News Bits: Scality, AWS, Snowflake, Canonical, KIOXIA, EnGenius, VAST Data, Datadobi, & Cloudian

This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. Scality announces strong numbers for the first half of 2020. AWS announces New EBS io2 volumes. Snowflake files IPO. Canonical offers full Kubernetes 1.19 support. KIOXIA launches Gen4 U.3 SSDs for HPE. EnGenius announces Cloud-To-Go solution. VAST Data reports record growth. Datadobi announces DobiProtect for File and Object Data. Cloudian launches Kubernetes S3 Operator. (more…)
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Seagate Nytro 3331 SAS SSD Review

Seagate is mostly known for its HDD business, and continues to innovate in this regard cramming more capacity in the same form factor and squeezing more performance out. However, the company has been making big strides in its SSD game as well. Seagate has released SSDs that run the full gamut of what is available. For this review we are going to be looking at the company’s 3031 SAS series of SSDs, specifically the Seagate Nytro 3331 SAS SSD. (more…)
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#62: Bill Andrews, CEO ExaGrid

On this week's podcast, Brian sits down with Bill Andrews, the CEO of ExaGrid. ExaGrid provides hardware solutions for the enterprise backup and recovery market. ExaGrid has 2700 customers and is growing quickly, largely by displacing legacy backup target providers. On the podcast Bill pulls no punches, providing his take on the backup landscape, breaking down his vision for winners and losers. Bill views Veeam as a big winner while some of his losers may surprise you. (more…)
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Sabrent USB 3.2 Tool-Free NVMe SSD Enclosure

The Sabrent USB 3.2 Tool-Free Enclosure (EC-TFNE) allows users to create a high-speed external storage solution with an external NVMe SSD. As its name indicates, the enclosure is highlighted by its tool-less design, allowing users to easily swap out M.2 NVMe drives. It supports NVMe M-Key M.2 SSDs (PCIe-based) sizes 2230, 2242, 2260 and 2280. The Sabrent enclosure also comes bundled with USB-C and USB-C to USB-A cables, indicating that it supports both PC and Mac systems. (more…)
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How to Install Multiple Apps at Once on Your Windows PC

The process of installing apps one by one while setting up a new PC can be quite annoying and time consuming. However, with the help of some apps present on the Internet, you can automate the whole process. In this article, we tell you how to install multiple apps on Windows at once.
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