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.

File and block are file system-based methods of storage access. In both cases, there is a file system. We are all familiar with them – FAT and NTFS in Windows, ext in Linux, and so on.

Flash storage company Pure Storage Inc. today announced the availability of File Services for FlashArray, a new storage service that provides access to native block and file services from a single ...

Companies have been working for years to pull together block, file, and object storage under a single umbrella, giving enterprises that are at times dealing with petabytes of data spread across ...

Pure Storage said that Purity 6.0 is designed to accommodate organizations that “primarily run block storage” but also require separate network-attached storage for certain applications.

For example, HPE's block storage capabilities, based on its Nimble Storage and Primera products, show their age. The company also hasn't released a compelling file storage solution in recent memory.

Storing data in fixed chunks called "blocks," each with a unique address. A file or object can be made up of many blocks that can be stored across multiple storage drives. Block storage is used in ...

HPE has launched what it’s calling “future of storage” with Alletra Storage MP, a new file storage offering and an expanded block storage service for its HPE GreenLake pay-per-use platform.

According to IDC, the total amount of digital information created and replicated in 2013 surpassed 4.4 Zettabytes, and the size of the digital universe is more than doubling every two years. The ...