• Clusters of Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) are usefulto achieve application-level high availability. Clustering involves using shared storage, which provides fault tolerance and accessibility to ...

Storage for virtual machines is a key consideration when embarking on a virtual server or virtual desktop project. Most IT organisations opt for shared storage for a virtual machine environment, as it ...

But iSCSI SANs are finding favor among businesses of varying sizes that resisted shared storage because of Fibre Channel's cost and complexity. These iSCSI SANs are especially popular for working with ...

HP on Tuesday announced new storage virtualisation products designed to reduce the need for customers to upgrade their existing storage. The StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) 6400 and 8400, ...

Organizations are beginning to realize that their storage systems are being used differently when they're supporting a number of virtual machines rather than serving the needs of a single physical ...

Logan G. Harbaugh is a longtime technology journalist with experience reviewing a wide range of IT products. Virtual storage appliances (VSAs) give traditional disk arrays a run for their money.

Last time, I talked about the challenges that remain around desktop virtualization: too many platform choices, the explosion in the number of end-user devices, the confusion caused by cloud offerings, ...

Hewlett-Packard expanded its software-defined storage strategy Friday with several additions to its storage lineup targeting virtualized and cloud environments, with a particular emphasis on OpenStack ...

Since then, I've scaled my setup considerably, and part of what's allowed me to do that has been the splitting of my NAS and ...

Who would have thought that storing bits could get so incredibly complicated? Storage has always contained a plethora of protocols, from Fibre Channel to iSCSI to SMB in all its variations, but the ...

Since Hewlett-Packard acquired LeftHand Networks in 2008, it has continued to develop LeftHand’s complete line of software-based iSCSI storage under the HP LeftHand P4000-series moniker. Based on the ...

Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday it is bundling its HP StoreVirtual Virtual Storage Appliance with its new HP ProLiant Generation 9 Grantley-based servers. The company is also providing its HP ...