Cloud transition

Cloud Transitions in Storage Factors Driving Change

Utopian Storage
Tiered autonomic multi-layer
Controllable mixed workloads
Maximum utilisation
Resilient!
Safe (to all Apps & Users)
Ultimate scalability
Cheap
Utopia of sorts, and not all at once

Realities
Tasks:
Optimizing waste
Tiering
Data Growth
Virtualization
Consequences:
De-duplication
SSD, SAS, SATA
But dormant (sigh!)
Data tied to VMs
Life did not get simpler. Customers tied to arrays

Cloud Storage
Early start in DR/BC (Off-site swung it)
Access points are important
Cloud has got ‘stacks’ too!
Cloud Storage = different workloads
QOS in Cloud means tier-2 / archiving
However: economies of scale favour data stored in the Cloud

Busting the Cloud What is Cloud?
Best practice IT infrastructure (virtual etc.)
Outsourced service on the Web
Widely available public serv. (Amazon)
Bespoke pay-as-you-go serv. (Salesforce)
Hybrid delivery internal/public
Unfortunate metaphor implying lack-of-control

Cloud Potential
Specialist Storage-Cloud providers have potential to disrupt in-house IT model
DR/BC is obvious starting point
More mature technology needed in Cloud

Cloud transition

by clausegge on Feb 24, 2011

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