In the first part of this blog I reviewed some of the new operational challenges that have to be undertaken to ensure that storage runs smoothly, and their ensuing costs.
It’s definitely a truism that the absolute cost of storage, measured per GB has continued to drop steadily over the last 15 years. In fact, when I was involved in purchasing storage hardware it was common to put in place a quarterly price reduction of around 5% on any long-term deals. Prices have dropped over time because the disk manufacturers have been able to continue to increase the capacity of data stored in a standard drive form-factor, delivering more capacity for the same physical amount of space, power and cooling.
Guest blog by Ben Foakes, Founder and Managing Director, BASE Media Cloud
Guest blog by Ben Foakes, Founder and Managing Director, BASE Media Cloud
Guest blog by Ben Foakes, Founder and Managing Director, BASE Media Cloud
We have all heard Albert Einstein’s quote “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”. Intuitively we know this is true, but it is amazing how often we ignore this advice.
Traditionally, enterprise IT had to buy their own expensive hardware. Then, the cloud came along and showed us that it doesn't have to be that way. In the cloud, you eliminate the CapEx investment and rigidity of physical storage purchases. The cloud provides significant flexibility to grow and shrink as needed. If your business requirements change, you can adjust your IT resources accordingly. Additionally, there is no need to worry about hardware in the cloud because providers take complete responsibility for making sure everything works, including hardware and software deployment and upgrades - all behind the scenes.
Recently, Simon Robinson from 451 Research wrote an update about us. I hope you take the time to read it. It’s a thoughtful and considered view, and as you’ve come to expect from 451, balanced to show both the good and the not-so-good.
Yesterday AWS announced a limited preview of an intriguing new product, the Elastic File Service (EFS), and we congratulate AWS on this important milestone.
