Storage virtualization exists in different shapes and forms, from virtual tape to switches and appliances, so knowing what best suits your needs is critical to deploying the technology.

Although storage virtualization technology is fairly new, it's quickly gaining traction in the corporate world. In 2006, 20% of 1,017 companies surveyed by Forrester Research had adopted storage ...

Storage 101: Cost Control Through Storage Virtualization Typically, end users are not interested in the physical aspects of the storage serving their applications (i.e. seek times, how many disks ...

Storage virtualization is valuable, but if you have to make major modifications to your infrastructure to turn it on, the return on investment can be compromised.

Five Keys to Smart Storage Virtualization Fortunately, that had changed by the time SXC acquired NMHC last February. Gone was the hodgepodge of arrays and, in its place, a high-capacity, easy-to ...

We found that in a lot of businesses they may have as little as 20 percent utilization of their storage capacity. By going to storage virtualization, they can have a 300 percent increase in that ...

The Maxxan MXV320 Intelligent Application Switch corresponds to a layer 7 Ethernet switch, providing application-layer functions including virtualization of storage, storage gateway capability ...

Alan Joch has been an independent business and technology writer for more than a decade. His expertise includes server and desktop virtualization, cloud computing, emerging mobile applications, and ...

Let's take a stroll down memory lane and then look at the problems storage virtualization is revealing in today's industry standard systems. Balanced Architectures Balanced system design is where ...

The problem: out-of-control storage costs. The solution: storage virtualization. Sounds simple? It’s not. IT organizations seeking to reduce costs in the data center recognize that storage ...

Vendors often use the term “virtualization” to describe myriad products, including global name spaces, virtual storage area networks (VSANs), pooled NAS (network-attached storage), thin ...

Storage virtualization’s newfound flexibility and control does have risks. “The flexibility can be your worst nightmare…it’s like giving razor blades to a child,” says Wasatch’s Engh.