A single, more flexible approach to storage generally better addresses business needs in the move from traditional IT architecture to a design-for-services paradigm. So says Mark Edwards, director of product and services at Intuate Group, a NetApp certified reseller, who maintains that multiple storage tiering can make it more difficult to achieve the economies of scale so critical to IT success.
“The beauty of tierless storage is that it is able to deliver multiple classes of service (COS) from a single storage infrastructure, a move that cuts the management overhead through a single management environment while also providing greater flexibility in meeting the needs of the design-for-service IT model.”