t cht lk
UNIFIED FAST FILE AND FAST OBJECT STORAGE : A KEY MILESTONE IN THE EVOLUTION OF STORAGE ARCHITECTURE
The rise of data applications has impacted storage technology and accelerated unified fast file and object ( UFFO ). Wes van den Berg , VP & GM , Pure Storage UKI , tells us why the emergence of UFFO is fundamental and why it is expected to power the innovation of tomorrow .
Looking back , there are many significant
milestones in the history of enterprise storage .
For instance , we can trace the development of block storage to the early generations of computers , file storage emerging alongside the personal computer , and more recently , object storage rocketing to prominence with the take-off of the web .
Each of these storage workloads fulfil important roles . Applications that draw on file storage have grown more demanding , database applications have become more sophisticated , and the web , IoT , and demand for analytics have caused an explosion in the need for object storage .
But due to the way in which we use data has shifted , the technical silos typically observed between these workloads have created challenges which can no longer be ignored . As a result , we are seeing the emergence of a new category of storage to address the needs of modern data : unified fast file and object storage ( UFFO ).
Catalysing change
A modern data experience , whereby data is easily accessible , commutable and delivered where it is needed instantly , does not respect the technical silos that exist between different environments . In the past , each data workload would largely have resided and been used within its data store . For instance , database applications would have drawn on dedicated block resources ; files would have stayed in file stores and web applications would have depended upon object storage resources .
www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO EUROPE 77