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Should storage virtualization always be part of a virtual processing environment?: John Joseph, VP of Marketing of Dell EqualLogic Storage, and I had a short, but interesting dicussion about the place virtual storage should have in a well designed virtualized environment. If one is attempting to abstract functions away from the underlying physical platform, it simply makes sense to do the...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, Dell Computer Corp., Environment, EqualLogic, Storage System, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-03-05
storage virtualization: Why aren't the big guys talking more about it?: Storage virtualization: Why aren't the big guys talking more about it?IBM's P-series virtualization in AIX 6You should have a good look at IBM AIX 6. Storage and network virtualization already exists with Virtual IO servers in the P5 series servers.Application level virtualization occurs in Workload Partitions WPARs. This...; Tags: Storage management, ROI/TCO, Utility computing, virtualization, storage, storage virtualization, SV product, ROI; Discussion threads 2008-02-25
storage virtualization: Why aren't the big guys talking more about it?: One of the fastest growing segments of the virtualization software market between 2006 and 2007 was storage virtualization software. As organizations adopt a more virtualized approach to their IT infrastructure, it makes sense that they would also separate the storage function from other parts of the infrastructure. Why, then, do...; Tags: Software, Storage Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Storage, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-02-25
storage virtualization and the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array: This white paper presents an overview of storage virtualization at the controller level of a storage system. Virtualization technology allows companies to respond quickly to ever-changing storage capacity requirements. Virtualization has multiple definitions and many different implementations in a storage area network SAN. The paper also describes...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware; White papers 2008-02-01
Virtual Iron partners with FalconStor: In the not to distant past, I posted The dynamic duo of virtual storage and virtual processing that commented on a piece written by Ed Walsh, CEO of Virtual Iron. It's now clear that the paper was foreshadowing a partnership with FalconStor and, perhaps, other companies that focus on storage...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, Partnership, FalconStor, Virtual Iron, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-01-11

Matching Server Virtualization With Advanced storage virtualization: In order to meet the challenges of running today's datacenters, an increasing number of IT organizations are turning to VMware Infrastructure 3 software. The ability to virtualize the datacenter and deploy applications across a shared pool of server resources allows organizations to break free of the limitations they face with...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, LeftHand Networks, Data Center, Server Virtualization, Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2007-12-01
Server and Storage Landscape Virtualized and Consolidated: The company wanted to have higher IT system availability and significant reduction in maintenance costs and IT administration overhead. It also wanted SAN extension for the existing server landscape. The challenge was to have storage and server virtualization and investment protection. One of the core elements of that foundation was...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, Storage, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware; Case studies 2007-11-22
An Analysis of storage virtualization Architectures: Virtualization and Volume management are two terms that represent technologies that are very similar, yet with important differences, and both have a great deal of potential to solve problems for IT organizations. They can be applied to increase the utilization of storage subsystems, extend the scalability of storage volumes and...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, Analysis, LSI, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2007-11-01
Matching Server Virtualization With Advanced storage virtualization: LeftHand Networks Accelerates VMware Server Virtualization With SAN/iQ Software-Based Storage Systems: In order to meet the challenges of running today's datacenters, an increasing number of IT organizations are turning to VMware Infrastructure 3 software. The ability to virtualize the datacenter and deploy applications across a shared pool of server resources allows organizations to break free of the limitations they face with...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, LeftHand Networks, Data Center, VMware Inc., Storage System, Data Centers, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2007-10-25
Circuit City Boosts IT Infrastructure Effectiveness With storage virtualization: As a leading worldwide retailer of brand-name consumer electronics, PCs and entertainment software, almost every aspect of Circuit City relies on IT. The retailer wanted to build a scalable storage infrastructure that can keep pace with business growth; improve administrator productivity as well as application and server availability. Circuit City...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, Circuit City Stores Inc., IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, IBM Corp., Storage, Hardware; Case studies 2007-09-01
Why do organizations adopt virtualization technology Part 2: In the post Why do organizations adopt virtualization technology?, I tried to present some of the goals organizations have discussed for why they embarked on the journey to a virtualized environment and then tie those goals to which type of virtualization they chose first. The reasons for using access, application...; Tags: Virtualization, Network, Virtualization Technology, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-08-21
Combining Storage and Server Virtualization: Virtualization as a technology can offer tremendous benefits. It can also be deployed in several locations. For example, server virtualization, such as that offered by VMware can leverage the power behind a few large physical servers by creating hundreds of virtual machines. Storage virtualization can bring the original promise of...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, LSI, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware, Servers; White papers 2007-07-01
storage virtualization from IBM: Optimizing Storage Throughout the Information Lifecycle: Learn how storage virtualization fits into an Information Lifecycle Management strategy and learn how IBM's market leading technology for storage area network SAN virtualization can improve storage utilization, decrease time and effort required for storage provisioning, simplify data migration, reduce application downtime and more.; Tags: Storage Virtualization, IBM Corp., Storage, Hardware; White papers 2007-06-01
storage virtualization and green computing: As mentioned in my post titled, Virtualization and Green Computing, green computing the industry catch phrase for finding ways to make the most efficient use of computing resources. In this post, I'd like to look at storage virtualization and the role it plays in green computing.Storage virtualization, by the way,...; Tags: Green Computing, virtual storage software, virtualization; Blog posts 2007-05-17
VICS: A storage virtualization Management System for SAN: Storage Area Networks SANs have the virtues of high scalability, high availability and high performance. On the other hand, their storage virtualization systems are not compatible with multi-operating systems, and it is hard for the virtualization storage management system to manage multi-type storage. This paper proposes a new virtualization storage...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, SAN, Virtual Intelligent Control System, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2007-03-20
Virtualized iSCSI Data Center: Virtualization is a powerful tool for improving data center flexibility, reliability, and utilization, while reducing cost of management. By separating logical processing and storage resources from the physical hardware on which they run, virtualization can greatly improve the utility of these assets. Typically, server and storage virtualization are distinct products...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, iSCSI, Sanbolic Inc., Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2007-03-15
The Next Step Forward in storage virtualization: IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) and IBM TotalStorage SAN File System (SFS) Come Together: IBM has taken the next step in storage virtualization by merging the best in file system performance, scalability and flexibility. IBM has integrated key features of IBM TotalStorage SAN File System SFS into IBM General Parallel File System GPFS. The goal of this paper is to introduce GPFS, at a...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, File System, SAN, IBM TotalStorage, IBM Corp., Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2007-02-01
IBM System storage virtualization Engine TS7740 Performance White Paper: This paper provides performance information on the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7740, which is the first product released in the TS7700 Virtualization Engine Series of products. The paper is intended for use by IBM field personnel and their customers in designing virtual tape solutions for their applications. The TS7740 virtualization engine...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, Performance, Storage, IBM Corp., TS7740 Virtualization Engine, Performance Management, Virtualization, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware; White papers 2006-11-22
ESG Labs Report on the ROI of IBM's SAN Volume Controller (SVC): Enterprise Strategy Group ESG Labs performed a hands-on analysis of IBM's System Storage SAN Volume Controller storage virtualization solution in order to validate its value proposition to customers. ESG Labs found that SAN Volume Controller is a rock-solid, feature-rich platform that delivers on the promise of network based storage virtualization:...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller, ROI, IBM Corp., Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware; White papers 2006-10-01
Making the Case for storage virtualization: It's been around for years, but major vendors are breathing new life into storage virtualization. Virtualizing your storage resources not only simplifies data management, but it can also improve storage utilization rates. In this ZDNet Webcast, we discuss the immediate and long-term benefits of storage virtualization and go over the...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, Storage, Virtualization, Hardware; Webcasts 2006-09-27