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Global data storage problems 2016-2017

Leading problems for data storage worldwide in 2016 and 2017

The data describes the pain points for data storage in 2016 and 2017, according to IT decision-makers. It reveals that 47% IT decision-makers had problems that stemmed from the growth of data and capacity.

Data/capacity growth 55 47
Meeting disaster recovery requirements 29 31
High cost of storage (Capex) 30 25
Growth from new applications 10 22
Delivering adequate storage performance (e.g. throughput, IOPS) 29 22
Storage migrations 13 21
Managing data stored with third parties/cloud environments 19
High cost of storage (Opex) 18 16
Meeting compliance/regulatory/governance requirements 14 16
Lack of skilled staff 14 16
Multiple storage silos 17 15
Meeting backup Windows 17 13
Other 5 3