Object-based storage dispenses with the hierarchical file system, so there are no nested subfolders. Instead, it uses an indexed flatfile structure in which each object is given a unique ID.

Object-based storage gets rid of traditional file system hierarchies and puts in place a flat access structure that provides a good basis for hugely scalable unstructured data access.

It’s pop quiz time. Is Panasas a Greek island; a storage vendor; or an Australian airline? If you answered “a storage vendor,” then you are correct. (Note to my editor: If you answered ...

Exablox®, the company reimagining storage, tears down obstacles to unstructured data deployments with today's release of OneBlox™ with OneSystem™. OneBlox is the industry's first scale-out ...

Gartner looked at two IBM products: IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Cloud Object Storage. IBM Spectrum Scale is based on General Parallel File System (GPFS), a distributed file system built by IBM ...

Abstract: The data file's format of 3D model generated by GoCAD is researched, and a 3D Visualization System for GoCAD objects is developped based on VTK visualization graphics library and QT platform ...

With the two acquisitions, Storj is in a position to provide distributed object and file storage and GPU processing in a combined, on-demand fashion, said Ben Golub, CEO of the Atlanta-based company.