SOFTWARE DEFINED STORAGE MARKET ANALYSIS

Software Defined Storage MarketSize and Trends

Software-defined storage (SDS) is a marketing term for computer data storage software that defines policy-based provisioning and management of data storage. The process does not depend on the underlying hardware and includes a form of storage virtualization to separate the storage hardware from the software that manages it. A software-defined storage environment may also provide policy management for features such as data deduplication, replication, thin provisioning, snapshots and backup. Software-defined storage may be implemented via appliances over a conventional Storage Area Network (SAN), or implemented as Network-Attached Storage (NAS), or using object-based storage. SDS offers benefits such as improved system performance, web facilitation, and reducing maintenance cost, that have increased demand for SDS. Furthermore, increasing in data pool is major factor contributing to growth of the market. According to Coherent Market Insights’ analysis, around 2.6 Quintillion bytes of data is generated each day worldwide.

Solution segment held the dominant position in global software defined storage market in 2016

On the basis of component, the software defined storage market is segmented into solution and services. The solution segment held the dominant position in the market and is projected to retain its dominance throughout the forecast period. Increasing adoption of data security plays a key role for growth of the market. Most organizations have to mandatorily follow compliance guidelines and policies for sharing and storing data for securing critical information related to business operations. The integration of security and compliance solution in existing software defined storage solution have increased the demand for supportive solutions.

Increasing adoption of big data based technology plays a key role for the growth of the market

Rising demand for analyzing big data plays a key role for growth of the software defined storage market. High flexibility and cost saving are some of the major advantages that increased demand for software defined storage solutions. The increasing unstructured data from social media conversations, email, wireless devices, media-rich content and other sources have increased demand for software defined storage solution to better manage big data.