SSDs can improve database and file system performance, but there are a number of issues that need to be addressed to make the most of the pricey drives.
The TRIM space-saving command will be in every SSD by mid-year, one analyst predicts.
Security and data protection are top enterprise needs, according to the software vendor, while clouds are the lowest priority.
Data storage vendors compete in the emerging market for automated tiered storage.
New technologies like phase change memory could make storage networks irrelevant unless the industry bands together to address I/O bottlenecks.
Is Oracle seeking to do away with OpenSolaris?
Enterprise storage columnist Henry Newman sees FCoE and SSD mergers coming, but there are no clouds in his forecast.
The hard drive giant enters the enterprise SSD market and shows off a laptop drive almost the size of a credit card.
The digital future will require a level of file and data integrity that doesn't exist today, but there are some possible solutions.
SSD makers have come up with a number of ways to maintain the high performance of the pricey drives.
There are some good reasons why Sun's open source ZFS file system is so popular.
SSDs may cost a fortune, but used properly, they can actually save money in enterprise storage arrays.
Not only might NAS replace SAN in the coming world of Ethernet-based storage, but the distinctions between the two might also disappear.
Spinning media just wasn't up to the job, so the San Diego Supercomputer Center is banking on flash memory to build its dream machine.
RAID is laboring to keep up with explosive data growth, but experts see ways to make the technology go further.
Complications with the Sun-Oracle merger and a dispute with NetApp may have hurt Apple's ZFS plans.
Micron claims a breakthrough in endurance for MLC and SLC NAND technology.
Bandwidth and data integrity issues could limit enterprise use of external storage clouds.
Solid state drives may be known for blistering performance, but that performance can degrade over time unless the SSD vendor has taken steps to prevent it.
The long-running data storage technology could be headed for trouble. We look at the problem — and potential solutions.
The enterprise solid state drive (SSD) market may finally see some competition.
The economy has kept a lid on storage spending, but there are plenty of startups and established names ready to pounce on the recovery.
One online backup provider that found a way to build its own storage servers on the cheap is sharing what it learned.
Some high-end data storage technologies could radically change your home PC in the not too distant future.
Sun and Oracle have been silent as their merger nears approval, but pundits have been anything but quiet.
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