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I D C T E C H N O L O G Y S P O T L I G H T Object - Based Storage: The Need for Decentralized Scale - Out Architectures February 2015 Adapted from IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Object-Based Storage 2014 Vendor Assessment , by Ashish Nadkarni, IDC #253055 Sponsored by NetApp The growth in unstructured data continues to push the limitations of traditional storage architectures. This has led to newer highly scalable technologies such as object-based storage (OBS) gaining momentum. Object-based storage (OBS) solutions offer the ability to access and manage data using RESTful protocols that enable scaling via a geographically dispersed namespace. Unlike traditional scale-up architectures, which largely rely on the capabilities of the controllers to dictate scalability in terms of performance and capacity, OBS enables organizations to add processing power or storage capacity independently, as applications may require. The ability to scale capacity across multiple datacenters, while maintaining a single virtual view, also ensures accessibility and resiliency. This Technology Spotlight examines the reasons behind the growth in adoption of OBS architectures, and also looks at the role that NetApp’s StorageGRID Webscale plays in this strategically important market. Introduction Simply put, object storage is a type of storage architecture in which data is stored as objects in logical containers and not in a file system hierarchy or as blocks of data on hard drive sectors or magnetic tape tracks. It’s a higher level of service, and allows the data to be associated with rich metadata. The object contains not only the original data, but also an additional amount of metadata that describes the data, a digital fingerprint (which enables verification that data has not been altered in any way and ensures correct data is given back to the application), and a global unique identifier, which makes t