EMC has added features to ScaleIO to meet the needs of plus-size customers like banks and telecommunications carriers that are adopting the software-defined storage system.

ScaleIO 2.0, available now, is the biggest enhancement yet to EMC’s product, which pools object storage capacity across an enterprise in one logical system. EMC acquired ScaleIO in 2013.

Like other software-based storage platforms, ScaleIO is designed to free data from specific hardware so IT organizations can keep up with rapid growth requirements. It can turn direct-attached flash or disk storage throughout an organization into a resource that all applications can use. EMC also sells its own commodity-type hardware for ScaleIO in the form of its VxRack platform.

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