Storage isn’t just storage. There is block storage, file storage and, more recently, object storage. And only two of those three are Posix-compliant. That’s not something most users ever need to know ...

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 ...

BlackPearl and DS3 are currently available from Spectra Logic. For cloud storage to continue to support the growth of the mobile device infrastructure and the content needs for internet traffic, HDDs ...

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. The most familiar file storage systems ...

Network attached storage, or NAS, continues to expand in acceptance and in capabilities. Where, for years, the storage area network (SAN) seemed to prevail for high-end, performance-tailored storage, ...

Market leaders in distributed file systems and object storage include Dell Technologies, IBM, Pure Storage, Scality, NetApp and Qumulo, according to Gartner’s new 2020 Magic Quadrant. Gartner’s 2020 ...