Cloud Computing: Can your network handle big data?

April 9, 2014 Off By David
Object Storage

Grazed from TechPageOne. Author: Michael O’Dwyer.

Companies both large and small are investing in big data. The smart ones prepare well and upgrade their information technology infrastructure to ensure their networks can handle the increased traffic. Others find themselves scrambling to improve their networks, as critical processes slow down or halt. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Today, there are so many infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings on the market that can handle big data workloads across several networks that most businesses should be able to find a product that fits their strategy, says Joy Taylor, chief executive officer of TayganPoint Consulting Group, a Lambertville, N.J.-based strategic management consulting firm.

“Today, [this means that scalability] and fast response time are no longer a challenge for companies looking to implement a big data strategy,” Taylor says.“The types of solutions readily available today for big data analytics allow SMBs to [use] the growing volume of data to drive competitive advantage — something that was cost prohibitive in the legacy world (prior to the cloud).”…

Big data needs big speed

Possible costs versus reward must also be considered, especially when you take into account that a standard 1 Gigabit network configuration (a Gigabit per second transfer speed) may not be enough. In many cases, the minimum is 10 Gigabit. “Big data implementation puts stress on existing IT infrastructure, affecting not only the network but the compute and storage layers,” says Bill Stevenson, executive chairman at Sanbolic, a Waltham, Mass.-based provider of next-generation software solutions for modern data centers. “Moving to a distributed computing environment increases network traffic and can involve costly network upgrades to eliminate bottlenecks caused by cabling, network bandwidth, hardware and storage media.”…

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