Software-defined Storage

Panelists: Bill Earl, VMware; David Black, EMC; Jay Kistler, Maginatics; Robert Novak, Nexenta; Umesh Maheshwari, NimbleStorage

Abstract:

In this panel, we will discuss the very controversial and timely topic of software-defined storage. What does it mean? How do we get it? Do we already have it?

Given the adoption of virtualization and the recent advent of software-defined networking, many people believe that the remaining technology needed to construct a truly agile datacenter is software-defined storage. However, every vendor has its own definition of what it means and how to construct it. Some even claim to already have it. In this panel discussion we hope to shed some light on this topic and elaborate on the requirements and challenges to construct a storage layer for the next generation of datacenters.

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