When you compile Rust code, something called an object file is created along the way. The extension is .o. It contains ...

Block, file and object storage are popular storage types, both in the cloud and on-premises. They all have benefits but also some clear drawbacks that admins need to consider. In comparing block ...

Gary Ogasawara is Cloudian’s first CTO, responsible for setting the company’s long-term technology vision and direction. Before assuming this role, he was Cloudian’s founding engineering leader. Prior ...

Object storage, also called object-based storage, is an approach to addressing and manipulating data storage as discrete units, called objects. Objects are kept inside a single repository and are not ...

Market leaders in distributed file systems and object storage include Dell Technologies, IBM, Pure Storage, Scality, NetApp and Qumulo, according to Gartner’s new 2020 Magic Quadrant. Gartner’s 2020 ...

Discover how object storage with flat IDs and rich metadata delivers cloud‑scale performance and cheap unstructured data parking compared to traditional file systems for modern workloads. Pixabay, ...

I just finished reading an intriguing blog post by Alex Williams at Silicon Angle, responding to an earlier blog by Fred Wilson. The substance of the debate boils down to whether or not the concept of ...

The build process in recent 2.6 kernels allows for the separation of source and object trees. If a kernel build is started with the O= option, the resulting object files (and other built files) will ...