Challenges such as containing storage costs and managing data growth aren't new to any admins operating in this century. Scale-out storage architectures have been a good remedy to these challenges, but the approaches various vendors take to their unique scale-out techs vary radically. However, if done right, a virtualized scale-out approach can enhance your resource utilization, efficiency and reduce complexities.

In this paper, ESG Senior Analyst Terri McClure discusses the challenges of maintaining reasonable storage costs and managing data growth, and evaluates one vendor's approach to scale-out storage designed for efficiency and agility. Read on for more!