Server virtualization offers a host of efficiencies, but storage administrators say it may open a can of worms on the storage side. Resulting headaches can include huge I/O bottlenecks for primary and ...

To say that server virtualization changes everything is an understatement. In storage though I don't think we understand or give credit to just how much of a game changer storage virtualization really ...

One of the most expensive components of a server virtualization project is the storage which it is attached to. This is one of the reasons that VMworld seems more like a storage event than a server ...

As virtualization becomes more pervasive across the data center, and more tier-one and tier-two applications are migrated off physical hosts and onto virtual server platforms, the tight integration ...

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 ...

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 ...

If there’s one thing that marketing departments in tech companies around the world are unbelievably good at, it’s taking the newest and hottest technology terms and diluting them to the point that ...

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 ...

Typically, end users are not interested in the physical aspects of the storage serving their applications (i.e. seek times, how many disks are in a string, etc.). What they do care about are the ...

Server virtualization can help fight server sprawl, make better use of compute power, curb energy bills, and improve data-center agility and flexibility. Server virtualization is one of those ...