The hybrid cloud storage market comprises diverse deployment patterns with underlying technologies that address a wide range of data types. Products in this market must facilitate seamless data services across different environments, including disparate data centers, colocations, edge locations and public cloud infrastructure. Hybrid cloud data solutions are offered through various means such as distributed hybrid infrastructure (DHI), hybrid cloud storage platforms, data transfer appliances, hyperconverged solutions, storage arrays, software-defined storage (SDS) products and comprehensive data management software.
Public cloud storage is infrastructure as a service (IaaS) that provides block, file, object and hybrid cloud storage services delivered through various protocols. The services are stand-alone, but often used in conjunction with compute and other IaaS products. The services are priced based on capacity, data transfer and/or number of requests. The services provide on-demand storage capacity and self-provisioning capabilities. Stored data exists in a multitenant environment, and users access that data through the block, network and REST protocols provided by the services.