swarm 9 focus on simplified tenant and data management at scale. The latest version of Swarm comes with new features such as a next-generation UI, data encryption, and comprehensive protection policies.
IBM Releases New Object Storage Service
Today IBM introduced what it is calling the first cloud object storage service to redefine the security, availability, and economics of storing, managing and accessing massive amounts of digital information across hybrid clouds, IBM Object Storage Service. This new offering will include over 400 patents that IBM claims will deliver clients better value in the




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