Unstructured Data

Mining unstructured data with Dell

Finding a solution for managing unstructured data has been a challenge. Next-generation applications that handle rapidly growing unstructured data often require the extreme performance of all-flash storage, but budget pressures make it difficult for organizations to absorb the capital and operating costs that these systems require. Isilon provides a powerful scale-out file storage solution that is easy to scale and use, no matter how much unstructured data your environment must manage.

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The challenge of unstructured data

While it is easy to query or run reports on structured data within a relational database, extracting value from unstructured data is far more difficult. Simple content search may return some useful information, but not with the depth and comprehensiveness of traditional analytics on structured data.

Yet unstructured data makes up roughly 80% of an organization's full data set, and its volume tends to double each year. To exploit its value as a competitive differentiator, organizations need tools that can perform more sophisticated and comprehensive analysis.

Artificial intelligence offers some answers, but running AI and deep learning technologies requires storage solutions with massive parallel file I/O. Traditional solutions cannot keep up as concurrency grows and bottlenecks begin to starve GPUs and CPUs.

Isilon: built to tame unstructured data

As the #1 family of scale-out network-attached storage systems in the industry, Isilon distributed file system products provide an effective and cost-efficient way to manage unstructured data. With options for all-flash, hybrid storage and archive NAS platforms, Isilon makes it easy to scale and manage storage environments as data sets grow.

The Isilon product family includes:

Isilon All-Flash: Powered by the Isilon OneFS operating system, this all-flash scale-out architecture speeds access to massive amounts of unstructured data while minimizing cost and complexity.
Isilon Hybrid: A versatile scale-out storage architecture that balances large capacity with high-performance storage.
Isilon Archive: Highly efficient and massively scalable archive platforms for active archive and deep archive retention needs.

Redefining AI and DL for unstructured data

Isilon delivers the extreme performance and concurrency at scale needed to support data-hungry analytic algorithms and unlock intelligence from unstructured data.

Faster analytics through all-flash performance and massive parallelism that eliminate I/O bottlenecks.
Effortless scalability from tens of terabytes to 68 PB with up to 80% storage utilization and a reduced data center footprint.
Simpler management with advanced features for compliance, security, protection, and data management.

Support for Dell unstructured data solutions

As storage solutions and the enterprise IT landscape continue to change rapidly, IT teams are under pressure to introduce technologies like Isilon while also supporting existing servers, storage, and networking with tighter budgets.

Dell ProSupport Enterprise Suite helps relieve that pressure with access to Dell experts who reduce IT complexity and let your teams focus on strategic priorities.

Optimize critical systems and improve IT performance and stability while freeing staff to innovate the business.
Minimize disruptions with 24/7 access to specialized support engineers who can quickly diagnose issues and provide personalized guidance.
Keep hardware and software running smoothly through proactive and preventive technologies that keep IT teams ahead of issues.

FAQs: What is unstructured data?

What is unstructured data?

Unstructured data is essentially any data that is not contained within a database, including text, email, social media posts, presentations, images, video files, and application logs.

What is the value of unstructured data?

Because it makes up roughly 80% of an organization's total data set, unstructured data is believed to contain significant insight and intelligence about the organization, its customers, partners, and market.

What is the challenge of unstructured data?

Unstructured data is difficult to analyze and convert into actionable intelligence, and because it tends to double every year, the cost of storing and managing it can rise quickly.

Why is all-flash storage ideally suited to manage unstructured data?

AI tools that analyze unstructured data require extreme performance. All-flash storage helps avoid bottlenecks, keeps GPUs and CPUs better utilized, and accelerates innovation.