Survey Reveals Tech Trends Reshaping Data Storage
August 21 2018 - 12:57PM
Offering the most comprehensive portrait yet of the technology
trends reshaping data storage, the Enterprise Storage Forum 2018
Data Storage Trends survey provides essential data points for
storage professionals. The Survey results offer insight on budgets,
buying decisions and hiring trends, along with a portrait of how
competing emerging technologies are supporting an ever increasing
storage workload.The Survey reveals that not only has Cloud seen
wide adoption, it has become the dominant storage medium for
storage, reflecting a generational shift. The Survey also shows how
flash adoption has surged as prices have fallen, yet traditional
hard disk drives continue to hold a significant storage load
– contradicting the “flash is taking over” hype. Additionally,
demonstrating the urgent need to invest in storage given today’s
data intensive environment, the survey shows that it’s a rare
company that plans to decrease storage budget.Among the survey’s
many compelling results:
- Cloud Dominates, HDD Tops SSD: Even as the Survey shows
competing emerging technologies like software defined storage and
Flash gaining adoption, the clear winner is Cloud, with 68%
respondents reporting Cloud usage. This clearly tops the second
most prevalent, hard disk drive, at 58%. Furthermore, future buying
expectations will extend Cloud dominance, the survey notes.
- Key Reasons for Purchasing: Cost vs. Performance: The
survey reveals the major challenge that companies face in building
storage platforms capable of handling today’s intense work loads.
The most popular key quality that respondents look for in new
technology purchases is a statistical tie between “performance” and
“cost savings,” at 72% and 71%, respectively. Other leading buying
factors included “greater scalability” and “security,” which tied
at 50%.
- Two Major Pain Points: High Costs and Aging Gear: Survey
respondents indicated that their biggest challenge in operating
their current storage infrastructure is a mix of “high costs” and
“aging gear.” This demonstrates that while hardware needs a refresh
– and businesses realize this – companies face a significant
struggle with the high costs of maintaining today’s storage
infrastructure.
Methodology
In total, 374 global IT professionals responded to the Data
Storage Trends 2018 survey, with titles varying widely, from Senior
Manager, Director, Vice President, C-Level and Owner. The survey
was administered online between July 2018 to August 2018.About
Enterprise Storage ForumEnterprise Storage Forum provides data
storage professionals with in-depth technical and business insights
by focusing exclusively on the products, trends and technology of
the storage industry. Its contributors include an extensive array
of journalists, independent analysts and consultants, and storage
industry experts.ESF’s Managing Editor is James Maguire, an
award-winning journalist who has regularly interviewed top
executives and other tech thought leaders during his decade in the
technology field.
James Maguire
Enterprise Storage Forum
jmaguire@quinstreet.com
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