gartner魔力象限启明星辰utm(Gartner发布首个存储和数据保护技术炒作曲线)
gartner魔力象限启明星辰utm(Gartner发布首个存储和数据保护技术炒作曲线)一个革命性的技术,居然无疾而终?难度Gartner原来的判断是错的?不过,优先级矩阵,我有点看不懂了。革命性技术只有一个iSDS了,而当年那个小甜甜Data Deduplication居然不见了。那个时候,革命性的技术还有两项,一个是数据重删,一个是iSDS。我其实也不知道Gartner为什么把数据重删放到这么高的优先级,我只能自己安慰自己说,可能未来数据爆炸,如果没有重删技术,地球上每年生产的介质估计也保存不了每年产生的数据,只能靠重删了。我出去演讲也是经常这样忽悠大家的。但今年的存储技术炒作曲线,有了很多大的变化。首先,存储技术修改为存储和数据保护技术,差点让我以为是一条全新的曲线。第二,只有23项技术了,整体曲线图比原来清爽多了。我觉得比原来的曲线美了,简约美,因为重点突出了,而且强调数据保护,体现现在第二存储的热潮,从内涵看,感觉曲线更丰满了,少即是多,
我挺喜欢曲线的,觉得曲线很美,尤其是技(美)术(女)的曲线。
Gartner的存储技术炒作曲线(Hype Cycle)一年一发,我总是认真阅读,希望从中能够参透存储的技术走向。
但并不是所有的曲线都能看懂,就像人体曲线,那是艺术品,需要悟(想)性(象),才能看出美来。
我们先来回购一下2018年的情况,那个时候,人家叫存储技术炒作曲线,没有提数据保护,最少在标题里没有体现。而且,曲线里的技术密密麻麻,好多和存储并不是强相关的,比如数据分类。
那个时候,革命性的技术还有两项,一个是数据重删,一个是iSDS。
我其实也不知道Gartner为什么把数据重删放到这么高的优先级,我只能自己安慰自己说,可能未来数据爆炸,如果没有重删技术,地球上每年生产的介质估计也保存不了每年产生的数据,只能靠重删了。我出去演讲也是经常这样忽悠大家的。
但今年的存储技术炒作曲线,有了很多大的变化。首先,存储技术修改为存储和数据保护技术,差点让我以为是一条全新的曲线。第二,只有23项技术了,整体曲线图比原来清爽多了。我觉得比原来的曲线美了,简约美,因为重点突出了,而且强调数据保护,体现现在第二存储的热潮,从内涵看,感觉曲线更丰满了,少即是多,
不过,优先级矩阵,我有点看不懂了。革命性技术只有一个iSDS了,而当年那个小甜甜Data Deduplication居然不见了。
一个革命性的技术,居然无疾而终?难度Gartner原来的判断是错的?
让我们来看一下Gartner的解释:
这个解释我不太理解,说数据重删和压缩没有达到高原前被废弃了,但没有说明具体的原因。可是前面几期都把重删的位置捧那么高,说没就没了,也不知道为什么。只有前戏,没有高潮,总是让人意犹未尽,你懂的(别打我,我以为你也是过来人,我错了,呜呜)。
除了没有了数据重删和压缩,下面的存储技术也不见了:
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Solid-state DIMMs
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Hybrid DIMMs
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Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS)
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Data classification
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Data sanitization
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Information dispersal algorithms
这个我是理解的,固态DIMM确实用得不多了,现在的潮流是SCM。不过,据说EMC的VxRail和华为的FusionStorage(现在据说要改名为Dolphin)好像一直用这种DIMM做写缓存。其他的几个特性和存储确实关系不大,去掉更突出重点。
还有,下面的这些技术被整合了:
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Data backup for mobile devices被合入enterprise endpoint backup.
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SaaS archiving of messaging data被合入enterprise information archiving.
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Hyperconverged integrated systems 和hyperconverged infrastructure 合并为hyperconvergence.
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Emerging data storage protection schemes 更名为erasure coding.
就是,超融合软件和一体机本来就是一回事,市场可以分开,技术没有必要分开,合起来更好理解。
还有,今年的曲线增加了3个技术:
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storage class memory
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immutable data vault
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data transfer and storage edge appliances
哇,SCM终于入选了,Intel多年推广的3D-XPoint终于被存储厂商采用,被收录到曲线里面来了。虽然SCM有很多厂商,但Intel这块无疑是影响力最大的。
Gartner报告还提到,2019年进步最快的4个技术是:
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erasure coding
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distributed file systems
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hyperconvergence
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infrastructure SDS
所有这些都继续显示出健康的采用率,主要是用户希望利用存储软件创新来实现基于行业标准硬件的可扩展且有弹性的存储基础架构。
最后呢,我列出这23个技术的现状和典型厂商,为了更准确,我就不翻译成中文了,很简单,大家一看就懂的。
正上升
Data Transfer and Storage Edge Appliances
Benefit Rating: Moderate
Market Penetration: 1% to 5% of target audience
Maturity: Emerging
Sample Vendors: Amazon Web Services; Google; IBM; Microsoft; Oracle
Container-Native Storage
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: 1% to 5% of target audience
Maturity: Emerging
Sample Vendors: Diamanti; Hedvig; OpenEBS; Portworx; Red Hat; Robin.io; StorageOS
Hybrid Cloud Storage
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: 1% to 5% of target audience
Maturity: Embryonic
Sample Vendors: Amazon Web Services; Microsoft; Nasuni; NetApp; Panzura; Peer Software; Qumulo; SwiftStack
Immutable Data Vault
Benefit Rating: Low
Market Penetration: 1% to 5% of target audience
Maturity: Emerging
Sample Vendors: Continuity Software; Dell EMC; IBM (Business Resiliency Services); Iron Mountain; Sheltered Harbor; Sungard Availability Services
Management Software-Defined Storage
Benefit Rating: Moderate
Market Penetration: 1% to 5% of target audience
Maturity: Emerging
Sample Vendors: DataCore Software; Dell EMC; FalconStor; HammerSpace; HubStor; IBM; Komprise; Leonovus; Nodeum; Peer Software
NVMe and NVMe-oF
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: 1% to 5% of target audience
Maturity: Emerging
Sample Vendors: Dell EMC; E8 Storage; Excelero; Hitachi Vantara; IBM; Kaminario; NetApp; Pavilion Data Systems; Pure Storage; Vexata
在山顶
Storage Class Memory
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: 1% to 5% of target audience
Maturity: Emerging
Sample Vendors: Dell EMC; E8 Storage; Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Intel; NetApp; VAST Data; Vexata
【点评】这里主要指采用SCM技术的存储公司,而不是SCM厂商本身。我们看到样本厂商里面有最新的创业公司Vast Data,这个我在Dell背书,全闪创业公司Vast Data融资80m,发誓消灭硬盘,消灭第二存储一文中有分析。其实,我觉得也Gartner也应该提一下范承工博士创办的MemVerge,他们用SCM更高级。上次和范博士喝咖啡的时候,他说Vast Data用的是3D-XPoint的SSD而已,但是他们采用的是3D-XPoint的内存形态,做的是基于SCM的超融合一体机。晒一张和偶像的合影,哈。
File Analysis
Benefit Rating: Moderate
Market Penetration: 5% to 20% of target audience
Maturity: Adolescent
Sample Vendors: Active Navigation; Adlib; Condrey; Ground Labs; Index Engines; SailPoint; STEALTHbits Technologies; TITUS; Varonis; Veritas Technologies
Cloud Data Backup
Benefit Rating: Moderate
Market Penetration: 5% to 20% of target audience
Maturity: Emerging
Sample Vendors: Actifio; Cohesity; Commvault; Dell EMC; Druva; Rubrik; Spanning Cloud Apps; Veeam; Veritas
Open-Source Storage
Benefit Rating: Moderate
Market Penetration: 1% to 5% of target audience
Maturity: Emerging
Sample Vendors: BeeGFS; Cloudera; DataDirect Networks (DDN); iXsystems; Minio; Openfiler; OpenIO; Red Hat; SUSE; SwiftStack
滑入槽
Copy Data Management
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: 1% to 5% of target audience
Maturity: Emerging
Sample Vendors: Actifio; Catalogic Software; Cohesity; Delphix; Rubrik; Veritas Technologies
Infrastructure SDS
Benefit Rating: Transformational
Market Penetration: 5% to 20% of target audience
Maturity: Adolescent
Sample Vendors: Hedvig; IBM; Nutanix; Red Hat; Scality; StorMagic; SUSE; SwiftStack; VMware; WekaIO
【点评】在这个iSDS领域,我觉得应该提一下华为的FusionStorage,今年发布了8.0,好像特性很厉害的样子。不过,据说要其将改名叫Dolphin了,因为海豚比较聪明,喜群居,代表集群智能的寓意。
Hyperconvergence
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: 20% to 50% of target audience
Maturity: Early mainstream
Sample Vendors: Cisco; Dell; HPE; Huawei; Microsoft; Nutanix; Pivot3; Red Hat; Scale Computing; VMware
Object Storage
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: 5% to 20% of target audience
Maturity: Adolescent
Sample Vendors: Caringo; Cloudian; DataDirect Networks; Dell EMC; Hitachi Vantara; IBM; NetApp; Red Hat; Scality; SwiftStack
【点评】对象存储,我觉得Gartner应该提一提中国的一些创业公司。根据我刚拿到IDC最新的19Q1中国SDS跟踪数据(过几天再和大家详细解读),中国的对象存储市场领域创业公司XSKY还是做得相当不错的。
Distributed File Systems
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: 20% to 50% of target audience
Maturity: Early mainstream
Sample Vendors: DataDirect Networks; Dell EMC; Elastifile; Huawei; IBM; Inspur; Pure Storage; Qumulo; Red Hat; WekaIO
Cloud Storage Gateways
Benefit Rating: Low
Market Penetration: 5% to 20% of target audience
Maturity: Adolescent
Sample Vendors: Amazon Web Services; Avere Systems; Ctera Networks; Dell EMC; Microsoft; Nasuni; NetApp; Panzura
Integrated Backup Appliances
Benefit Rating: Moderate
Market Penetration: 20% to 50% of target audience
Maturity: Early mainstream
Sample Vendors: Arcserve; Barracuda; Cohesity; Commvault; CTERA; Datto; Dell EMC; Rubrik; Unitrends; Veritas Technologies
爬坡
Enterprise Endpoint Backup
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: 20% to 50% of target audience
Maturity: Early mainstream
Sample Vendors: Carbonite; Code42; Commvault; Druva; Infrascale; Micro Focus
Erasure Coding
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: 20% to 50% of target audience
Maturity: Early mainstream
Sample Vendors: Caringo; DDN; Dell EMC; IBM; NetApp; NEC; Panasas; Scality; SwiftStack
Public Cloud Storage
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: More than 50% of target audience
Maturity: Mature mainstream
Sample Vendors: Alibaba Cloud; Amazon Web Services; Google; IBM; Microsoft; Oracle; Rackspace; Virtustream
Enterprise Information Archiving
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: 20% to 50% of target audience
Maturity: Early mainstream
Sample Vendors: Bloomberg; Global Relay; Google; Micro Focus; Microsoft; Mimecast; Proofpoint; Smarsh; Veritas Technologies; ZL Technologies
Virtual Machine Backup and Recovery
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: More than 50% of target audience
Maturity: Mature mainstream
Sample Vendors: Actifio; Arcserve; Cohesity; Commvault; Dell EMC; IBM; Rubrik; Unitrends; Veeam; Veritas
进入高原
Continuous Data Protection
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: More than 50% of target audience
Maturity: Mature mainstream
Sample Vendors: Actifio; Arcserve; Code42; Commvault; DataCore; Dell EMC; Druva; Microsoft; Reduxio; Zerto
【点评】在真CDP(连续捕获)这块,市场玩家不多,原来飞康做得不错,但现在飞康在市场上的声音越来越少。不过,原来飞康的联合创始人WAYNE LAM和Wai T. Lam两兄弟出来创办的CirrusData(南京有分公司)也推出了新一代CDP产品。前段时间在纽约我去拜访了CirrusData总部,Wai T. Lam说他亲自编码的新CDP非常不错,可以恢复到每个IO粒度,架构也是全新设计。我在国内看过他们的演示,感觉技术上还是不错的。这里也晒一下我和两位大拿的合影,一把年纪还在coding,不服不行。
总的来说,Gartner发布的这个2019年度的存储和数据保护技术炒作曲线,虽然有一些不足,但是还是对于我们存储人士了解市场技术变化提供了很多有用的信息。这也是我把一些关键信息分享给大家的原因。至于报告的全文,我们需要等某些公司(最可能是新Name的公司,如Vast Data)购买共享版本后大家才有机会免费看到,需要再等等了。如果哪天我找到可以共享的全文链接,我会发在这篇文章的留言里,敬请期待。
说明:上面技术里样本厂商的解读插入了我最近了解的一些相关公司的情况,我没有向这些公司要广告费,相关内容也没有经过他们审核,仅仅代表我个人的观点,和涉及的公司无关,特此声明。