Software Defined Storage will change how you budget for storage

Server room interior IT has traditionally worked out its storage requirements by looking at data growth levels and making a projection. It has generally paid for increases by replacing old arrays – in an asset management life cycle – and put new costs into specific projects, for example, paying for a storage cost in a new business process—even sneaking it in. But as the African market moves to software defined storage, businesses should have one storage pool, one storage budget,…