Virtualization Strategies for Storage Optimization:

Assessing and implementing storage strategies in virtual environments

In 2008, one of the biggest trends in IT continues to be the deployment of virtualization technology. Most large and mid-sized organizations either already have virtualized environments or are planning a deployment in the near future. The benefits of virtualization – consolidation, ease of management, better partitioning of applications or users, lower costs and energy efficiency – are substantial.

But so is the potential impact on your storage infrastructure.

Most flavors of virtualization require support from a storage network, and the gains listed above can be overshadowed by inefficiencies and added complexity that plays havoc with your storage infrastructure.

Attend this free half-day seminar with storage and data center expert Greg Schulz for tips on how to optimize your virtualized environment and your storage infrastructure for optimized and balanced performance, availability and data protection, capacity utilization and energy efficiency.

Delegate seats at this FREE breakfast seminar are extremely limited. To claim your seat, call Amanda Lamb at (508) 621-5574, or apply online.

 

About This Seminar

Virtualization should not be confined solely to your server environment though. In fact, if the storage environment is not properly architected, the benefits gained from virtualizing the server environment can be lost in other areas of the infrastructure. A more holistic view takes into account the entire IT infrastructure— from servers to storage. A strategy to consolidate, optimize and protect your storage environment supports and enhances your investment in server virtualization.

At this free, exclusive half-day seminar you'll get advice and current information:

• How to leverage all types of virtualization to increase asset utilization; achieve on-demand dynamic provisioning; and increase scalability, flexibility, and ease of management
• Leverage the benefits of a consolidated storage infrastructure to support a virtualized server environment

• Optimizing your virtual storage through concepts and technologies such as tiered storage, thin provisioning and deduplication
• Designing and deploying a flexible, comprehensive solution for disaster recovery (in a virtualized server environment) that overcomes the limitations of traditional solutions

Spend half a day at this seminar, and leave with confidence that your virtualization strategy is taking full advantage of the technology’s advantages, while avoiding the common pitfalls.

Get perspective on the challenges you face from Greg Schulz, plus benefit from the hands-on experience from technology experts from Forsythe and NetApp as they propose solutions to these common challenges.

Again, space is limited and we will stop accepting applications once the seminar registration is full. To claim your seat, apply online today or call Delegate Relations Representative Amanda Lamb at (781) 657- 5574.

 

About Greg Schulz

Founder, Sr. Consulting Analyst for The StorageIO Group

The StorageIO group is a technology analyst and consulting firm founded by storage veteran, author and industry analyst Greg Schulz. Greg has worked with Unix, Windows, Mainframe, OpenVMS and other hardware, network, and software environments. Greg has worked as a programmer, systems administrator, disaster recovery consultant, storage planner, capacity planner, systems engineer, technologist and storage industry analyst. Greg has been involved with various storage related organizations including the computer measurement group (CMG), storage networking industry association (SNIA), RAID advisory board (RAB), and vendor specific user groups, in addition to being the author and illustrator of "Resilient Storage Networks - Designing Flexible Scalable Data Infrastructures (Elsevier)". Greg is a regular contributor to the Storage Decisions conference, SearchStorage.com and Storage magazine.

 

About Tim Arland

Principal Consultant, Storage Solutions for the Forsythe Solutions group

As Principal Consultant in the Storage Solutions group, Tim Arland develops methodology used by Forsythe’s professional services practice to deliver strategic consulting engagements focused on information policy, information lifecycle management, tiered storage, operational backup and recovery, and data replication and archiving. His consulting knowledge-base also encompasses storage technology infrastructure, including networked storage, and business continuity and disaster recovery as related to storage.

In addition, Arland works with regional and national Forsythe storage architects assisting customers in creating strategic storage roadmaps for their mission critical environments.

Prior to joining Forsythe, Arland worked with several Fortune 500 companies in the insurance and financial industries designing and deploying enterprise storage solutions

 

Register today by calling Amanda Lamb at (508) 621-5574 or applying online.

 

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