Software-defined Storage

Software-defined data center 1 Analysts project that at least some software- defined data center components will experience strong market growth in the near future. The software-defined networking market is expected to be valued at about USD $3.7 billion by 2016, compared to USD $360 million in International Data Corporation|IDC estimates that the Software defined storage|software-defined storage market is poised to expand faster than any other storage market.

Software-defined data center - Description and core components 1 * Software-defined storage (SDS), which includes storage virtualization, suggests a service interface to provision capacity and SLAs (Service Level Agreements) for storage, including performance and durability.

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Software-defined storage 1 'Software-defined storage (SDS)' is a term for computer data storage technologies which separate storage hardware from the software that manages the storage infrastructure. The software enabling a software-defined storage environment provides policy management for feature options such as deduplication, replication, thin provisioning, snapshots and backup.

Software-defined storage 1 This philosophical span has made software-defined storage difficult to categorize

Software-defined storage 1 Several companies used the phrase software-defined storage to promote their products or plans.[ cts/what-is-openstorage/what-is-software- defined-storage What Is Software-defined Storage?] (Nexenta product brochure)

Software-defined storage 1 [ virtualization-viewpoint-blog/ /Software- defined_Storage_Makes_Economic_Sens e_and_Frees_You_From_Hardware- defined_Lock-in.aspx Software-defined Storage and how does it differ from Hardware-driven storage?] (Datacore Corporate Blog)

Software-defined storage 1 Other smaller companies then adopted the term software-defined storage, such as Coraid in May

Software-defined storage - Characteristics 1 Characteristics of software-defined storage may include any or all of the following features:

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