The Nimbus solution offers a number of opportunities for Ethernet-based storage protocols in and out of virtualization. In fact, Microsoft's Hyper-V news earlier in the year about achieving over one million IOPs using its iSCSI initiator was performed on a flash SAN. Using flash-based storage systems in a virtualized environment is not new. Flash-based SANs have been available for a while, but Nimbus is priced competitively with traditional disk solutions using "spinning rust." The S-class storage systems start at $25,000 for flash storage solutions accessible via 10 Gb Ethernet. Nimbus Data's Sustainable Storage is a flash-storage-based storage area network. Recently, I previewed a new storage solution that is a good fit for virtualization environments due to its use of flash media instead of traditional hard drives. ![]() Planning the storage arrangement for virtualization is one of the most critical steps in delivering the right performance level. Storage for Virtualization on Flash? Yes. Posted by Rick Vanover on at 12:47 PM 0 comments This is one of the best examples of a Hyper-V long-distance migration solution I know of, but are there more? Do you need more stuff like this? Share your comments here. This Hyper-V long distance migration solution is made possible entirely by the storage management software. System Center will go up and down the stack from the hypervisor to the application, but you are out of luck for multiple site storage management in situations like this example. I'm going out on a limb here, but this is one of the fundamental differences between VMware and Microsoft's virtualization approach. This is also an important time to note that this type of feature doesn't revolve around tight System Center integration. The larger partner ecosystem of storage and management software is critical to seeing Hyper-V make significant inroads into mainstream virtualization. While it is clear that the demo is showcasing the storage technologies, it is important to note that there are options for Hyper-V. This is effectively the same demo I saw, and it does work. ![]() The video (you can view it here, if you like) shows the eight-node cluster and screen activity, albeit in a limited view. You can view Calvin's write up on the demo online here. The Hyper-V demo is truly a showcase of the Cluster Extension features of the HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) platform. Calvin Zito at HP writes Around the Storage Block and coordinated the recent HP StorageWorks Tech Day. Well, now the demo is publicly available. One reader asked "What demo?" as I didn't have much information on the demo other than it was the best Hyper-V demo I have ever been furnished. " Coolest Hyper-V Demo You've Never Seen," was just that.
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