The 10 Hottest Data Storage Startups Of 2021 (So Far)

June 23, 2021, 09:47 AM EDT

CRN’s list of 10 data storage startups that made recent headlines as they came out of stealth or unveiled their first cloud storage, disaster recovery, and other innovations includes companies that story and protect data, manage it, or make it useful

Graid Technology

Leander Yu, CEO

Graid Technology develops what the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company terms the world’s first NVMeoF (NVMe over Fabric) RAID card that delivers 100 percent of available SSD performance. Unlike traditional RAID cards, which require disks to be connected directly to the card, the Graid SupremeRAID card protects direct-attached SSDs as well as SSDs connected via NVMeoF while allowing users to receive 100 percent of available SSD performance. One SupremeRAID card can deliver 6 million IOPS and 25 gigabytes per second of throughput, the company said.

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Joseph F. Kovar

Joseph F. Kovar is a senior editor and reporter for the storage and the non-tech-focused channel beats for CRN. He keeps readers abreast of the latest issues related to such areas as data life-cycle, business continuity and disaster recovery, and data centers, along with related services and software, while highlighting some of the key trends that impact the IT channel overall. He can be reached at jkovar@thechannelcompany.com.