Started by a few internet and cloud providers in the
United States, hyperscale data centers (HSDCs) have
now spread across the globe to meet unprecedented
data storage requirements. According to the Cisco
Global Cloud Index Report, the world’s HSDCs are
poised to grow from 338 in 2016 to 628 by 2021. That
means 290 “hyperscale-lite” datacenters are ascending
to become full HSDCs and will begin to experience
many of the extreme “startup to scale” challenges of
their HSDC predecessors. As the expense and volume
of data grows relentlessly every year, the need for more
economical and advanced storage solutions to contain
this demand is growing in parallel. HSDCs are now ready
to catch up and take advantage of the economics of tape
at scale.
