Hewlett-Packard White Paper Sample

This IDC White Paper looks specifically at the business value associated with use of networked storage and network-based storage virtualization to address those challenges. It also examines how the implementation of a virtualized networked storage environment ensures that the business can fully achieve the benefits of a virtualized server environment. IDC finds that the use of virtualized networked storage makes it possible for companies to:

• Consolidate storage and server assets reducing the number of systems managed by 50% or more in many cases
• Increase the number of virtualized servers (often by 60% to 80%) running on individual physical servers while also increasing storage utilization rates from 20% or less (for direct attached) to more than 40% and often over 50% reducing the need to acquire new server and storage systems in these difficult economic times
• Leverage lower-cost/higher-capacity storage tiers reducing the cost of acquiring new storage assets by up to 80% in certain cases
• Improve application and information availability while shrinking backup times by over 80% and reducing IT staff resources devoted to backup and recovery activities