I'm putting together a storage array. I've got 3x250GB SATA disks, and can get my hands on a 4th one. I need to put in adapter card(s) to connect the drives since the mobo in question does not have ...

Dell's latest update to the Compellent Storage Center includes a novel approach to tiered SSDs, but it comes with caveats The high speed of flash storage often makes it easy to justify its high price.

Enterprises have long struggled with the storage conundrum of high capacity vs. high performance. Hard disk and solid state drives (SSDs) each offer advantages the other cannot match. Hard drives are ...

Due to the unique characteristics of flash, performance validation testing is immensely challenging and critically important; follow these best practices All-flash storage arrays (AFAs) are receiving ...

Data is a valuable commodity that sits at the heart of our IT systems, whether on-premise or in the public cloud. The need to retain our data on persistent storage media, however, has been around ...

Going through the BIOS menu afterward I noticed that the default for Advanced Options > Drive Write Cache is "Disabled". Does this mean that all the drivex in the box (which are attached to the ...

NetApp on Tuesday announced a major upgrade to its entry-level Fabric Attached Storage (FAS) array that increases performance by as much as three times while also adding six times more memory. The ...

Nimbus Data Systems on Monday launched an enterprise data storage array based entirely on solid-state drive technology, promising gains in performance and energy efficiency. In addition, the S-class ...

Pure Storage has announced the FlashArray//E, a new quad-level cell (QLC) flash-powered storage array in its FlashArray block and file access family. The company also announced – at its annual ...

The release of Pure Storage's arrays comes after trials by customers of over 100 of its beta units, said Matt Kixmoeller, vice president of products for the Mountain View, Calif.-based company.

Sandisk's Ultra Plus SSD is their current mainstream-class SSD. The Ultra Plus is designed to be a low cost, power efficient, lightweight, solid state solution for mainstream consumers. Although the ...

Both flash and traditional spinning disk drives have to perform the same job. So what’s the difference, and why would you choose one over the other as you migrate to a modern storage environment? Read ...