| |October 20179CIOReviewThe combination of hybrid cloud technology and classification of data will go a long way to alleviate the pain points that organizations are striving to bring under control of data storage ­ traditional on premise, or the public cloud. On-prem storage option gave full control over an organizations's data, however the costs can rapidly esca-late. The public cloud allowed many companies to scale and grow their business at a global level. But certain industries and organizations will have to face concerns around data residency and sovereignty.Straddling both these areas is the hybrid cloud. Rather than sticking with one or the other option, hy-brid cloud allows organizations and companies to have the best of both worlds ­ the accessibility of data and information, along with the cost benefits and scale con-siderations of the public cloud. The hybrid cloud object storage is a new approach that helps organizations de-cide where data must be stored, with reference to the needs of the company and that of the business. The many benefits of Hybrid Cloud are: Its flexibility allows enterprises to choose the deployment options that would work best for their data workloads· It enables companies to scale and adjust object storage on a workload basis· The streamlined and simplified object storage ap-proach allows the same technology both on cloud and on premises· Its ability to handle unpredictable data growth while balancing storage, cost, performances, compliance de-mands, and location across data and applications is com-mendable· It creates new business models with relevant services and applications by storing data and enhances trans-formative customer experiences thereby facilitating in-novation, interaction and analysisAnother key development in the data storage indus-try is the classification of data, and newer ways to quan-tify and qualify usage patterns. And extending it to the cost benefit analysis. In this new era, data is classified into three categories based on usage patterns: · Hot data (Frequently Accessed)· Warm data (Infrequently Accessed)· Cold data (Rarely Accessed)For any data in the organization, the temperature will now be a significant factor while zeroing in on the optimal storage location. For instance, frequently ac-cessed data requires high availability and quick access whereas infrequently accessed data can be placed in a slower or rather less costly repository. This classification however is not static. Data sets can vary in temperature, going from frequently accessed by HR during the review cycles, to rarely accessed at all other times of the year. A fluid, modular hybrid cloud storage option will keep a close watch on data require-ments, and allow organizations to optimally store all the data, at all times. In certain instances, data manage-ment and movement could also be automated based on governing principals. The combination of hybrid cloud technology and classification of data will go a long way to alleviate the pain points that organizations are striving to bring un-der control. The very hybrid nature of the object storage will make sure that accessibility of the information is not compromised when cost comes to the fore, while temperature sequence of the data in question assures an optimal storage option. Vikas Arora
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