NetApp: No SSDs have worn out
Profile: Carol Sliwa
The prospect of flash drives wearing out is a non-issue, according to NetApp. Mark Welke, NetApp’s senior director of product marketing, said the company has not had a single solid-state drive (SSD)...
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SanDisk says enterprise SSD prospects still strong
Profile: Dave Raffo
The fourth quarter of 2014 was tough for solid-state storage vendor SanDisk. Still, the vendor said its enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) sales increased and it remains on track for $1 billion in enterprise SSD revenue in 2015. SanDisk warned earlier this month that it would miss its revenue...
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EMC gives ViPR flash-related upgrade
Profile: Dave Raffo
EMC last week quietly upgraded its ViPR software-defined storage and 0 Comments
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Cisco VP: Most customers deploy 16 Gbps FC switches with new enterprise flash storage
Profile: Carol Sliwa
Brocade executives have talked a lot about flash as a disruptive technology that’s driving 16 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) storage networking. As the year draws to a close, rival Cisco said most customers now buy 16 Gbps FC switches when they deploy new enterprise-class flash storage. Rhajeev...
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Symantec fuels double-digit backup appliance revenue growth
Profile: Dave Raffo
Backup appliance revenue increased for the second straight quarter, with Symantec making up more than one-third of the Backup appliance revenue increased for the second straight...
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Tintri embraces Hyper-V, prepares for the multi-hypervisor age
Profile: Dave Raffo
Tintri, which has earned a good reputation for providing storage for VMware virtual machines, this week made its 0 Comments
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DataGravity afloat with $50 million funding round
Profile: Dave Raffo
DataGravity picked up $50 million in funding today, two months after coming out of stealth with systems built for storage admins and data scientists. The vendor – founded by EqualLogic veterans Paula Long and John Joseph – now has amassed $92 million over three funding rounds. CEO Long...
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Storage sales still sluggish
Profile: Dave Raffo
External storage revenue increased less than one percent year-over-year last quarter, with none of the major vendors growing more than 3.5 percent. That’s better than the 0 Comments
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How storage controllers differ
Profile: Randy Kerns
All storage systems have a controller, which is a device with a processor that sends instructions to the disks. Storage controllers differ from vendor to vendor, but generally fit into three types -- custom designed, purpose-built, and commodity server-based. Each type of implementation has...
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Overland, Sphere 3D seal the deal
Profile: Dave Raffo
Overland Storage and Sphere 3D completed their merger Tuesday, and while the combined company will be called Sphere 3D, it looks a lot more like the old Overland...
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