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Storage virtualization
Storage virtualization: Storage virtualization is the amalgamation of multiple network storage devices into what appears to be a single storage unit. Storage virtualization is often used in SAN (storage area network), a high-speed subnetwork of shared storage devices, and makes tasks such as archiving, back-up, and recovery easier and faster. Storage virtualization is usually implemented via software applications. (Source: Webopedia)
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With virtualization close to the top of every CIO’s to do list, this report details the task of finding out how well server, storage and desktop virtualization is currently understood and where it is being applied, discovering what is driving adoption and, just as interestingly, what is holding it back.
This report provides a snapshot of activity with regard to the adoption of virtualization solutions in business today. The report also con ... read more
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If you are trying to help your business work out its priorities, scope out your existing IT capabilities or liaise between the two areas, this paper is for you.
As a number of new storage capabilities become available it's always good to revisit the requirements on data storage and consider the impacts, both positive and negative, of server virtualisation. This report discusses how we might address the needs of disaster recovery, remote site access and m ... read more
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The move to virtualisation is all but inevitable, and there is very little question as to why. The benefits are incontrovertible, and the maturity of the virtualisation software available has moved virtualisation out of the realm of the test bed and into the realm of "have to have it.” It may be true that some companies are reluctant to switch over to a virtualised environment if they already have an existing system in place and substantial capital sunk into a data centre, it is much mo ... read more
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Virtualisation has become a de facto standard in larger data centres, particularly as they seek benefits such as greater processing agility and resource management. The cost factor, of course, weighs heavily in the decision—but whilst the long-term costs are favourable, in the short-term, it can be difficult due to a potentially high cost of adoption and the presence of existing --- and potentially not fully amortised --- data centre hardware.
Overcoming some of those i ... read more
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SONAS (Scale Out Network Attached Storage) offers proven technology components that are used today in systems with more than ten thousand nodes, multiple petabytes of data and more than one billion files.
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