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Data storage is changing. What was true five years ago about the way you managed databases and storage systems may not hold true anymore.

Keep reading for a primer on data storage today.

Once upon a time, data storage was pretty simple. From the early 1990s through the 2000s, most data lived in simple relational databases, like MySQL and PostgreSQL.

They were hosted on traditional servers using magnetic disks.

Each type of relational database had its special nuances.

But in general, if you knew one relational database, you could learn to work with another one easily enough.

And when it came time to choose which type of database to use for your business or customers, there was not much to think about, because each of the databases worked in more or less the same way.

Today, however, the data storage world has grown much more complicated. It is changing radically as a result of the following trends:

What do these changes mean for MSPs?

First, they mean that you need to know much more about storage than you did in the past in order to choose the storage solutions that best meet the needs of your business and your customers.

At the same time, however, the increasingly complex world of data storage also presents an opportunity.

By becoming experts in the storage options outlined above, MSPs can provide good service by helping clients to understand data storage questions that many consumers can no longer answer for themselves.

There's opportunity in complexity, especially for MSPs.

Originally posted here:
How Data Storage is Changing - and What It Means for MSPs ... - Talkin' Cloud