DataCore announced the results of the fifth edition of its annual survey on the state of the Software-Defined Storage (SDS). The 2015 survey analyzed the influence of SDS on organizations around the world, gathering information from the experience of 477 IT professionals who are using or considering the SDS with the aim to overcome the problems related to the storage of data.
The survey also probed the issue of the levels of spending linked to the hot topics of the moment, such as Big Data, the Object Storage and OpenStack . Unexpectedly, the data showed that in 2015 the funds allocated for these voices were very low.
On the other hand, the report this year revealed numerous elements in favor of the implementation of the Software-Defined Storage. 52 percent of respondents expect the SDS can increase the useful life of storage assets already in the company and ensure the functioning of the current storage infrastructure in the future, easily integrating any new technology.
Almost half the people who responded to the survey seeks the SDS can not be bound to a specific producer of storage, thus lowering hardware costs by choosing between different suppliers. Operationally, respondents see the SDS as a way to simplify management of storage devices of different type automating common tasks or complex.
These results are significantly different from the past, because today the survey shows a clear increase in the perception of the economic benefits generated by the use of SDS ( cost reduction capital), ranging in addition to savings on operating expenses already highlighted in previous years.
Among the results surprising, observes DataCore, the fact that despite the overall penetration is growing, in 28 percent of cases, the flash technology is completely absent, and that 16 percent of those who have resorted to declare not to have reached the desired performance improvements in terms of application acceleration.
Interestingly, also, that 21 percent of respondents indicated how highly anticipated hyper-convergent systems have not offered the expected results or not you are better integrated into existing infrastructures.
It should be said, however, that the Software-Defined Storage and storage virtualization are now considered as urgent needs, with 72 percent of the organizations that are doing this year important investments in these technologies. The 81 percent expect similar levels of investment in technology of Software-Defined Storage to be incorporated into servers for SAN / SAN and virtual storage solutions converged.
“ The data reveal that many organizations are moving away from the function storage tied to specific hardware, realizing savings on Capex and Opex. All this is possible thanks to the lack of constraints with special hardware and the fact of not be forced to buy everything from scratch when it modernizes the storage infrastructure. The Software-Defined Storage and software for storage virtualization, offering all the features that your customers demand, such as continuous availability, superior performance and greater efficiency . These real benefits are worth much more investment in 2015 than any other promise of future technologies and startups that have yet to be confirmed , “said George Teixeira, president and CEO of DataCore.
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