'V’ to the Max

Virtualization is prevalent in most of today’s modern data centers and is the engine that drives cloud computing adoption.

 
In his Knowledge Sharing article, author John Bowling posits that modern storage platforms must deliver long-term cost-effective solutions if businesses are to meet the onslaught of data and performance demanded by virtualized data centers. These solutions need to handle today’s requirements while being flexible enough to meet tomorrow’s emerging requirements.

Awarded 3rd place in the 2012 Knowledge Sharing Competition, this article chronicles one company’s journey implementing a high-performance non-stop cloud computing storage platform.

Data centers around the world struggle to meet similar business challenges.
    • Exponential Data Growth
    • Flat to Lower Storage Budgets (Doing More With Less)
    • Non-Disruptive Data Migrations Between Storage Subsystems (Technology Refresh)
    • Shrinking to Near-Zero Recovery Point Objectives (RPO’s)
    • Shrinking to Near-Zero Recovery Time Objectives (RTO’s)
    • Shrinking to Non-Existing Maintenance Windows
    • Meeting and Exceeding Performance Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Key concepts covered are the best practices and lessons learned deploying a vision designed to address the above challenges.

This article also highlights several storage technologies and techniques implemented to deliver on these challenges enabling us to meet the requirements of even the most demanding cloud computing environments, including:
    • Storage virtualization platform powered by EMC VPLEX
    • Enterprise-class storage subsystems powered by EMC VMAX
    • Mid-tier storage subsystems powered by EMC VNX
    • Disaster Recovery (DR) solution powered by EMC RecoverPoint
    • SAN fabric powered by a pair of Brocade DCX directors

These technologies were deployed to support the rigorous demands of a highly virtualized environment. The author makes a strong case that utilizing VMAX, VPLEX, and VNX subsystems will ensure continued delivery of uncompromised virtualized solutions.

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