Tarmin Defines and Refines Data Defined Storage Tarmin [1] steps away from media dependent storage and reliance on costly physical infrastructure to a more storage-centric approach to gain value from massive data flows. We caught up with Shahbaz Ali, CEO/Founder of Tarmin, to getting a better understanding of what his company does and what data defined storage is all about. insideBIGDATA: I understand that Tarmin is all about Data Defined Storage. Can you please tell the uninitiated among us what that is exactly? And can you tell us a little about the origins of the technology. Shahbaz Ali: Data Defined Storage is a next generation storage and data management platform built around the notion of data centricity, which differs from traditional storage [2] architectures that tend to have a ‘media centric’ focus. A media centric focus generally relies on throwing more infrastructure elements (disks, etc.) to resolve a number of problems associated with massive data growth. Today’s organizations need to do more than just store data, they need to find ways to gain value from data. Data Defined Storage focuses on metadata (the data about data) with an emphasis on the content, meaning and value of information instead of the media, type and location of data. This approach enables organizations to take a single scale-out, unified approach to managing unstructured data across large, distributed locations which erases the legacy silo information storage barriers, reduces risk and provides greater business agility, enhance decision making and ultimately, a more productive work force.
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Tarmin Defines and Refines Data Defined
Storage
Tarmin[1] steps away from media dependent storage and reliance on costly physical
infrastructure to a more storage-centric approach to gain value from massive data flows.
We caught up with Shahbaz Ali, CEO/Founder of Tarmin, to getting a better
understanding of what his company does and what data defined storage is all about.
insideBIGDATA: I understand that Tarmin is all about Data Defined Storage. Can you
please tell the uninitiated among us what that is exactly? And can you tell us a little about
the origins of the technology.
Shahbaz Ali: Data Defined Storage is a next generation storage and data management
platform built around the notion of data centricity, which differs from traditional
storage [2]architectures that tend to have a ‘media centric’
focus. A media centric focus generally relies on throwing more infrastructure elements
(disks, etc.) to resolve a number of problems associated with massive data growth.
Today’s organizations need to do more than just store data, they need to find ways to
gain value from data. Data Defined Storage focuses on metadata (the data about data)
with an emphasis on the content, meaning and value of information instead of the
media, type and location of data. This approach enables organizations to take a single
scale-out, unified approach to managing unstructured data across large, distributed
locations which erases the legacy silo information storage barriers, reduces risk and
provides greater business agility, enhance decision making and ultimately, a more