Scale-Out NAS- Tackling Enterprise Big Data Problems of Today

Storage can be a tricky factor for an enterprise, especially when they are running storage space. The problem is not generally with storage itself. It works fine until the enterprise has to grow and scale up some more storage. This is because enterprises want to scale while staying in the same namespace and this is not possible with traditional storage options.

This is why scale-out NAS is preferred as it offers unlimited scalability to the enterprises while also staying in the same namespace.

Scale-Out NAS Tackles Space & Performance Issues

The basic feature of scale-out NAS is of course, scalability. Enterprises can add more storage capacity with scale-out NAS. Enterprises can easily add terabytes to petabytes of storage capacity while also staying in the same namespace.

What this does is that it rules out any compatibility issues that an enterprise may face if they had to get multiple devices to add more storage space. Other than this, a lot of datacenter physical storage space is also saved as everything is done in a single device, while staying in the same namespace.

Furthermore, since it is scale-out, enterprises can add more performance as well. This is because each node has its own processor and system memory. So, by add more storage nodes, system performance is also being increased which can benefit the overall performance of the enterprise a lot.

Scale-Out NAS Boxes

To tackle the problem of data growth and to meet the need for more storage capacity, vendors are offering scale-out boxes also. These scale-out boxes enable enterprises to add more storage. In order to add more storage, enterprises add a box and it becomes part of their system.

A scale-out box is managed from the center and allows enterprises to enlarge their storage pool using a single namespace, without having to shift terabytes to petabytes of data around in order to balance the load across multiple boxes.

Scale-out boxes also reduce the time that is spent on management of the storage per gigabyte. It also saves on power and cooling as well as enterprises are not running as much separate units, each with its own built-in infrastructure. It is all in the same namespace.

All of these benefits make cloud based NAS an excellent choice for enterprises that are dealing with big data and/or want to add more storage space while also staying in the same namespace.

Conclusion

Scale-out NAS offers many benefits to enterprises and acts as a life saver, especially for those enterprises that deal with a lot of big data regularly. It not only adds more storage space but also adds more performance to the system as well.