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Vendors Offer Plenty of Unified Storage Choices

In new virtual environments a unified storage architecture is an improvement over file-and-block storage networking. Large numbers of unified platforms are becoming available and offer simplified management, reduced hardware requirements and increased flexibility. On IT Business Edge, Arthur Cole helps explain the various unified storage options available from different vendors.

"It is very difficult to gauge the full implications of a change like unified storage from the specs of the various platforms. But you have to start somewhere.In the end, the ease of the transition will be largely determined by a number of intangibles ranging from legacy infrastructure to the experience level of your in-house storage management staff. In IT, simple is always better, but sometimes you have to undergo a fair amount of complexity to get there."