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Want to know the key to storage happiness? It’s analytics. Yeah, it’s that simple

Never has the phrase 'Jack of all trades' been more apt

Closing the circle

Taking for granted the quality of basic features, data protection and implementation of basic data services, the most important thing you have to look for in a new storage system is the analytics part.

They are very different and even though you can find some overlaps, today it is quite difficult (if not impossible) to find a product that is able to give you best-in-class infrastructure and stored-data analytics at the same time.

First of all, you have to consider your needs very carefully and only then will you be able to find the right solution.

Cloud-based solutions such as Nimble help to improve the overall TCO of your infrastructure (not only storage) while content analytics brings efficiency and cost-saving more on the business side of your organization.

Wishful thinking alert; I have to say that, for both of the startups mentioned, I’d like to see the analytics part separated from the storage system, and to be able to collect/analyse data from other storage vendors. I know it’s the major feature for both of them but If I were a user, I’d like to have such powerful analytics tools for my entire infrastructure.

[Disclaimer: I used Nimble Storage and DataGravity are used as examples because I think they are doing a great job with their analytics tools, but you also need to know that I did some work for Nimble this year (a paper about InfoSight) and my expenses to attend Tech Field Day Extra (sponsored by DataGravity among others) were covered by the event organiser]

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