Just like the mechanical hard drive, the legacy storage consumption model is a relic of a bygone era.
For as long as IT vendors have been shipping enterprise-class storage systems, customers have had to endure consistent and costly refresh cycles. By needlessly forcing the hardware and software buying experiences together, customers have had no choice but to consistently upgrade their entire infrastructure to take advantage of the latest features and releases. With ever-growing data volumes each migration becomes more complex, takes more time and increases disruption for end users and applications.