“Storage as a Service” – the First Steps

With the advent of the IT as a Service (ITaaS) operational model many organizations now have automation and orchestration tools to create storage provisioning workflows. This allows users to request and provision their own storage. No storage administrators required!

These new agile work environments demand faster delivery of services and increased value, while at the same time keeping costs under control.

In this Knowledge Sharing article, Geoff Clarke demonstrates how to set up a simple “Storage as a Service” capability using Automation and Orchestration plus basic storage provisioning scripts. This can then be the starting point for enabling additional services to meet your customer’s requirements as well as making you more agile.

Read the full article here.