The fires of hot topics are usually stoked with hype, but in the case of storage virtualization, the topic actually exceeds the hype. Let me explain why. It's not surprising that many vendors are ...

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 ...

Storage virtualization is one of today’s most talked-about technologies, but it’s not a cure-all. Here are some things it can-and cannot-do. By Chris Preimesberger Storage virtualization is a logical ...

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 ...

Commentary--The buzz around the storage world today is virtualization, how customers--large and small--can maximize their storage infrastructures by taking advantage of virtual storage solutions ...

These days, the storage demands of users and applications are spiraling out of control in many enterprises. Additional disks and storage subsystems are frequently implemented to meet demands. But ...

If 2007 was the year of server virtualization, then 2008 may be the year storage virtualization finds its way into many data centers. Make no mistake about it -- server virtualization has left an ...

When Roland Etcheverry joined chemical company Champion Technologies Inc. two years ago, he looked around and realized he needed to remake the company’s storage environment. He had done this twice ...

Few technologies are more confusing than storage virtualization. Unlike server virtualization, whose basic concept is defined as running multiple OS instances on a single physical server, storage ...

Depending on whom you talk to, you will get different opinions about storage virtualization, along with stories of success and failure. Storage virtualization techniques are being applied to block as ...

When Roland Etcheverry joined chemical company Champion Technologies two years ago, he looked around and realized he needed to remake the company’s storage environment. He had done this twice before ...