Storage Performance A Big Impact On Virtualization Camberley Bates, managing director of analyst firm Evaluator Group, hosted a panel during the COMDEXvirtual conference on how storage performance ...

Some vendors are adding virtualized storage features, such as thin provisioning, to their non-virtualized offerings. No wonder even storage pro are confused about storage virtualization.

Sanbolic observed that many organizations that embark on the journey to a more virtualized environment don't think about how that move impacts their storage infrastructure. The company's product ...

The More, the Merrier Most school districts that turn to virtualization start with their servers and then, seeing the benefits, begin considering other forms too. As analyst David Hill points out, ...

Savings from server and desktop virtualization can disappear fast if storage isn't part of the plan ...

Companies such as virtualization manufacturer VMware and storage management and security manufacturer Symantec offer features and tools to help allocate, monitor and manage storage. Tip 2: Use ...

Whenever a new wave of innovation rises, be that client -- server computing, storage networking, storage virtualization or an iPhone, it is very easy to get excited about it (and commit to an ...

Clabby Analytics – “Virtualization” refers to placing systems, storage, and/or network resources into logical groups or virtualized “pools”. These resources can then be exploited by ...

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 ...

Network storage requirements for virtual desktops are often overlooked until it's too late. Plan and pilot before you deploy!

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 ...

Tip 5: Consider tiered storage. Tiered storage isn't absolutely necessary for managing virtual storage, but virtualization offers an excellent opportunity to improve efficiency and cut costs by ...