Most data centers have given up on the idea of a single storage system for all the organization’s workloads. Organizations have decided to buy storage systems that solve a specific problem. The multi-vendor storage environment does have some advantages. Individual storage systems can target the particular demands of a workload. Being open to a multi-vendor storage environment can also allow a more controlled adoption of newer storage technologies. The multi-vendor storage architecture does create some challenges, however, especially regarding management and administration.
In our on demand webinar, experts from Storage Switzerland and SolarWinds discuss how IT can have the best of both worlds, a mixed storage system environment that targets the specific requirements of their various workloads, while also expertly managing that environment using its resources efficiently and optimally.
Key Webinar Takeaways:
- The Pros and Cons of a Mixed Storage Vendor Data Center
- The Value of a Global Storage Dashboard (detect performance and capacity problems across storage systems, deliver and end-to-end / application to storage view, free up wasted disk capacity, reduce time to resolution with visibility to the IT issue source and what it impacts, and adequately place workloads for their required performance)
- The Requirements of a Global Storage Dashboard (works across multiple storage vendors, provides end-to-end views, does not replace but compliments vendor tools)
Register today and receive a copy of Storage Switzerland’s white paper “The Complete Guide to Supporting The Multi-Vendor Storage Data Center”.
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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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