Software-defined infrastructure has become a popular choice for enterprises seeking to modernize and consolidate systems for new digital business initiatives, especially those that require an expansion of IT resources. Software-driven storage can offer advantages over traditional SAN and NAS systems, easing the scaling of performance and capacity across industry-standard server nodes. Flexible deployment options and automation capabilities can help reduce the complexity of provisioning, operating, and managing storage infrastructure for IT organizations that need to stay agile to respond to changing business needs. Software-defined infrastructure platforms, such as Dell Technologies’ Dell PowerFlex with Intel Xeon processors, are designed to support a diverse set of traditional and modern cloud-native workloads, including relational databases, NoSQL databases, and throughput-intensive analytics applications.
IDC conducted research on the value and benefit that organizations are achieving through the use of Dell PowerFlex to run and manage important business workloads. The research included in-depth interviews with seven companies that have experience with and knowledge about the benefits and costs of using the Dell PowerFlex platform.