Companies building a dynamic, efficient data center need to consider
storage virtualization as a key component, according to a new report issued by Microsoft and Compellent. The report, “
Increasing IT Efficiency in a Dynamic Datacenter with a Virtualized Storage Solution,” illustrates the steps organizations can take to maximize benefits and
cost savings in a virtualized IT environment.
While IT budgets remain flat or in decline, demand continues to rise for IT services that can support growth and maintain 24x7 uptime, while alleviating risk to data and systems. Organizations require solutions that not only provide the capacity and performance to meet application requirements, but also offer sufficient return on investment and, better yet, cost-reduction measures. The continuing convergence of technology capabilities and business benefits is clear, as storage and server virtualization help reduce overall capital costs, accelerate application deployment and ensure data availability.
Components of the Dynamic Data Center: As outlined in this report, some of the key technology components recommended for a dynamic data center include:
Increased Efficiency and Savings with Fluid Data Storage
The virtualization report describes key benefits enterprises can realize when they deploy Microsoft server virtualization with Compellent storage virtualization technologies. The efficiency gains include hardware cost reduction, server utilization improvement, energy and space reduction and reduced licensing costs, specifically:
- Physical servers reduced by 89 percent
- Rack space reduced by 59 percent
- Disk drives reduced by 76 percent
- Energy consumption reduced by 49 percent
- OS licensing reduced by 66 percent
Results come from real-world testing with a blade server infrastructure in a virtual data center.
Mark Bowker, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group: “Compellent’s Fluid Data storage architecture matches well with Microsoft Hyper-V virtualized server environments in which VMs demand great flexibility such as rapid data provisioning or recovery. The power, space and cost savings achieved by moving to a virtualized environment are considerable, but the lasting benefits organizations can realize though improved manageability and more granular control of data are significant.”
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