The Gartner paper doesn’t look at object storage, which we think may be a limiting factor, especially as combined file and object offerings are becoming common. It leaves us asking if the mid-spectrum hybrid cloud file data services players face having their capabilities provided as features by the next-generation file platforms on the one hand and the hybrid cloud file platforms on the other. Palmer really nails it with the a tripartite viewpoint, which is a neat way to group vendors and then to compare them in the three categories and map their capabilities to an organization’s needs and direction. Hammerspace is pioneering its data orchestration technology. Komprise also has a migration offering but is better known for its file lifecycle management capabilities, as is Nodeum. The mid-spectrum players provide file data services, such as migration – Atempo, Data Dobi, Data Dynamics, Peer Software and WANdisco, for example. Nor have we looked at the public cloud suppliers themselves or Huawei or Oracle as being in this category. We have covered CTERA, Nasuni and Panzura often, also LucidLink and to an extent Vcinity, but not really included Zadara in this category. Weka is there already.Īt the other end of this spectrum – hybrid cloud file data services are in the middle – are the hybrid cloud file platforms. Next-generation file platforms have characteristics such as “being designed to integrate and leverage public cloud IaaS.” Vendors like NetApp and Qumulo have become software-defined and ported their filer operating systems to the public cloud, providing a file system and services abstraction layer covering the on-premises and public cloud worlds.
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