10.4 Software Defined Networking (SDN) Introduction
Traditionally in any data center, a switch or a router consists of a data plane and a control plane. The function of the data...
10.3 Software Defined Storage Architecture Overview
The below diagram shows the generic architecture of a software-defined storage environment. Although the physical storage devices themselves are central to SDS, they are...
10.2 Software Defined Storage (SDS) Introduction
In a traditional data centers, there are several challenges in provisioning and managing storage in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Some key challenges the...
10.1 Unified Storage Systems Introduction
In any enterprise data center, different storage systems (block-based, file-based, and object-based storage) are deployed to meet the needs of different applications. In many...
9.4 Using Object based Storage systems for Cloud Services
Object based storage is a new storage technology and designed especially for the cloud users. The capabilities or features of OSD such as multi-tenancy, scalability,...
9.3 How data is stored and retrieved from Object based Storage Systems
Unlike SAN and NAS storage systems where data is accessed through block and file level respectively, Object based storage systems stores and retrieves any...