Storage Virtualization: Provide Storage as a Service and Increase Efficiency Avaiability

Storage Virtualization—Overview

Voyant Strategies designs and implements value-rich strategies: sets of products and services in which each component multiplies the value of the others. Our deep and thorough understanding of infrastructure and technology makes us a leading Storage Integrator.

But if knowing what technology can do is important, knowing what it cannot do is even more so. The Enterprise Storage industry is fraught with fluff and hyperbole, empty promises unable to meet the needs of your business. In stark contrast, Voyant Strategies designs robust, easy-to-manage solutions, rooted in real knowledge and experience rather than guesswork or marketing slogans.

Storage Virtualization—A Logical View

The following diagram demonstrates how and where virtualized storage fits into a layered, service-oriented IT infrastructure.

Graphic depicting the logical structure of Storage Virtualization

Disaster recovery for various Application Servers is challenging if each server requires its own seperate strategy and processes for achieving recoverability. Consolidating the data for these seperate servers into one Storage Platform reduces the number of strategies and processes to one- this saves you money and time, and accomplishes the job more reliably and effectively. Implementing new applications becomes much more efficient, as the storage and disaster recovery strategy is already in place.

Voyant Strategies has been building infrastructures using this method for over ten years, utilizing technologies from Network Appliance, Commvault Systems, Quantum, and most recently Riverbed Technology. To find out how your organization can benefit from our years of experience, please contact us.

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