RSSFive Keys to Smart Storage Virtualization
Storage virtualization has gone mainstream, but you'll want to avoid the common pitfalls and ask the right questions before rolling out a storage virtualization project. Here are 5 key issues to consider as you prepare.
By Jon Brodkin
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As a general rule of thumb, the more complicated your storage environment, the more benefit virtualization brings.
"There's a complexity/benefit tradeoff," Fitze says. "If their current environment is difficult to manage and complex, adding a virtualization layer can simplify that complexity. If it's a small, efficiently managed environment without data-protection challenges, then virtualization just for virtualization's sake is probably not a good idea."
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