The article I researched came from Yahoo Finance and is titled “Isilon Maximizes Benefits of Server Virtualization”. Isilon is a company that has proven to be the leader in scale-out NAS, which has helped organizations with their virtual environment. Some of these organizations include the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County(PLCH), Stronghold Data, and Webair who all use Isilon IQ to benefit from server virtualization. Server virtualization is a method of dividing a physical server computer into multiple servers such that each has the appearance and capabilities of running on its own machine. This system has become popular among large companies like The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County who have one of the busiest public libraries systems in America. I believe it was a very intelligent and crucial move for the PLCH to adopt this system. As a result, they incurred less maintenance costs because there were fewer number of physical servers which helps create more space in their data center.
Stronghold Data is another company who has adopted the Isilon IQ in order to provide its customers with 24*7*365 continuous data replication for disaster recovery. A company like Stronghold Data who has continuous up-to-date information needs to be able to manage its functions easily and without many physical servers. By using server virtualization, Stronghold Data does not have the interference of one application impacting another application when upgrades or changes are made so the whole process becomes easier to manage. This technology has addressed some of IT’s biggest issues and has helped large companies function better for years. Server virtualization is a great way to save space, reduce energy consumption, and save money.
I thought this article was very interesting; however, I had one question and one concern. My question is "What exactly is scale-put NAS?". Also, what other types of companies can benefit from having worked with Isilon? Is it just companies that need to retain inventory, or just companies that need to track or store any type of information?
ReplyDeleteThe concern that I had was although dividing a physical server into many servers saved a company money via less maintenance costs, would that pro outweigh the con of having the single physical computer server damaged and not being able to access all of the data-because it is then affecting all of the servers. If the servers are all in the same computer and that computer malfunctions, there would be more at risk –opposed to having the different servers in separate computers. This is the only glitch or con that came to mind when reading this article. Otherwise, I think it would be pretty beneficial.