Quantum White Paper Sample

The majority of server virtualization currently being undertaken is for the consolidation of heterogeneous operating systems on underutilized servers. Another aspect is to address desktops and workstations, in part for consolidation, but also to simplify management, data protection and associated cost and complexity. StorageIO sees a next wave of server virtualization, which is life beyond consolidation on the horizon which is enabling agility and flexibility.

This next wave, (life beyond consolidation) combines the tenets of the two previous scenarios with an emphasis around utilizing virtualization to for agility and flexibility to enable dynamic management of servers and dynamic data protection.