The emergence of file virtualization products is the result of poor NAS management. NAS boxes lacked central management, and it was difficult to access files on all of the storage connected to NAS.
Like a DNS server, file virtualization saves time for storage admins
Carol Sliwa, Contributor | 22 Apr 2008 SPECIAL REPORT - File virtualization products can help storage administrators deal with NAS sprawl, replicate data, migrate files between servers and manage storage utilization policies.
Product Roundup: File virtualization
Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer | 16 Apr 2008 SPECIAL REPORT - Some file virtualization products allow storage administrators to manage multiple existing heterogeneous NAS devices from one console.
File virtualization eliminates NAS sprawl headaches
Dave Raffo, News Director | 15 Apr 2008 SPECIAL REPORT - A survey shows that user interest in file virtualization is about to crest because organizations are no longer waiting to encounter the problem of file sprawl to deploy it.
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