Lower the Cost of Storage

Benefit from cloud-like agility and economics

EvolutionThe old ways of storing and archiving data are changing to accommodate growing amounts of data and demand for anytime, anywhere access to information. Software-defined storage is a server virtualisation technology that combines the simplicity and agility of cloud with the cost benefits of industry standard servers. It moves beyond virtual machines to virtual data stores and transforms systems into a single, logical pool of cost-effective storage resources that are easily integrated and managed within your data centre.Ease the load with software-defined storage technologiesData centre footprints and budgets cannot keep pace with data storage requirements.Storing data in the public cloud can ease the load. But as your data grows and you need to access it more frequently, cloud services can become expensive, while the sovereignty of that data is out of your control.

"IT pros recognise Cisco as a leader in a package design and embedded networking tailored for hosting software-defined storage workloads. "

– 2017 Brand Leader Survey Report

Software-defined storage allows you to shift large amounts of unstructured data to cost-effective, flexible solutions located on-premises. This assures performance and data sovereignty while reducing storage costs over time.What our technology partners say

With Cisco UCS, you get to choose from C-Series Rack Servers and S-Series Storage Servers, making it easy to get the right capacity and performance for software-defined storage.Validated solutions combine our servers with software from a broad ecosystem of partners to simplify the task of pooling IT resources and storing data across systems. Crucially, role- and policy-based management means you can configure hundreds of storage servers as easily as you can configure one. Learn more about software-defined storage