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Document Category: Whitepaper
Subject: SAN Storage, Virtualization
Vendor: HDS, VMware
Keywords: Tiered Storage, Virtualization, VMware
Document Date: 2011-08
Document Number: 791
Author(s): John Webster
# of Pages: 5
Short Description:
Discussion of the use of Automated Tiered Storage and its benefits in a VMware environment
Full Summary:
As server virtualization projects move from early stages of deployment to advanced stages involving more critical and demanding applications on more virtualized server clusters IT administrators are increasingly challenged to ensure performance, application availability, and cost efficiency. When each application has its own dedicated server, service delivery issues can be managed on an application-by-application, server-by-server basis. However, when multiple applications are running on virtualized server clusters, one must take a more holistic view to assuring the productivity of primary business application users.
Developing a holistic approach to management of the virtual server environment should be a goal of IT management teams, especially as existing, early stage deployments will likely continue to grow in scale and number. We see at least two essential ways to do this:
1. Begin by breaking down a strictly silo’d management style where server, network and storage administrators narrowly focus on their own administrative domains.
2. Embrace technologies that enable a more holistic management style.
This paper takes a look at how storage virtualization followed by storage tiering help enable this holistic operational goal.
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Automated Tiered Storage for VMware
As server virtualization projects move from early stages of deployment to advanced stages involving more critical and demanding applications on more virtualized server clusters IT administrators are increasingly challenged to ensure performance, application availability, and cost efficiency. When each application has its own dedicated server, service delivery issues can be managed on an application-by-application, server-by-server basis. However, when multiple applications are running on virtualized server clusters, one must take a more holistic view to assuring the productivity of primary business application users.
Developing a holistic approach to management of the virtual server environment should be a goal of IT management teams, especially as existing, early stage deployments will likely continue to grow in scale and number. We see at least two essential ways to do this:
1. Begin by breaking down a strictly silo’d management style where server, network and storage administrators narrowly focus on their own administrative domains.
2. Embrace technologies that enable a more holistic management style.
This paper takes a look at how storage virtualization followed by storage tiering help enable this holistic operational goal.
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