How WEKA and VAST are tackling AI memory bottlenecks
Both WEKA and VAST Data aim to solve the problem of AI inferencing context history overflowing GPU memory and slowing down large language model (LLM) responsiveness.
VAST Data co-founder Jeff...
StorONE advances auto-tiering with AI-driven TierONE
StorONE is offering updated storage tiering with AI-powered TierONE software and improved data protection with SnapONE.
The company claims customers don’t need all-flash array (AFA) systems to get fast performance,...
Storage news ticker – February 21
Cloud and backup storage provider Backblaze is partnering with Kandji to deploy Backblaze with zero-touch across a fleet of Macs to back up their data. More info here.
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How constant frustration drives storage developments
Comment Storage is always in flux, from underlying media to new ways to access on-drive storage and specialized large language model databases. Workloads need more data. They need it...
StorPool unveils Disaster Recovery Engine for Linux KVMs
StorPool is developing a Disaster Recovery Engine (DRE) for Linux-based virtual machines based on site-to-site replication between its storage arrays.
A Linux KVM (kernel-based virtual machine) system has, like VMware,...
How to reduce AI hallucinations
SPONSORED POST: Accurate data is fundamental to the success of generative AI (GenAI) - and so is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
RAG can enhance the accuracy of GenAI workloads by processing...
Optera Data stores data in fluorescence with spectral holes
University of South Australia researcher Dr Nicolas Riesen is working on research that opens the door to potential archival storage that he believes could be ten times cheaper than...
Qumulo takes on mainstream data fabric suppliers
Qumulo has launched Cloud Data Fabric (CDF), a central file and object data core repository with coherent cache at the edge.
Scale out file system supplier Qumulo has unified its...
Storage news ticker – February 3
The UK-based part of Rubrik Backup-as-a-Service supplier ADP (Assured Data Protection) is partnering cyber-security, comms and tech MSP Wavenet – the UK's largest independent IT MSP – to provide...
Quantum seeks to strengthen balance sheet with SEPA share sale deal
Nasdaq-listed storage player Quantum has struck a standby equity purchase agreement (SEPA) with Yorkville Advisors Global.
The deal will give Quantum access to additional equity capital and liquidity. Limited initially...
Ocient taps AMD EPYC CPUs for performance boost
Hyperscale analytics data warehouse supplier Ocient is collaborating with AMD to use its Gen 4 EPYC CPUs, achieving a 3.5x increase in processing power and more than doubling memory...
GenAI, LLMs, and agents are transforming storage
Analysis: GenAI is washing through the IT world like water flooding across a landscape when a dam breaches. It is being viewed by many suppliers as an epoch-changing event,...