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.

We run the rule over file, block and object storage from the big three public cloud providers: AWS, Azure and GCP. We look at what’s on offer and the use cases they are aimed at.

Software-defined data storage from start-up Simplyblock brings together three main storage types in one cluster, saving time for businesses ...

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 ...

Virtual Storage Platform One solves these complexities with a single control plane, data fabric and data plane that works across block, file, object, cloud, mainframe and software-defined storage ...

Object storage, then and now Object storage was developed in the 1990s to handle data stores that were simply too large to be backed up with file and block storage, says Sinclair.

Elastifile is developing a distributed file system that works with block, file and object storage and is optimized for all-flash storage solutions, Cohen said. "In the array world, people thought ...

Companies that were looking to store tens of petabytes of unstructured data previously had two main flavors of storage they could turn to: object storage and distributed file systems. Those two ...

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

Hitachi Data Systems today announced a new midrange storage line that allows access to block, file and object-based data through a single management interface. In addition, HDS announced an ...