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blocksandfiles.com > file > 03/11/2026 > everpure-stretches-activecluster-to-metro-distance-dr-for-file-workloads > 5208887

Everpure stretches ActiveCluster to metro-distance DR for file workloads

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (178+ words) Everpure is extending its ActiveCluster facility to provide disaster recovery across metro distances for file-based workloads. Everpure's Shawn Hansen, VP and GM, FlashBlade and FlashArray, said: "Legacy vendors are still tethered to the infrastructure-first designs of the 1990s. When files are…...

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blocksandfiles.com > storage-networking > 03/06/2026 > news-ticker-march-6 > 4093697

News ticker – March 6

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (663+ words) News ticker " March 6Blocks and Files News ticker " March 6 Jedec has published a brace of new standards covering universal flash storage and memory interfaces. JESD220H Universal Flash Storage 5.0 and JESD223G, UFS Host Controller Interface (UFSHCI) 5.0. UFS 5.0 is aimed at mobile applications, automotive and…...

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blocksandfiles.com > ai-ml > 03/06/2026 > whats-the-m-in-mwc-stand-for-memory-if-youre-micron-or-sk-hynix > 4093619

What’s the M in MWC stand for? Memory if you're Micron or SK Hynix

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (372+ words) Memory vendors used MWC week to highlight their AI focused memory chips this week, touting their potential to reconfigure the bit barn infrastructure balance. Though whether these efforts will ripple down to the enterprise and consumer device markets which are…...

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blocksandfiles.com > ai-ml > 07/23/2025 > kioxia-unveils-highest-capacity-ssd-at-24576-tb > 1615826

Kioxia unveils highest capacity SSD at 245.76 TB

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (539+ words) Online storage capacity constraints are melting away with Kioxia announcing the largest capacity SSD at 245.76 TB, opening the door to a 200-plus petabyte rack and a five-rack exabyte configuration. It complements the already announced 122.88 TB model and is intended for…...

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blocksandfiles.com > ai-ml > 03/04/2026 > businesses-still-struggling-to-manage-data-budgets-deliver-roi-when-it-comes-to-ai > 4093470

Businesses still struggling to manage data budgets, deliver ROI when it comes to AI

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (568+ words) Enterprises are pouring cash into infrastructure to support their AI efforts, but are still struggling to contain data storage costs and even to access their data, research from Wasabi has shown. The cloud storage vendor found that two thirds of…...

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blocksandfiles.com > disk > 03/04/2026 > seagate-hamrs-out-production-deal-for-44tb-mozaic4-drives-with-hyperscaler > 4093472

Seagate HAMRs out production deal for 44TB Mozaic4+ drives with hyperscaler

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (532+ words) Seagate's HAMR-based Mozaic 4+ drives have been qualified and put into production at least one leading hyperscaler, the storage vendor has revealed. In fact, while the company's initial statement said it was in production at one hyperscale, in a briefing call,…...

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blocksandfiles.com > data-management > 03/03/2026 > vast-data-says-its-still-a-storage-company-at-heart-says-shortages-a-wake-up-call-to-the-flash-vendors-to-build-more > 4093142

VAST Data says it's still a storage company at heart, says shortages a 'wake-up call to the flash vendors' to build more

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (733+ words) VAST Data's top tier execs insisted that the firm had not left its storage roots behind last week and said it could be the biggest provider of storage infrastructure by the end of this year. But they also said the…...

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blocksandfiles.com > security > 03/02/2026 > storage-news-ticker-march-2 > 4093080

Storage news ticker – March 2

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (363+ words) Snowflake has expanded its Cortex Code CLI agent to support local environments, meaning the AI codin ... Storage news ticker " March 2 Snowflake has expanded its Cortex Code CLI agent to support local environments, meaning the AI coding agent can now support…...

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blocksandfiles.com > ai-ml > 01/06/2026 > nvidia-pushes-ai-inference-context-out-to-nvme-ssds > 4090444

Nvidia pushes AI inference context out to NVMe SSDs

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (308+ words) Nvidia has moved to address growing KV cache capacity limits by standardizing the offload of inference context to NVMe SSDs through its new Inference Context Memory Storage Platform (ICMSP). Announced at CES 2026, ICMSP extends GPU KV cache into NVMe-based storage…...

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blocksandfiles.com > disk > 02/23/2026 > hdd-is-back-the-return-of-the-hard-drive > 4091703

HDD is back: The return of the hard drive

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (316+ words) OWC sees disk drives returning to favor as NAND price rises and delivery shortages reduce SSD sales. We understand its name refers to the early PC days when Apple products were the "other" world alongside mainstream Windows boxes. The company…...