Drew Robb

Drew Robb is a contributing writer for Datamation, Enterprise Storage Forum, eSecurity Planet, Channel Insider, and eWeek. He has been reporting on all areas of IT for more than 25 years. He has a degree from the University of Strathclyde UK (USUK), and lives in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.
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Software-Defined Storage Buying Guide

Earlier articles in this series have focused on the definition of Software-Defined Storage (SDS) as well as tips on...

NVMe: The Golden Ticket for Faster Flash...

It’s a little known fact that flash-based storage can be too much for most systems. Designed back in the...

Will NVMe Lead to Faster Flash?

It’s a little known fact that flash-based storage can be too much for most systems. Designed back in the...

OpenStack for the Rest of Us

OpenStack is a booming area of the storage ecosystem. From a handful of attendees a couple of years ago,...

Top Ten Software Defined Storage Tips, Gotchas...

Software Defined Storage (SDS) is a somewhat clunky term that some of us hoped might disappear by now. But...

Buying Guide to All Flash Arrays: Visionaries

In an earlier Flash Buying Guide, we covered the top vendors in flash data storage, according to the last...

9 Tips for Getting the Most out...

Flash, flash, flash. If some vendors were to be believed, the obvious thing to do with any and all...

Top Tips for Implementing Data Storage Tape

How things change. For years, even decades, people have been getting rid of tape. They bought into the idea...

Disk Array Buying Guide: Challengers and Visionaries

In an earlier disk array buying guide, we covered those companies named as the leaders by Gartner in its...