Object storage has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Indeed, it has become the foundation data storage layer for much of the cloud and for many of the very popular services that have ...

The emergence of object storage as a viable means of data retention upsets the existing methods – closely connected – of file and block storage, also known as NAS and SAN. This article will recap the ...

In my last column, we looked at the fundamentals of object storage as it applies to the media industry and as applicable to archiving. Object stores have become a principle solution for long-term data ...

Scientists develop an Internet-scale persistent data store with the advantages of collaborative computing. Researchers at the University of California–Berkeley have developed an approach to ...

Several new developments in digital storage devices meant for data center and enterprise application are enabling scale-out object storage as well as higher performance applications. In this piece we ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.—Scale Logic has unveiled the company's new media-focused Object Storage platform. The new solution, powered by Object Matrix, is designed to benefit organizations financially and ...

Object First, which developed purpose-built data protection appliances specifically for Veeam environments, exited stealth in ...

In higher education today, technology and learning go hand-in-hand. From online coursework, instructional videos, digital versions of textbooks and advanced research and analytics, technology has ...

CRN breaks down the strength and weaknesses for the 15 leading storage vendors who made Gartner’s new 2021 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage. The Top 15 Distributed File ...

One soon-to-be-released incarnation of object-based storage is Lustre, an open-source file system that’s under development by Cluster File Systems Inc. in Mountain View, Calif. Lustre, which is short ...