Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
Access "VMware storage issues may be solved by your array"
This article is part of the Vol. 9 Num. 9 January 2011 issue of Exploring near-continuous data protection for operational recovery
Anybody who has struggled with configuring storage for VMware virtual servers will be happy to hear help is on the way -- the solution to your problems may be hidden in your array. By Jeff Byrne From the moment server virtualization burst onto the scene nearly a decade ago, it has created significant challenges for data storage managers. And based on recent Taneja Group research, many of those challenges are far from being overcome. In our most recent end-user survey on virtual server storage, we found more than half of storage administrators are experiencing one or more of the following storage-related issues in their virtual server environments: Scalability: Server consolidation leads to contention for storage and I/O resources, limiting the number of virtual machines (VMs) that can be run productively on a given system. Performance: The multiplicative effect of repetitive, small-block I/O operations -- driven by a hypervisor and performed across multiple VMs -- can have a crippling effect on storage performance. Agility: In a heavily consolidated ... Access >>>
Access TechTarget
Premium Content for Free.
What's Inside
Features
-
-
Quality Awards V: EMC and IBM top NAS field
Record-breaking scores highlight EMC's big win in the enterprise NAS group and IBM's stunning performance among midrange NAS systems.
-
More companies testing DR plans, but scope of tests unchanged
More than two-thirds of the respondents to our survey are diligent DR plan testers, but they test fewer apps.
-
Quality Awards V: EMC and IBM top NAS field
-
-
Snapshots: The alternative backup
by W. Curtis Preston
Snapshot-based backup, also known as near-continuous data protection, is one of the most efficient ways to provide operational recovery, and you can forget about backup windows.
-
Hybrid cloud storage
by Jacob Gsoedl
Hybrid cloud storage products provide the best of both worlds -- local storage that's tightly integrated with off-site cloud storage services.
-
Snapshots: The alternative backup
by W. Curtis Preston
-
Columns
-
Peaks and valleys, expectations and disillusionment
Gartner's Hype Cycles make for interesting reading. But they might also be a handy way to evaluate storage technologies.
-
Scale-out storage, the big winner for 2010
by Terri McClure
Scale-out storage enables rapid, on-the-fly expansion of data storage systems that support fast-growing applications. You can start small and grow as your storage needs change.
-
Back to reality in 2011
by Tony Asaro
2010 was a fairly tumultuous year in storage highlighted by blockbuster acquisitions. This year it's time to get back to the business of managing storage.
-
VMware storage issues may be solved by your array
Anyone who has struggled with configuring storage for VMware virtual servers will be happy to hear help is at hand; just look inside your storage array.
-
Peaks and valleys, expectations and disillusionment
More Premium Content Accessible For Free
How to improve your virtual server storage setups
E-Zine
One of the biggest challenges of building a virtual server infrastructure is fine-tuning the storage that supports the virtual machines. Having ...
Rethinking the way storage architectures are packaged and presented
E-Zine
Cloud storage, virtualization and the growth of unstructured data have contributed to the way storage architectures are built and used. Virtual ...
Archiving stays active with LTFS and the cloud
E-Handbook
While the concept of data archiving has existed for decades, archiving practices that were once considered standard are becoming inadequate. Factors ...