Database systems require data files to store the data under management. These files, or data sets, reside on storage media. So storage management should be a key part of the database operations ...

Although storage management can be an afterthought for the DBA, it really shouldn’t be. Storage issues are vitally important and unless managed appropriately, it can be very costly. The cost of ...

Want to get the most from your database? Then you probably already use Database Storage Engines. Now, Micron Technology, a leading storage company, has announced the first open-source, ...

If you’d asked an IT professional whether object storage is any good for databases, the answer over most of the past decade or so would have been a resounding “no”. The response would have been pretty ...

The rise of the cloud, the emergence of hyper-convergence and the lightning-fast speeds of non-volatile memory express (NVMe) flash have perhaps masked some of the fundamentals of storage. But, at ...