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2024-03-26T16:11:34.00Z
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233079
2024-03-26T16:02:10.00Z
2024-03-26T16:11:34.00Z
Matthew Connatser
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Matthew%20Connatser
SK hynix said to be building $4B memory packaging plant in Indiana
<h4>Up and running in 2028, making crucial HBM, among other tech, reportedly</h4> <p>High-bandwidth memory (HBM) leader SK hynix is set to build an advanced packaging facility in Indiana, which is estimated to cost $4 billion and come online in 2028 to potentially package high-end HBM.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story233036
2024-03-25T13:41:13.00Z
2024-03-25T13:41:13.00Z
Elizabeth Coles
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Elizabeth%20Coles
Why the future of data storage is tape
<h4>Watch this webinar to learn how tape solutions can help businesses overcome the challenges of runaway data growth</h4> <p><strong>Webinar</strong> There are many demands made on IT management, and adapting data storage capacity to the requirements of the Zettabyte Age is one of the most critical.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232986
2024-03-21T14:00:09.00Z
2024-03-21T14:00:09.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
Micron bounces back as AI drives up memory prices
<h4>'Our HBM is sold out for calendar 2024,' trills CEO</h4> <p>Micron is basking in a market bounceback, crediting the surge of interest in AI for a jump in the company's revenue, even though buyers face the prospect of rising memory prices for the year ahead.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232957
2024-03-21T13:57:09.00Z
2024-03-21T13:57:09.00Z
Elizabeth Coles
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Elizabeth%20Coles
Meeting the challenge of the Zettabyte age
<h4>The business advantage of tape solutions for data storage</h4> <p><strong>Webinar</strong> It often seems like there's an infinity of data and an equally infinite demand for longer retention periods. Forecasts estimates that by 2025, the total volume of global data produced will have reached 200 zettabytes.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232877
2024-03-18T11:32:06.00Z
2024-03-19T15:05:45.00Z
Liam Proven
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Liam%20Proven
TrueNAS CORE 13 is the end of the FreeBSD version
<h4>Debian-based TrueNAS SCALE is the future primary focus</h4> <p>Bad news from BSD land – the oldest vendor of BSD systems is changing direction away from FreeBSD and toward Linux.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232761
2024-03-08T16:27:09.00Z
2024-03-08T16:27:09.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Microsoft sends OneDrive URL upload feature to the cloud graveyard
<h4>Preview's promise ends in digital dust</h4> <p>Microsoft has abruptly pulled a feature from OneDrive that allows users to upload files to the cloud storage service directly from a URL.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232573
2024-02-28T20:47:28.00Z
2024-02-28T20:47:28.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
Chinese chip slinger found not guilty of stealing memory secrets from Micron
<h4>Fujian Jinhua escapes prosecution tho remains on the US sanctions list</h4> <p>A Chinese chipmaker accused of stealing DRAM secrets from American memory manufacturer Micron has been found not guilty, bringing a five-year long legal saga to an end.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232507
2024-02-27T10:15:32.00Z
2024-02-27T10:15:32.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
HPE boss Neri bags 15% pay hike in 2023 as targets ticked
<h4>CEO-to-grunt pay ratio now 300:1 as wider workforce gets 4.4% more than year earlier</h4> <p>HPE chief Antonio Neri was awarded $20.06 million in compensation for the company's last financial year, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232477
2024-02-23T21:32:08.00Z
2024-02-23T21:32:08.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
China breakthrough promises optical discs that store hundreds of terabytes
<h4>The coasters are making a comeback ... but tech won't be commercially available for some time</h4> <p>Optical discs that can store up to 200 TB of data could be possible with a new technology developed in China. If commercialized, it could revive optical media as an alternative to hard disk or tape for cost-effective long-term storage.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232456
2024-02-22T17:30:15.00Z
2024-02-22T20:35:21.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Web archive user's $14k BigQuery bill shock after running queries on 'free' dataset
<h4>Researcher makes case for default limits after arriving via Python library</h4> <p>A user left with a surprise bill for thousands of dollars after running queries on Google's BigQuery data warehouse has sparked a debate about how vendors should place limits on the use of their tools.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232410
2024-02-21T07:29:14.00Z
2024-02-21T07:29:14.00Z
Thomas Claburn
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Thomas%20Claburn
Europe's data protection laws cut data storage by making information-wrangling pricier
<h4>GDPR also slashed processing costs by over a quarter</h4> <p>Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has led European firms to store and process less data, recent economic research suggests, because the privacy rules are making data more costly to manage.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232401
2024-02-20T19:30:13.00Z
2024-02-20T19:30:13.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
Persistent memory to replace DRAM, but it could take a decade
<h4>Wham, bam, hello MRAM, FERAM, and ReRAM</h4> <p>Persistent memories can or will soon match DRAM in terms of speed, which could see it eventually replaced in many applications if one of these technologies can scale up and bring the costs down.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232274
2024-02-13T15:00:09.00Z
2024-02-13T15:00:09.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
Backblaze's geriatric hard drives kicked the bucket more in 2023
<h4>Failure rates are consistent with aging – something we can all relate to</h4> <p>Cloud backup and storage provider Backblaze has published a report on hard drive failures for 2023, finding that rates increased during the year due to aging drives that it plans to upgrade.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232162
2024-02-07T17:30:10.00Z
2024-02-07T17:30:10.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
You're not imagining things – USB memory sticks are getting worse
<h4>It's all down to recommissioned kit, claim techies tasked with retrieving data from busted gear</h4> <p>A German data recovery specialist has confirmed what many <em>Reg</em> readers will have suspected: USB memory sticks are getting less reliable. The cause, as you might have guessed, is inferior memory chips, while the move to storing multiple bits per flash cell also plays a part.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232132
2024-02-06T14:15:06.00Z
2024-02-06T14:15:06.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
Japan stumps up more cash for Kioxia and Western Digital to make memory chips
<h4>Pair still looking to merge after SK hynix blocked deal</h4> <p>Japan is set to provide more subsidies for chip companies Kioxia and Western Digital to boost memory production. The move follows reports that a cancelled merger between the two could be on again.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232065
2024-02-01T21:47:07.00Z
2024-02-01T21:47:07.00Z
Tobias Mann
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tobias%20Mann
China 'readies production' of homegrown high-bandwidth memory
<h4>Breaking the AI performance bottleneck is key for Middle Kingdom's ambitions</h4> <p>ChangXin Memory Technologies, aka CXMT, could become China's first domestic producer of high-bandwidth memory modules, which are crucial to building the accelerators used in AI and high-performance computing.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232041
2024-02-01T10:29:11.00Z
2024-02-01T13:25:40.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
Seagate used bullying tactics to prevent union recognition, claims Unite
<h4>Staff at Northern Ireland facility voted in ballot that forces drivemaker's hand, union says</h4> <p>Seagate workers building external hard drives in Northern Ireland have voted for trade union recognition, meaning they now have collective bargaining rights and potentially a layer of employment protection.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232034
2024-01-31T15:02:04.00Z
2024-01-31T15:02:04.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
Samsung pins hopes on AI to return to growth this year
<h4>Next generation of devices are going to be packed with it – requiring lots and lots of memory</h4> <p>Samsung Electronics' is betting that demand for generative AI will equate to a busy year for memory sales.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231990
2024-01-29T19:00:08.00Z
2024-01-29T19:00:08.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
Japanese government finally bids sayonara to the 3.5" floppy disk
<h4>Businesses can at long last submit digital docs to government agencies</h4> <p>Japan is saying sayonara to the floppy disk, which until now was a required medium for submitting some 1,900 official documents to the government.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231978
2024-01-29T08:29:14.00Z
2024-01-29T18:17:05.00Z
Matthew JC Powell
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Matthew%20JC%20Powell
One person's shortcut was another's long road to panic
<h4>Clever techie thought of everything – except someone else's stupidity</h4> <p><strong>Who, Me?</strong> Why hello, dear reader – fancy seeing you here again on a Monday – the slot we <em>The Register</em> reserves for a fresh installment of Who, Me? in which <em>Register</em> readers share their tales of tech tribulations.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231865
2024-01-24T17:57:13.00Z
2024-01-24T17:57:13.00Z
Phil Tee, Vice President, Strategy & Operations, Dell Technologies
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Phil%20Tee%2c%20Vice%20President%2c%20Strategy%20%26%20Operations%2c%20Dell%20Technologies
Observability is key in the AI era
<h4>Observability is more critical than ever at a time when organizations are embracing generative AI and other AI technologies</h4> <p><strong>Commissioned</strong> The adage that you can't manage what you can't measure <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-you-cant-manage-what-measure-bad-advice-don-peppers/" rel="nofollow">remains</a> <a href="https://hbr.org/2016/09/dont-be-tyrannized-by-old-metrics" rel="nofollow">polarizing</a>.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231813
2024-01-19T13:09:31.00Z
2024-01-26T15:33:14.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
University chops students' Microsoft 365 storage to 20GB
<h4>Sacrificing its academic backups for the sake of the environment</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Microsoft's decision to cut the storage in its Microsoft 365 Education line is having some real-world consequences, with a Canadian university imposing draconian measures partly in response to the restrictions.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231759
2024-01-17T16:00:10.00Z
2024-01-19T10:22:00.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
NVMe consortium polishes its specs to support computational storage
<h4>Tech to shift storage to compute has so far failed to catch on in a big way</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> The NVM Express consortium has updated its specifications by adding a Computational Storage Feature, creating a standardized way for applications to talk to storage devices that include some processing capability.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231646
2024-01-11T11:11:26.00Z
2024-01-11T11:43:49.00Z
Liam Proven
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Liam%20Proven
Memtest86+, the little RAM tester, flexes FOSS muscles with v7.0
<h4>Essential tool for PC troubleshooting, even if you never run anything but Windows</h4> <p>The revival in development of open source RAM-testing tool Memtest86+ continues with version 7.0 – and it's not just for Linuxy types.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231229
2023-12-12T11:33:15.00Z
2023-12-12T11:33:15.00Z
Tim Anderson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tim%20Anderson
AWS S3 is 'pushing to become primary storage for a lot of applications'
<h4>We speak to Andy Warfield, AWS distinguished engineer</h4> <p><strong>re:Invent</strong> At the recent AWS re:Invent conference, the hype was all around AI, but the big launch for many users was S3 (Simple Storage Service) Express One Zone – a S3 tier offering much lower latency than standard S3 buckets. This means S3 can be used directly by a wider range of applications, altering the storage cost and performance calculations.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231253
2023-12-11T07:29:08.00Z
2023-12-11T07:29:08.00Z
Matthew JC Powell
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Matthew%20JC%20Powell
Enterprising techie took the bumpy road to replacing vintage hardware
<h4>Nice ridiculously redundant drive you've got there – what a pity if something …happened to it</h4> <p><strong>Who, Me?</strong> Heavens to Betsy, dear reader, are you back again? It feels like only a week since we last met in the corner of <em>The Register</em> we call Who, Me? to share the schadenfreude of a fellow Regizen's misfortune.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231137
2023-12-06T08:32:13.00Z
2023-12-06T08:32:13.00Z
Mark Pesce
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Mark%20Pesce
Digital memories are disappearing and not even AI or Google can help
<h4>Technology allows us to keep more of our stuff than previously possible – but what use is it if we can't find it?</h4> <p><strong>Column</strong> I have too many artefacts detailing my digital history, which is stored on too many <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/24/in_memoriam_stephen_wilhite_john_roach/">TRS-80</a> cassettes that hold sometimes-able-to-load BASIC programs, 3.5″ floppy disks, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theregister.com/1998/11/03/iomega_proposes_zip_everywhere_strategy/">ZIP disks</a> and HDDs.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231108
2023-12-04T07:28:09.00Z
2023-12-04T07:28:09.00Z
Matthew JC Powell
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Matthew%20JC%20Powell
Sysadmin's favorite collection of infallible utilities failed … foully
<h4>Unnecessary 'maintenance' turned into a fragging foul-up</h4> <p><strong>who, me?</strong> Brace yourselves, gentle readers, for we have good news and bad news. The bad news is that the weekend is over, and you have to be back at work. The good news is that Monday brings an instalment of Who, Me? in which <em>Reg</em> readers entertain with tales of technical misfires.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231059
2023-11-30T12:30:13.00Z
2023-12-06T12:08:19.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Rackspace runs short of Cloud Files storage in LON region
<h4>Rackspace? More like Lackspace as customers face upload and delete problems</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Rackspace is running out of, er, space. At least as far as a portion of its Cloud Files customers served by the LON (London) region are concerned.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230972
2023-11-27T12:36:08.00Z
2023-11-27T18:16:00.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer files
<h4>The horror of logging in only to find everything since May has vanished</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Google Drive users are reporting files mysteriously disappearing from the service, with some netizens on the goliath's support forums claiming six or more months of work have unceremoniously vanished.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230800
2023-11-16T14:07:12.00Z
2023-11-16T14:07:12.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Databricks' lakehouse becomes foundation under fresh layer of AI dreams
<h4>Mega startup serves slice of GenAI with data engineering main as it tries to upstage Microsoft’s Fabric showpiece</h4> <p>Databricks has decided to launch a complete overhaul of its platform during the climax of Ignite, the global tech shindig run by Microsoft, the software giant with which the data analytics and ML vendor shares a significant partnership.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230775
2023-11-16T09:30:12.00Z
2023-11-17T02:51:24.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Scientists use Raspberry Pi tech to protect NASA telescope data
<h4>Sneakernet for the stars?</h4> <p>Scientists have revealed how data from a NASA telescope was secured thanks to creative thinking and a batch of Raspberry Pi computers.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230753
2023-11-14T14:02:10.00Z
2023-11-14T14:02:10.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
Backblaze starts tracking hot drives as world preps for rising global temperatures
<h4>Quarterly stats to show when units exceed manufacturer max temp</h4> <p>Cloud storage and backup provider Backblaze has released its latest drive statistics report, introducing tracking of temperature data for drives and failure rates for each datacenter.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230726
2023-11-13T15:36:08.00Z
2023-11-13T15:36:08.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
YMTC accuses Micron of 'freeriding' on its 3D NAND patents
<h4>Comes after US memory maker labeled security threat by China</h4> <p>Micron is having more China-related problems after YMTC launched legal proceedings over allegations that the US memory maker is infringing on patents relating to 3D NAND technology.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230679
2023-11-09T16:05:09.00Z
2023-11-09T20:03:57.00Z
Brandon Vigliarolo
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Brandon%20Vigliarolo
It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs
<h4>Just because they store messages in a way owners can't access doesn't mean it's a privacy violation, US court rules</h4> <p>In response to five class-action lawsuits, a Washington appeals court has decided that Honda and several other automakers did nothing wrong by storing text messages and call records from connected smartphones.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230545
2023-11-02T16:00:12.00Z
2023-11-02T16:00:12.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Snowflake puts LLMs in the hands of SQL and Python coders
<h4>As more features come to Data Cloud, customers might want to keep an eye on consumption</h4> <p>Cloud data warehouse biz Snowflake has launched a fully managed service designed to rid developers building LLMs into their applications of the onerous task of creating the supporting infrastructure.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230459
2023-10-30T16:15:12.00Z
2023-10-30T16:15:12.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
Western Digital execs vote to split biz in two: HDD and flash
<h4>Latest decision follows failure of Kioxia merger and pressure from activist investor Elliott Management</h4> <p>Western Digital is to split into two separate entities, one formed from the NAND flash memory division and the other from the hard drive unit. The move follows the collapse of WD's proposed merger with memory chipmaker Kioxia.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230402
2023-10-26T13:45:13.00Z
2023-10-26T13:45:13.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
SK hynix puts the boot into Kioxia-Western Digital merger
<h4>'The company is not agreeing to the deal at this time'</h4> <p>Memory chipmaker SK hynix looks set to block the planned merger between Kioxia and Western Digital because the move would undervalue its own stake in Kioxia.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230318
2023-10-23T07:31:09.00Z
2023-10-23T07:31:09.00Z
Matthew JC Powell
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Matthew%20JC%20Powell
That script I wrote three years ago is now doing what? How many times?
<h4>Whipping up a RAID repair nearly produced data doom</h4> <p><strong>Who, Me?</strong> Welcome once again to the wafer-thin buffer between the weekend and the workday that we call Who, Me? in which <em>Reg</em> readers share tales of tech tricks that didn't quite work out as hoped.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229922
2023-10-02T19:48:07.00Z
2023-10-02T19:57:11.00Z
Tobias Mann
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tobias%20Mann
CERN swells storage space beyond 1EB for LHC's latest ion-whacking experiments
<h4>A petabyte or more a day of readings? No problem, pal</h4> <p>In preparation for its latest round of ion-smashing tests, CERN boosted its storage array for the experiments to more than one million terabytes in total size.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229817
2023-09-26T16:30:09.00Z
2023-09-26T16:30:09.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
Do SSD failures follow the bathtub curve? Ask Backblaze
<h4>Check out the raw data yourself... if you dare</h4> <p>Cloud-based storage and backup provider Backblaze has published the latest report on usage data gathered from its solid state drives (SSDs), asking if they show the same failure pattern as hard drives.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229814
2023-09-26T13:45:05.00Z
2023-09-27T00:23:23.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
Samsung wants to push CAMM format into memory mainstream
<h4>Smaller footprint and detachable</h4> <p>Samsung confirmed today that its latest memory product will use the format of the recent JEDEC-ascribed standard, the Compression Attached Memory Module (CAMM) – making it the first time the memory format is being mass-produced by an entity other than its designer, Dell Technologies.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229430
2023-09-05T08:31:07.00Z
2023-09-05T08:31:07.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Snowflake's Instacart protestations hint at challenges for poster child of the data cloud
<h4>If customers can slash bills by 'optimizing,' what does that mean for revenue?</h4> <p><strong>Opinion</strong> Snowflake should have been enjoying positive results at the end of last month. Revenue for the second for the quarter was $674.0 million, a 36 percent leap on the same period last year, albeit with an operating loss of $285.4 million, up from $207.7 million on Q2 2022.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229382
2023-09-01T07:30:06.00Z
2023-09-01T07:30:06.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
I'll see your data loss and raise you a security policy violation
<h4>Engineer trumped angry user by pointing to the rulebook</h4> <p><strong>On Call</strong> With the weekend looming, <em>The Register</em> once again brings you an instalment of On Call, the weekly column in which sysadmins share stories of their eventual success.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229390
2023-08-31T17:03:06.00Z
2023-08-31T17:03:06.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Snowflake explains that Instacart's bills aren't melting – it's called 'optimization'
<h4>Everybody chill, we're still in the cart</h4> <p>Data cloud vendor Snowflake has felt the need to publish a clarification following statements on payments from key customer Instacart, which are likely to add up to $100 million over four years.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229297
2023-08-24T20:37:14.00Z
2023-08-28T17:36:29.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Dropbox limits ‘all the storage you need’ unlimited plan, blames abusive users
<h4>One percent of customers store more than 35TB. And before you ask: Yes, you can blame crypto creeps for this</h4> <p>Dropbox has decided it's time to limit its unlimited Advanced plan. Rather than giving people “as much space as needed,” as it did previously, now users are capped, starting at 15TB.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229270
2023-08-23T20:48:08.00Z
2023-08-23T20:48:08.00Z
Thomas Claburn
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Thomas%20Claburn
Now NetApp sued by its own veep over claims of broken sales commission promises
<h4>I was screwed out my cut, alleges exec in fraud, discrimination lawsuit</h4> <p>NetApp and its executive team were sued on Tuesday by a former sales exec who claims the enterprise storage-and-everything-else biz conspired to deny contracted commission payments and discriminated against him.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229162
2023-08-17T00:49:08.00Z
2023-08-17T02:04:25.00Z
Thomas Claburn
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Thomas%20Claburn
Western Digital sued over claims of data-trashing SanDisk, My Passport SSDs
<h4>Drives are anything but solid, allegedly</h4> <p>Western Digital was sued on Tuesday on behalf of a California resident who claims the solid state drive he bought from the manufacturer was defective and that the storage slinger shipped kit that didn't live up to its marketing promises.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229130
2023-08-16T10:32:27.00Z
2023-08-16T10:32:27.00Z
Liam Proven
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Liam%20Proven
OpenZFS 2.2 is nearly here, and ZFSBootMenu 2.2 already is
<h4>A menu-driven, snapshot-enabled bootloader for Linux with root on ZFS</h4> <p>The next minor version of OpenZFS is nearly ready, and ZFSBootMenu makes it easy to boot Linux from it, via a clever workaround.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229003
2023-08-08T11:36:11.00Z
2023-08-08T11:36:11.00Z
Tobias Mann
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tobias%20Mann
Micron joins the CXL 2.0 party with a 256GB memory expander
<h4>RAM disguised as an SSD? What will they come up with next?</h4> <p>Micron has become the latest chipmaker to announce a compute express link (CXL) 2.0-compliant memory expansion module capable of strapping up to 256GB of DRAM to a spare PCIe x8 interface.…</p>