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Storage virtualization alleviates problems related to storage growth by abstracting logical storage from physical storage. Find news and resources about storage virtualization on this topic page.
IN THIS TOPIC:  NEWS (111) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (43) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (40) , WEBCASTS (4) , DEFINITIONS (3) , MAGAZINE CONTENT (75)

  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 111
Pixorial's video-sharing website virtualizes network resources with Xsigo I/O Director
SearchStorage.com | 23 Jun 2009
ARTICLE - Pixorial's video-sharing website combines virtualized Dell PowerEdge servers with Xsigo I/O Director and a dense, scalable SAN to add capacity and bandwidth dynamically.
Storage Decisions Chicago 2009 Session Downloads
Storage Decisions | 03 Jun 2009
ARTICLE - Download all the sessions from the Storage Decisions Chicago 2009 conference on topics including backup, SANs, storage virtualization, storage management and disaster recovery.
Stretching computer budgets remains high priority with storage administrators at Storage Decisions Chicago conference
SearchStorage.com | 02 Jun 2009
ARTICLE - Storage administrators at Storage Decisions Chicago conference focus on virtualization and other ways of delaying major equipment purchases to stretch budgets in faltering economy.
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 43
Green storage best practices control costs, increase energy efficiency
24 Jun 2009
TIP - Green storage best practices control power and cooling costs, and increase energy efficiency. Tiered storage, consolidating storage arrays and solid-state drives (SSDs) can help.
Best practices for using server virtualization in your storage environment
17 Jun 2009
TIP - Among the best practices to consider when using server virtualization, and VMware in particular, are monitoring VM performance and eliminating single points of failure.
Using DFS to create file system virtualization in Windows Server 2008
Submitted By: SearchWindowsServer.com | 08 Jun 2009
TIP - Learn how features such as Access-based Enumeration in Windows 2008 can help alleviate user confusion when accessing virtualized file systems.
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 40
Backing up your virtual environment: Chapter excerpt from "VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration"
SearchDataBackup.com | 29 Jun 2009
CHAPTER EXCERPT - Learn all about backing up your virtual environment, whether with traditional backup and backup scripts in this "VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration."
Storage Decisions Session Downloads: Storage Systems & Storage Management Track (Chicago 2009)
Storage Decisions | 03 Jun 2009
STORAGE DECISIONS - This Storage Decisions San Francisco 2009 track examines traditional methods of operational data management, as well as compelling alternatives.
Data storage provisioning best practices
Carol Sliwa, Features Writer | 12 May 2009
TUTORIAL - Best practices for data storage provisioning start with the need for the many stakeholders to communicate and coordinate so the process will be effective.
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  WEBCASTS: 1 - 3 of 4
SAN is Dead?! Long Live Virtual Grids? - Expert Webcast

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PREMIERED:   31 OCT 2006, 09:00 EST (14:00, GMT)
SUMMARY:   Learn as IDC's Robert Gray, presents IDC's latest research, which indicates that the next generation of storage infrastructure needs and solutions will depend on virtualization and grid-based solutions.
The Benefits of Storage Virtualization - Vendor Podcast

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PREMIERED:   20 SEP 2006, 09:00 EDT (13:00, GMT)
SUMMARY:   Listen to experts Paul Gillin and Fred Moore talk about the benefits of storage virtualization including learning how to facilitate multiple physical storage devices as a single logical unit while enabling provisioning and partitioning.
The Benefits of Storage Virtualization - Vendor Webcast

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PREMIERED:   12 SEP 2006, 14:00 EDT (18:00, GMT)
SUMMARY:   Listen to experts Paul Gillin and Fred Moore talk about the benefits of storage virtualization including learning how to facilitate multiple physical storage devices as a single logical unit while enabling provisioning and partitioning.
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 3
file virtualization
25 Jun 2007
WORD - 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, ...
storage virtualization
06 Jul 2004
WORD - Virtualization is the pooling of physical storage from multiple network storage devices into what appears to be a single storage device that is managed from a central console. Storage virtualization is commonly used in a ...
virtual storage area network
23 Jun 2004
WORD - A virtual storage area network (VSAN) is a specific section of a storage area network (SAN) that has been broken up into logical sections, also called partitions. This approach is used by Cisco Systems. The use of VSANs ...
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  MAGAZINE CONTENT (free subscription required): 1 - 3 of 75
"I second that VMotion," say replication vendors
Storage Magazine | 12 Dec 2008
TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS - Replication vendors are finding new avenues for their technology by leveraging VMware's VMotion technology.
Users' advice for virtual server backups
Storage Magazine | 12 Dec 2008
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Data classification still mostly a piecemeal approach
Storage Magazine | 10 Nov 2008
TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS -
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Server virtualization, Primary storage capacity optimization, Remote and offsite data storage, Data storage compliance and archiving, Data management tools, Tiered storage



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