Renowned Storage Analyst George Crump Authors Report
Tek-Tools Software, a leading provider of IT resource management software solutions, today announced the availability of a whitepaper written by renowned storage and virtualization industry analyst and founder of Storage Switzerland George Crump to help customers understand the challenges of managing virtualized IT environments. The paper cautions against ignoring the effects of virtualization on other elements of the infrastructure and in particular hones in on the issue of the server virtualization’s effect on storage management.
Caution -- ignoring effects of virtualization can counteract benefits it brings
As virtualization has spread rampantly throughout enterprises, many compromises have been made on physical systems. Unfortunately, such compensations can counteract the benefits virtualization is designed to bring to the IT environment in the first place. “Maximizing Your Server Virtualization Requires Understanding Its Storage” focuses on the impact server virtualization has on storage management. The paper suggests that if the connection between server virtualization and storage is ignored, the ROI of virtualization projects is actually reduced. However, if integrated, virtualization and storage management can reveal vast amounts of allocated but unused storage, which translates into wasted resources on many levels. And, considering most virtual storage infrastructures utilize high performance, highly reliable and expensive tier one storage, the savings associated with identifying these wasted resources can be significant. In one example, eight terabytes of storage allocated to a relatively small virtualized environment was identified as unused. At a conservative estimate of $12,000 per terabyte of tier one storage, identifying eight terabytes of unused storage and reallocating it or simply not unnecessarily purchasing more of it can immediately save $96,000.
“Our business has been built on the need for end-to-end visibility of the IT infrastructure in order to maximize IT investments and now that visibility is even more critical,” said Ken Barth, president and CEO, Tek-Tools. “Virtualization technologies have changed the game, yielding tremendous efficiencies, but also adding complexity to an already complex environment. A single view of physical and virtualized IT infrastructures is critical to understand interdependencies and make informed decisions.”
About Tek-Tools
Tek-Tools Software, Inc. is a leading provider of IT resource management solutions serving customers from the Fortune 50 to the Fortune 5000 across every major vertical market. Its flagship Profiler Suite delivers end-to-end visibility and specific actionable insights on the entire IT infrastructure enabling proactive IT infrastructure management in support of critical business operations. The company is privately-held with offices in the U.S., the U.K. and India. For more information, visit www.tek-tools.com or call (972) 980-2890.
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