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Storage virtualization solutions explained
Storage virtualization solutions aggregate available storage space and pool it into one spot, making it easier to manage and maintain. Solution providers should be familiar with the benefits and drawbacks of storage virtualization in order to choose ... Channel Explained
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Storage virtualization for data migration, consolidation
Learn how to use storage virtualization for data migration at customer sites, and find out about emerging uses of the technology in appliances and disk arrays. Feature
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Pros and cons of storage virtualization technologies
Storage virtualization technologies can be delivered a number of ways: via host, appliance or network. Find out the differences among these approaches and how to choose the right one for customers. Feature
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The benefits of storage virtualization
Storage virtualization can satisfy your customers' storage needs and also provide great business opportunities for you as a service provider. Learn about the benefits of storage virtualization in this installment of our Hot Spot Tutorial. Feature
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Storage virtualization services
Learn about offering storage virtualization services, from understanding what storage virtualization is and implementing it to maintaining proper management. Guide
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How does virtualization affect disaster recovery?
Learn about the important role that virtualization plays in disaster recovery. FAQ
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Study Guide: Storage virtualization -- Answer 4
Study Guide: Storage virtualization -- Answer 4 Quiz Answer
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Study Guide: Storage virtualization -- Answer 5
Study Guide: Storage virtualization -- Answer 5 Quiz Answer
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Study Guide: Storage virtualization -- Answer 7
Study Guide: Storage virtualization -- Answer 7 Quiz Answer
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Study Guide: Storage virtualization -- Answer 8
Study Guide: Storage virtualization -- Answer 8 Quiz Answer
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Virsto sets sites on improving VMware storage performance
Headlines: Virsto launches Virsto for vSphere to improve VMware storage performance, two years after it launched with a similar product for Micrsoft Hyper-V. News | 18 Jan 2012
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Government reseller helps Wisconsin National Guard virtualize storage
Read about how SwishData helped the Wisconsin Army National Guard virtualize storage and servers in a move to eliminate its silos of data and consolidate physical resources. News | 22 Dec 2011
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Astute Networks launches flash appliance to speed performance of VMware storage
Headlines: Astute Networks rolls out ViSX G3 flash appliance designed to improve the performance of storage for heavy-duty VMware environments. News | 17 Aug 2011
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Coraid adds storage virtualization appliance for Ethernet SAN arrays
Headlines: Coraid's VSX SAN virtualization appliance adds features such as storage pooling, snapshots, cloning, mirroring and remote replication to its EtherDrive SRX storage arrays. News | 02 Mar 2011
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Xiotech launches Hybrid ISE solid-state drives system
Headlines: Xiotech Hybrid ISE brings fresh approach to pooling solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard drives, as well as monitoring and moving data to various media types. Article | 02 Feb 2011
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F5 Networks incorporates ARX file virtualization into cloud storage
Headlines: F5 adds file virtualization software that can move file and object storage into the cloud; also launches virtual appliance and open file services API for ARX platform. Article | 08 Dec 2010
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Pittsburgh Technical Institute revamps storage strategy around virtual servers
Headlines: Pittsburgh Technical Institute followed its virtual server initiative with a storage strategy overhaul, including SSDs and a separate backup app for virtual machines. Article | 01 Dec 2010
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Dot Hill launches unified, virtual storage appliance to build channel
Dot Hill looks to change its OEM-only model by launching unified virtual storage appliances through the channel; appliances use technology acquired from Cloverleaf. Article | 08 Nov 2010
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IBM to ship Storwize system without compression; Quantum completes dedupe line overhaul
Headlines: IBM debuts its first Storwize product – a storage virtualization system that doesn't include Storwize data compression – and upgraded its enterprise storage array; and Quantum finishes refreshing its DXi dedupe line. Article | 13 Oct 2010
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Reldata focuses unified storage platform on midmarket, channel
Unified storage vendor Reldata upgrades operating system for NAS-iSCSI storage system to 64-bit and adds management features; new management says it will focus on the channel and midmarket. Article | 22 Sep 2009
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Virtual storage appliance vs. traditional shared storage
A virtual storage appliance can be a viable way to allocate storage for their virtual server infrastructure; it offers cost and complexity benefits compared with traditional shared storage. Tip
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Efficient storage provisioning: Capex and opex savings
Find out how efficient storage provisioning techniques through the use of storage virtualization, thin provisioning and storage domains can cut capital expenses (capex) and operating expenses (opex) for customers. Tip
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Maximizing storage virtualization technology
Storage virtualization technology brings the benefits of better performance and speedy provisioning of resources, but there are a few caveats. Learn how to best maximize storage virtualization for your customers. Tip
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Backup target consolidation via virtualization
Most data centers are in serious need of backup target consolidation. A new class of devices -- backup virtualization appliances -- addresses this need by taking the heavy lifting away from the backup application. Tip
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Preparing customers for storage virtualization
Storage virtualization promises big benefits for your customers, but preparing them for it will take some work. Follow these four steps to make the move to storage virtualization trouble-free. Tip
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How thin provisioning improves virtual machine performance
Use the power of thin provisioning to improve the storage performance of virtual machines. Learn the benefits of thin provisioning in this tip. Tip
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File virtualization: A bona fide problem solver
File virtualization on NAS is the next frontier of storage virtualization and promises to be a good play for the channel. Help your customers address real file management difficulties caused by the growth of unstructured data. Tip
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SAN-based storage virtualization: Five benefits for your customers
Storage virtualization holds promise, but still has a lot of problems. SAN-based storage virtualization could offer some solutions. This tip outlines five value propositions for SAN storage virtualzation. Tip
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Spotting the next wave of managed services
Managed Services trends are presenting new opportunities for channel professionals. This tip outlines five areas of potential business for you. Tip
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Virtual SAN service opportunities for SMBs
The SMB market is finally at a point where implementing SANs makes sense. Resellers have the opportunity to sell iSCSI SANs to ensure their customer's storage is current and best suited for the job. Tip
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What is thin provisioning? Which applications benefit most?
Learn more about thin provisioning, and discover which applications benefit most from it. Ask the Expert
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Selecting the right storage virtualization technology
Choosing the right storage virtualization technology means having a clear understanding of a customer's data storage goals. Ask the Expert
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Storage virtualization infrastructure approaches
Storage virtualization can make data storage systems more chaotic than they already are. Ask the Expert
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Adding value to storage virtualization
Storage is a huge market for VARs with many competitors. The difference between getting a contract and not getting a contract may boil down to the type of value you can add to a product. The same is true for storage virtualization. Ask the Expert
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VDI storage: Supporting storage for a virtualized desktop infrastructure
In a VDI project, it’s important for VARs to look carefully at storage requirements. In this podcast, find out how to best support storage for a VDI environment. Podcast
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Channel Expert Podcast, Part 2: Management benefits of storage virtualization
In this Channel Expert Podcast with consultant Tory Skyers and Irwin Teodoro from Laurus Technologies, find out about the management benefits of storage virtualization, including a single-pane-of-glass view into storage assets, simplified data migrat... Podcast
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Channel Expert Podcast, Part 1: Defining storage virtualization for customers
In this Channel Expert Podcast with consultant Tory Skyers and Irwin Teodoro from Laurus Technologies, find out what customers want to know about storage virtualization, how to define it for customers, how to pitch its benefits and how to determine w... Podcast
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Podcast: Five ways to enhance your client's storage virtualization
Storage virtualization is proving to be one of the most requested services from storage customers. Learn about the top five ways to enhance storage virtualization in this podcast. Podcast
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File area network (FAN) podcast -- trends in content management and delivery
Online content is proliferating at unprecedented rates. Get advice from industry analyst Brad O'Neil in this podcast, brought to you by Gear 6. Podcast
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Data classification podcast -- Transient, archival and production (TAP) data
Get key data classification trends and best practices as they relate to Data Mobility Group's transient, archival and production (TAP) framework in this podcast, brought to you by SearchStorageChannel.com content partner Gear6. Podcast
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VDI storage: Supporting storage for a virtualized desktop infrastructure
In a VDI project, it’s important for VARs to look carefully at storage requirements. In this podcast, find out how to best support storage for a VDI environment. Podcast
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Virsto sets sites on improving VMware storage performance
Headlines: Virsto launches Virsto for vSphere to improve VMware storage performance, two years after it launched with a similar product for Micrsoft Hyper-V. News
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Government reseller helps Wisconsin National Guard virtualize storage
Read about how SwishData helped the Wisconsin Army National Guard virtualize storage and servers in a move to eliminate its silos of data and consolidate physical resources. News
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Virtual storage appliance vs. traditional shared storage
A virtual storage appliance can be a viable way to allocate storage for their virtual server infrastructure; it offers cost and complexity benefits compared with traditional shared storage. Tip
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Astute Networks launches flash appliance to speed performance of VMware storage
Headlines: Astute Networks rolls out ViSX G3 flash appliance designed to improve the performance of storage for heavy-duty VMware environments. News
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Coraid adds storage virtualization appliance for Ethernet SAN arrays
Headlines: Coraid's VSX SAN virtualization appliance adds features such as storage pooling, snapshots, cloning, mirroring and remote replication to its EtherDrive SRX storage arrays. News
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Xiotech launches Hybrid ISE solid-state drives system
Headlines: Xiotech Hybrid ISE brings fresh approach to pooling solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard drives, as well as monitoring and moving data to various media types. Article
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F5 Networks incorporates ARX file virtualization into cloud storage
Headlines: F5 adds file virtualization software that can move file and object storage into the cloud; also launches virtual appliance and open file services API for ARX platform. Article
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Pittsburgh Technical Institute revamps storage strategy around virtual servers
Headlines: Pittsburgh Technical Institute followed its virtual server initiative with a storage strategy overhaul, including SSDs and a separate backup app for virtual machines. Article
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Dot Hill launches unified, virtual storage appliance to build channel
Dot Hill looks to change its OEM-only model by launching unified virtual storage appliances through the channel; appliances use technology acquired from Cloverleaf. Article
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About Storage Virtualization Planning and Management
Learn about storage virtualization planning and management with the news, tips and expert advice in this topic, geared for storage service providers, value-added resellers (VARs) and consultants helping customers plan and manage storage virtualization. You'll find tutorials and best practices on how to help clients prepare for the move to virtualization, selling virtualization technology to SMBs and other partner opportunities, virtual storage for disaster recovery, and troubleshooting and solving virtualization issues, as well as news and trends from top storage virtualization vendors and more.