To simplify operations and avoid high upfront costs, many organizations turn to public cloud platforms to meet some or most of their storage needs.
Unfortunately, STaaS delivered through a public cloud platform has its issues, particularly around security, control and performance.
Deploying infrastructure in-house, however, brings with it many of the same challenges that drove organizations to the cloud in the first place.
Vendors that support on-premises STaaS programs typically offer a wide range of block, file and object storage options in multiple configurations.
In the self-managed option, the vendor helps plan and design the storage offering, delivers and installs it to the customer's location of choice and then provides ongoing support.