From the moment that VMware started to move into production, it has strained the storage infrastructure. The impact of running multiple virtual machines (VMs) on the same server at the same time pushed traditional disk-based storage systems to their breaking point. Flash storage was the quick-fix, but its high initial costs and “afterthought” implementation lead to limited use. Flash did, however, ease the burden and virtualized infrastructures intensified.
The intensity of virtualization is increasing because the number of hosts increased and the number of virtual machines per host increase. Virtualization intensity is also increasing because IT professionals are virtualizing mission-critical applications like MS-SQL, Exchange, Oracle and others. As a result, the pressure on the storage infrastructure to deliver cost-effective performance is also increasing. It is clear that a little bit of flash was not enough. Join Storage Switzerland’s George Crump and Tegile’s Chris Tsilipounidakis for this 3-minute Storage Short as they discuss the impact of increased virtualization intensity on the storage infrastructure.
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George Crump is the Chief Marketing Officer at VergeIO, the leader in Ultraconverged Infrastructure. Prior to VergeIO he was Chief Product Strategist at StorONE. Before assuming roles with innovative technology vendors, George spent almost 14 years as the founder and lead analyst at Storage Switzerland. In his spare time, he continues to write blogs on Storage Switzerland to educate IT professionals on all aspects of data center storage. He is the primary contributor to Storage Switzerland and is a heavily sought-after public speaker. With over 30 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the US, he has seen the birth of such technologies as RAID, NAS, SAN, Virtualization, Cloud, and Enterprise Flash. Before founding Storage Switzerland, he was CTO at one of the nation's largest storage integrators, where he was in charge of technology testing, integration, and product selection.
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