Data storage has become far more than a megatrend – it can be viewed as a measure of the progress of humanity, cutting across all walks of life, public and private organizations, and every aspect of the economy. New storage technologies and architectures must be created in response to the growing need for highly scalable capacity at minimal cost for large enterprise, webscale and hyperscale data centers (HSDCs). As a result, today’s enormous archives will command a much more intelligent solution that leverages the advanced capabilities of intelligent data management software and high-availability, scale-out hardware. A compelling digital archive strategy has become a lifeline for enterprise, webscale and HSDCs continued growth. Fortunately, the dawn of a new class of object storage for cold data has arrived.
