Storage mad lads VAST Data tell world+dog: We've just inhaled $80m. Oh, and here's how we do that 'no more tiers' thing

Just one tier of cheap deduped accelerated flash

Startup VAST Data lifted the lid on its secret storage sauce today, revealing cheap, exabyte-level scale out flash arrays sped by Optane SSDs - which it hopes will persuade users to load up their on-premises spinning rust in the 'barrow and wheel it to the tip."