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Many factors are contributing to the endlessly increasing volumes of data that organizations must now deal with, including cloud-based infrastructure and virtualization. This data contains a wealth of information that enterprises can use to transform their businesses, but first, a place for it must be found. Software-defined storage (SDS) has been gaining ground because it is highly flexible as well as affordable.
It's no surprise, then, that the SDS market is expected to realize revenues of nearly $16.2 billion in 2021. Enterprise storage spending is shifting from on-premises IT infrastructure toward private, public and hybrid cloud environments and from hardware-defined, dual-controller array designs toward SDS.
However, buying options are not as clear-cut as you might like them to be. All SDS options on the market share certain traits, but they are not all created equal. It's important to make sure that your choice can handle your enterprise workloads before making the switch. Let's take a closer look at the benefits of SDS, as well as some things to look for in an SDS approach.
Why SDS Is a Hot Topic
There are multiple reasons behind the widespread adoption of SDS approaches. They can run on commercial, off-the-shelf hardware while delivering better and faster functionality, such as provisioning and de-duplication, via software. SDS offers easier and more intuitive autonomous storage management capabilities that lower administrative costs, offer greater agility and reduced expenditure due to the lower-cost hardware.
However, as with any hot technology, some providers throw their hat into the ring before building out a solid product. Without market education of software-defined storage solution capabilities, those in charge of purchasing decisions could end up with a lot of marketing hype and less-than-satisfactory capabilities. So, here's guidance to educate and inform your choices as you look for a truly versatile, cost-efficient, unified approach.
Attributes of a Comprehensive SDS Approach
SDS is built on a horizontal architecture and is completely hardware-agnostic as well as fully flash compliant. It enables the kind of flexibility and performance that is critical to the future of storage.
As you consider your options, look for these attributes in an SDS approach:
Hyper-converged capability: Support for hypervisors is needed for hybrid cloud solutions. Therefore, the scale-out NAS needs to be able to run as hyper-converged as well.
File features: The file systems that SDS providers offer are often based on freeware and exclude some important features most Windows users are used to. Therefore, thoroughly vet the file-related features you are being offered; make sure they include snapshot, quota, antivirus, encryption and tiering.
Strict consistency in NAS: Consistency in a scale-out NAS-meaning files are accessible from all nodes at the same time-is very important. Don't overlook this critical point.
Caching: When it comes to storage, both speed and size matter to increase performance, SDS solutions need caching devices. It is also important to protect the data at a higher level by replicating the data to another node before de-staging the data from the cache to the storage layer.
Unified storage: When extreme scalability is needed, object storage is used. It also has no performance requirements. Object storage seems to get all the press lately, but it isn't good at managing unstructured data. That's why you need file storage to have a truly useful option. However, you need block and object store as well for a truly unified approach.
Metadata storage: In a virtual file system, metadata plays a very important role. In this setting, metadata are bits of information that describe the structure of the file system. For example, one metadata file can contain information about what files and folders are contained in a single folder in the file system. That means you will have one metadata file for each folder in your virtual file system. As the virtual file system grows, you will get more and more metadata files. Make sure your prospective choice's storage layer is based on object store so that you can store all your metadata there. This will ensure good scalability, performance and availability.
Sharing: For enterprises that have a hybrid cloud set-up, it is probable that different office locations need both a private area and an area that they share with other branches. So then, only parts of the file system will be shared with others. Selecting a section of a file system and letting others mount it at any given point in the other file systems provides the flexibility needed to scale the file system - making sure that the synchronization is made at the file system level in order to have a consistent view of the file system across sites. Being able to specify different file encodings at different sites is useful, for example, if one site is used as a backup target.
Choose Well
Digital transformation requires a shift in every area of business, including your storage strategy. Traditional storage architectures are too costly and would take too long to scale, and they do not offer the much-needed flexibility of software-defined storage. But don't believe all the hype; not all SDS approaches are the same. A unified approach-one that can handle all storage types-will serve your enterprise well. Use the guidelines above to avoid the marketing hype and make the choice that's right for your organization.
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Stefan Bernbo is the founder and CEO of Compuverde. For 20 years, he has designed and built numerous enterprise scale data storage solutions designed to be cost effective for storing huge data sets. From 2004 to 2010 Stefan worked within this field for Storegate, the wide-reaching Internet based storage solution for consumer and business markets, with the highest possible availability and scalability requirements. Previously, Stefan has worked with system and software architecture on several projects with Swedish giant Ericsson, the world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and services to mobile and fixed network operators.
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