Over the past decade, professional video server applications have weathered many changes -- especially in storage structure. Advances in storage architectures have shown a migration from JBOD ...

If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has changed many times. Thankfully, we’re long removed from the days of hard drives taking ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) promises a step change in the automation fundamental to IT, with applications ranging from simple chatbots to almost unthinkable levels of ...

Configuring an end-to-end system storage solution for a new facility can be challenging. Systems once built upon the theory that “storage tiers” were key dividing elements—today, the challenges ...

Cloud storage is increasingly becoming a fundamental part of any modern organization's IT infrastructure. With growing data volumes and distributed operational models, businesses are looking to the ...

A filesystem is a fundamental component of any operating system. It is the system that manages how data is stored and retrieved on a storage device. In the world of Linux, filesystems play a crucial ...

Big data has emerged as a key buzzword in business IT over the past year or two. It’s easy to be cynical, as suppliers try to lever in a big data angle to their marketing materials. But it’s not all ...

GigaOM’s annual Structure Data event, held typically during March in New York City, is billed as a Big Data analytics event. But I’m a self-confessed storage bigot and I saw this latest edition as a ...