Virtual Data Storage Solutions
Businesses can be shut down by a computer malfunction or power outage, or any other disaster. Data storage solutions protect important files and allow them to be quickly recovered in the event of a catastrophe. But what are the best options? This article focuses on the advantages, disadvantages and features of virtual data-storage solutions to help companies decide which solution is best.
Storage solutions allow you to archive and save computer information in optical, electromagnetic or digital formats. They can be stored on premises, in remote devices, or online (in cloud). They are commonly used by large businesses to increase efficiency of data storage and resiliency. This can be achieved using storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS), software defined storage or hybrid storage technology.
Virtualized storage is also referred as storage-virtualization. This technology was developed over the past few decades. It abstracts disks and drives from the hardware they reside on and separates storage management. This makes it easier to scale to increase performance and reduce costs.
VMware vSAN is the most popular virtual storage solution. It is a port based SAN that uses software to manage a central storage pool on commodity hardware. vSAN can be easily expanded or repurposed with minimal downtime by adding or removing physical drives without disrupting applications. It can be integrated with VMware NSX to simplify multi-cloud deployments. It lets organizations assign block data to public cloud storage and provides advanced storage features such as snapshots, cloning, and replication.
