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Storage hypervisor tutorial
In this storage hypervisor tutorial, learn what it is, how the technology is evolving, and which vendors offer storage hypervisors. Guide
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Jon Toigo on server and storage virtualization
Learn the answers to common questions regarding best practices and misconceptions about server and storage virtualization. guide
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Hyper-convergence: Complete guide to the market
Learn how hyper-converged products can simplify a virtual environment and which vendors currently offer them. Guide
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Storage for virtual environments
Despite the benefits of virtualizing servers and desktops, admins often struggle to support storage for virtual environments. Here's what vendors are doing to address the problem. Feature
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Virtualized desktops trigger storage spending
Have you virtualized desktops at your company? Find out what our survey respondents have to say about implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure. Feature
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FlexPod vs. Vblock: How the integrated IT stacks stack up
EMC and NetApp partner with Cisco and VMware for their integrated storage stacks, but the management, support and sales strategies are different. Feature
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Virtual server management: Top tips on managing storage in virtual server environments
We’ve collected our top tips and articles on virtual server storage management. Find out how to best manage your data storage for a virtual server environment. Tutorial
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Virtual storage tutorials
SearchVirtualStorage.com's tutorials provide the in-depth learning information storage administrators need on the topics of data storage issues related to server virtualization and desktop virtualization; SAN and file storage virtualization; and netw... Tutorial
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Choosing the best virtual server storage: A tutorial
Choosing primary storage for virtual servers involves balancing performance, capacity, features, and costs. Learn the key factors to pick the best virtual-server storage system. Tutorial
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Virtual networks for storage and data environments
Learn how to reduce cable clutter and consolidate network and storage I/O using technologies such as NPIV, FCoE, and PCIe extension in this slide presentation. Learning Guide
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VM-aware, hyper-converged storage to make room for more hypervisors
VM-aware and hyper-converged systems for VM storage mainly support VMware now, but wider support for other hypervisors is coming. News | 29 Mar 2013
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Virtual storage 2012: VDI, VM-aware and software dominate news
The top 2012 stories about virtual storage involved solving storage problems for virtual desktops and making it easier to provision storage for VMs. News | 14 Dec 2012
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Dell adds hybrid solid-state EqualLogic arrays for VDI storage
Dell expands its EqualLogic hybrid solid-state array lineup with new PS6500 Series systems that use flash to accelerate IOPS for VDI storage. News | 21 Aug 2012
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Astute Networks launches flash appliance to speed performance of VMware storage
Astute Networks rolls out ViSX G3 flash appliance designed to improve the performance of storage for heavy-duty VMware environments. News | 15 Aug 2011
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Silver Peak integrates with EMC VPLEX Geo for private clouds
Silver Peak has integrated its wide area network (WAN) optimization technology with EMC VPLEX Geo products to optimize traffic between virtual data centers. News | 19 May 2011
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School district maintains uptime with Xiotech, DataCore
Worried about unscheduled maintenance disrupting his users, Barren County (Ky.) IT director turns to Xiotech Emprise 5000 and DataCore SANmelody for thin provisioning and remote mirroring. Article | 05 Nov 2009
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Storage, I/O and server virtualization turn on the juice for electrical distributor
Electrical distributor combines Compellent storage virtualization, Xsigo I/O virtualization and VMware server virtualization to reduce infrastructure costs. Article | 11 Sep 2009
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VMworld 2009: Storage vendors showcase new vSphere 4 products
Storage vendors are adding support for VMware Inc.'s new vSphere 4, disaster recovery with Site Recovery Manager, as well as converged data center networks at VMworld 2009. Article | 31 Aug 2009
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VMware extends storage features with vSphere 4
The newest version of VMware's server virtualization software will add thin provisioning on virtual disks, support for third-party multipathing and a low-end backup tool. Article | 21 Apr 2009
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HP rolls out split-path storage virtualization
HP offers block storage virtualization for its midrange EVA and MSA disk arrays through IP from LSI's Storage Virtualization Manager (SVM) software. Article | 05 Nov 2008
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VMware linked clones: Making the most of the snapshot feature
In this tip, VMware expert David Davis explains how the VMware linked clones feature works and how to optimize it with free add-ons. Tip
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Physical-to-virtual conversion headaches: Shrinking virtual drives
Simply put, storage bottlenecks kill productivity. Avoid these issues by shrinking virtual drives during physical-to-virtual conversions. Tip
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How sector alignment improves deduplication for virtual machines
Storage expert Brien Posey explains how proper sector alignment in various types of virtual environments can optimize deduplication. Tip
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Low-cost VMware shared storage options, decision factors
Learn about low-cost VMware shared storage options as well as the factors that should carry weight in your choice of a system. Tip
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VDI best practices: Making VDI cost-effective for SMBs
Learn how to make VDI cost effective for your company and get VDI best practices in this tip. Tip
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Storage thin provisioning benefits and challenges
Storage thin provisioning requires transparency into your storage environment and an understanding of how the technology works. We detail the benefits and challenges. Tip
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Top five tips for managing storage in a virtual server environment
Server virtualization and virtual desktops can make managing data in a virtual server environment hard. These five tips can help you manage virtual servers. Tip
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Implementing iSCSI storage in a VMware environment
Learn best practices on implementing iSCSI storage in your VMware environment and how to get the maximum performance and reliability from iSCSI data stores. Tip
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Affordable shared storage options for VMware vSphere
In order to use many of the advanced features in VMware vSphere, you need a shared storage device. This tip offers a list of the most common shared storage options from different vendors. Tip
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I/O virtualization: How to optimize your data center operations
We examine I/O virtualization products; how I/O virtualization systems virtualize NICs and HBAs; and using Ethernet, InfiniBand or PCIe to connect NICs to servers. Tip
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Which devices do I need for I/O virtualization?
Jon Toigo explains how I/O virtualization can simplify the server configuration used to host VMs and its role as an enabling technology for I/O processing. ATE
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VMware market share is high in a small pool of virtualization
Storage expert Jon Toigo explains how VMware is the market leader, and why virtualization growth statistics seem more impactful than they truly are. Answer
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Solving the I/O bottleneck issue: Most options mask rather than solve
Storage expert Jon Toigo explains why virtualization causes slow performance, and how methods for speeding it up don't address the real problem. Answer
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Where do virtualization devices live and what do they do?
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Performance benefits of out-of-band storage virtualization
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Taking a fresh look at storage virtualization and its players, Part 1
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Taking a fresh look at storage virtualization and its players, Part 2
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The server consolidation challenge, part 1
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Why and how to virtualize inside a switch
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Different virtualization approaches
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converged storage
Converged storage is the combination of storage and computing hardware and processes to speed delivery time, optimize application performance, and minimize power, cooling, and physical space requirements in virtualized and cloud-based environments. Definition
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I/O blender effect
The I/O blender effect is a phenomenon in virtualized environments that degrades storage performance. The I/O blender effect occurs when multiple virtual machines (VMs) all send their input/output (I/O) streams to a hypervisor for processing. Definition
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disk mirroring (RAID 1)
Disk mirroring, also known as RAID 1, is the replication of data to two or more disks. Disk mirroring is a good choice for applications that require high performance and high availability such as transactional applications, email, and operating syste... Definition
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Server virtualization issues contribute to data management complexity
The impact of server virtualization issues on today's data management environment is discussed in this video tip from Storage Decisions Chicago 2012. Video
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Podcast: Issues you'll face implementing storage virtualization
What advantages can storage virtualization bring to storage environments? What about downsides? In this podcast, hear about the issues storage pros face when virtualizing storage. Podcast
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Which devices do I need for I/O virtualization?
Jon Toigo explains how I/O virtualization can simplify the server configuration used to host VMs and its role as an enabling technology for I/O processing. ATE
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converged storage
Converged storage is the combination of storage and computing hardware and processes to speed delivery time, optimize application performance, and minimize power, cooling, and physical space requirements in virtualized and cloud-based environments. Definition
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Storage hypervisor tutorial
In this storage hypervisor tutorial, learn what it is, how the technology is evolving, and which vendors offer storage hypervisors. Guide
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Jon Toigo on server and storage virtualization
Learn the answers to common questions regarding best practices and misconceptions about server and storage virtualization. guide
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VMware market share is high in a small pool of virtualization
Storage expert Jon Toigo explains how VMware is the market leader, and why virtualization growth statistics seem more impactful than they truly are. Answer
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VM-aware, hyper-converged storage to make room for more hypervisors
VM-aware and hyper-converged systems for VM storage mainly support VMware now, but wider support for other hypervisors is coming. News
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Solving the I/O bottleneck issue: Most options mask rather than solve
Storage expert Jon Toigo explains why virtualization causes slow performance, and how methods for speeding it up don't address the real problem. Answer
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I/O blender effect
The I/O blender effect is a phenomenon in virtualized environments that degrades storage performance. The I/O blender effect occurs when multiple virtual machines (VMs) all send their input/output (I/O) streams to a hypervisor for processing. Definition
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Hyper-convergence: Complete guide to the market
Learn how hyper-converged products can simplify a virtual environment and which vendors currently offer them. Guide
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VMware linked clones: Making the most of the snapshot feature
In this tip, VMware expert David Davis explains how the VMware linked clones feature works and how to optimize it with free add-ons. Tip
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The Virtualization Strategy topics page provides news articles, tips, tutorials, guides, special reports and podcasts for data storage professionals who manage virtualization resources in their company's data center. Look here for guidance and advice on topics such as virtualization strategies and virtualization consolidation strategies.