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IT decision-makers expect move to flash-based object storage within next five years
90 % of British , French and German IT decision-makers say flashbased object storage will replace primary storage to fuel AI , ML and other emerging applications .
cality has announced the
S results of an independent survey completed by IT decision-makers across the UK , France and Germany .
It revealed a fundamental shift in the industry towards flash-based object storage to fuel Artificial Intelligence ( AI ), Machine Learning ( ML ), automation and Big Data analytics in place of other forms of primary storage . All-flash object storage provides comprehensive data protection of and rapid access to massive volumes of unstructured data , powering the heavy workloads of these digital business initiatives .
The survey indicates that Europe is mature for this change , with 90 % of respondents across all three countries stating that this move to all-flash object storage will occur within five years . Notably , France seems most convinced that this Digital Transformation will happen in under three years ( 76 %), followed by Germany ( 72 %) and the UK ( 43 %).
“ As flash becomes available at higher densities and lower costs , it is now suitable for high-capacity data storage ,” said Paul Speciale , Chief Product Officer at Scality . “ Object storage has begun to embrace flash media and as the cost of flash decreases , it is likely to become the default media for object storage and will effectively make object storage the new primary storage for a much broader range of applications .”
Not only does all-flash object storage provide extremely high performance , thereby accelerating AI / ML environments , empowering business intelligence / analytics and increasing infrastructure performance and utilisation , it also lowers TCO and improves application development .
In the survey conducted by Vanson Bourne , IT decision-makers across various industries including financial services , telecom , professional services , manufacturing and retail , were asked : ‘ Do you think flash-based object storage will dominate storage platforms to fuel Artificial Intelligence ( AI ), Machine Learning ( ML ), automation and Big Data analytics , in place of other forms of primary storage ?’
Key findings in the UK include :
• The vast majority of UK respondents ( 77 %) said this move to flash-based object storage will happen in the mid-term ( one to five years ), while respondents in France ( 76 %) and Germany ( 72 %) leant towards the short term ( under three years ).
• 3 % of respondents said that it would occur within a year , 40 % between one and three years , 37 % between three and five years and 1 % beyond five years . 9 % said it will not happen and 10 % didn ’ t know .
• In the UK , participants from the IT , technology and telecom , ( 9 %) and the retail , distribution and transport ( 5 %) sectors were the only ones to state that this Digital Transformation will occur within one year .
• UK respondents in the business and professional services sector were most likely to state that the move to flash-based object storage will occur between three and five years .
• UK respondents from smaller organisations were more likely to state that this transformation will occur within five years compared to larger organisations , at 92 % to 76 % respectively . ◊
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