Rackspace runs short of Cloud Files storage in LON region
Rackspace? More like Lackspace as customers face upload and delete problems
Storage30 Nov 2023 | 17
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Webinar Two businesses reveal how they respond to today’s commercial challenges.
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Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer files
Updated The horror of logging in only to find everything since May has vanished
Storage27 Nov 2023 | 98
Steering a steady tech course in choppy waters
Webinar How to digitally transform and future proof your business in challenging times
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Databricks' lakehouse becomes foundation under fresh layer of AI dreams
Mega startup serves slice of GenAI with data engineering main as it tries to upstage Microsoft’s Fabric showpiece
Storage16 Nov 2023 |
Scientists use Raspberry Pi tech to protect NASA telescope data
Sneakernet for the stars?
Storage16 Nov 2023 | 35
Surviving a cyberattack? It ain’t what you store, it’s the way you restore it
ExaGrid explains why backup and storage tiers can prevent cyber security tears
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Backblaze starts tracking hot drives as world preps for rising global temperatures
Quarterly stats to show when units exceed manufacturer max temp
Storage14 Nov 2023 | 4
YMTC accuses Micron of 'freeriding' on its 3D NAND patents
Comes after US memory maker labeled security threat by China
Storage13 Nov 2023 | 2
It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs
Just because they store messages in a way owners can't access doesn't mean it's a privacy violation, US court rules
Storage09 Nov 2023 | 111
Snowflake puts LLMs in the hands of SQL and Python coders
As more features come to Data Cloud, customers might want to keep an eye on consumption
Storage02 Nov 2023 | 2
Western Digital execs vote to split biz in two: HDD and flash
Latest decision follows failure of Kioxia merger and pressure from activist investor Elliott Management
Storage30 Oct 2023 | 10
SK hynix puts the boot into Kioxia-Western Digital merger
'The company is not agreeing to the deal at this time'
Storage26 Oct 2023 |
That script I wrote three years ago is now doing what? How many times?
Who, Me? Whipping up a RAID repair nearly produced data doom
Storage23 Oct 2023 | 76
CERN swells storage space beyond 1EB for LHC's latest ion-whacking experiments
A petabyte or more a day of readings? No problem, pal
Storage02 Oct 2023 | 12
Do SSD failures follow the bathtub curve? Ask Backblaze
Check out the raw data yourself... if you dare
Storage26 Sep 2023 | 17
Samsung wants to push CAMM format into memory mainstream
Smaller footprint and detachable
Storage26 Sep 2023 | 6
If a college graduate can’t protect your data, you’re in trouble
To achieve resiliency and efficiency, aim for simplicity
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Snowflake's Instacart protestations hint at challenges for poster child of the data cloud
Opinion If customers can slash bills by 'optimizing,' what does that mean for revenue?
Storage05 Sep 2023 | 8
I'll see your data loss and raise you a security policy violation
On Call Engineer trumped angry user by pointing to the rulebook
Storage01 Sep 2023 | 204
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Adobe's buy of Figma is 'likely' bad for developers, rules UK regulator
Competition Markets Authority claims merger will reduce innovation for designers and other creative types
UK government rings the death knell for SIM farms
Acts under the guise of protecting the public from fraud, yet history suggests Home Office has other motives
Brit borough council apologizes for telling website users to disable HTTPS
Planning portal back online with a more secure connection
Wayland takes the wheel as Red Hat bids farewell to X.org
Firefox 121, freshly in beta test, will default to the protocol too
AI threatens to automate away the clergy
Is divine intervention next on the tech to-do list?
That time a JPL engineer almost killed a Mars Rover before it left Earth
Forget Martian dust devils, it's the peril of the blue smoke you have to worry about
Microsoft .NET MAUI devs vent over bugs backlog, response times
New features are great and all, but maybe fix some of the issues too?
HP printer software turns up uninvited on Windows systems
No escape from bloat, even without relevant hardware attached
Musk tells advertisers to 'go f**k' themselves as $44B X gamble spirals into chaos
Comment Hello, police? I'd like to report a murder
Okta data breach dilemma dwarfs earlier estimates
All customer support users told their info was accessed after analysis oversight
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Snowflake explains that Instacart's bills aren't melting – it's called 'optimization'
Everybody chill, we're still in the cart
Storage31 Aug 2023 | 3
Dropbox limits ‘all the storage you need’ unlimited plan, blames abusive users
One percent of customers store more than 35TB. And before you ask: Yes, you can blame crypto creeps for this
Storage24 Aug 2023 | 80
Now NetApp sued by its own veep over claims of broken sales commission promises
I was screwed out my cut, alleges exec in fraud, discrimination lawsuit
Storage23 Aug 2023 | 11
Western Digital sued over claims of data-trashing SanDisk, My Passport SSDs
Drives are anything but solid, allegedly
Storage17 Aug 2023 | 62
OpenZFS 2.2 is nearly here, and ZFSBootMenu 2.2 already is
A menu-driven, snapshot-enabled bootloader for Linux with root on ZFS
Storage16 Aug 2023 | 18
Micron joins the CXL 2.0 party with a 256GB memory expander
RAM disguised as an SSD? What will they come up with next?
Storage08 Aug 2023 | 7
Samsung makes big promises about GDDR7 RAM
Too bad GPU slingers keep shrinking the memory bus
Storage20 Jul 2023 | 3
SSD missing from SAP datacenter turns up on eBay, sparking security investigation
Exclusive Four disks believed stolen from Walldorf facility, at least one containing company data
Storage21 Jun 2023 | 49
Hijacked S3 buckets used in attacks on npm packages
Cybercrooks use abandoned AWS storage tool to deliver malware
Storage19 Jun 2023 | 7
Get your cheap memory while growing stockpiles push prices low
Hot DRAM, market likely to 'bounce back with a vengeance' in '24, says Gartner
Storage31 May 2023 | 8
Since when did my SSD need water cooling?
Feature As next-gen storage gets hotter, designs are getting wacky
Storage27 May 2023 | 51
Microsoft may charge different prices for Office with or without Teams
How to appease antitrust regulators by looking like you're doing something
Storage05 May 2023 | 32
Samsung to cough up third of a billion bucks for ripping off patent
Next on Netlist's hit list? Micron and Google
Storage24 Apr 2023 | 10
Let's take a closer look at these claims of anti-ransomware SSDs
Inevitably, there's AI involved. Could it work?
Storage24 Apr 2023 | 33
Seagate hit with $300m penalty for selling sanctioned storage to Huawei
Felt it was on the right side of the law when shipping seven million drives worth $1.1 billion. Oops
Storage20 Apr 2023 | 16
Microsoft stumps loyal fans by making OneDrive handle Outlook attachments
Which means you may suddenly hit a 5GB limit rather than 15GB
Storage06 Apr 2023 | 76
HPE lobs scale-out storage services into GreenLake subscription vehicle
Hardware biz trying to compete with cloud giants, wants to rid customers of data silos, reduce cost and complexity
Storage05 Apr 2023 | 4
Uptime guarantees don't apply when you turn a machine off, then on again, to 'fix' it
On Call The chap who took the support call for the SEV-1 incident survived – just
Storage31 Mar 2023 | 121
Backup tech felt the need – the need for speed. And pastries and Tomb Raider
Who, Me? Ignoring the manual led to near-failure of mission to escape with precious pile of verified DVDs
Storage27 Feb 2023 | 92
Debian-based TrueNAS Scale updated – and iXsystems wins a gong
Similar look for FOSS folk, with same UI and OpenZFS storage back-end
Storage23 Feb 2023 | 10
Server DRAM to be biggest part of memory market for years
Analyst haus Trendforce sees DC gain where there's consumer pain
Storage21 Feb 2023 |
A moment of silence for all the drives that died in the making of this Backblaze report
Cloud backup outfit finds that older HDDs fail more – who knew?
Storage31 Jan 2023 | 39
NetApp ditches 8% of staff as customers put away wallets
210,000+ people in IT now lost their job since start of 2022
Storage31 Jan 2023 | 6
Chrome bug bedevils file storage in the cloud
'I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that'
Storage29 Jan 2023 | 5
JEDEC reportedly set to formalize Dell laptop memory standard
So long, SODIMM – or that's the idea, anyway
Storage17 Jan 2023 | 37
Samsung expects profit dive as demand for memory and devices continues to slow
Analysts believe company may cut back on production like Micron and SK hynix
Storage06 Jan 2023 | 11
Non-binary DDR5 is finally coming to save your wallet
Need a New Year's resolution? How about stop paying for memory you don't need
Storage02 Jan 2023 | 83
An IT emergency during a festive visit to the in-laws? So sorry, everyone, I need to step out for a while
On-Call Sometimes bringing your work laptop on a trip pays off
Storage30 Dec 2022 | 65
Uncle Sam needs novel memory for nuke sims. So why did it choose Intel?
Didn't the x86 giant just blow up its data storage biz?
Storage13 Dec 2022 | 14
Just blob it in: Microsoft greases skids for data migration to Azure
Storage Mover tool to push on-premises workloads to the cloud, where Windows giant wants it
Storage12 Dec 2022 | 1
IBM set to bump up storage prices outside the US in the new year
Big Blue confirms DS8000 arrays, and various tape libraries and drives will all cost more
Storage02 Dec 2022 | 2
Iceotope study says liquid immersion is viable for hyperscale disk storage
Since high-capacity drives are increasingly sealed off, that makes them candidates for dunking
Storage01 Dec 2022 | 1
Intel’s axed Optane biz spurts out mixed bag of new SSDs
Only one of the two new 3D XPoint-based drives offer a performance improvement
Storage11 Nov 2022 | 12
Go ahead, be rude. You don't know it now, but it will cost you $350,000
On Call You'd think tech support people would stick together …
Storage11 Nov 2022 | 350
IBM so confident in supply chain, it's frozen storage prices and has freebies for late shipments
Big Blue tries the Domino's approach
Storage09 Nov 2022 | 3
Micron samples first DRAM built using 1-beta process node
Performance boost down to fresh processes, new materials, and more advanced equipment
Storage01 Nov 2022 | 2
Microsoft's Windows 10 Patch Tuesday update crashes OneDrive
The software giant expects a fix, but not until at least next week
Storage28 Oct 2022 | 16
Seagate denies it illegally sold hard drives to Huawei
While shedding 1 in 12 staff as demand for storage nosedives
Storage26 Oct 2022 | 3
Intel DAOS 2.2 and Red Hat Stratis 3.3 released
New versions of two next-gen Linux storage engines may belie fading interest
Storage24 Oct 2022 |
Broker-dealers can stop burning records to CD, but they don’t have to, says SEC
New-fangled cloud storage now an option. What's that internet app the kids are all using again? Whatsupp?
Storage14 Oct 2022 | 12
Samsung teases upcoming DRAM and NAND goodies at Tech Day event
Lots of talk about the automation and digitization of manufacturing chips too
Storage06 Oct 2022 |
NAND flash prices could drop up to 20% in Q4
TrendForce: Hope for cheaper consumer SSDs intensifies
Storage27 Sep 2022 |
Morgan Stanley fined $35m after hard drives sold with customer info still on them
Encryption? Data destruction? Bueller?
Storage20 Sep 2022 | 28
'Last man standing in the floppy disk business' reckons his company has 4 years left
Obsolete media still in demand in some industries, and Floppydisk.com is happy to oblige
Storage20 Sep 2022 | 136
Bad UI killed the radio star
Who, Me? Rules, it turns out, are not meant to be broken. Especially by the person who wrote the rule about how to protect data
Storage19 Sep 2022 | 44
Keeping printers quiet broke disk drives, thanks to very fuzzy logic
On Call In the 1970s, everything was carpeted. Even, rather problematically, the storage array's air filter
Storage16 Sep 2022 | 125
Backblaze thinks SSDs are more reliable than hard drives
The ones used as boot drives in its datacenters seem to be, but perhaps not over time
Storage13 Sep 2022 | 56
Computational storage specs hit v1.0 after 4 years of work
Emerging field now has baseline definitions for vendors to work with
Storage07 Sep 2022 | 7
Inflation worries push PC and mobile DRAM demand down, with pricing to follow
Samsung, SK hynix, Micron are in for some pain, claims analyst, plus signs point to stockpiled customer inventory
Storage16 Aug 2022 |
The sins of OneDrive as Microsoft's cloud storage service turns 15
Opinion SkyDrive? Placeholders? Outages? Yes, it's all gone swimmingly
Storage10 Aug 2022 | 45
Flash memory vendors unveil PCIe 5.0 SSDs, latest spec for CXL interconnect tech
Flash Memory Summit Folk of flash meet in person as Compute Express Link 3.0 debuts
Storage05 Aug 2022 | 3
Yes, it's true: Hard drive failures creep up as disks age
Some stats for those wondering when their models will be next
Storage03 Aug 2022 | 12
CXL absorbs OpenCAPI on the road to interconnect dominance
It's not the first rival open standard has assimilated – remember Gen-Z?
Storage02 Aug 2022 |
Last week Intel killed Optane. Today, Kioxia and Everspin announced comparable tech
Rumors of storage-class memory's demise may have been premature
Storage02 Aug 2022 | 19
US mulls more export bans – this time, memory – in war on Chinese chipmakers
Rumored measures put Samsung and SK Hynix in the blast radius
Storage01 Aug 2022 | 16
SK hynix and Los Alamos Labs to demo key-value store accelerating SSD
Updated KV Computational Storage Device will be hauled out at Flash Memory Summit next week
Storage01 Aug 2022 | 1
Why the end of Optane is bad news for all IT
Analysis The biggest new idea in computing for half a century was just scrapped
Storage01 Aug 2022 | 150
Micron pledges US memory expansion after CHIPS Act passes
With $52 billion on the table, everyone wants their fair share
Storage29 Jul 2022 | 6
Why Intel killed its Optane memory business
Analysis Effort to create a new tier of memory flopped as rivals offered faster and more open alternatives
Storage29 Jul 2022 | 32
Micron's 232-layer NAND is a game changer for database workloads
Analysis Faster, higher capacity, and cheaper per gig. What more could you ask for? Oh yeah, endurance?
Storage27 Jul 2022 | 28
Seagate lowers production and sales forecasts amid weakening economy
US datacenter demand holding up, floundering in China. Consumers? 'Spending money on other things'
Storage22 Jul 2022 |
My smartphone has wiped my microSD card again: Is it a conspiracy?
Something for the Weekend And who's listening to those MP3s instead of me?
Storage22 Jul 2022 | 120
Samsung has 24Gbps GDDR6 ready for higher-performance graphics cards
New DRAM chips will also have an impact in AI processing and HPC fields
Storage14 Jul 2022 | 2
Micron releases DDR5 DRAM ready for next-gen servers
The memory chips are here, we're just waiting on Intel and AMD
Storage07 Jul 2022 | 2
Databricks promises cheap cloud data warehousing at an eighth of the cost of rivals
Inertia of embedded BI and analytics a limiting factor, however
Storage28 Jun 2022 | 2
The perfect crime – undone by the perfect email backups
On Call And we would have gotten away with it, if it hadn't been for you meddling geeks!
Storage24 Jun 2022 | 206
Chinese startup hires chip godfather and TSMC vet to break into DRAM biz
They're putting a crew together, and Beijing's tossed in $750m to get things started
Storage23 Jun 2022 | 2
If you didn't store valuable data, ransomware would become impotent
Column Start by pondering if customers could store their own info and provide access
Storage23 Jun 2022 | 44
Micron aims 1.5TB microSD card at video surveillance market
Embedded World Ideal for corporate fleet dash cameras, smart home security, police bodycams, VSaaS and more, says chip giant
Storage21 Jun 2022 | 54
India lets Mastercard issue new cards again
Compliance with onshore data storage laws took almost a year – far longer than India has given the rest of the tech world to comply with infosec changes
Storage17 Jun 2022 | 4
512 disk drives later, Floppotron computer hardware orchestra hits v3.0
We pick the creator's brains on why he would undertake such a marvelous ordeal
Storage15 Jun 2022 | 45
Snowflake pledges row-based storage engine for transactional data
Look, investors! A new app dev platform too. Are we living up to your dreams yet?
Storage15 Jun 2022 | 2
Western Digital open to spinning out flash, hard disk businesses
Messrs Elliott strike again
Storage08 Jun 2022 | 9
Behind Big Tech's big privacy heist: Deliberate obfuscation
Opinion You opted out, but you didn't uncheck the box on page 24, so your data's ours...
Storage06 Jun 2022 | 67
Clonezilla 3: Copy and clone disk images to your heart's content
Even non-sysadmins may find this Linux live ISO handy
Storage27 May 2022 | 34
Snowflake stock drops as some top customers cut usage
You might say its valuation is melting away
Storage26 May 2022 | 3
Who had money on Samsung and Red Hat joining forces on next-gen memory software?
Cloudy server testbed coming, open source code filtering into RHEL promised
Storage25 May 2022 | 3
Kasten by Veeam adds ransomware detection to K10 data management platform
Kubecon Catching compromise attempts before kicking off that recovery plan
Storage16 May 2022 |
Micron dangles predictable memory price agreements in front of vendors
The idea? To get investors muttering: DRAM, those gross margins are stable...
Storage13 May 2022 | 4
Panzura scores $80 million funding to grow storage footprint
Startup aims to add more than 150 workers by the end of 2022
Storage12 May 2022 |
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