Storage System Considerations in the Digital Era

RESEARCH BY:

Amita Potnis, Research Director Infrastructure Systems, Platforms, and Technologies Group, IDC

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Table of ContentsThe Data Management Challenge 3

Unstructured Data Types, Characteristics, and Challenges 4

Entertainment-Related Content Creation 5

Four Stages of Video and Unstructured Data Life Cycle 6

Unstructured Data in Context with Industries 7

Why Organizations Need to Future-Proof Infrastructure 8

Outcomes of Digital Transformation 9

What Does Your Organization Need? 10

Characteristics of Ideal Infrastructure 11

About the Analyst 12

Message from the Sponsor 13

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The Data Management ChallengeFacing a rising tide of data…

(1,133 exabytes) of overall capacity will be shipped to

support structured and unstructured data by 20231

1 IDC, Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker2 IDC, Worldwide File and Object Storage Forecast, 2019–20233 IDC, Worldwide Edge Infrastructure Storage Capacity Shipment, 2018–20234 IDC, Worldwide Composite Media Workloads (Compute and Storage) Infrastructure Forecast, 2018–2022

of data will be shipped in support of file

and object storage (unstructured data)2

of capacity will be shipped in

support of edge IT environments3

will be spent on compute and storage infrastructure in support

of media workloads by 2022, growing at 14.6% CAGR4

$24B1.1YB 643EB 134EB

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Unstructured Data Types, Characteristics, and Challenges

Data Types

Documents

Sensor logs

Images

Video files

Characteristics High volume

High velocity

Typically large files

Various formats (video, audio, image, etc )

Challenges Workflow automation

Governance

Insight and search

Limited metadata

Data protection

Text files

Surveillance

Social media

Emails

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Entertainment-Related Content CreationIDC’s Worldwide Global DataSphere Forecast, 2019–2023, indicates that content created and replicated related to entertainment continues to be the largest category of data within the Global DataSphere.

35% of the overall 103ZB

of data created and replicated

During the period from 2018–2023, entertainment-related content will have

a CAGR of 21% and will represent

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Four Stages of Video and Unstructured Data Life Cycle

Create & Ingest

Catalog & Process

Finish & Distribute

Archive & Cold Storage

1 2 3 4

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Unstructured Data in Context with Industries

Examples of Unstructured Data Orthogonal and Specific to Industries*

Healthcare Finance M&E Transportation Life Sciences Government

Industry-SpecificUse Cases

Medical records (EHR)

Medical imagingPatient health info

Medical transcription

FinancialEconomic

TradeCustomer

transactions

Rich media4K videoReal-time

data

Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS)Connected cars

PharmaceuticalsMedical devices

DiagnosticsClinical trials

Geospatial dataWeather data

Security-related data

Smart cities

Orthogonal Across Industries

Text files and documents | IoT (sensor logs/ticker data) | Training video/audio files (including corporate training)

Emails/records/invoices | Social media data | Video surveillance data

Data Stores Big data analytics | Data lakes | Cold storage (archival) | Data protection and backup

*Representative industries

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IT projects alignment

Analytics and governance

Mitigating risk

Cost and efficiency

Why Organizations Need to Future-Proof Infrastructure

Data is intellectual property, and managing it with legacy storage is challenging

Video and unstructured data is:Machine- or human-generated

Created in various locations

Part of data lakes/data warehouses

2

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Key Considerations When Updating Infrastructure:

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Outcomes of DigitalTransformation

Storage silos

Inefficient data management

Higher infrastructure management costs

Limited data analytics insights

Lower time to market/value

Inefficient use of manpower

The risks of not digitally transforming infrastructure for unstructured storage include:

Flexibility Data analytics

Future-proof infrastructure

Cost-efficiency Data visibility & control

Data security & integrity

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What Does Your Organization Need?IT professionals must ask themselves these questions before making purchase decisions:

1 What are the key criteria and characteristics of storage systems ideally suited for your organization?

2 What are you using for edge strategies?

3 What’s your datacenter strategy?

4 Are you considering the lowest-cost storage tier for cold storage?

Technology innovation Total cost of ownership Capital cost Ease of system management

Top 4 Criteria for Selecting Storage Systems:

Reliability Performance Integrated security features Scalability

Top 4 Storage System Characteristics:

Source: IDC’s Enterprise Infrastructure MarketPulse, 4Q19 (n=303)

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Characteristics of Ideal InfrastructureWhat steps should organizations take to solve the problem or seize the opportunity?

IDC’s Digital Transformation Platform

Source: IDC, 2018

End-to-end solutions• Edge• Core• Cloud• Ease of use

Content management capabilities

Performance and scalability requirements• Scale-out file systems on appropriate hardware

tier for performance (Hybrid, All-flash, NVMe)• Object storage for active-archive, cold storage• Tape for long-term archive

Partnerships

What to Look For:

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About the Analyst

Amita Potnis, Research Director Infrastructure Systems, Platforms, and Technologies Group, IDC

Amita Potnis is a Research Director within IDC’s Enterprise Infrastructure Practice, covering research on infrastructure for content and cloud native apps, artificial intelligence (AI), and security. Ms. Potnis specifically focuses on early-stage and emerging vendors providing advisory services in areas of product management, marketing, and market positioning. She takes a keen interest in assessing the impact of new technologies and products on established markets. Ms. Potnis also engages with clients on various custom research and consulting services.

More about Amita Potnis

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