EDITOR ’ S QUESTION
WHEN DATA IS RELOCATED TO A PUBLIC CLOUD , THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT MUST BE RECALLED TO LOCAL ON-PREM SYSTEMS .
STEVE LEEPER , OFFICE OF THE CTO , DATADOBI nstructured data ( i . e . file and object ) is growing
U exponentially . In addition to user-generated data , application-generated and machine-generated data is consuming more and more capacity and placing strain on storage devices and budgets .
The answer to this dilemma is not to always expand on-prem storage capacity . Rather the procurement of enterprise grade data mobility software to scan , analyse and visualise the characteristics of content being stored along with the ability to take action is key to providing the flexibility organisations need today .
These actions could be to classify , move , migrate , archive or even delete obsolete data and are the key to managing ever growing content .
As is becoming more common , public cloud storage is filling a new role to either replace or augment traditional enterprise storage systems .
Today , data is often collected on an onprem NAS or object storage system and many organisations are examining how to best derive value from that data . They are taking large existing collections of unstructured data and either making a copy for resiliency ’ s sake or transferring data to a public cloud provider for the purpose of executing analytics . Plus , when data is relocated to a public cloud , there are times when it must be recalled to local on-prem systems .
For data that remains in the public cloud there are issues such as life cycle management , which is required to efficiently manage cost , governance requirements to comply with and so forth . Key to handling these requirements is having the aforementioned visibility of the overall environment . This is critical to understanding what data is stored where , what data needs to be relocated , being able to relocate that data and to ensure the validity of that data as it is relocated .
AS IS BECOMING MORE COMMON , PUBLIC CLOUD STORAGE IS FILLING A NEW ROLE TO EITHER REPLACE OR AUGMENT TRADITIONAL ENTERPRISE STORAGE SYSTEMS .
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