Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) Lab did hands-on analysis of the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) storage virtualization solution in order to validate its value proposition to customers. The goal of ESG Lab testing of the IBM SVC was to validate the fundamentals of network based storage virtualization including ease of use and non-disruptive virtualization, data mobility and copy services. ESG Lab found that the IBM SVC is a rock-solid, feature-rich platform that delivers on the promise of network based storage virtualization: SVC reduces the complexity and cost of managing SAN attached storage.
Research by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) has found that end users that have embraced storage virtualization see clear value in integrating it with server virtualization. The goal of virtualization is to provide logical view and control of physical infrastructure in order to enable greater optimization, utilization and simplification of management. Having only one side of your data center virtualized (for example, servers) is useful, but does not create efficiencies throughout. The combination of both server and storage virtualization is being embraced by early adopters since they see the value of a highly virtualized data center for both compute and storage.
IBM commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC). SAN Volume Controller allows organizations to virtualize their storage infrastructure resulting in flexibility within the storage environment. This study illustrates the financial impact of virtualizing the storage environment through the use of SAN Volume Controller. The risk adjusted ROI described in the study is 53% with a breakeven point (payback period) of 1.4 years after deployment.
In conducting in-depth interviews with four existing customers, Forrester found that these companies achieved higher storage capacity utilization and improved administration efficiencies, as well as higher overall system availability.
This Taneja Group white paper briefly defines storage virtualization, the various methods of delivering it and the key benefits it brings to the data center. Then the focus shifts to IBM SAN Volume Controller, its architecture, its product features and why SVC has succeeded while others have failed or are struggling. Finally the paper describes where Taneja Group sees SVC going in the future.
This Taneja Group paper presents the results of a study of IBM SVC customers, which was conducted to understand the real-world benefits that they are experiencing from using SVC. The paper briefly introduces IBM SVC, details the types of end users surveyed, characterizes their environments, and then analyzes five tangible benefits of storage virtualization that emerged from the interviews.
Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) Lab did hands-on analysis of the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) storage virtualization solution in order to validate its value proposition to customers. The goal of ESG Lab testing of the IBM SVC was to validate the fundamentals of network based storage virtualization including ease of use and non-disruptive virtualization, data mobility and copy services. ESG Lab found that the IBM SVC is a rock-solid, feature-rich platform that delivers on the promise of network based storage virtualization: SVC reduces the complexity and cost of managing SAN attached storage.
This Taneja Group white paper briefly defines storage virtualization, the various methods of delivering it and the key benefits it brings to the data center. Then the focus shifts to IBM SAN Volume Controller, its architecture, its product features and why SVC has succeeded while others have failed or are struggling. Finally the paper describes where Taneja Group sees SVC going in the future.
