{"id":36655,"date":"2018-10-23T17:02:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T17:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2018\/oct\/23\/exploring-benefits-and-challenges-hyperconverged-and-software-defined-storage\/"},"modified":"2018-10-23T17:02:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T17:02:48","slug":"exploring-the-benefits-and-challenges-of-hyperconverged-and-software-defined-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/exploring-the-benefits-and-challenges-of-hyperconverged-and-software-defined-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the benefits and challenges of hyperconverged and software-defined storage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The verdict on software-defined, hyperconverged and cloud storage from DataCore is in: while hyperconverged is making inroads organisations are struggling, while software-defined storage is seeing a greater number of use cases.<\/p>\n

This analysis may not come as a huge surprise given DataCore’s primary business line is through software-defined. Yet the study, which polled 400 IT professionals who were currently using or evaluating software-defined storage, hyperconverged and cloud storage, still has plenty of interesting statistics to consider.<\/p>\n

Three in five respondents (60%) said that automating frequent or complex storage operations was a key business driver for implementing these storage technologies overall, while simplifying storage management (56%) and extending the life of existing storage assets (56%) were also highly cited.<\/p>\n

For hyperconverged, performance was the key driver, while the primary attribute of software-defined storage was automation and reduced complexity. Public cloud, meanwhile, saw a significant downturn when it came to delivering higher performance, with more than half of respondents saying they weren’t considering it at all.<\/p>\n

Issues such as business continuity and data protection saw consistent figures across the board, however. Almost three quarters (74%) of those polled said it was the primary capability they wanted from their storage infrastructure – the most popular choice.<\/p>\n

More participants said they had standardised on software-defined storage (37%) than other technologies. All-flash array (29%) was the next most popular, ahead of HCI (21%), hybrid (18%), public (17%), and containers (10%). All-flash however got plenty of votes when it came to future deployment – one in three respondents said they were strongly considering it but had yet to deploy. 42% of those polled said they had no interest in public clouds and containers respectively.<\/p>\n

The dismissal of the latter may be something of a surprise given other research promoting its wares. Yet, of those who had taken the plunge, 19% said there was a lack of sufficient storage tools or data management services. 18% cited a slowdown in application response time, while the same number noted a lack of persistent storage for key applications.<\/p>\n

The biggest concern, however, was around vendor lock-in within storage. 42% of those polled said this was their biggest problem. Again, software-defined storage was considered a useful tool in this regard. For those who are struggling with hyperconverged – the key reasons given were around lack of integration, lack of scale and price – the study recommends what it calls ‘hybrid-converged’ technology, which amounts to being able to deploy various storage options from a unified management plane.<\/p>\n

\"https:\/\/www.cybersecuritycloudexpo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cyber-security-world-series-1.png\"<\/span><\/a>Interested in hearing industry leaders discuss subjects like this and sharing their experiences and use-cases<\/strong>? Attend the Cyber Security & Cloud Expo World Series<\/a> with upcoming events in Silicon Valley, London and Amsterdam to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The verdict on software-defined, hyperconverged and cloud storage from DataCore is in: while hyperconverged is making inroads organisations are struggling, while software-defined storage is seeing a greater number of use cases.
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