form, averts the need for customers to purchase advanced storage features-snapshots clones, DR, backup, thin provisioning, compression, de-duplication etc. - separately from multiple vendors. SDS provides an optimal storage platform for next generation infrastructure of on premise/private data centers that offers public cloud scale economics, universal access, and self-service automation to private clouds. SDS has potential to reduce operational and management expenses dramatically, using policy based automation, deployment simplicity, programmable flexibility, and centralized management while providing hardware independence and utilizing high-volume industry-standard components to lower storage system costs. SDS allows policy-driven data center automation that provides the facility to instantly provision storage resources based on workload demanded by each VM in virtualized data centers. These inherent capabilities of SDS will entice data-center managers to embrace and deploy SDS offerings and thereby improve their opex and capex, providing a quick return on investment (ROI). REFERENCES Azodolmolky, S., Wieder, P., & Yahyapour, R. (2013). Cloud computing networking: challenges and opportunities for innovations. IEEE Communications Magazine, 51(7), 54-62. Carlson, M., Yoder, A., Schoeb, L., Deel, D., Pratt, C., Lionetti, C., & Voigt, D. (2014). Software defined storage. Storage Networking Industry Assoc. working draft. CoprHD Architecture. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://coprhd.atlassian.net/wiki/ spaces/COP/pages/3211310/A+Short+Guide+to+the+CoprHD+Architecture/2 Coyne, L. (2017). IBM Software-Defined Storage Guide. Retrieved from http://ibm. com/redbooks //22 DellEMC. (n.d.). Dell EMC Vipr Controller, Automate and Simplify Storage Management. vailable: https://www.emc.com/collateral/data-sheet/h11750-emc- vipr-software-defined-storage-ds.pdf Edition, I. P. C. (2014). Software Defined Storage For Dummies. Academic Press. Downloaded: 4/15/2022 9:44:49 AM Nova Southeastern University IP Address: 137.52.76.29 Softwa