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.

That potentially makes data in object storage well-suited to analytics too. Object storage is also well-suited to web operations and cloud-native applications than file and block.

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 ...

Nik Simpson, Storage Analyst for the Burton Group, begins a series of questions and answers about virtualization and how it relates to storage.

Nexenta , the global leader in Open Source-driven Software-Defined Storage , today introduced the latest version of its award-winning scale-out block, file, and object storage platform, NexentaEdge.

All-flash storage array pioneer Pure Storage Monday updated the operating system of its FlashBlade with file and object replication, filling in a hole in its capabilities one channel partner said ...