GigaOm Radar for Cloud-Native Globally Distributed File Systems v1.0

This market report was written by Chester Conforte from GigaOm and published on October 18, 2024.

File storage remains a crucial component of every enterprise data storage infrastructure, so it’s no surprise that now, more than ever, users ask for file services in the cloud. Use cases and workloads are different, though, and evaluating the right technology is mandatory to support applications and users correctly. Initially, cloud providers neglected to add file services to their product portfolios, concentrating instead on block and object storage. Block and object storage cover many use cases, and new applications can be developed so that file storage is unnecessary. However, the reality is that in many circumstances, file storage is preferable.