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 ...

Unstructured data is huge – in all senses. There is lots of it, and file or object sizes can be large. Go back just a decade and the predominant method of storage for unstructured data would have been ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. With so many emerging ...

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 ...

As your photo library grows, your storage strategy needs to grow with it. Here's what professional photographers should ...

Keep it simple.

Starfish Storage, provider of the world’s most scalable and versatile file and data management platform, today announced that it has been selected as winner of the “Data Solution of the Year for ...

Over the last year, cloud storage services Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive—and probably others—have migrated from custom kernel extensions to Apple’s new-ish File Provider extension ...

Compressing folders on an iPad is a quick and easy way to optimize storage, improve file sharing, and organize your digital life. Here's how. Compressing folders on an iPad can be useful for two main ...