Consolidation & Virtualization
Storage consolidation and virtualization has become an expected part of an overall enterprise storage strategy. With multi-terabyte drives and 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel or 10 Gb/s iSCSI or FCoE a single consolidated storage device can easily service an entire IT infrastructure. The challenge is in the architecture of this storage infrastructure, considering issues such as:
- Tiering – High performance/low capacity drives versus low performance/high capacity drives
- Data Layout – Designing the data mapping on the storage array for optimal performance and to ensure that demanding applications do not conflict with each other
- Scalability – Develop a data allocation strategy that will allow the environment to scale cleanly and consistently
- Host Access – The presentation of storage to the hosts should abstract as much of the complexity within the storage device as possible, this is where virtualization technology comes into play
- Asset Life Cycle – Consider the issues around both the commissioning and decommissioning of a storage environment
FlexITy’s experience with all major storage and fabric technologies as well as the host platform that access these technologies allows us to work with you to develop a consolidated, virtualized storage infrastructure that meets your specific business needs and takes advantage of the appropriate advanced features and functions these devices have to offer.
