The term NAS virtualisation can be used to describe two capabilities of NAS appliances. NAS virtualisation can refer to the ability to virtualise multiple NAS heads into a single virtualised file ...

Virtualization, one of the fastest growing trends in IT, lets any organization run multiple server functions on a single computer. Virtualization also makes it easier to start up new server emulations ...

Relative to the impact of server virtualization on the WAN, the good news is that unto itself, server virtualization does not put additional traffic onto the enterprise WAN. However, many IT ...

In our recent research benchmark on data centers, Nemertes Research discovered many different approaches to server virtualization. Some companies are combining virtualization with blade servers in a ...

The next-generation datacenter is filled with virtualization, offering virtual servers, virtual desktops, virtual storage, and virtual applications -- but what about the network? When creating the ...

One of the big questions in technology for the last three years has been how end users will adopt desktop virtualization. The answer, at least from some early adopters, seems to be "how won't we do it ...

Server virtualization is a growing reality in data centers. The economics are firmly behind the trend. Server virtualization reduces the total cost of ownership by reducing the number of physical ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Server virtualization offers a host of efficiencies, but storage administrators say it may open a can of worms on the storage side. Resulting headaches can include huge I/O bottlenecks for primary and ...