Data center managers have adopted server virtualization wholeheartedly in the past year, across a variety of businesses, and for nearly every kind of application.
The Canadian Securities Institute (CSI Global Education Inc.) says its adoption of server virtualization technology has helped it to dramatically reduce the number of physical servers it uses, while providing e-learning services to some 40,000 students.
Until recently, SANs have had a mixed reception. Users have praised their flexibility and performance but criticized their cost, complexity and lack of interoperability. New products have finally begun to address those problems.
As storage networks continue to grow in size and value, companies are finding that storage virtualization tools enable them to better manage their storage resources and optimize their data.