Data volumes continue to grow exponentially, and there’s no end in sight. IDC predicts that the amount of commercial data in storage will be 12.8 ZB by 2026. A typical novel contains 1 MB of data and is about 12 mm thick, so 12.8 ZB of data in novelized form would create nearly 400,000 stacks of books, with each stack rising all the way to the moon.
Accessing this data and keeping it available for end-users is a critical capability for a modern business. When data is unavailable or worse, lost, the consequences can be dire: unhappy customers, lost revenue, even compliance or legal ramifications.
