“Software Defined Storage” SNIA Whitepaper from Leah Schoeb

Evaluator Group analyst and SNIA Board Member recently published a whitepaper for SNIA entitled “Software Defined Storage.” The description of the paper is taken from SNIA Europe’s website.

This new whitepaper takes a look into attributes of SDS, the role of Metadata and SDS within the Software Defined Data Center. Download the paper here. 

Table of contents:

• Introduction
• Attributes of Software Defined Storage
• Differentiation of SDS
• Necessary Software Defined Storage Functionality
• The Users View of Software Defined Storage
• The Role of Metadata
• The SDS Big Picture
• Metadata in CDMI
• SDS as an integral component of the Software Defined Data Center
• About the SNIA