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Seen that? – Avoiding storage virtualization for dummies
Avoiding storage virtualization for dummies On Storage
Avoiding storage virtualization for dummies – Computerworld: Users continue to avoid network-based block virtualization like the plague. Yet what I can't understand is why you would implement a storage-area network (SAN) without it. It's akin to implementing a WAN without a routing table. SAN virtualization can lower storage costs, simplify SAN management and allow users to replicate and migrate data between different tiers of storage. But if you plan to continue [...] Read More
Virtualization: Great or Ghastly? On Storage
So which is it – is storage virtualization the best thing to hit the industry or just another tool that could cause you more problems than it's worth? The experts (in particular, one Dr. Kevin McIsaac with Intelligent Business Research Services) say server virtualization is one of the best IT infrastructure developments to hit the industry of late, but that doesn't mean storage virtualization shares the same reputation. McIsaac has [...] Read More
One Click Storage Integration for Server Virtualization On Storage
Virtualization is a huge topic area these days and this live tech talk should be informative. Speakers from IDC, Citrix, and NetApp will show you how to use XenServer as the foundation for your virtual infrastructure. Building on that foundation with NetApp, this talk plans on helping your realize the promise of a vitualized environment with effective one click storage adapter. Listen and participate (I'm trying to slice out time) [...] Read More
Virtualization – why ?? Tech Intelligence
In the old days, a new server was bought for every application you could think of. Data centers were full of hardware, sometimes critical hardware was on the floor with the cables coming out of the racks, threatening bot business and the manager but still running that superimportant application that made all the money…. Today's *hot* word is virtual. About ten years back companies started to use servers for several applications, [...] Read More
Is virtualization the latest religion ? Tech Intelligence
I have written about virtualization before here, but I would like to take the discussion one step up. All hardware and software manufacturers treat virtualization as if it is the latest religion in IT land – if you don't get it, you are not a serious player. Trends, I call it. Why ? Well, I would like to pose another question : Why virtualization ? I can't answer it. And [...] Read More