Software-defined storage next big thing - IDG.se

“The need for software-defined storage is that the need for server virtualization, ten years ago, “said EMC’s Patricia Florissi.

EMC, traditionally has focused on storage products, is now working hard to expand the range of IT solutions. This is done partly in-house, but also in cooperation with partner companies such as Cisco and along with a majority owner, but rather independent, company VMware and Pivotal.

Class=”paragraphIntro”> Among components of the group selection except storage products include servers, network equipment and solutions for virtualization and security. The vision is to create the software-defined data center. Part of the vision is software-defined storage, or software definied storage.

– Today is often used different storage devices for storing various things, such as files, Hadoopdata and objects. This means that there may be plenty of spare capacity for a certain type of storage, while there is lack of capacity for a different kind, says Patricia Florissi, chief technology officer at EMC, during a visit to Stockholm at the conference EMC Forum recently.

class=”paragraphIntro”> With mjuvarudefinierad storage , it will be easier to re-allocate resources for different types of storage. For example if there is a shortage of storage space for end use anas Word and Excel files, then storage capacity usually used Hadoopdata be used. For it to be reasonably required a solution to administer various types of storage solutions.

EMC has recently started delivering an administration tool called Vipr to be facilitate the work. It can be used to convert existing storage solutions for virtual pools. In addition, functions such as providing storage capacity, protect stored data and to manage change of configurations automated.

Vipr be able integrated with solutions from VMware, OpenStack, Microsoft and NetApp. Even Amazon’s S3 storage service to be integrated and later this year will support Hadoopfilsystemet HDFS come. This means that not only various types of local storage solutions can be managed as a unit, but also storage in the cloud.

– need software-defined storage is that the need for server virtualization, ten years ago, said Patricia Florissi.

key words are flexibility and high utilization.