Data Storage Management: Falling Behind Innovation

Author Mike Vizard discusses how storage management has a tough time keeping pace with innovation, in this article on CTO Edge. Storage systems are fairly static in that volumes are still largely attached to a physical server or a virtual machine environment running on that specific virtual server, says Vizard. While a virtual machine can be provisioned in a matter of minutes, the overall environment can still take as much as 45 days to set up while the IT organization waits for the storage and associated networking requirements to catch up.

"Michailov argues that beyond providing faster disks and more capacity, there has not been much innovation in storage management since the 1980s. Many storage vendors might take issue with that statement, but the fact remains that server innovation is outpacing advances in the storage realm at a pace that is starting to become a significant problem for IT organizations everywhere.”

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