<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
defined	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
data	O
centric	O
approach	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
marketing	O
term	O
for	O
managing	O
,	O
protecting	O
,	O
and	O
realizing	O
value	O
from	O
data	O
by	O
combining	O
application	O
,	O
information	O
and	O
storage	O
tiers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
defined	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
focuses	O
on	O
metadata	O
with	O
an	O
emphasis	O
on	O
the	O
content	O
,	O
meaning	O
and	O
value	O
of	O
information	O
over	O
the	O
media	O
,	O
type	O
and	O
location	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Media	O
Independent	O
Data	O
Storage	O
:	O
Data	B-General_Concept
defined	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
removes	O
media	O
centric	O
data	O
storage	O
boundaries	O
within	O
and	O
across	O
solid-state	B-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
cloud	O
storage	O
and	O
tape	B-Architecture
storage	I-Architecture
platforms	O
,	O
enables	O
linear	O
scale	O
out	O
functionality	O
through	O
a	O
grid	B-Architecture
based	I-Architecture
Map	B-Operating_System
Reduce	I-Operating_System
architecture	O
that	O
leverages	O
enterprise	O
object	B-Application
storage	I-Application
technology	O
and	O
provides	O
transparent	O
data	O
access	O
across	O
globally	O
distributed	O
repositories	O
for	O
high	O
volume	O
storage	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
Security	O
&	O
Identity	O
Management	O
:	O
Data	B-General_Concept
defined	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
allows	O
organizations	O
to	O
gain	O
end-to-end	O
identity	O
management	O
down	O
to	O
the	O
individual	O
user	O
and	O
device	O
level	O
to	O
address	O
growing	O
enterprise	O
mobility	B-Application
requirements	O
and	O
enhanced	O
data	O
security	O
and	O
information	B-Protocol
governance	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distributed	O
Metadata	O
Repository	O
:	O
Data	B-General_Concept
defined	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
enables	O
organizations	O
to	O
virtualize	B-Application
aggregate	I-Application
file	I-Application
systems	I-Application
into	O
a	O
single	O
global	B-General_Concept
namespace	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
defined	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
builds	O
on	O
the	O
benefits	O
of	O
both	O
object	B-Application
storage	I-Application
and	O
software-defined	O
storage	O
technologies	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
object	O
and	O
software-defined	O
storage	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
mapped	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
data	B-General_Concept
defined	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
's	O
three	O
main	O
pillars	O
:	O
media	O
independent	O
data	O
storage	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
a	O
media	O
agnostic	O
infrastructure	O
-	O
utilizing	O
any	O
type	O
of	O
storage	O
,	O
including	O
low	O
cost	O
commodity	O
storage	O
to	O
scale	O
out	O
to	O
petabyte-level	O
capacities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
defined	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
unifies	O
all	O
data	O
repositories	O
and	O
exposes	O
globally	O
distributed	O
stores	O
through	O
the	O
global	B-General_Concept
namespace	I-General_Concept
,	O
eliminating	O
data	O
silos	O
and	O
improving	O
storage	O
utilization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	B-General_Concept
defined	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
term	O
might	O
have	O
been	O
mentioned	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	B-General_Concept
defined	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
term	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
object	B-Application
storage	I-Application
with	O
open	O
protocol	O
access	O
for	O
file	O
system	O
virtualization	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
CIFS	B-Operating_System
,	O
NFS	B-Protocol
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
as	O
well	O
as	O
REST	B-Protocol
APIs	I-Protocol
and	O
other	O
cloud	O
protocols	O
such	O
as	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
S3	I-General_Concept
,	O
CDMI	B-General_Concept
and	O
OpenStack	B-Application
.	O
</s>
