To achieve the full benefits of virtualization and power applications, scalable storage becomes a critical component of the next generation datacenter. With traditional SAN or NAS storage in a virtualized environment, IT Administrators will continue to be challenged by increased costs, poor performance and management burdens. In contrast, scale-out solutions were architected to scale and offer the reliable, cost-effective platform to achieve the full benefits of virtualization. Read this white paper now to develop a better understanding of the benefits scale-out storage provides for virtual environments.