IMPLICATIONS OF STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION FOR SMB
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Authors:
• Adriana BARNOSCHI, Afiliation: Associate Professor, Ph.D., Social and Administrative Sciences Faculty, “Nicolae Titulescu” University -
Keywords: storage management, server virtualization, disaster recovery plan, business continuity planning
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Abstract:
In today’s datacenters, the unexpected increase of virtual and physical servers has led to exponential increases in data transfer volumes, bandwidth bottlenecks, and connectivity costs. This growth causes major problems for IT managers as they struggle to see more cost effective, scalable ways to manage the increasing complexity of servers and their associated LAN and SAN environments. Virtualization is a general term that could be applied to: storage systems, databases and networks. In this article, I present an overview of server virtualization architecture. I also specify the goals and benefits of virtualization for a SMB. The article points out some issues about server virtualization: definition, implementing problems and security features. In case of major calamity, you need a disaster recovery plan. The article lists a series of differences and similar parts of DR planning and business continuity plan.