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As the storage industry moves from systems based on proprietary hardware to systems that take advantage of commodity x85 servers, software-defined storage has emerged as an opportunity for innovation, enabling vendors to implement new technology more quickly and accommodate new deployment types.
However, SDS comes with some trade-offs, not the least of which is that installing, configuring, and tuning software requires more skill than simply installing an appliance.
Access this GigaOm report for a complete software-defined storage market analysis, including a comparison of the top 12 vendors in the space.