Managing data storage is ever more complex. IT teams have to wrestle with local, direct-attached storage, storage area networks, network attached storage and cloud storage volumes. They might be ...

Data is critical to businesses of all sizes, and the idea of being able to store it anywhere and access it everywhere is immensely appealing. This is the promise of global file systems (GFS), which ...

Pure Storage Inc. kicked off its virtual Accelerate event today by unveiling Purity 6.0, a new version of the operating system powering its flagship FlashArray line of all-flash arrays that introduces ...

Rainfinity sells a type of virtualization product that's meant to ease differences between various types of file-storage systems. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Market leaders in distributed file systems and object storage include Dell Technologies, IBM, Pure Storage, Scality, NetApp and Qumulo, according to Gartner’s new 2020 Magic Quadrant. Gartner’s 2020 ...

The annual FAST conference, put on by the USENIX Association is an event that dives into advanced storage system and device technologies. This year’s event had sessions on key-value storage, advanced ...

CRN breaks down the strength and weaknesses for the 15 leading storage vendors who made Gartner’s new 2021 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage. The Top 15 Distributed File ...

JUST CLICKING on an icon for cloud storage services can result in quick and easy data backup services for computer and tablet users. The advancements in cloud-based computer file storage systems in ...

The proliferation of small files in distributed file systems poses significant challenges that affect both storage efficiency and operational performance. Modern systems, such as Hadoop Distributed ...

EMC has agreed to acquire Rainfinity, a company with a product designed to shield customers from some complexities of storage systems, EMC plans to announce Wednesday. Rainfinity sells a type of ...