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 ...

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 ...

Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod and Podcast.com. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Learn more. Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard. The latest BriefingsDirect podcast discussion hones in ...

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 ...

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 ...

VMware, which has an 86-percent share of the server virtualization market for x86-based hardware, is not resting on its laurels. Instead, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company, which had one of the most ...

The discussion rages on. Where should a company use virtualization storage solutions? It started on the server, which gave us freedom of storage devices but ate up too many CPU cycles. Next, ...

It's one of those rare cases where one plus one equals much more than two. Solution providers adding server virtualization to their practice are finding the need for new storage infrastructures, ...

According to EMC CEO Joe Tucci, the acquisition is intended to hasten the convergence of server and storage virtualization. According to VMware, the acquisition provides its 370 employees with access ...

Virsto emerged from stealth mode last week with the introduction of software for storage virtualization in Microsoft Hyper-V environments. Microsoft partner tackles storage problems in virtual data ...