This article looks into a recent announcement on integrated block and file access for its FlashArray as well as recent blogs and a white paper from Avalanche Technology on storage and memory for data ...

Despite the many changes in data storage over the decades, some fundamentals remain. One of these is that storage is accessed by one of three methods – block, file and object. This article will define ...

Application-based, file-based, and block-based migration all have their own merits and use cases. Choosing the right solution starts with understanding their differences. Data migration is a critical ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) promise to transform whole areas of the economy and society, if they are not already doing so. From driverless cars to customer service “bots”, ...

Similar to the way in which a storage-area network improves the management of structured data and block storage environments, a file-area network (FAN) helps improve the management of unstructured ...

Although object-based storage systems have been on the market for only a few years, they have been relatively successful, in terms of total number of sales and overall capacity sold. Customers as well ...

Storage technology pioneer Pure Storage this morning said its software for managing public cloud block storage is available on Microsoft's Azure cloud computing service, adding to Pure's existing ...

Driven by such issues as regulatory concerns, multimedia and e-mail spam, storage use is continually escalating even as its costs decline. Within this dynamic environment, cash-strapped end users ...