Storage touches everything from the data center to your iPhone. A key trend: Solid state drive adoption. Key players: EMC, NetApp, Seagate, Sandisk and Western Digital.
Twitter is moving a Hadoop cluster to Google Cloud Platform and used a new dual regional setup to lower costs and latency.
From ancient manuscripts to movies, the National Library of Norway wants to put it all online for the public.
From agility to productivity, we present five key benefits for smaller firms of using containers to make the most of the cloud.
Advanced error correction codes (ECCs) at the heart of modern storage are way beyond the RAID codes of the late 1980s. But today's codes force tradeoffs between reliability and repair costs. Can we have both reliability and low-cost data repairs?
Oppo is in the running to be the first mobile brand to launch a phone with a whopping 10GB of memory.
The big cloud vendors are using their breadth and pricing strategies to lock in customers. But there's a growing rebel alliance that now offers zero transfer fees for distributing files. Here's the deal.
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Cloud providers offer lots of different storage services, but none of them are ideal for most applications - which is keeping enterprise storage vendors in business. Will cloud vendors ever be able to replace on-site storage for critical apps?
Got a 32GB Windows 10 device? You probably shouldn't have bought it, but here's how to make sure it doesn't stumble during the next Windows 10 update.
The move gives NetApp more of a DevOps spin on multi-cloud deployments.
Microsoft will be crediting customers affected by its September 4 cloud outage and will work to improve its cloud storage resiliency, according to its preliminary analysis of the incident.
Previously $190, the T5 drive is down to its lowest price ever.
Lenovo gets to ramp its storage portfolio using NetApp software. In addition, the two companies will form a joint venture in China to target the local cloud service market.
Business users looking for a USB flash drive that offers built-in encryption and a broad range of storage capacities, all at an affordable price need look no further.
Even in this cloud-centric world, there remain good reasons to own and run a physical server out of your office (or even home). Which server? That depends entirely on what you'll be using it for.
Open source powers today's cloud, but many open-source developers haven't profited from the cloud's growth. Storj Labs wants to change that dynamic so both can make money.
We live in an age where a little bit of paranoia is healthy and making sure that out personal information is safely and securely erased off devices we've used is a good thing. Here's a quick guide to securely wiping hard drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), flash drives, and even iOS and Android devices.
All it takes is a single click to carry out a whole raft of basic maintenance tasks on your Mac with the new and updated CleanMyMac X.
Now that AMD's flagship Intel-beating 32-core, 64-thread 2nd-gen Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is out, let's take a look at what it takes to build a super desktop system around this silicon. Not included in this build is a case, and the cost of the Windows 10 operating system.
Samsung has come out swinging hard against the iPhone with the Galaxy Note 9, putting some significant pressure on Apple to raise its game with the next release.
The Apricorn Aegis Padlock SSD fits into the palm of your hand, yet features AES-XTS 256-bit hardware encryption, a wear-resistant keypad, and the case is impervious to dust, grit and water.
There's what feels like an infinite amount of iPhone accessories on the market. Some are good. Some are OK. Many are just awful. But a select few are amazing. Here are the iPhone accessories that I rely on daily. There's also a special offer here for Hardware 2.0 readers.
Got an old Mac that's groaning under the weight of the latest macOS releases and the software that you want to run on it? Are your boot times measured in minutes? Are you thinking that it might be time to buy a new Mac? Not so fast! Give your old Mac a new lease of life with high-performance RAM and SSDs from Mac upgrade specialists OWC.
Maybe you're super-paranoid, or maybe you just want to sell your old device and have piece of mind. Either way, being able to delete data is a valuable skill. Here's everything you need to know about securely wiping hard drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), flash drives, and even iOS and Android devices.
I've owned countless USB flash drives over the years, but none come close to being as cool - or as useful - as the Aegis Secure Key 3z with built-in hardware-based encryption.
There's what feels like an infinite amount of iPhone accessories on the market. Some are good. Some are OK. Many are just awful. But a select few are amazing. Here are the iPhone accessories that I rely on daily.
Running out of space on your iPhone or iPad? Here are tips and tricks to help your free up precious gigabytes.
Securing sensitive data stored on external hard drives is usually a minefield, especially if you are looking for cross-platform compatibility. The Apricorn USB 3.0 Aegis Padlock DT drive is the solution to this problem.
A tour of the best storage solutions available for professionals, covering everything from flash drives you can pop into your pocket to behemoth server-grade hard drives.
We got our hands on one of the first Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ boards. Here's what it looks like and how it differs from the previous incarnation (there's one design change that could catch you out!).
We recap our in-depth reviews of eight Network Attached Storage appliances. It's difficult to call out one that's best, because everyone has different needs. But we can recommend a machine for most small businesses, creative folks, and departments.
Oppo is in the running to be the first mobile brand to launch a phone with a whopping 10GB of memory.
Storage is a major bottleneck for artificial Intelligence, but Apple's control of all hardware and software will make their AI fast and affordable. Here's how.
IBM and Microsoft take up Intel's new long and skinny SSDs for cloud storage.
If you're concerned about online security, you may use Tor to access or manage anonymous servers. But you're probably using it wrong. Here's why.
If you have the right backup strategy, recovery of lost data can be nearly painless. You do have the right backup strategy, right?
People stink at text-based passwords. Is there a better way? What if we could simply tell a story only we know using pictures?
The latest batch of tariffs from President Trump's trade war on China is likely going to affect the IT sector.
The Barracuda SSD will be offered in four capacities ranging from 250GB to 2TB, and is being positioned as an upgrade drive for desktops, all-in-one systems, laptops, and home servers. Read more: https://zd.net/2MIrB5y
How the brain represents information has real world impact on how capable we are of dealing with the complexity of reality.
Dropbox expects to have a quarter of its Magic Pocket infrastructure on SMR drive capacity by 2019.
NAND flash is the storage in your notebook, thumb drive, and camera. But NAND isn't the only kind of flash. For our self-driving car future though, the other flash - NOR - is a critical component.
Startup Burlywood plans to rearchitect flash SSDs so even hyperscale data centers can go all flash. Here's how.
Got too many blurry, out-of-focus pictures of your pet eating up precious storage space? Gemini Photos will take care of that.
With its latest cloud partner, NetApp says it's becoming "a data authority in a hybrid cloud world"
Spin Transfer Technologies, a non-volatile magnetic RAM startup, announces a breakthrough technology that dramatically improves MRAM speed, endurance, and feature size.
The latest version of Disk Director gives PC enthusiasts and IT departments the tools to handle the latest hardware and software platforms.
With two high-performance memory modules onboard, this implementation of LSI's popular MegaRAID HBA uses flash to cache frequently accessed data, boosting storage performance without the upheaval or cost of switching from magnetic disk to SSD.
This major update of Dell's Compellent storage technology adds an additional tier of low-cost MLC SSD drives. Also in the mix is a new high-density HDD enclosure, plus deduplication and compression for the Fluid File system clustering option.
With everything needed to take backups and recover data in one self-contained appliance, Barracuda Backup is an economic and easy-to-use solution. It also offers scalable replication both to other appliances and the cloud, with fast live booting of backup images locally or in the cloud another key benefit.
The ioSafe Solo is bulkier, heavier, slower and more expensive than less robust external drives. But it works well enough, and if you need your data to survive being burned and flooded, you can put your trust in this device.
The ioSafe Rugged Portable isn't the smallest, lightest, fastest or most affordable external hard drive, but it performs well enough and is extremely rugged. If you really need to protect your data on the road, look no further.
Network storage doesn't come much easier than this, with very little expertise needed to manage the 12-bay Drobo B1200i. It's also fast, with three iSCSI ports, lots of redundancy and data-aware tiering — just like enterprise products costing a great deal more.
A scalable network storage appliance best suited to datacentres in mid-sized companies, the RackStation RS3412xs lacks enterprise-class features — but that's reflected in the price.
D-Link's no-frills approach to NAS will be attractive to businesses who need the storage basics without unnecessary complications. But those looking for a 'do-anything' system should look elsewhere.
The ReadyNAS NV+ v2 is nicely designed and built, and Netgear's X-RAID2 technology does a good job of managing the 4-bay array discreetly. The web-based management tool's redesigned UI is an improvement, but we'd like to see more more add-ons for the new ARM-based platform.
The QNAP TS-419P II holds its own on features in the competitive NAS market, although it's let down in some of the smaller details such as locking drive bays.
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