Ever-growing volumes of data mean computational storage is becoming crucial for HPC, say boffins at Dell's tech chinwag
Data at rest should remain at rest
HPC31 Jan 2022 | 3
Storage
Targeted ransomware takes aim at QNAP NAS drives, warns vendor: Get your updates done pronto
Nasty demands hefty Bitcoin ransom
Security27 Jan 2022 | 19
2021 in storage: We waited for a flash price revolution that never came. But about creativity? We can't complain
Analysis DPUs in the data centre, object and file get cosy, 3D layer Jenga plus cloud, capacity, and ransomware advances
Storage30 Dec 2021 | 17
Nvidia says its SmartNICs sizzled to world record storage schlepping status
But did so operating as NICs – the real fun starts in mid-2022 when VMware’s hypervisor for SmartNICs should land
Networks22 Dec 2021 | 9
Japan draws a LINE: web giants must reveal where they store user data
Looks a lot like a response to messaging services passing data through China
Security16 Dec 2021 | 4
Veeam reveals cloud storage use patterns: Azure and AWS for bulk, IBM has ardent fans, Google has … not much
Average cloudy data stash hits 15TB and and median value tripled to over 3TB
PaaS + IaaS16 Nov 2021 | 4
Cloudflare R2 Storage service takes direct aim at Amazon S3, hits on price and portability
Updated Networking biz says it won't charge for most egress fees, pledges to undercut
Storage28 Sep 2021 | 4
Boffins unveil SSD-Insider++, promise ransomware detection and recovery right in your storage
Firmware-based system recovers encrypted data in seconds, but manufacturers are proving reluctant
Storage09 Sep 2021 | 35
Et tu, Samsung? Electronics giant accused of quietly switching SSD components
Squirrely semiconductor swaps make performance difficult to predict
Storage28 Aug 2021 | 49
After quietly switching to slower NAND in an NVMe SSD, Western Digital promises to be a bit louder next time
Stealthy flash, firmware transplant in WD Blue SN550 attracts attention
Storage27 Aug 2021 | 52
Another big year for tape as ... oops. 2020 sales dropped 8% thanks to 'global shutdowns'
Massive shift requiring masses of backup... not backed up in cold storage medium's numbers
Storage19 Aug 2021 | 24
Indian businesses go on a server-buying spree, largely with HPE
Even non-x86 sales grew and SPARC is still selling — but storage sales slipped
On-Prem29 Jun 2021 |
Latest on iCloud storage 'outsourcing' lawsuit against Apple: Damages class certified
Plaintiffs say they would've gone elsewhere had they known iGiant was just using Amazon, Microsoft or Google
Storage04 Jun 2021 | 13
Microsoft OneDrive for Windows 7 drives off a cliff for business users
Accidental borkage ... or a not-so-subtle hint that it really is time to move on?
Storage15 Apr 2021 | 43
QNAP caught napping as disclosure delay expires, critical NAS bugs revealed
Updated Remote code execution hole, arbitrary file writing flaw could make a mess of stored files
Security02 Apr 2021 | 25
Indian business tech spending dips in 2020’s final quarter, lockdown workers helped boost router sales
Good times for NVMe-based flash arrays and Cisco
On-Prem02 Apr 2021 |
Micron chief warns 'severe shortage' of DRAM expected to continue this year
And drought in Taiwan threatens supply. Good news for firm's wallet, not so much for chip buyers
Storage01 Apr 2021 | 9
Hot DRAM: Shortage of memory chips will continue this year, says Micron
Good news for memory makers, not such great news for wider tech world
Storage04 Mar 2021 | 1
Synology to enforce use of validated disks in enterprise NAS boxes. And guess what? Only its own disks exceed 4TB
NAS spinner's drives are Toshiba tin with custom firmware
Storage02 Feb 2021 | 108
Quixotic Californian crusade to officially recognize the hellabyte and hellagram is going hella nowhere
The Reg speaks to Stanford boffin behind decade-long push for SI prefix
Storage14 Jan 2021 | 99
Titanium carbide nanotech approach hints at hydrogen storage breakthrough
Exciting news for green fuel, but quality control, financing will be a challenge
Science07 Jan 2021 | 90
Storage on AWS: What's new, is it too complicated? Can it help defend against ransomware?
Interview Just after re:Invent, we talk with storage VP Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec about the intricacies and future of the AWS storage platform
PaaS + IaaS06 Jan 2021 | 7
Aruba warns of storage destruction flaw that bricks some switches
If you own the model 6300 and 6400, upgrade now to ‘prolong life’
Networks09 Nov 2020 | 7
The car you buy in 2025 will include a terabyte of storage. Robo-taxis might need 11TB
And it’ll be in proper SSDs, not cheap NAND muck that drives infotainment systems today, say analysts
Storage04 Nov 2020 | 45
Cloudy hardware spending topped cash splashed on conventional data centre kit for first time in Q2, says IDC
Including private clouds, so let’s not go all ‘On-prem IT is dead’ just yet
On-Prem30 Sep 2020 | 1
Crash, bang, wallop: External storage systems still sliding in Europe as customers' budgets stay frozen
Supply chain woes also fingered after second quarter of pain in Europe
Storage11 Sep 2020 |
South Korea bods open source NVMe storage controller to save academics, non-profits a bundle
OpenExpress does away with intellectual property licensing burdens
Storage09 Sep 2020 | 2
Hyperscalers shopped for at least 540,000 extra servers, additional 75 exabytes of storage in Q2
Revenue dips regardless as big enterprise players struggle during lockdown
On-Prem09 Sep 2020 |
Kubernetes moves to end ‘permanent beta’ for some APIs
Developers told to hurry up and get features stable as support for other features extends to help slow upgraders
Software28 Aug 2020 | 5
NetApp reorg: Plans to 'scale public cloud', grow storage systems biz as company sheds hundreds of staffers
Q1 beat analysts' expectations
Storage27 Aug 2020 | 3
NetApp trims workforce by about six per cent, SolidFire seemingly not an eternal flame
Exclusive Can’t say much until its results are released tomorrow... conveniently
Storage26 Aug 2020 | 8
Mysterious metadata monster swamped Google’s blobs and crashed its cloud
Parts of the GCloud are more robust and survived, but the fix is not yet in for others
SaaS25 Aug 2020 | 6
Docker shocker: Cash-strapped container crew threatens to delete 4.5 petabytes of unloved images
If you haven’t touched yours for six-plus months, you have to cough up to prevent erasure come November
Devops14 Aug 2020 | 28
Data-stealing, password-harvesting, backdoor-opening QNAP NAS malware cruises along at 62,000 infections
If you're still using a vulnerable box, you ought to factory reset it before patching
Security27 Jul 2020 | 19
Imagine surviving WW3, rebuilding computers, opening up GitHub's underground vault just to relive JavaScript
We've heard of a code freeze but this is ridiculous: Microsoft finishes burying repos in Norwegian archipelago
Software17 Jul 2020 | 59
ReactOS hits a milestone – actually hiring a full-time developer. And we've got our talons on the latest build to see what needs fixing
Open-source Windows lookalike aims to fix its 'long neglected' storage stack
Software16 Jul 2020 | 33
Server and storage sales sickened in Q1 and not just because of you know what
IBM's server revenue grew rather nicely, but Lenovo's in a more-shipments-less-revenue trap
On-Prem10 Jun 2020 |
Got a few spare terabytes of storage sitting around unused? Tardigrade can turn that into crypto-bucks
Just not very many – don't go all Bitcoin farming on this
Storage14 May 2020 | 17
It looks like you want a storage appliance for your data centre. Maybe you'd prefer a smart card reader?
Bork!Bork!Bork! Beware the dead hand of the product categorisation bot
Bootnotes04 May 2020 | 38
Dell to unleash hybrid server/storage boxen that can run virtual machines
Long-awaited storage consolidation to go hyperconverged lite so that workloads can run next to data
On-Prem01 May 2020 | 13
AWS rolls faster and more secure Snowballs
Identity and access management comes to movable edge
Storage17 Apr 2020 | 2
Zyxel storage, firewall, VPN, security boxes have a give-anyone-on-the-internet-root hole: Patch right now
It's 2020 and pre-auth, superuser command injection is still a thing
Security26 Feb 2020 | 15
Cache me if you can: HDD PC sales collapse in Europe as shoppers say yes siree to SSD
The days of spinning rust in lappies looks numbered and deskops will be next, says analyst
Storage14 Feb 2020 | 99
'No BS' web host Gandi lives up to half of its motto... Some customer data wiped out in storage server meltdown
Updated 0xdeadbeef
SaaS09 Jan 2020 | 70
Canada's OpenText buys SMB backerupper Carbonite for $1.42bn
Backup a minute, folks
Storage12 Nov 2019 | 2
Think your VMware snapshots are all good? Guess again if you're on Windows Server 2019
App-quiesced saves fail, workaround is to shrug it off
OSes16 Oct 2019 | 50
Patch now before you get your NAS kicked: Iomega storage boxes leave millions of files open to the internet
API blunder exposes data, fix incoming from Lenovo
Security16 Jul 2019 | 12
DDN wheels out big chungus of a storage box, the disgustingly scalable EXA5
Up to hundreds of petabytes per filesystem, thanks to Lustre
Storage18 Jun 2019 | 1
SoftIron unleashes the Accepherator. Geddit? It's an erasure coding accelerator for Ceph
FPGAs bring sweet relief to overworked CPUs
On-Prem20 May 2019 | 3
Buying a second-hand hard drive on eBay? You've got a 'one in two' chance of finding personal info still on it
Troves of deleted data lingers on disks... according to this 'ere study, anyway
Storage25 Apr 2019 | 56
Altered carbon: Boffins automate DNA storage with decent density – but lousy latency
An entire data centre the size of a sugar cube? Sweet!
Storage22 Mar 2019 | 56
From MySpace to MyFreeDiskSpace: 12 years of music – 50m songs – blackholed amid mystery server move
Vast storage savings...er, tragic loss attributed to a data migration gone awry
Storage18 Mar 2019 | 89
High-jacking the Box: Enterprise storage tool's customers leave secrets on web like sitting ducks – including Box itself
Talk about thinking outside the Box... File silos just like poorly secured AWS S3 buckets
SaaS11 Mar 2019 | 4
Storage biz down, but Marvell Technology bullish for 2019
Cavium acquisition will pay off soon, says CEO Matt Murphy
On-Prem05 Dec 2018 |
Big Blue shoos Db2 blues before rogue staff turn the screws in hijack ruse (translation: patch your IBM databases)
Buffer overflow flaw could lead to privilege escalation
OSes29 Nov 2018 | 3
Amazon tries to ruin infosec world's fastest-growing cottage industry (finding data-spaffing S3 storage buckets)
AWS comes up with blanket policies to smother public-facing cloud silos
SaaS16 Nov 2018 | 8
Upset fat iOS gobbles up so much storage? Too bad, so sad, says judge: Apple lawsuit axed
Analysis But at what point do advertised capacity specs become misleading?
Personal Tech08 Nov 2018 | 52
Solid state of fear: Euro boffins bust open SSD, Bitlocker encryption (it's really, really dumb)
Security experts frantically facepalming at stupid design
Security05 Nov 2018 | 146
You patch my back(up) and I'll patch yours... Arcserve bugs burrow remotely exploited holes in UDP storage systems
Updates urged for serious web services vulnerabilities
Security24 Oct 2018 | 2
'I am admin' bug turns WD's My Cloud boxes into Everyone's Cloud
Western Digital NAS machines vulnerable to hijacking via HTTP cookies
Security18 Sep 2018 | 17
SoftNAS no longer a soft touch for hackers (for now)... Remote-hijacking vulnerability patched
Your files are someone else's files, too, thanks to storage bug
SaaS30 Jul 2018 |
HPE: Hell yeah, those job cuts worked out great… for our investors
'Next' push pads bottom line with revenue boost
On-Prem23 May 2018 | 17
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