SANs

When server virtualization was still in its infancy, servers were primarily using block-based SANs for network disk storage, and that was sufficient at the time. Then things began to change. The underlying SAN infrastructure began to feel the strain. SAN has inherent limitations in virtual server environments, while NAS has inherent strengths. Virtual machines (VMs) have dramatically transformed the way IT organizations approach the computing architecture. Initially employed to provide greater efficiency, server virtualization has […]