YTMC stakes claim for top table with 128 layer 1.33Tb QLC 3D NAND
China’s Yangtze Memory Technology Corporation (YMTC) has begun sampling what it claims is the world's highest density and fastest bandwidth NAND flash memory.
YMTC...
Pure and Kasten integrate orchestrators for containerised backup
Pure Storage has teamed up with Kasten to integrate its storage arrays with Kasten's containerised app backup.
The news is detailed in a Pure...
Micron: Our firmware update makes 5210 ION SSDs viable alternative to 10K HDDs
Micron has revamped the 5210 ION SSD's firmware to make it last longer.
Micron said the improved endurance make it a suitable replacement for...
SK hynix pumps out PCIe 4.0 SSDs
SK hynix has announced its first PCIe gen 4 SSDs.
The Korean memory maker is sampling two PCIe 4.0 drives, the 96-layer TLC flash...
Infinidat: Our speedy storage arrays do not run any faster with Optane
Infinidat has no immediate plans to add Optane support because its memory-caching technology is already faster than Intel’s 3D XPoint.
In a press briefing...
Lightbits Labs: server systems needlessly chew up SSD budgets
Lightbits Labs, an all-flash array startup, claims server systems need external SANs to use flash memory properly. Users may only get only get 15 to 25 per...
Kioxia and LITE-ON delay SSD business transfer
LITE-ON has deferred the transfer of its SSD business to Kioxia due to the pandemic, but still expects it to go ahead.
Kioxia, the...
Pavilion Data unfurls NVMe-oF array roadmap
Pavilion Data is developing a NVMe-oF flash array that is double the speed and capacity of its current line-up. The storage vendor also plans to release several...
Your occasional enterprise storage digest, featuring Commvault, Nutanix, HYCU, MariaDB and more
Companies in this week's enterprise storage news roundup, cover encryption, replication, tiering, object support, snapshots, the public cloud and more. Let's start alphabetically.
Commvault...
Your occasional enterprise storage roundup, featuring Backblaze, Quantum, Storj, the QUIC protocol and more
Data growth provides the fuel for our main items in this week's data storage news digest. Let's get cracking.
Backblaze cloud storage reaches exabyte...
NetApp tops customer survey for block and file storage
NetApp is ranked the top supplier for block and file storage by end users in a survey of European and US companies.
Coldago, a...
Hyperscalers keep server sales afloat. Enterprise storage vendors are less fortunate
Covid-19 has depressed demand for servers and data storage from transportation, hospitality and physical retail operation. At the same the pandemic has increased demand for video streaming,...
Micron gives insight (kinda) into 3D XPoint revenues for the first time
Micron sold at least $118.8m worth of 3D XPoint media and drives in its second fy2020 quarter, ended February 27. This is the first time the US...
Diamanti: K8s workloads run so much faster on our bare metal HCI system
Profile: Diamanti has built a bare metal Kubernetes container platform with persistent all-flash storage.
The California startup was founded in 2014 by three...
HPE releases urgent fix to stop enterprise SSDs conking out at 40K hours
Updated 28 March 2020.
HPE has told customers that four kinds of SSDs in its servers and storage systems may experience failure and data...
Inspur leapfrogs Huawei to take second place in SPC-1 benchmark
Inspur has claimed the second spot in the SPC-1 benchmark, behind Fujitsu. Prior to the latest results, the Chinese systems vendor's best SPC1 performance was 15th place.
Pure Storage loses third CMO in three years
Robson Grieve, Pure Storage chief marketing officer, has left the company after 14 months in post. He was the company's third CMO in three years.
Samsung opens fifth gen flash memory plant in China – on time despite pandemic
Samsung has begun making NAND wafers at its new flash foundry in X'ian, China - on schedule despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
The new plant...
