VM-aware SANs: How a SAN Can Support Mobility, Security and Manageability

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Fabrizio Corno

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Abstract

Virtualization of Data Centers which includes Server, Storage and Network has alleviated some of the growing challenges related to consolidation, space constrain along with demand for high power and cooling requirements. End to end virtualization helps to increase efficiency and reduce overall TCO considerably. Virtual Machines (VM) made it possible to run multiple applications and operating systems in a single machine. The proliferation of VM’s introduces new challenges and issues for SAN and LAN. These Challenges include loss of visibility, security, traffic isolation of applications and management complexity. This section explores the advanced features required for fabric (SAN) scalability , performance management , trending and capacity planning for each VM, VM mobility without compromising security, Service Differentiation (QoS) on per VM and data protection on per VM.