The first point release for Linux 5.10 came out barely a day later because storage bugs broke RAID5* partitions
Updated We're not taking cues from Windows now, are we?
15 Dec 2020 | 18
Storage
A flurry of data warehouse activity surrounds Snowflake's staggering $120bn valuation
Analysis Firebolt says it can do it better while the cloud giants talk up services tweaks
15 Dec 2020 | 9
Seagate says it's designed two of its own RISC-V CPU cores – and they'll do more than just control storage drives
Processors are 'critical to future products', set to perform tasks for host systems
08 Dec 2020 | 39
Snowflake Q3 losses almost double, stock market flinches, then reckons: Nah, it's fine
Undereaction a sign of investor 'confidence/insanity' in the Snowflake sales engine, says analyst
03 Dec 2020 | 9
A little bit of TLC: How IBM squeezes 16,000 write-erase cycles from QLC flash
Healthy block work paves the way
30 Nov 2020 | 10
Dell joins the 'fast object storage revolution'
Huge performance jump from disk
20 Nov 2020 | 5
How Apple's M1 uses high-bandwidth memory to run like the clappers
Expandability traded for performance
19 Nov 2020 | 75
Worn-out NAND flash blamed for Tesla vehicle gremlins, such as rearview cam failures and silenced audio alerts
eMMC storage will soon enough die in 159,000 cars, automaker says
17 Nov 2020 | 172
DRAM and NAND demand is up, but it's not enough to buoy SK Hynix profits as prices plummet amid supply glut
Thanks for the memory
04 Nov 2020 |
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
04 Nov 2020 | 45
Intel offloads NAND business to South Korea's SK Hynix for a cool $9bn
Deal sees $7bn paid now, $2bn in 2025 when Intel hands over key IP and FAB workers
20 Oct 2020 | 11
Sony, Kioxia ask Uncle Sam for exemption to serve Huawei with components
Those most likely being image sensors and NAND flash storage for phones
05 Oct 2020 | 2
Kioxia, the artist formerly known as Toshiba Memory Corporation, postpones IPO
Blames market volatility caused by pandemic and US controls over Huawei
28 Sep 2020 | 4
Should we all consolidate databases for the storage benefits? Reg vultures deploy DevOps, zoos, haircuts
Register Debate As the wisdom of the crowd decides
18 Sep 2020 | 11
Storage consolidation: Simplifying infrastructure will pay dividends for your apps
Register Debate And let me tell you why in three words: Developers! Developers! Developers!
16 Sep 2020 | 1
Stock market blizzard: Snowflake set for £33bn IPO as valuation bubble keeps on expanding
The price? 'ridiculous for a company that is still loss-making' - analyst
16 Sep 2020 | 25
Storage consolidation: Why different flavors of database need different types of storage
Register Debate You can bring a horse to water but you can't turn it into a fish
16 Sep 2020 | 6
If you're modernizing your complex database stack and keep glancing at better storage, you're not alone
Reader survey We polled you IT pros out there on your info silo plans – and here are the results
15 Sep 2020 | 1
Consolidating databases has significant storage benefits – and therefore everyone should be doing it
Register Debate Save yourself money, save yourself space
14 Sep 2020 | 12
Database consolidation is a server gain. Storage vendors should butt out
Register Debate Cost benefits are oversold – and may be completely wrong
14 Sep 2020 | 17
Typical '80s IT: Good idea leads to additional duties, without extra training or pay, and a nuked payroll system
Who, Me? We know it is a bore, but check your backup and restore
14 Sep 2020 | 101
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
11 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
09 Sep 2020 | 2
Near-instant game loads, richer graphics, low CPU use promised with DirectStorage API coming to Windows PCs
All the gamers NVMe
02 Sep 2020 | 9
Not Half bad: Microsoft back to 16 bits with new storage-saving type in .NET 5
For when precision isn't so important
01 Sep 2020 | 14
RIP: NetApp Advanced Technology Group shuffles off this mortal coil
The 'ideas factory' falls victim to latest round of corporate penny-pinching
28 Aug 2020 | 4
NetApp reorg: Plans to 'scale public cloud', grow storage systems biz as company sheds hundreds of staffers
Q1 beat analysts' expectations
27 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
26 Aug 2020 | 8
Weary traveler of 2020, rest here with some soothing, happy tech news. FreeBSD finally merges in OpenZFS
Resulting mix means less innovation lag for the Unix-flavored OS
26 Aug 2020 | 9
Backup a sec – is hard drive reliability improving? Annual failure rate from Backblaze comes in at its lowest yet
HGST drives fared best, but vendor was snaffled by Western Digital
19 Aug 2020 | 44
Frosty the plaintiff: Yeti Data flings surprise trademark sueball at Snowflake
Blizzard of litigation ahead of purported $20bn IPO
06 Aug 2020 | 3
Work-from-home shift trickles down to Western Digital as cloud builders stuff storage in bit barns to meet demand
How to survive a pandemic
06 Aug 2020 | 1
Data warehouse firm hopes more will follow Yellowbrick road for real-time analytics, speedy cloud data transfer
But the competition is fierce
06 Aug 2020 | 1
It's not a Windows 10 release without something breaking so here's a troubleshooter for your OneDrive woes
Microsoft emits a fix for those fearful of Registry tinkering
03 Jul 2020 | 27
Not such a DRaaS-tic action, buying into cloud-based disaster recovery in times like these: VMware to swallow Datrium
Undisclosed amount of money to change hands
02 Jul 2020 | 2
Memories are made of chips: 'Surge in online activity' helps Micron make off with $5.4bn in Q3
Yep, that's WD and Xilinx smirking in the background
30 Jun 2020 | 1
