Organizations are beginning to realize that their storage systems are being used differently when they're supporting a number of virtual machines rather than serving the needs of a single physical ...

Commentary--The buzz around the storage world today is virtualization, how customers--large and small--can maximize their storage infrastructures by taking advantage of virtual storage solutions ...

The storage virtualization space is crackling with life these days, and it's not hard to see why. Not only does storage touch all branches of the virtualization tree, it's also a space where ...

One of the key steps in addressing the issue of depleted bandwidth is accepting the idea that some types of storage cost more than others (I'll revisit this theme later on). You can look at a storage ...

(1) Treating all storage media in the enterprise (hard drives, solid state drives, optical drives and tape drives) as a single pool of storage. See storage virtualization, virtual tape system and HSM.

Virtual machine storage is a demanding business. Where once one app server equalled one physical server and the demands on storage were known and predictable, with virtual machines, storage I/O has ...

Storage virtualization is one of today’s most talked-about technologies, but it’s not a cure-all. Here are some things it can-and cannot-do. By Chris Preimesberger Storage virtualization is a logical ...

The initial approach to storage virtualization, which has been around for years, was to address it in the storage-area network because the SAN sat between the storage and servers, and would cause the ...

Server and desktop virtualisation are key technologies driving forward today’s data centres. They bring huge efficiencies to IT that just weren’t possible in an all-physical world. But, delivering ...

Storage virtualization adds to your costs, but if your goal is to manage your storage networks more efficiently, it pays off What’s Happening :: Storage virtualization is becoming more common as ...

Brian Carmody, CTO of INFINIDAT, came by to discuss his company, its technology and the release of a new product. I find it fascinating how many different takes suppliers have come up with on the ...

Pick any business or government organisation at random and there’s a good chance that they are saving money by using server virtualization. However, as is now becoming clear, there is also a chance ...