We look at unified file and object storage products from NetApp, Pure Storage and Scality, the differences, the workloads aimed at, and how unified they actually are.

We look at file vs object storage locking mechanisms, how different forms of storage ensure data consistency, and especially how object storage is tackling the challenge.

Gartner’s 2021 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage include Dell, IBM, Qumulo, Pure Storage, Hitachi Vantara, NetApp, Nutanix, Weka and Red Hat.