Storage virtualization is not a new concept – a number of vendors have been offering storage virtualization as an effective means of managing storage growth while extending the life of existing storage resources for sometime now. The challenge for many IT departments (and management) is to understand the true value that storage virtualization brings and to translate that value into real dollars.
“ROI” is one of those terms that is thrown around to demonstrate value. Tech Validate did a survey late last year of HDS end-users that quantified actual return on investment from storage virtualization:
78 percent of HDS end-users reported a return on investment within 12 months. In real dollars, their investment in storage virtualization paid for itself in less than a year. That’s not a vendor claim- that’s coming from customers. Click here to learn more about Storage Virtualization from HDS.
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-John Thome
