olemus
ühtse määratluseta teenusekeskne talletuskontseptsioon, mis lahutab talletusteenused füüsilisest salvestist; kohati kasutusel ka talletuse virtualiseerimise tähenduses ja kohati turunduslik moesõna
= a service-centric storage concept, which separates storage services from physical storage; sometimes also used in the sense of storage virtualisation and sometimes as a marketing buzzword

ülevaateid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_storage

http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240151276/software-defined-storage-separating-the-reality-from-the-hype.htm

http://thenewstack.io/understanding-software-defined-storage/

https://www.netdevgroup.com/online/support/courses/documentation/software-defined-storage-concepts.pdf