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Document Category: Whitepaper
Subject: SAN Storage
Vendor: HDS, VMware
Keywords: HDS, Hitachi, Hitachi Data Systems, Tier one, VAAI, Virtualization, VMware, vSphere 5
Document Date: 2011-08
Document Number: 794
Author(s): John Webster
# of Pages: 7
Short Description:
Achieving performance for virtualized tier-one application with VAAI and Hitachi Data Systems
Full Summary:
The Importance of Storage Performance for Virtualized Applications
The Evaluator Group has observed a common pattern among IT administrators who are managing their growing VMware environments. The lower tier applications are the ones that get moved from physical to virtual first, once they have been tested. These are typically print and file serving, and other non-critical applications. Next comes the more challenging assignment: moving the more critical tier one applications into virtual machines so that as many applications as possible are managed under the VMware umbrella.
We have also seen that the more critical applications running on ESX servers are now placing new demands on the storage environment. Enter vSphere 5. This latest major release of vSphere contains much in the way of new storage-related functionality for VMware administrators. In fact, vSphere 5 contains even more storage-related streamlining standardizing, and automating features that can be integrated with capabilities in the storage array than have all the previous versions combined.
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Storage Performance for Virtualized Tier One Applications
The Importance of Storage Performance for Virtualized Applications
The Evaluator Group has observed a common pattern among IT administrators who are managing their growing VMware environments. The lower tier applications are the ones that get moved from physical to virtual first, once they have been tested. These are typically print and file serving, and other non-critical applications. Next comes the more challenging assignment: moving the more critical tier one applications into virtual machines so that as many applications as possible are managed under the VMware umbrella.
We have also seen that the more critical applications running on ESX servers are now placing new demands on the storage environment. Enter vSphere 5. This latest major release of vSphere contains much in the way of new storage-related functionality for VMware administrators. In fact, vSphere 5 contains even more storage-related streamlining standardizing, and automating features that can be integrated with capabilities in the storage array than have all the previous versions combined.