Sandisk unveils 256 TB SSD for AI workloads, shipping in 2026 – Blocks and Files Sandisk has announced a 256 TB SSD at FMS 2025 that will ship in the first half of 2026.

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HPE claims 'world's fastest' backup storage with Alletra X10000 upgrade – Blocks and Files HPE has announced high-speed backup ingest for its Alletra Storage MP X10000 array along with Zerto disaster recovery integration.

HPE claims 'world's fastest' backup storage with Alletra X10000 upgrade - blocksandfiles.com/2025/08/05/h...

Arrays speed up for MLPerf Storage Benchmark v2.0 – Blocks and Files The second edition of the MLPerf Storage benchmark shows tested systems serving roughly twice the number of accelerators than in 2023.

Arrays speed up for MLPerf Storage Benchmark v2.0 - blocksandfiles.com/2025/08/05/s...

MinIO blends object storage and table data for GenAI workloads – Blocks and Files MinIO is becoming a multi-modal data store for AI, providing tools for it to access and use that data.

MinIO blends object storage and table data for GenAI workloads - blocksandfiles.com/2025/08/04/m...

SNIA dives into Storage.AI standards project – Blocks and Files The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is working on an open standards project for efficient data services related to AI workloads, focusing on industry-standard, non-proprietary, and neut...

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VAST Data looks to vacuum up more cash – Blocks and Files VAST Data is reportedly looking to raise new funding – several billion dollars potentially, from Alphabet, Nvidia, and others, based on a $25 – 30 billion valuation. VAST supplies an AI-focused stack ...

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Storage news ticker - 4 August – Blocks and Files Data manager and protector Arctera has updated its Arctera Insight Platform to reduce the compliance risks associated with AI deployments. The new capabilities enable organisations to capture the inpu...

Storage ticker - 4 August - with Arctera, B'blaze, Cirata, Commvault, HPE, IBM, Infinidat, Informatica, Kioxia, Lightbits, MinIO, NAKIVO, Nasuni, Storage Hypecycle, Quantum, Redjack, Scality, Sios, Solidigm, Storadera, Synology, Teradata, VDURA, Weebit - blocksandfiles.com/2025/08/04/s...

Scale Computing acquired by Acumera which becomes … Scale Computing – Blocks and Files Acumera, supplier of edge computing, managed network security, and network operations for multi-site businesses, has bought hyperconverged infrastructure business Scale Computing. The combined busines...

Scale Computing acquired by Acumera which becomes … Scale Computing - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/31/s...

Western Digital Q4 buoyed by cloud buyers as nearline HDD focus deepens – Blocks and Files Western Digital posted a strong fourth quarter as cloud and datacenter customers accounted for 90 percent of its revenue.

Western Digital Q4 buoyed by cloud buyers as nearline HDD focus deepens - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/31/w...

Micron rolls out 276-layer SSD trio for speed, scale, and stability – Blocks and Files Micron has announced three different SSDs aimed at three different markets – the 9650, 6600 ION, and 7600.

Micron rolls out 276-layer SSD trio for speed, scale, and stability - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/30/m...

Seagate posts 30% growth as HAMR drives lift it from slump – Blocks and Files In the closing quarter of fiscal 2025, Seagate revenues grew by more than 30 percent as HAMR drives powered it out of a two-year slump.

Seagate posts 30% growth as HAMR drives lift it from slump - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/30/s...

Enfabrica touts elastic AI memory fabric for GPU workload efficiency – Blocks and Files Enfabrica EMFASYS technology brings Ethernet RDMA and CXL together in a memory appliance that can connect to AI GPU server compute racks.

Enfabrica touts elastic AI memory fabric for GPU workload efficiency - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/30/e...

Lightbits claims IOPS highs in shared block storage tests with Supermicro servers – Blocks and Files Lightbits claims to have demonstrated the highest-performing shared block storage for containerized transaction processing.

Lightbits claims IOPS highs in shared block storage tests with Supermicro servers - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/30/l...

Commvault surges past guidance with 26% revenue jump – Blocks and Files Commvault beat expectations again in its latest quarter, growing revenue 26 percent year-over-year to $282 million and surpassing guidance across all key metrics, with a GAAP profit of $23 million, up...

Commvault surges past guidance with 26% revenue jump - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/29/c...

Qdrant launches lightweight vector database for edge devices – Blocks and Files Qdrant has developed a lightweight vector database designed to run locally on robots, kiosks, mobile devices, and other embedded systems.

Qdrant launches lightweight vector database for edge devices - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/29/q...

Why LTO-10 fell short on speed and backward compatibility – Blocks and Files LTO-10 tape was an advance on LTO-9 but not as much as expected with no increase in data I/O speed and loss of backwards compatibility. Why?

Why LTO-10 fell short on speed and backward compatibility - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/29/t...

Xinnor claims massive RAID rebuild speedup over Linux mdraid – Blocks and Files Software RAID supplier Xinnor can rebuild a 61.44 TB SSD in five hours, 10x faster than traditional Linux RAID rebuild software.

Xinnor claims massive RAID rebuild speedup over Linux mdraid - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/28/x...

Commvault buys AI data security biz Satori Cyber – Blocks and Files Commvault is buying Israeli startup Satori Cyber, expanding into data flow monitoring and AI security.

Commvault buys AI data security biz Satori Cyber - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/28/e...

Phison and Sandisk deploy different tactics to smash GPU memory wall – Blocks and Files Since GPU memory isn't scaling fast enough to meet demand, companies like Phison and Sandisk are turning to virtual RAM (VRAM) alternatives.

Phison and Sandisk deploy different tactics to smash GPU memory wall - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/28/p...

Backtracking Amazon DynamoDB: Clumio pushes recovery play – Blocks and Files Clumio Backtrack enables partition-level Amazon DynamoDB recovery back to a point in time with no database reconfiguration. DynamoDB is AWS’ widely-used and fully-managed NoSQL database service. AWS s...

Backtracking Amazon DynamoDB: Clumio pushes recovery play - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/25/b...

ExaGrid reports growth in deduped backup biz – Blocks and Files ExaGrid says it’s had another storming quarter, with the privately held company saying this is its 18th consecutive growth quarter selling tiered deduping backup target appliances that compete with sy...

ExaGrid reports growth in deduped backup biz - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/24/e...

Info about execs and MASV EXpress added to Bootnote in MASV story -https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/22/masv-express/

Backblaze adds one-click legal hold to enterprise backup service – Blocks and Files Cloud storage provider Backblaze is providing a simple on/off switch to set up a legal hold on files stored in its vaults.

ckblaze adds one-click legal hold to enterprise backup service - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/24/b...

SK hynix revenues go sky high with HBM – Blocks and Files High Bandwidth memory has become a high revenue earner for Korea’s SK hynix as second 2025 quarter revenues jumped 35.4 percent year-on-year to ₩22.23 trillion ($16.23 billion). There was a ₩7 trillio...

SK hynix revenues go sky high with HBM - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/24/s...

MinIO gives object storage a GenAI upgrade with Iceberg – Blocks and Files MinIO is building a linking layer between its object store and GenAI and that involves embracing structure in the form of Iceberg tables.

MinIO gives object storage a GenAI upgrade with Iceberg - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/24/m...

Kioxia unveils highest capacity SSD at 245.76 TB – Blocks and Files Kioxia has announced the largest capacity SSD at 245.76 TB, opening the door to a 200-plus petabyte rack and 5-rack, 1 exabyte configuration.

Kioxia unveils highest capacity SSD at 245.76 TB - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/23/k...

LTO tape market rebounds in 2024 with 176.5 EB shipped – Blocks and Files There was 15.4 percent more LTO tape capacity shipped in 2024 compared to 2023 as growth resumed following three flat years.

LTO tape market rebounds in 2024 with 176.5 EB shipped - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/22/l...

MASV Express aims to automate complex file workflows without code – Blocks and Files MASV has an upcoming MASV Express product that can automate complex media ingest and delivery processes without coding.

MASV Express aims to automate complex file workflows without code - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/22/m...

Where to point your RAG: Sourcing proprietary data for LLMs and AI agents – Blocks and Files There are many places within IT infrastructure that organizations can use to get a single proprietary data source for RAG.

Where to point your RAG: Sourcing proprietary data for LLMs and AI agents - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/22/f...

Competitive Corner breaks down key shifts in 2025 Gartner backup MQ – Blocks and Files The Competitive Corner provides the best analysis of vendor ratings in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant (MQ) for backup we have encountered.

Competitive Corner breaks down key shifts in 2025 Gartner enterprise backup MQ - blocksandfiles.com/2025/07/22/m...