AI-driven storage soars on the pay-as-you-go current

More than just a repository for information, intelligent storage proactively provides insights to help businesses ensure that data is available when and where it’s needed. For example, it can identify performance bottlenecks across the environment and detect changes such as security threats or seasonal spikes in usage and issue alerts so that the organization can take timely action.

Intelligent storage is:

• AI-driven. The telemetry monitors data from APIs and management interfaces across the stack, as well as from the storage devices themselves. Advanced analytics and machine learning enable the system to model what’s normal in the environment so it can detect and resolve what’s abnormal. Intelligent storage can apply predictive analytics to resolve many potential issues before admins even know they exist. For other issues, an analysis and recommendation engine provides automated guidance, detailing the problem and suggesting actions to resolve it, even if the source of the problem is outside of the storage device.
• Built for cloud. With native cloud integration, intelligent storage simplifies multicloud management, orchestration, and automation, connecting seamlessly between public and private clouds. You can move any workload from production databases, secondary data, or backup data to the cloud, or repatriate data from public cloud as needed. Open, cloud-native APIs enable integration with products from a range of cloud automation and DevOps ecosystem players, helping businesses develop new services quickly. The advisory expertise and cloud management tools baked into intelligent storage help companies avoid the hidden costs and overspend often associated with public cloud initiatives.
• Delivered as a service. You choose the storage that best fits your business needs—whether it’s flash or hybrid—for block, file, or object storage. The hardware is installed at your site, but ownership remains with the provider. You get a local buffer of capacity based on your forecasted demands, plus the services needed to support, manage, and (optionally) operate it. If you need additional capacity, you can add it on demand and scale it down again when it’s no longer needed. You pay only for what you use, and the hardware, software, and services are all rolled into a single monthly bill.

Consumption-based intelligent storage: Lessons for leaders

• Built for the cloud and delivered as a service, AI-driven intelligent storage proactively provides real-time insights on everything from performance bottlenecks to security threats, seasonal spikes, and other changes.
• When evaluating an on-premises, consumption-based approach to storage, companies need to consider the following criteria: data privacy, latency, connectivity, upfront costs, capacity management, and agility.
• Pay-as-you-go intelligent storage opens up new possibilities, including the ability to launch new projects without large upfront investments, simplify IT budgeting and planning, and respond to shifts in capacity demand efficiently.