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ALSO CALLED: Virtualization, Storage-based Virtualization, Host-based Virtualization, SV, NAS Virtualization, SAN Virtualization, Block Virtualization, Storage Subsystem Virtualization, File Virtualization, Disk Virtualization, Network-based Virtualization, Storage Device Virtualization DEFINITION: File virtualization is the creation of an abstraction layer between file servers and the clients that access those file servers. Once deployed, the file virtualization layer manages files and file systems across servers, allowing administrators to present clients with one logical file mount for all servers. The file servers continue to host file data and metadata. While this arrangement may seem to … Definition continues below.
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2013 Midrange Unified Storage Array Buyer's Guide sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: This Buyer's Guide on midrange unified storage arrays aims to help any organization accelerate their evaluation process by providing information about available solutions and detailing models which should be analyzed further. View now for help finding your ideal midrange unified storage array. Posted: 20 Feb 2013 \| Published: 20 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Backups \| Midrange Server Hardware \| NAS \| SAN \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Devices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage technologies for VMware vSphere sponsored by Insight WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn about the improvements and benefits your organization can achieve by supporting VMware vSphere with a next-gen storage platform built to overcome the challenges businesses face after launching server virtualization. Posted: 20 Feb 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Downtime \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Spending \| Storage Virtualization \| VM \| VMware

Simplify Your IT - Accelerate Your Business sponsored by Insight WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores how a converged infrastructure can enable your organization to lower costs while improving the quality of IT service delivery. Posted: 18 Feb 2013 \| Published: 28 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization

ESG - Practical Advice for Streamlining Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Solutions sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. WHITE PAPER: To succeed and thrive, today's organizations must create network environments that enable them to continue operations or recover in the shortest possible time. This paper provides practical advice for maintaining a functional DR strategy, and for streamlining business continuity solutions. Posted: 18 Jan 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Storage Virtualization \| WAN

Storage Switzerland: Developing an Enterprise Flash Strategy sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: How do you know if you're choosing the flash solution that's most conducive to your organization? Check out this comprehensive white paper to ensure you've got the right solution and the right vendor for your organization's particular needs. Posted: 03 Dec 2012 \| Published: 26 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory \| Flash Memory \| Flash Read Only Memory \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Industry \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software

Clipper: When Infrastructure Really Matters, A Focus on High-End Storage sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Because mismatches of server and storage technology may have happened while you were virtualizing and consolidating your servers, you need to consider what storage you are using for which purpose. Check out this informative white paper to learn more. Posted: 30 Nov 2012 \| Published: 02 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Spending \| Storage Virtualization

Take Control of Storage Growth to Contain Costs and Enhance Agility sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: There's a new approach for SMBs overwhelmed by quickly growing storage requirements: Open, standards-based storage infrastructures built on networked & virtualized storage. Learn how this setup can allow your company to right-size its storage investment relative to the value of your data, and save you time with automated storage tiering. Posted: 29 Nov 2012 \| Published: 29 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| SMBs \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

Don't Let Storage Eat Your Cloud ROI sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This short white paper explores how you can leverage storage virtualization to eliminate much of your storage cost and management burdens, so that your cloud ROI can be preserved. Read now to learn more. Posted: 24 Nov 2012 \| Published: 03 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software

ESG: Storage Virtualization for Efficient Operations sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This ESG lab report documents the performance capabilities of IBM Storwize V7000. Read onto see the results of this objective study. Posted: 15 Nov 2012 \| Published: 29 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software

ESG - The Importance of Performance Management in Software-defined Networking sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Organizations today face the daunting task of deploying new network architectures to keep pace. Discover how Riverbed Technology and VMware have joined forces to help address these problems and make it easy to deploy and manage VXLAN overlay networks in highly virtualized data centers in this report from The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). Posted: 14 Nov 2012 \| Published: 31 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Data Center Consolidation \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization \| Troubleshooting

VMware vSphere 5 and IBM XIV Gen3 End-to-End Virtualization sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This comprehensive white paper explores how you can build a powerful, end-to-end virtualized infrastructure, covering not only servers and storage, but also end-to-end infrastructure management, leading to more-efficient and higher performing applications. Read now to learn more. Posted: 01 Nov 2012 \| Published: 30 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization

ESG: IBM's Leadership Storage Virtualization sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Check out this comprehensive study from ESG to explore how virtualizing not just your servers but your storage as well can free up unprecedented space, time and resources, while costing you considerably less money. Posted: 30 Oct 2012 \| Published: 30 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization

Hybrid Cloud Storage: Government Agencies can get the Best of Two Worlds sponsored by Red Hat WHITE PAPER: Access this survey to learn how your peers are using hybrid cloud storage to address increasing storage capacity demands. Posted: 18 Oct 2012 \| Published: 18 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Hybrid clouds \| NAS \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Taneja - Riverbed Extends from WAN Optimization to Edge Virtual Server Infrastructure sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Taneja Group explores how Riverbed Technology has identified a critical challenge that limits IT performance in highly distributed customer environments.The report profiles the new Steelhead EX + Granite appliance, combining a true "branch-office box" virtualized hardware platform with a first-of-its-kind block storage technology. Download now. Posted: 16 Oct 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Network Applications Software \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Remote Access Hardware \| Remote Access Server Hardware \| Remote Network Management \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Virtualization

vSphere vs. Hyper-V: A Total Cost Comparison sponsored by VMware, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Access a detailed TCO comparison of the two leading server virtualization platforms, VMware's vSphere 5 and Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V. Discover how each of these technologies performed in five different operating scenarios covering management, maintenance, storage and disaster recovery. Posted: 11 Oct 2012 \| Published: 30 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Virtualization \| VMware \| VMware Disaster Recovery

Survival kit: Storage virtualization sponsored by FalconStor Software WHITE PAPER: This buyer's checklist is designed to help you understand how you can leverage storage virtualization to reap benefits equivalent to those of server virt. Check it out today for an expert breakdown of storage virt, 15 key considerations and to learn how to calculate the ROI of storage virtualization at your shop. Posted: 14 Sep 2012 \| Published: 14 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Replication \| ROI \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Standards \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software \| Virtual Tape Libraries \| Virtualization Security

Optimization for Real Time Storage sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Compressing incoming primary data in real time - at its point of origin - can provide immediate as well as long-term savings. This white paper explores some of the latest advancements in compression technologies and the various benefits they deliver. Read now to learn more. Posted: 30 Jul 2012 \| Published: 30 Jul 2012 TOPICS: Data Compression \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Migration \| Data Recovery \| Data Storage \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization

Gartner: Use Heterogeneous Storage Virtualization as a Bridge to Cloud sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Data center operators who are interested in private cloud storage technologies struggle with moving existing storage infrastructure into a cloud storage paradigm. Heterogeneous storage virtualization appliances offer a transition path for operators by preserving their investments and adding cloud operating semantics. Posted: 19 Jul 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Backup \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| SLA \| Storage Virtualization

Forrester: Total Economic Impact Study of IBM Storwize V7000 sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: In June 2011, IBM commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential ROI that enterprises may realize by deploying Storwize V7000. Read this white paper to learn the results. Posted: 19 Jul 2012 \| Published: 30 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Security \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization

The Tod Point Group: Storage for Oracle 11g sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified storage system, combined with powerful management software such as Easy Tier for enhancing database performance and remote mirroring capabilities for disaster recovery protection, delivers a storage infrastructure designed to meet the specific Oracle 11g needs. Posted: 18 Jul 2012 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Data Mirroring \| Data Recovery \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

Dell EqualLogic PS Series and Microsoft WS2008 Hyper-V: Enabling the Next Generation Virtualized Data Center sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This resource outlines a virtualization technology to optimize storage on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V environments offering capacity and efficiency benefits for your VM workloads. Posted: 20 Sep 2012 \| Published: 20 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| Windows \| Windows Server 2008 R2 \| Windows Server Software

Edison: Competitive Management Cost Study: IBM Storwize V7000 vs. EMC VNX5500 Storage Systems sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the results of a recent study in comparing the cost, complexity and ease-of-use of the IBM Storwize V7000 and the EMC VNX5500. Read now to learn the results. Posted: 30 Jul 2012 \| Published: 30 Apr 2012 TOPICS: SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

The Tod Point Group: IBM Storwize V7000 in an Exchange Environment sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified storage system, combined with powerful management software from IBM Tivoli, provides an ideal complement to Exchange 2010 deployments by providing a highly virtualized storage infrastructure designed to meet the specific needs of Exchange 2010 environments. Posted: 19 Jul 2012 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Data Security \| Email \| Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

The Tod Point Group: IBM Storwize V7000 for VMWare Environments sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified storage system, combined with powerful management software from IBM Tivoli, provides an ideal complement to VMware vSphere deployments by providing a highly virtualized storage infrastructure designed to meet the specific needs of virtual server environments. Read now to learn more. Posted: 19 Jul 2012 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| VMware

ESG: Storage Virtualization Offerings from IBM sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: With flat or declining budgets, all organizations have been asked to "do more with less," and while budgets are beginning to recover, the need for efficiency does not dissipate. Check out this ESG case study to explore test results of IBM'storage virtualizaton offerings. Posted: 19 Jul 2012 \| Published: 30 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Storage Appliances \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Virtualization \| VMware

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STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION DEFINITION (continued): … add IT overhead unnecessarily, file virtualization provides several key advantages, including a global namespace to index files on network file servers. In addition, this virtual file storage consolidation allows excess storage capacity to be shared between file servers. Data migrations can be conducted between file servers transparently to end users and applications, which is ideal in a tiered storage infrastructure. In short, file virtualization allows companies to access isolated ("stranded") storage capacity on network file servers and perform seamless file migrations among them. …
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