Primary and secondary storage

News and information on primary and secondary storage technologies. Look into the latest storage vendor offerings for the data center and how your customers can benefit from the latest developments.

November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19
Cohesity, Pivot3 update channel partner programs, MDF funds

Cohesity and Pivot3 are revamping established channel partner programs, emphasizing ease-of-doing-business, expanded financial incentives and MDF funds.
November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19
DreamWorks animates its cloud with NetApp Data Fabric

The 'virtual studio' DreamWorks cloud relies on various components of NetApp Data Fabric, including All Flash FAS storage, NetApp HCI and OnTap cloud-based data management.
June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19
Channel partners react to Google cloud outage

Google's four-hour disruption is the latest outage to hit cloud providers, sparking questions about cloud redundancy; other channel news from the week.
March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19
Violin Systems revamps partner program amid company reboot

Violin Systems' new channel program offers three tiers of participation for partners in the storage market. The company named former X-IO executive Tim Cullen to head the effort.

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SMR, HAMR and other HDD technologies you can build on

Hard disk drives could make a comeback in 2020, as new technologies such as SMR, HAMR, MAMR and dual actuators provide more capacity and speed for secondary storage. Continue Reading
Consider storage backup devices for your data protection strategy

A secondary storage device could be an important element of your data protection platform. Analyze accessibility, speed, scalability and cost before jumping in. Continue Reading
What's the difference between secondary and primary storage?

Having primary storage and secondary storage is a good way to tier your workloads and ensure solid data protection. So, what should you expect from both platforms? Continue Reading

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HAMR vs. MAMR, and the future of high-capacity hard drives

Energy-assisted hard drive technology is here, and heat-assisted and microwave-assisted magnetic recording technologies are about to bring even more changes to the HDD market. Continue Reading
NetApp Cloud Data Services seek channel push

NetApp is offering financial incentives to encourage channel firms to sell their cloud portfolios, which are available through the major public cloud platforms and their marketplaces. Continue Reading
Partners weigh in on enterprise flash advances

Enterprise flash is on a trajectory for performance, capacity and price improvements, but partners believe factors beyond technology drive storage infrastructure buys. Continue Reading

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MSP retools bank IT systems with HPE Nimble Storage dHCI

Faced with a strained IT infrastructure, Central Pacific Bank upgraded to Nimble Storage dHCI. Learn how solution provider Pacxa played a critical role in the project. Continue Reading
Data storage and management tasks that maintain performance

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Partners weigh prospects of NVMe storage market

While NVMe technology has yet to gain the customer traction that industry watchers expected, channel partners believe it will become the de facto standard. Continue Reading

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Unified storage architecture approaches: Modular vs. integrated

Find out what the considerations are for VARs with customers looking for both file and block storage in a single device. Continue Reading
All-flash storage systems: Types and use cases

Learn about all-flash appliances and all-flash storage arrays, as well as the scenarios they're best suited for. Continue Reading
SMB SAN solutions: Storage networking options

Find out which SMB SAN solutions might be a good fit for your customers. Storage networking options examined include Fibre Channel, FCoE, InfiniBand, iSCSI, AoE and SAS. Continue Reading