New Pure Array and FPGA, Dell Precision Threadripper Review, New Supermicro EDSFF Servers

Thanks to Solidigm for sponsoring this week's newsletter. Created through the sale of Intel's NAND and SSD business to SK hynix, Solidigm is driving industry-leading innovation across client, cloud, and enterprise storage.

Pure Storage FlashBlade//E Announced

The Pure Storage FlashBlade//E is a scale-out unstructured data platform that delivers better economics than disk with all the benefits of flash. An extension of the FlashBlade//S high-performance arrays, FlashBlade//E offers customers an alternative to spinning disks for bulk data storage with a competitive price point and lower operational costs.

Read the details on the new Pure Storage FlashBlade//E. Pure Storage

Pure Storage DirectCompress Accelerator Card Launched

The Pure Storage DirectCompress Accelerator (DCA) compression card increases inline compression by 30%, enabling customers to store more data on their FlashArrays at a lower cost.

Read the news on Pure's DiorectCompress Accelerator Card.

Supermicro EDSFF E3.S Servers Launched

Supermicro has announced the latest addition to its high-performance, high-density petascale class all-flash NVMe server family. The company has expanded its storage solutions portfolio for intensive I/O workloads by introducing all-flash servers utilizing Gen5 EDSFF E3.S SSDs across multiple product lines.

Read the latest news from Supermicro on the EDSFF E3.S Servers. Supermicro

Supermicro Rakuten Symphony Collaboration

Supermicro and Rakuten Symphony are collaborating to provide complete 5G, telco, and edge solutions for cloud-based open RAN mobile networks. The collaboration aims to provide mobile operators with a scalable, optimized, and secure solution that addresses the challenges of adopting open RAN technologies.

Read more on the Supermicro-Rakuten Collaboration.

Dell Precision 7865 Review

The Dell Precision 7865 is a high-end enterprise AMD workstation designed to address the most demanding desktop applications. Featuring up to a 64-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro and 1TB of RAM, it directly competes with single- and dual-CPU Intel workstations.

Read the review on Dell's Precision 7865. Dell Technologies

VAST Data Release Train Is Packed With New Capabilities

VAST Data has announced software release 4.6 4.7, calling it the largest software release in its history. It is so big Jeff Denworth, VAST Data CMO, compiled a blog that outlined the capabilities and indicated there would be more to come because it couldn’t be done in a single blog post.

Read the news for VAST Data software release 4.6 4.7. VAST Data

Asigra SaaSBACKUP Platform Unveiled

Asigra has announced a SaaS-based backup platform designed to provide backup and recovery capabilities to SaaS applications like Salesforce, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace.

Read more about Asigra's SaaSBACKUP Platform. Asigra

IBM Spectrum Becomes IBM Storage to Simplify Brand Identity

During the past year, IBM has been changing its storage software portfolio to simplify navigating and understanding product offerings. To that end, IBM Spectrum becomes IBM Storage, reducing the number of products to a more manageable set focusing on software-defined, open, and consumable services.

Read more about IBM Brand Identity for IBM Storage. IBM

PEAK:AIO NVMe AI Data Server Launched

PEAK:AIO launched the latest version of its AI Data Server, doubling the performance of the previous version with 80GB/s from a single storage node and reducing the cost of ultra-performance AI data storage by up to 70 percent. PEAK:AIO provides a software-defined storage platform for artificial intelligence applications.

Here's the latest from PEAK:AIO NVMe AI Data Server. PEAK:AIO

Social Media Highlights

• We’re feeling these Gen5 Samsung PM1743 SSDs in the Dell PowerEdge R660. Seeing well over 2 million IOPs from a single SSD!
• Something is wrong with our mainframe!
• Checking out the fans and power supplies in the Seagate Exos CORVAULT. 106 HDDs inside that get powered and cooled by these units. 
• Supermicro sent us a shroud upgrade for the E1.S Intel Sapphire Rapids system we’re reviewing. Not only looks nicer but drives more air across the CPUs.