One of the most formidable challenges faced by IT operations across the globe is the ever-increasing volume of data to manage. A recent Computerworld article noted that storage volumes are growing as much as 70 percent annually, and storage management is having a profound impact on IT budgets.
Storage virtualization is an IBM Information Lifecycle Management project that provides the ability to pool heterogeneous (multivendor) storage systems into consolidated, shared capacity that can be managed from a central point of control. With the IBM market-leading technology for storage area network (SAN) virtualization, IBM System Storage™ SAN Volume Controller (SVC) allows higher overall utilization than what can be attained using individual storage units. It also has the intrinsic advantage of improved productivity for storage administrators because of its single control interface, providing simplified provisioning and ease of data migration.
