An often unconsidered problem when implementing a virtual environment is the rapid and unpredictable growth of the infrastructure. Whilst virtualizing reduced physical machines sprawl in datacenters, VMSprawl soon sprang up as a new and unseen issue. Now that it has become possible to create a VM from template in under 5 clicks, Virtual Machines are spreading at an uncontrollable rate, giving rise to the term 'VM Sprawl' Heavily impacted by this, organisations are realising that this VM Sprawl is impacting their storage and back up infrastructure in terms of back up windows, physical storage space and performance. By addressing the three key topics of De-Duplication, Storage Tiering and Accurate Storage Forecasting it is possible to keep a handle on VM Sprawl and maximise the investment in your virtual infrastructure.
Attendees will leave the seminar replete with the information required to make informed decisions regarding the issues involved with the, management of, and the forecasting involved with the future growth of a rapidly expanding virtual environment.
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