It seems pretty clear that storage systems will hit exascale a few years before compute infrastructure does, and there are two reasons for that. First, the amount of storage that organizations require ...

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 ...

I may have mentioned here before that I believe object storage is likely to become more popular, and here's why. Standard file systems tend to slow down the more files they have to manage due to the ...

Many of us are not ashamed to admit an obsession with storage solutions, probably the most visited area of a particular Swedish retailer’s website. After all, a tidy house is a tidy mind, as we are ...

Some of the hottest data storage startups in 2025 include: To learn more, check out the entire list of storage startups for ...

IDC on Wednesday said the worldwide market for file-based and object-based storage is gaining momentum, and that cloud vendors building their own object-based storage systems is driving this market to ...

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. The most familiar file storage systems ...

For IT professionals used to working with traditional file systems for their entire careers, object-based storage is like a whole new dimension they never knew existed. The concept of object storage ...

In 2020, the first AT system, Trinity, will be nearing the end of its useful lifetime. Crossroads is a Trinity replacement, a tri-lab computing resource for existing simulation codes, and a larger ...

Object storage is vastly more scalable than traditional file system storage because it’s vastly simpler. Instead of organizing files in a directory hierarchy, object storage systems store files in a ...