Intelligent Data Centres Issue 04 | Page 37

FEATURE data. A data hub may have other features, like snapshots and replication, but if any of the four features are missing from a storage platform, it isn’t built for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s possibilities. For example, if a storage system delivers high throughput file and is natively scale-out but needs another system with S3 object support for cloud-native workloads, then the www.intelligentdatacentres.com unification of data is broken and the velocity of data is crippled. It is not a data hub. integrates their unique features and provides a single unified platform for business. For organisations that want to keep data stored, a data hub does not replace data warehouses or data lakes. Think of storage like a bank or an investment. We put our money in banks or in the stock market because we want our money to work for us. Modern organisations need to do the same with data and they should speak to their preferred vendors to see how they can help. For those looking to unify and share their data across teams and applications, a data hub identifies the key strengths of each silo, Issue 04 37