SSD prices shoot up with more rises predicted for 2026
Flash SSD prices jumped sharply this quarter as NAND chip costs surged, driven by AI-fuelled demand and tight supplier control, while HDD prices stayed mostly […]
Storage arrays
Solidigm: NAND demand soars as cloud providers underestimate AI inferencing
Cloud and enterprise AI workloads are generating far more inference data than expected, driving a sudden spike in NAND demand, flash prices, and pressure on […]
Hammerspace drives ‘em “crazy” with global namespace, performance and GPU data placement
Hammerspace unifies storage across vendors into one high-performance namespace, cutting costs and feeding AI/GPU workloads at speed—leaving traditional storage players frustrated Hammerspace is driving other […]
Storage consumption models: From pay-as-you-go to buy-with-upgrades
Datacentre storage is shifting from capex refresh cycles to opex consumption models. Explore pros, cons, and vendor offerings from Dell, IBM, HPE, NetApp, Pure Storage […]
Flash vs HDD: Pros and cons, and the workloads they suit best
Flash storage is reshaping enterprise IT with QLC and NVMe innovations, but HDD still dominates on cost. Explore flash vs HDD, cloud storage, and the […]
Data protection: Snapshots, replication and backups explained
Discover how snapshots, replication and backups work together to protect your data. Learn the benefits, limitations and best practices for a layered data protection strategy […]
RPO and RTO: Their roles in disaster recovery planning
RPO and RTO define acceptable downtime and data loss in disaster recovery. Learn how to calculate them, apply tiers, and align storage and cloud strategies […]
S3 Storage: What it is, how it works, use cases
Discover how AWS S3 object storage works, its classes, use cases, and S3-compatible on-prem options that bring cloud-scale storage to hybrid environments. Amazon’s Simple Storage […]