The significance of Software-defined Storage
Traditionally, storage was confined to the server's hardware; eventually, due to the increasing demand for storage capacity, availability, and centralized management, there was a need for a robust system to manage storage provisioning and maintenance. This lead to the evolution of storage area network (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS). While a typical Fiber Channel, SAN, proved to be quite expensive, particularly the Fabric switch and the array itself, it also had other form factors that leveraged the existing network infrastructure in the form of iSCSI and NFS. Interestingly, a complete cycle of evolution is taking place and we are heading back toward storage being confined to the server and ...
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