Software Defined Storage and Hyperconverged Infrastructure: Insights From the Field
About the Speakers
Scott D. Lowe, vExpert
Seth Knox
Partner and Co-Founder ActualTech Media
VP of Product Marketing Atlantis
Introduction
1,267 Respondents
53 Countries
48 U.S. States
The Hypervisor Landscape Hypervisor Status Current 61%
58%
60%
Future
50% 40%
40% 30%
30%
29% 25%
20% 10%
16%
14% 14% 10%
9% 4%
10% 9%
9%
11% 9%
4%
9% 4%
5%
0% VMware vSphere 4.x
VMware vSphere 5.x
VMware vSphere 6.x
Microsoft Microsoft Citrix Hyper-V – Hyper-V – XenServer 5.x Server 2008 or Server 2012 or R2 R2
Citrix XenServer 6.x
KVM
Oracle
Docker containers
We will not be using any hypervisors or container tools
The Storage Capacity Picture Overall Storage Capacity 0.00% We have no shared storage at this location
Less than 5 TB
5.00%
10.00%
4%
20.00%
25.00%
18% 7%
9% 11%
5 TB to 10 TB
10%
12%
10 TB to 20 TB
10% 16%
20 TB to 50 TB
11%
12%
50 TB to 100 TB
11%
11%
100 TB to 200 TB
200 TB to 500 TB
9%
500 TB to 1 PB
9%
More than 1 PB
15.00%
7% 8% 7%
10%
8% Primary Location
Aggregated Remote Locations
30.00%
Annual Data Growth Outlook Data Growth 20%
18%
16%
14%
12%
10%
19.1% 16.3%
8%
12.6%
6%
10.6% 4%
9.8%
7.7% 5.9%
2%
4.6%
4.6% 1.6%
1.5% 0% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
1.3%
0.9%
0.8%
1.2%
0.7%
0.4%
0.4%
55%
60%
65%
70%
75%
80%
85%
0.0% 90%
0.1% 95%
0.2% 100%
Types of Storage in Use 80 75% 70
60 55% 50
40
30 21%
21%
20
16%
10
0 Disk-based storage array
Hybrid storage array
All flash storage array
Software defined storage system
Hyperconverged infrastructure
The Future State of Storage
Hybrid storage array
53%
Disk-based storage array
53%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
38%
6%
56%
All flash storage array
35%
5%
60%
Software defined storage system
35%
4%
61%
Hyperconverged infrastructure
40%
7%
28%
19%
30.00% Will stay the same
40.00%
50.00%
Will be decommissioned
60.00% We will add more
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
100.00%
Technology Adoption Plans Which technologies are you most likely to adopt?
49%
50
44%
45 40
38%
35
32%
30
26% 25 20 15 10 5 0
Software defined storage
Hyperconverged infrastructure
All flash array
Cloud-based storage services
Traditional SAN/NAS/Shared Storage
Use of Flash 70%
62% 60%
50%
What percentage of your datacenter storage is currently Flash or Solid State Based?
40%
30%
20%
20%
13% 10%
5% 1% 0%
0% to 10%
10% to 20%
20% to 50%
More than 50% but less than 100%
100%
SDS and HCI Performance Our software defined storage/hyperconverged infrastructure solution is as fast as an all flash system 14%
Our software defined storage/hyperconverged infrastructure solution is about as fast as our disk-based SAN 34% Our software defined storage/hyperconverged infrastructure solution is faster than our disk-based SAN 36%
Our software defined storage/hyperconverged infrastructure solution is slower than our disk-based SAN 16%
SDS or HCI Adoption Definite 2%
Very likely 13%
What is the likelihood for your company to adopt software defined storage or hyperconverged infrastructure within the next 2 to 3 years?
No chance 6%
Not likely 26%
Possible 53%
Software Defined Storage: Cost Experience What has been your experience in each of the following areas following your adoption of software defined storage? 37%
Power and cooling costs: SDS
46%
35%
Data center space: SDS
41%
23%
49%
Performance: SDS
40%
19%
Personnel cost: SDS
25%
55%
34%
Acquisition cost: SDS
0%
10%
11%
56%
24%
Support cost: SDS
17%
22%
41% 20%
30%
40% Better
50% No change
Worse
25% 60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Hyperconverged Infrastructure: Cost Experience What has been your experience in each of the following areas following your adoption of hyperconverged infrastructure?
Power and cooling costs: HCI
50%
Data center space: HCI
51%
34%
16%
31%
18%
59%
Performance: HCI
35%
32%
Personnel cost: HCI
Support cost: HCI
31%
Acquisition cost: HCI
32% 0%
10%
6%
43%
25%
45%
24%
36% 20%
30%
40% Better
50% No change
Worse
33% 60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
SDS and HCI: Comparing Cost Experiences Power and cooling costs Data center space
SDS
System performance
SDS
SDS
Acquisition cost
Support cost
SDS
Personnel cost
What has been your experience in each of the following areas following your adoption of SDS and HCI?
16%
34%
50%
HCI
17%
46%
37%
23%
41%
35%
18%
31%
51%
HCI
25%
56%
19%
0%
10%
33%
36%
32%
HCI
25%
41%
34%
SDS
24%
45%
31%
HCI
22%
55%
24%
SDS
25%
43%
32%
HCI
6%
35%
59%
HCI
11%
40%
49%
20%
30%
40%
50% Better
No change
60% Worse
70%
80%
90%
100%
SDS and HCI: Comparing Cost Experiences Power and cooling costs Data center space
SDS
System Performance
SDS
SDS
Acquisition cost
Support cost
SDS
Personnel cost
What has been your experience in each of the following areas following your adoption of SDS and HCI? Atlantis Respondents Only 32%
36%
32%
28%
28%
44%
25%
33%
42%
HCI
33%
25%
42%
HCI
8%
40%
52%
33%
25%
42%
24%
40%
36%
SDS
32%
40%
28%
HCI
28%
20%
52%
SDS
17%
42%
42%
HCI
10%
20%
30%
8%
25%
67%
HCI 0%
0%
33%
67%
HCI
40%
50% Better
No change
60% Worse
70%
80%
90%
100%
SDS and HCI Adoption Immediately 1%
6 to 12 months 14%
Uncertain 27%
In what timeframe do you believe you might begin a transition to software defined storage or hyperconverged infrastructure?
3 to 6 months 3%
12 to 18 months 27%
24 to 36 months 10%
18 to 24 months 18%
Adoption Decision Criteria What are your key decision criteria around your adoption of Software Defined Storage or Hyperconverged Infrastructure? 100%
90%
20%
80%
45%
44%
42%
36%
33%
17%
17%
14%
53%
55%
33%
31%
13%
31%
60%
70% 72%
68%
68%
60% 52% 50%
40%
54% 47%
30%
48%
57%
59%
54%
50%
56%
49%
36%
20% 25%
28%
28% 28%
10%
0%
14%
3%
4%
4%
5%
Performance
High availability
Cost
Scalability
8%
8%
9%
10%
11%
Hardware support
Replication
Hypervisor support
Data reduction
Complexity
Not important
Somewhat important
24%
30%
38%
13%
Single point of Hybrid cloud support Very important
Form factor
Server brand
REST API
All flash Stretched configurations cluster (AKA metro cluster)
Thoughts on Form Factor I prefer a software only solution that I can install on my own choice of hardware 18%
Which statement best describes your thoughts on form factor?
I am looking at both kinds of solutions to meet different needs 57%
I prefer an appliance-based solution that includes software and hardware integrated into an appliance 25%