Extending the power of virtualization to storage

An operational model that can provide agility and efficiency

Published February 2016

Server virtualization has changed the way IT runs data centers across the world. But despite the broad adoption of server virtualization, the storage architecture that supports it has not kept pace. Server virtualization imposes new requirements on storage, increasing the demand for storage systems capable of responding to the highly random, spiky I/O profiles of virtualized applications and new workloads like VDI. The emergence of cloud-based services and rapid development and deployment of new applications increase end-user expectations for capacity, performance, and agility.

To meet today’s challenges, IT needs a fundamentally more efficient operational model – one that’s aligned to the business and can deliver agility and efficiency. Is the answer Software-Defined Storage? Read on to find out.