We recap the key attributes of file and block storage access and the pros and cons of object storage, a method that offers key benefits but also drawbacks compared with SAN and NAS.

File and block access via Posix is the way applications have been written forever, but they can’t access object storage in the same way – with file locking and other protections, for example.

Operating across cloud environments, data can be scaled vertically without performance deteriorating, and replicated where necessary on the block layer between clouds. Starting with block storage, the ...

HDS unveiled a new version of its Hitachi Command Suite software that manages file, block, and object storage across all the company's storage lines as a way for customers to more readily handle ...

Storing data in fixed chunks called "blocks," each with a unique address. A file or object can be made up of many blocks that can be stored across multiple storage drives. Block storage is used in ...

Companies have been working for years to pull together block, file, and object storage under a single umbrella, giving enterprises that are at times dealing with petabytes of data spread across ...

Customers can take advantage of the new HP 3PAR File Persona software to manage all block, file, and object storage via a single user interface with no need for APIs or multiple storage systems.

Object storage and file storage have coexisted, and at times competed, with one another over the past decade. While object storage is extremely scalable and easily accessible from any location, file ...

All block, file, and object-access management is integrated and controlled within a new 3PAR StoreServ Management Console.

DataCore announces an expanded leadership team, helping the company meet demand for its SDS solutions for block, file and object storage.