Object storage plays an essential role in today’s data center, but that does not mean that organizations need to give up on their network-attached storage (NAS) solutions. While the capacity demands of unstructured data are growing at alarming rates, the desire to access that data quickly is higher than ever. High-performance NAS systems that can reach the petabyte-scale are a valuable storage infrastructure asset that most organizations require.
Next-Generation NAS solutions, however, need to deliver that performance intelligently since storing petabytes of data on an all-flash array is cost-prohibitive. In addition to performance, next-generation NAS systems need to not only be cloud-aware but also cloud-integrated, so data moves seamlessly between clouds and across clouds.
In our latest white paper, Storage Switzerland covers the top six requirements for next-generation NAS solutions:
- Cloud integration
- Simultaneous high performance on large and small files
- Real-time data visibility
- Automation and orchestration
- Hardware (and cloud independence)
- Quality technical support
To access the white paper, watch our on demand webinar “NAS vs. Object: Can NAS Make a Comeback.” Once the webinar starts playing, you’ll gain instant access to the paper.
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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Hi George- We’ve been testing the Lucid Link file service platform paired with Wasabi S3 storage and have been really surprised with the results. Lucid Link shows up as a local drive – accessing object storage- and it is FAST. Access across different agents is also seamless.
It’s done everything we’ve asked so far at a remarkable price point. (We cater to the SMB market and are getting into solutions for medical imaging)
Take a look and I’d be interested to know your thoughts. I think this solution answers some of the points in your article.
NG