Software Defined Storage (SDS) was supposed to revolutionize storage, freeing IT from the chains of vendor lock-in, allowing them to build more cost effective scalable architectures. The first generation of SDS solutions, for the most part emulated the dedicated storage software that came on hardware, it just abstracted it so it could run on a variety of hardware. Part of that emulation means implementing storage features the way they have always been implemented instead of modernizing and taking advantage of modern hardware and software development techniques.
Building on a foundational premise of efficiency, the next generation of SDS, Holistic SDS, starts from scratch, instead of repurposing old code, to exploit multi-core processors fully, as well as memory based storage and high performance networks. It also replaces archaic algorithms, like RAID and volume management, with new ones that are faster, require less processing power and are more scalable.
Our new white paper “What is Holistic SDS?” explains the problems with the current generation of SDS and how Holistic SDS fixes those problems, enabling IT to create a high performing but cost efficient storage architecture. The paper is available exclusively to registrants of our on demand webinar “SDS is Broken – How to Fix It”.
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George Crump is the Chief Marketing Officer at VergeIO, the leader in Ultraconverged Infrastructure. Prior to VergeIO he was Chief Product Strategist at StorONE. Before assuming roles with innovative technology vendors, George spent almost 14 years as the founder and lead analyst at Storage Switzerland. In his spare time, he continues to write blogs on Storage Switzerland to educate IT professionals on all aspects of data center storage. He is the primary contributor to Storage Switzerland and is a heavily sought-after public speaker. With over 30 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the US, he has seen the birth of such technologies as RAID, NAS, SAN, Virtualization, Cloud, and Enterprise Flash. Before founding Storage Switzerland, he was CTO at one of the nation's largest storage integrators, where he was in charge of technology testing, integration, and product selection.
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