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All-flash storage advances beat demand, create chances
Scott Sinclair says high-density, high-capacity all-flash storage arrays are a disruptive technology ahead of customer demand for now, but businesses will realize they need it.
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Here are our 2016 POY all-flash storage system finalists
Our seven all-flash storage system 2016 finalists include products from flash-only vendors, as well as vendors that offer all-flash versions of existing hybrid arrays.
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Apeiron joins list of NVMe-based flash storage vendors
Startup Apeiron plans a formal launch in early 2017 after securing more than $35 million in funding, following a quiet rollout of its NVMe-based flash storage array in the fall.
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Enterprises need to keep an eye on hot NVMe protocols
NVMe protocols are growing in importance as enterprises switch to flash storage. Demartek founder Dennis Martin explains the technologies and why IT needs to keep an eye on them.
Tech it off: Complete guide to flash storage revealed
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EMC ScaleIO, DSSD D5 adopt Dell PowerEdge servers
Dell EMC uses Dell PowerEdge x86 servers for new ScaleIO Ready Nodes -- including an all-flash model -- and adds DSSD D5 flash array cards to PowerEdge rack servers.
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Solid state arrays News
Here are our 2016 POY all-flash storage system finalists
Our seven all-flash storage system 2016 finalists include products from flash-only vendors, as well as vendors that offer all-flash versions of existing hybrid arrays.
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Endpoint solid state storage Evaluate
Read-optimized flash is ideal for object storage
As the price of flash SSD storage continues to fall, it becomes more attractive for object storage, which otherwise counts on big, slow and cheap HDDs.
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Solid state cache appliances Evaluate
A little flash cache nets big results
Chris Evans discusses the benefits to caching flash storage, the trade-offs involved and flash cache models, as well as a handy cheat sheet.
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All-flash storage advances beat demand, create chances
Scott Sinclair says high-density, high-capacity all-flash storage arrays are a disruptive technology ahead of customer demand for now, but businesses will realize they need it.
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SSD applications Evaluate
Benefits of flash storage in hyper-converged systems
Flash is everywhere, including the burgeoning hyper-convergence market. Get the pros and cons of flash storage types in hyper-converged systems.
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All-flash storage advances beat demand, create chances
Scott Sinclair says high-density, high-capacity all-flash storage arrays are a disruptive technology ahead of customer demand for now, but businesses will realize they need it.
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How do flash memory and conventional RAM differ?
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Flash memory advances outpace the eMMC host controller
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IoT will make eMMC flash even more important
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Problem Solve
NVMe technology looks for a problem that doesn't exist
NVMe improves the performance of flash storage, driving consumers to use it for performance problems even if it only leads to minimal gains in latency or throughput.
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How to prevent 3D NAND flash bit rot
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Top five flash fallacies
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What you need to know about flash arrays
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Are hybrid flash arrays dying on the vine?
Innovations in flash memory have led to changes in the cost and performance of flash SSDs, prompting some to speculate if we'll see hybrid storage wither away.
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Price per gigabyte of AFA reaching parity with disk
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Buyer's checklist to hybrid flash arrays
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All-flash arrays need competitive features
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E-Handbook | August 2016
Server-side caching defined and clarified
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Learn how to assess all-flash array vendors
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E-Handbook | June 2016
Buyer's checklist to hybrid flash arrays
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E-Handbook | February 2016
Server-side caching gives flash Storage a boost
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E-Handbook | November 2015
Caching, tiering lead flash storage technology
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Enterprises need to keep an eye on hot NVMe protocols
NVMe protocols are growing in importance as enterprises switch to flash storage. Demartek founder Dennis Martin explains the technologies and why IT needs to keep an eye on them.
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flash file system
Flash file systems are designed specifically for memory devices. A well-designed flash device and flash file system ensure flash-based capabilities are used efficiently.
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How do flash memory and conventional RAM differ?
Even though vendors refer to flash memory and conventional RAM -- the main memory of your PC or server -- as solid-state memory, these two memory types are very different.
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Blog: Storage Soup
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Panzura raises $32 million in funding
Cloud NAS vendor Panzura raised $32 million in Series E equity funding this week to expand its product and give organizations an alternative to what CEO Patrick Harr calls a “dying on-premises model.” Harr said Panzura will add support for block, Internet of Things and Hadoop ...Continue Reading
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Kaminario secures $75 million funding round
All-flash array pioneer Kaminario kicked off 2017 with a cash infusion of $75 million to accelerate global expansion and fuel product support for non-volatile memory express (NVMe) technologies. Kaminario’s fifth funding round increased its overall total to $218 million since the company ...Continue Reading
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Survey says: Business disaster recovery plans need work
Using multiple BDR products doesn’t always translate into faster data recovery
Asigra’s data recovery report details how little gets recovered
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IBM gives DS8880 arrays an 'F,' as in flash
The expansion of the IBM DS8880 hardware line introduces all-flash models designed around the vendor's High-Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 to support PCIe 3.0, but not yet NVMe.
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SSD array implementations
Here are our 2016 POY all-flash storage system finalists
Our seven all-flash storage system 2016 finalists include products from flash-only vendors, as well as vendors that offer all-flash versions of existing hybrid arrays.
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Solid state storage implementation
Apeiron joins list of NVMe-based flash storage vendors
Startup Apeiron plans a formal launch in early 2017 after securing more than $35 million in funding, following a quiet rollout of its NVMe-based flash storage array in the fall.
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