RSSFive Questions to Ask Before Starting a Storage Virtualization Project
Industry experts and IT leaders share five key questions, addressing the main types of storage virtualization, complexity, exit strategies, and more.
By Stacy Collett
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Storage virtualization isn't an insurance policy against sloppy practices, Nadkarni says. "It's almost like taking a dirty room and stuffing everything that's out of place into a closet," he says. "You really need to put things back into their place. So storage tiering or other good storage practices need to be taken care of first. Then you can move to the next step and implement storage virtualization."
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