Stretch Flash and Primary Capacity without Penalty
Memory costs keep surging. Supply is limited. Avoid budget overruns and project delays. Maximize your hot capacity with Komprise Flash Stretch to optimize cold data tiering and quantify savings without the limitations of storage-tiering.
Introducing Komprise Flash Stretch
Visibility
Tiering Policies
Tiering Destination
Cost Savings
Rehydration Penalty
AI Readiness
Others
Limited to none
Limited cooling period, one-size-fits-all
Limited
Limited storage blocks
Upon access and migration
None
Why Komprise?
Full analytics across multi-vendor NAS, cloud
Flexible age ranges and custom to each use case or department
Any File, Object or cloud tier
All cold file storage and backup
No penalty for access or migration
Fully native AI-ready data at each tier
Others
Why Komprise?
Visibility
Limited to none
Full analytics across multi-vendor NAS, cloud
Tiering Policies
Limited cooling period, one-size-fits-all
Flexible age ranges and custom to each use case or department
Tiering Destination
Limited
Any File, Object or cloud tier
Cost Savings
Limited storage blocks
All cold file storage and backup
Rehydration Penalty
Upon access and migration
No penalty for access or migration
AI Readiness
None
Fully native AI-ready data at each tier
Stretch Storage Capacity, Reduce Costs
Maximize capacity with comprehensive Flash Stretch assessment.
- Analyze across multi-vendor NAS and cloud
- Recommend optimal cold file tiering based on your enterprise requirements
- Project savings for various cloud and object tiering destinations so you can choose the best option
- Show savings from eliminating storage-tiering rehydration penalty that forces IT to buy more of the original storage if switching vendors
- Show backup savings using Komprise Intelligent Tiering which shrinks the entire primary file footprint.
File Tiering without Hidden Costs
Tier without the rehydration penalty of storage-tiering.
- Transparently tier files by policy.
- Users and applications continue to access tiered files without changes.
- No rehydration penalty for access or migration
- No vendor lock-in.
- Full flexibility in choice of tiering destination.
Ready to reduce storage costs and optimize primary storage utilization?
Schedule a call with our team to discuss the Flash Stretch Assessment.
AI-Ready Data Without Lock-In
Indexed, AI-ready data with native access from every tier.
- AI-ready data that can be enriched with contextual metadata using KAPPA data services.
- Tiered files accessible in native format without storage lock-in.
- Maximize flexibility and future-proof your unstructured data.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Komprise Flash Stretch Assessment?
The Komprise Flash Stretch Assessment is an analytics-driven evaluation of your unstructured data that identifies how to reclaim up to 70% of primary storage capacity. It analyzes data usage across file and object storage, identifies inactive data ready for tiering, and models cost savings, helping enterprise IT organizations extend the life of existing flash infrastructure without vendor lock-in.
Why are storage costs rising so quickly?
Storage costs are rising due to a surge in demand for AI infrastructure combined with limited supply of memory components like DRAM and NAND flash. As vendors prioritize high-performance systems for AI workloads, enterprises face higher prices, longer procurement cycles, and increased pressure on IT budgets.
Read the blog: Storage and Memory Price Hikes Call for Unstructured Data Action
How can organizations reduce storage costs without buying more hardware?
The most effective way to reduce storage costs is to optimize existing capacity. This includes identifying inactive data, moving it to lower-cost storage tiers, and automating data lifecycle management. By aligning storage performance with actual data usage, organizations can significantly reduce costs while maintaining access and performance for active workloads.
Why is intelligent data tiering critical during a memory price surge?
During periods of rising memory and flash prices, storing inactive data on expensive primary storage becomes unsustainable. Intelligent data tiering ensures that cold data is automatically moved to lower-cost storage while remaining transparently accessible. This reduces reliance on costly flash infrastructure and helps organizations avoid unnecessary upgrades.
Learn more about Komprise Intelligent Data Tiering
How does unstructured data impact storage costs?
Unstructured data, such as files, images, videos, and research datasets, makes up the majority of enterprise storage and is the fastest-growing data type. Much of this data is inactive but still stored on high-cost systems. Without visibility and automation, this leads to wasted capacity and rising costs. Managing unstructured data effectively is key to controlling storage growth and enabling AI-ready data strategies.
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