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Why Software-Defined Storage is Essential For Digital Transformation
In 2023, the Software-Defined Storage (SDS) industry is expected to hit $207.6B* In 2022, SDS represented $17.85B. That’s 1000% growth in 10 years.
If you’ve considered making the transition to an SDS solution but aren’t sure if it’s the right choice for your IT environment, keep reading…
The Reason Why Storage Costs So Much
One of the top questions I get from IT professionals is why does storage cost so much? The primary reason that storage costs so much is not what you might think. Most vendors don’t overcharge for the solutions they deliver. The problem is they force customers to overbuy on storage hardware to compensate for their…
Is Scale-Out Storage Truly Future Proof?
Many vendors who have scale-out storage solutions claim to have a future proof solution, but in most cases, scale-out storage does not guarantee future proof storage. The fundamental promise of scale-out storage is that if the customer needs more performance or capacity, all they have to do is add another node. The reality is that…
Reducing Storage Spend – The New Reason for a Storage Refresh
It is 2020, and although storage hardware and software have not changed very much in the last five years, customer expectations of the storage infrastructure are going through a dramatic change. These changes in attitude create a new reason for storage refreshes, the demand to save money. While other motivations for refreshing storage indeed remain,…
Better Data Protection and Resiliency
The number one responsibility for any enterprise storage system is to protect your data. Delivering data resiliency is job one for the StorONE Enterprise Storage Platform. The high performance and low-cost of the platform have no value if you can’t have complete data confidence. You can achieve better data protection and resiliency with an Enterprise…
Today we acquire Storage Switzerland
Today is a big day for StorONE and another significant milestone for our organization. We are at a significant turning point as we move from a pure technology company to a storage vendor along with the acquisition of a leading storage analyst firm, Storage Switzerland. Through the acquisition of Storage Switzerland and their highly regarded…
How Do You KNOW All-Flash Is Right For You?
As an IT planner, every so often, you might wonder how a particular workload might perform on an all-flash array instead of the current hard disk-based or hybrid storage system. The problem is how to know if, or how much of a performance difference, that all-flash array might make. Sure, you can look at vendor performance…
Simplified Enterprise Storage from Oracle and StorONE
StorONE and Oracle announced a more efficient, future-ready solution architecture and technology which allows companies to better utilize their IT resources, increase efficiency via application and storage tiering. The cloud computing technology has been powering the IT transformation for more than a decade now. We have seen major change in the way applications adapt to…
S1 as a Service – A Better Cloud, On-Premises
We are excited to announce the launch of StorONE Storage as a Service (S1aaS), built on the disruptive StorONE Storage Software Platform. We developed S1aaS in response to our customers who asked us for a way to get the monthly pricing structure of the cloud, the performance and safety of on-site storage and the ease of management and expansion of the StorONE Storage Software Platform. With S1aaS, you get an enterprise-class storage…
Software: The Solution to Your Storage Headaches
Today’s storage market faces a similar problem to what Tesla solved for the automotive industry. To save on gas and to reduce the impact on the environment, many consumers want to “go green” with an electric car. Electric cars are clearly ideal, but before Tesla, automobile manufacturers struggled to produce quality electric cars because they…
Rethinking Snapshots to Accelerate Performance
Previously, we discussed the challenges inherent in providing the strong levels of data protection that are required today. Specifically, outdated storage architectures require application performance to be sacrificed and budgets to be exceeded, in order to obtain acceptable levels of data protection and resiliency. Of data protection capabilities, snapshots are the most CPU and memory-intensive,…