No matter what you’re virtualizing – whether it’s your storage, your servers or your desktop – there will be implications to the ways you manage your storage. And now that virtualization has become a staple in almost all of today’s organizations, it’s about time you had a comprehensive resource to get the information you need to deal with the storage-related complications brought on from virtualization.
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10 ways to improve virtual server storage
Virtual server storage operations can have a profound effect on the storage network. Here are 10 ways to help ensure that your storage yields its best I/O for the VMs it supports.
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VMware’s vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI): How they work and which arrays support them
The vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) offload storage tasks from the...
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Tintri virtual machine storage appliance supports VAAI
Tintri’s virtual machine storage platform gets VAAI support and improved virt...
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VMware vStorage APIs draw more support from storage vendors
VMware vStorage APIs draw continued support from storage vendors seeking tigh...
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I/O blender effect
The I/O blender effect is a phenomenon in virtualized environments that degra...
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ODX (Offloaded Data Transfer)
Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) is a feature in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 t...
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FlexPod
FlexPod is a reference architecture for server, storage and networking compon...
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Data Storage Solutions for a Virtual Environment
The Data Storage Solutions for a Virtual Environment topics page provides news articles, tips, tutorials, guides, special reports and podcasts for data storage professionals loo... More about Data Storage Solutions for a Virtual Environment
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ODX (Offloaded Data Transfer)
- Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) is a feature in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 that speeds up copy and move operations by allowing them ... -
software-defined data center (SDDC)
- A software-defined data center (SDDC) is a data storage facility in which all elements of the infrastructure -- networking, ... -
FlexPod
- FlexPod is a reference architecture for server, storage and networking components that are pretested and validated to work together as an infrastructure stack.
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File Virtualization or NAS Virtualization
The File Virtualization or NAS Virtualization topics page offers news articles, tips, tutorials, guides, special reports and podcasts for data storage professionals looking for ... More about File Virtualization or NAS Virtualization
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network-attached storage (NAS)
- Network-attached storage (NAS) is a dedicated hard disk storage device that provides file-based data storage services to other devic...
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SAN Virtualization and SAN Storage Consolidation
The SAN Virtualization and SAN Storage Consolidation topics page provides news articles, tips, tutorials, guides, special reports and podcasts for data storage professionals loo... More about SAN Virtualization and SAN Storage Consolidation
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Storage vMotion
- Storage vMotion is a component of VMware vSphere that allows the live migration of a running virtual machine’s file system from one storage system to anot... -
virtual LUN or thin LUN
- A virtual LUN (virtual logical unit number) is a representation of a storage area that is not tied to any physical storage allocation. Virtual... -
LUN zoning
- LUN zoning is a method of configuring SAN fabric to match logical unit numbers (LUNs) to the proper servers. As a rule, end devices such as hosts can only see and...
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Storage Network Virtualization
The Storage Network Virtualization topics page offers news articles, tips, tutorials, guides, special reports and podcasts for data storage professionals looking for storage net... More about Storage Network Virtualization
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LUN zoning
- LUN zoning is a method of configuring SAN fabric to match logical unit numbers (LUNs) to the proper servers. As a rule, end devices such as hosts can only see and... -
LUN masking
- LUN masking is a further constraint added to zoning, subdividing access to the port so that only LUNs authorized to access a specific server can access the corr... -
virtual storage area network (VSAN)
- A virtual storage area network (VSAN) is a logical partition in a storage area network (SAN). VSANs allow traffic to be isol...
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Virtual Backup
The Virtual Backup topics page provides news articles, tips, feature stories, tutorials, learning guides, special reports and podcasts for data storage professionals looking for... More about Virtual Backup
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vSphere Replication
- VSphere Replication is a feature of vSphere 5.0 and Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.0 that automates the failover of virtual servers to a recovery site.
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Virtualization Disaster Recovery
On the Virtualization Disaster Recovery topics page, you'll find news articles, tips, tutorials, guides, special reports and podcasts for data storage professionals looking for ... More about Virtualization Disaster Recovery
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vSphere Replication
- VSphere Replication is a feature of vSphere 5.0 and Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.0 that automates the failover of virtual servers to a recovery site.
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Virtualization Strategy
The Virtualization Strategy topics page provides news articles, tips, tutorials, guides, special reports and podcasts for data storage professionals who manage virtualization re... More about Virtualization Strategy
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converged storage
- Converged storage is the combination of storage and computing hardware and processes to speed delivery time, optimize application performance, and mini... -
I/O blender effect
- The I/O blender effect is a phenomenon in virtualized environments that degrades storage performance. The I/O blender effect occurs when multiple vir... -
disk mirroring (RAID 1)
- Disk mirroring, also known as RAID 1, is the replication of data to two or more disks. Disk mirroring is a good choice for applications that r...
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