Storage Considerations for Big Data Storage
Big data is, well, big. The Data revolution is here. The rate at which data is being created is accelerating at an exponential rate. I was recently reading that by 2020, the total data in the universe will grow from 3.2 zettabytes to 40 zettabytes (Roughly a billion terabytes in one zettabyte). Such massive amount of data is creating many challenges for big data storage and access. Worldwide, there are more than 500,000 data centers, covering square footage area equal to about 6,000 football fields (Source: Emerson Network Power). For organizations to be able to take advantage of big data, what is needed is the real-time analysis and reporting while providing efficient storage and processing of the massive data. Let’s look at some of the challenges in the big data storage - Security Data security and sensitivity are huge issues. To protect the high value data from intrusion, theft, cyber-attacks, or corruption, data scientist need to take extra care. Cons...