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Why File Data Matters

How to know which enterprise data
storage solution is right for you.
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Why File Data Matters

How to know which enterprise data storage solution is right for you.
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Choosing Your Data Storage

Block storage, object storage, and file storage: the three primary architectures used to build custom data storage solutions that determine how data is processed, stored, organized, and retrieved. Each storage type has unique capabilities and limitations, which means enterprise data storage systems are not “one size fits all” solutions.

Comparing Block Storage,
Object Storage vs. File Storage

Block storage is when a category of data storage is saved in huge volumes known as blocks..

Object storage is a computer data storage architecture that manages data as objects.

File storage is a hierarchical storage methodology used to organize and store data on a computer hard drive or on a network-attached storage (NAS) device.

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Addressing Data at Scale

File data is everywhere, and it’s growing at uncontrollable rates. The explosion of unstructured data is creating management and storage challenges for enterprises, because legacy object storage, tied to existing hardware, is unable to scale massive file data workloads efficiently.

Limited Scalability Means:

  • Legacy object storage vendors have cluster limitations.
  • They follow a “buy more storage” answer to scale data, because they’re using a block type of technology.

Unlimited Scalability Means:

  • Having the ability to process and analyze petabytes of unstructured data that exists in the cloud and on-premises.
  • Choosing a file data platform that can meet the demands of a hybrid storage infrastructure while also providing real-time analytics and insights.

“Qumulo scales in both performance and capacity, and that helped us easily reach a new audience of end users, many of which have data volumes of a petabyte and up, so that we are now well-equipped for future data growth.”

– Brian Balderson

Director of Infrastructure, Research Data Services
San Diego Supercomputer Center

– Brian Balderson

Director of Infrastructure,
Research Data Services
San Diego Supercomputer Center

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Finding the Right Storage Solution to Manage the Explosion of Unstructured Data

Companies are increasingly recognizing the need to reconsider how they manage and maintain this avalanche of file-based data in an effective and efficient manner, and remain competitive in the modern cloud age.

80 - 90%

Gartner estimates that more between 80 – 90% of all data is unstructured.

84%

84% of financial companies recognize that data is integral to their ability to create a business strategy.

90%

According to IBM, 90% of the world’s data was created in the last two years alone.

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In a 2019 NewVantage Partners’ Big Data and AI Executive Survey, consisting of 64 C-level technology and business executives representing very large corporations, 53% of survey respondents say “they are not yet treating data as a business asset.” These alarming results come in spite of 92% of respondents reporting that the pace of their Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) investments is accelerating.(2)

File Data Storage Maintains Scalability for the Future

The more efficiently high-performance computing companies can consolidate, process, and leverage petabyte-scale data, the more successful outcomes will likely be.

Qumulo is the industry’s only file data management platform that helps organizations store, manage, and build with petabytes of unstructured data across cloud and on-premises environments with radical simplicity.

Qumulo believes in hardware flexibility and we designed our file system to be hardware agnostic.

“Qumulo on AWS…allows our Line of Business and IT teams to work together on our digital projects without compromising on choice of how we manage our unstructured data or control costs.”

– Graham Peddie

COO
Cinesite

– Graham Peddie

COO
Cinesite

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