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.

Block storage in the cloud that is not properly backed up can result in lost data, and while object storage in the cloud is more resilient, it pays to be careful.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Like Kubernetes itself, the underlying object storage should be distributed, decoupled, declarative, and immutable.

The mass adoption of object storage systems like Amazon S3 may appear to be a top achievement of the big data era, since we got essentially unlimited storage accessible through REST commands. But to ...

Customers can take advantage of the new HP 3PAR File Persona software to manage all block, file, and object storage via a single user interface with no need for APIs or multiple storage systems.