What is data storage server virtualization?
Data Storage Server Virtualization in its simplest form is the replacement of a data storage physical server. So, instead of yourself purchasing the traditional physical box, hook it up to your office LAN and you or you pay someone to configure the box to store your office files (ie documents, spreadsheets, clips, etc), you opt to choose to store this content on another box that you are leasing that exists somewhere else via the Internet. Most providers of virtual storage solutions will have excellent cost savings and proper security for you but the most front-end concern will be performance for your user file access. A LAN is MUCH MUCH faster than a WAN like the Internet. So you must first test a virtual storage solution to ensure your Internet connection is fast enough to ensure good performance. FYI, this is a partial cloud networking solution so you should also look into or consider a cloud desktop service. This way your users can logon to a cloud desktop that resides on the same cloud LAN and then performance to access file content will be excellent. And you can also save on desktop/application licensing as well. Such virtual service providers as www.hsp-central.net have been offering such virtual cloud network solutions for the past 10 years so their experience will suit most small businesses quite well.
Data storage server virtualization is the most misused buzzword in the data storage industry today.Whether it is to sell a SAN, a NAS, a network router or anything to do with data storage,data storage salesmen always speak about the wonderful data storage server virtualization techniques the product uses! Jokes aside,data storage server virtualization is simply a set of data storage technologies that create an abstraction layer between logical storage and physical storage. Advantages of data storage virtualization(if and when a perfect data storage virtualization storage solution is in the market!) • Data storage virtualization would result in vendor neutral data storage for the organization. The ‘vendor neutral’ phrase itself should indicate even to the casual data center professional that most,if not all,of the data storage virtualization claims by hardware vendors are plain marketing hogwash! • Data storage virtualization will reduce the complexity of dealing with data storage. Toda
