Although the price of storage hardware has dropped, storage administration and software expenses can still run many times the cost of hardware alone. For many businesses, controlling these expenses is crucial to lowering the total cost of ownership. Storage consolidation can provide a partial solution by expanding device connectivity and reducing points of management. However, once storage is consolidated, the job is only half done. You still need a centralized, flexible method of management that masks the complexity of the storage environment and reduces administrative overhead. That's where storage virtualization fits in.
Storage virtualization is the grouping of storage devices such that it seamlessly appears to be one large storage device. It enables you to more effectively manage information across your entire storage infrastructure.
With storage virtualization, you can simplify cumbersome tasks, such as allocating storage, load balancing, configuring RAID, and backing up and restoring data. Optimally, you can also conceal the complex underpinnings of the storage infrastructure, including physical disks, administrators and servers.
Dell storage can help you rein in costs while supercharging performance. We take an open-standard approach to storage virtualization, giving you the power to choose from a broad range of vendors, technologies and architectures. We can also help you:
- Implement application-aware automation
- Optimize performance by fully integrating storage, server and network virtualization
- Simplify management of high availability (HA), workload mobility and disaster recovery through storage integration with VMware®, Microsoft® Hyper-V™, and Citrix® XenServer™ virtualization platforms
Contact Dell today and reap the rewards of storage virtualization.
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