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Experts Discuss Future Data Storage Strategies and Challenges

3/6/2026

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At a recent roundtable, experts discussed data storage strategies amid massive data volumes, legal requirements, AI processing, and sustainability.
Nigel Berryman from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) highlighted the importance of value and open-source standards in storage decisions.
He noted challenges forecasting needs, especially with increasing demand for GPU resources.
Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) technology has improved performance, but the focus now is capacity, enabling cost-effective expansion with traditional spinning disks.

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Story summary

At a recent roundtable, experts discussed data storage strategies amid massive data volumes, legal requirements, AI processing, and sustainability.
Nigel Berryman from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) highlighted the importance of value and open-source standards in storage decisions.
He noted challenges forecasting needs, especially with increasing demand for GPU resources.
Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) technology has improved performance, but the focus now is capacity, enabling cost-effective expansion with traditional spinning disks.