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virtual I/O capabilities and virtual representations of a differentiation. Similarly, network
provisioning services for each physical piece of hardware. virtualisation means tying
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virtual machine. Obviously, we The big value in virtualisation specific virtual servers onto a
&
continue to be bullish on the is the ability to support network so that they are
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strong future of Fibre Channel. dynamic changes because secure, protected and have the
you are dealing with the right quality of service,
A new opportunity for Emulex virtual representation of performance and availability
is network convergence based the hardware, not the to meet the service level
on Enhanced Ethernet, and a actual physical hardware. agreements inside the data
migration to Fibre Channel Virtualisation is essential for centre.
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over Ethernet (FCoE). grid computing, cloud computing
and autonomic computing— We have partnered with Cisco
UNE Fortunately, this is an area pick your favourite description, and other vendors to support
in which we are leading but any of the on-demand IT VSANs and VLANs.
the industry. Unlike many paradigms require virtualisation As enterprises continue to
companies that try to dismiss at every layer of the move down the path of
JIM McCL
the impact of up-and-coming infrastructure. deploying on-demand and
technologies, we view the cloud infrastructures, virtualisation
Enhanced Ethernet market— It is a fundamental change in will move across the every
where we see the unification architecture we are embracing, segment of the enterprise.
of IP, Fibre Channel and because it represents tremendous
clustering technologies onto a opportunities for companies Specifically, is server and/
single common wire—as a like us. or storage virtualisation being
positive and exciting thing for used with mission-critical
our business, as it allows us The opportunity in virtualisation applications/data as yet?
to leverage our core Fibre lies in several areas. First, That depends upon how
Channel technology and provide servers, as server virtualisation you define mission critical.
our end customers with entered the market; it was
investment protection for primarily driven by the need to Clearly, Oracle has Oracle VM,
their current Fibre Channel aggregate, to solve power and on which they can run
infrastructure. It also gives us cooling issues, and address enterprise-class databases,
the opportunity to enter new rack space limitations in data applications such as SAP,
markets in terms of clustering centres. various ERP solutions and
and support for IP, iSCSI and online transaction processing,
NAS. We are now seeing that which are the traditionally
virtualisation has become defined as mission-critical
Virtualisation – a simple word a fundamental tool for applications.
for a hugely complex idea. asset utilisation, business
What does Emulex see as the continuance, better business For many companies, their
main drivers for its adoption, responsiveness and tighter websites are mission-critical
and what is the reality among cost management in the data and are being run using server
its customers in terms of centre. For Emulex, the software virtualisation. Email is another
implementations to date – services transition from stand application that we would say
with reference to servers, alone pieces of hardware to is mission critical and is
storage, networks and more…! virtual representations means definitely being run on
This is a really big question! we now have to provide virtual virtualised servers. In short,
Let me see if I can break it HBAs, virtual drivers, virtual virtualisation is being widely
down into bite-size pieces. deployment and virtual services deployed at the server,
Virtualisation as a concept is off shared pieces of hardware network and storage levels
fairly simple. You have to have and we see this as a for many mission-critical
the ability to present logical or major opportunity to create situations.
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