For most companies, the need to scale and upgrade the backend storage infrastructure with no disruption to the business has become a requirement.  With traditional storage infrastructures this is simply not possible.  In fact, most traditional vendors will not only require downtime but will also employ sales tactics that require more frequent upgrades.
 

Additionally, unplanned downtime has also become unacceptable for many companies.  Some have gone to great lengths (and great expense) to ensure critical applications and data are protected in the face of various disaster scenarios.  With traditional storage solutions, this is a very difficult and costly venture.

With storage virtualization, these pains are alleviated  Storage virtualization will enable you to:
 

• Decommission older storage hardware with zero downtime
• Upgrade any component in the storage path (virtualization nodes, switches, storage hardware) with zero downtime.
• Migrate storage volumes between various storage platforms and vendors
• Create high availability mirrors across different storage types
• Asynchronously replicate storage between sites with different storage platforms
• Map existing storage volumes through a virtualization platform, allowing for seemless storage upgrades and migrations.

There are many types of storage virtualization on the market today.  It's worth leveraging our knowledge and experience before embarking on a solution.  Please call us today to set up a free consultation.