{"id":1236,"date":"2023-05-09T17:31:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T09:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afiintra.com\/?page_id=1236"},"modified":"2023-06-02T15:44:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T07:44:50","slug":"software-defined-storage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afiintra.com\/index.php\/software-defined-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Software Defined Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/afiintra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image1-14-2-SDS.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afiintra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image1-14-2-SDS.webp 1024w, https:\/\/afiintra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image1-14-2-SDS-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/afiintra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image1-14-2-SDS-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\"><strong>Software-defined storage<\/strong><\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">SDS is reshaping the storage industry. According to Gartner, by 2024 half of global storage capacity will be deployed as SDS.\u00a0The premise for SDS is simple: by abstracting, or de-coupling, software from the underlying hardware, enterprises can unify storage management and services across diverse assets throughout their hybrid multi-cloud environment.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">This allows IT to do several important things:<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">Reduce data fragmentation by consolidating storage technologies<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">Maximize availability and improve disaster recovery planning<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">Provision the right kind of storage for each situation<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">Improve scalability while reducing cost<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">The key priorities of the modern organization: business agility, cloud-native applications, cost efficiency and IT flexibility. These requirements are driving change throughout the enterprise environment \u2014 in particular:<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">Multi-cloud environments<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">Containers<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">Traditional storage presents challenges in modern environments:<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\"><strong>Multiple data silos<\/strong> across different storage architectures, leading to data fragmentation<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\"><strong>Complex operations<\/strong>\u00a0managing resources across the different technologies, increasing cost and the need for specialized skills<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\"><strong>Separate and disparate management tools<\/strong>\u00a0for each product, further increasing complexity<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\"><strong>A lack of universal data visibility and management<\/strong>\u00a0across the environment, adding friction and limiting insight<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\"><strong>An inability to easily move data<\/strong>\u00a0between on-premises and cloud environments as needed<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">A more <strong>predictable, resilient, and simple<\/strong> way to store data in today\u2019s hybrid multi-cloud environments.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">The benefits of SDS have immediate relevance and value for high-priority IT use cases.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">Private and hybrid cloud virtualization storage<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-6-color\">Containers storage<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software-defined storage SDS is reshaping the storage industry. 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