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From the Blogosphere How Virtualization is Changing the Way We Think About Availability
Analyst firm The 451 Group has just released some very interesting findings about virtualization and availability
By: Jerry Melnick
Jul. 28, 2009 09:00 AM
Analyst firm The 451 Group has just released some very interesting findings about virtualization and availability in a recent report by Chief Analyst John Abbott. Some of the key take-aways include: • Virtual infrastructure can form the basis of fully automated availability processes. Availability becomes a default property of the virtual machine. • ‘Dial up’ levels of availability can be implemented, depending on the requirements of specific applications or departments. • If a system restore is required after a disaster, it’s usually much easier and much quicker to restore a virtual machine than a physical machine. • Virtualization infrastructure is already a core component in datacenter automation, unified computing (the bringing together of servers, storage and networking) and cloud computing. Availability services based on top of a virtualization layer will slot right into any of these longer-term initiatives that customers may be working toward. • Industrial-strength storage networks, currently a best-practice requirement for virtual availability, will lose ground to alternatives, which are maturing. • The worlds of high availability and disaster recovery are coming together as virtualization is added to the mix. • Tools more friendly to end users are likely to emerge, reducing the load on enterprise IT support staff, but requiring sophisticated underlay technology. The 451 Group hosted a webinar a few days ago on this topic, which is available to download for free here: http://www.451group.com/report_view/report_view.php?entity_id=58563 Enterprise Open Source Magazine Latest Stories . . .
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