De-Mystifying Software-Defined Storage

Software-defined Storage (SDS) is being spoken about everywhere these days and various definitions of SDS are floating! This write-up is an attempt to represent SDS in simple language! Storage has traditionally been defined and managed in software only – create LUNs/volumes or NFS/CIFS shares on storage arrays and export them! So, why is the industry abuzz with Software-defined Storage and how is this different?



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