In this case, data replication or another method of storage virtualisation can be considered.

Multiple Arrays, Multiple Vendors, Multiple Servers
As organisations scale and need to extend virtualisation across multiple servers, VERITAS provides network-based storage virtualisation solutions that work in conjunction with our host-based solutions to deliver virtualisation across hosts, across arrays, and across vendors. VERITAS Software's ServPoint line of software delivers such network virtualisation capabilities. VERITAS Powered™, a program through which partners embed VERITAS software in their network devices, furthers the extension of storage virtualisation to the network.

Getting the Full Value of Virtualisation
There are many scenarios for implementing storage virtualisation, and they are all beneficial. However, storage virtualisation delivers its full value only when it supports a high-performance storage infrastructure that is less costly, as well as more manageable, flexible, safe, and accessible.

VERITAS provides customers with highly scalable host-based virtualisation solutions, with the ability to scale the virtualisation into the network as the needs of the enterprise grow. The key issue for IT organisations remains how to ensure today's business needs will be met, while maintaining an ability to adapt to the future requirements that growth and changes in technology will present. That is the cost-containing flexibility VERITAS storage virtualisation solutions deliver.

VERITAS Storage Virtualisation Solutions
VERITAS tests storage virtualisation solutions in a variety of infrastructures through its integration lab to verify that VERITAS software meets quality and reliability requirements for use with a variety of vendors' equipment, platforms, and software.

With VERITAS, you can start small, with one host with direct-attached storage, and eventually extend storage virtualisation to the enterprise by using a SAN or networked storage environment. VERITAS' experience as a proven storage industry leader has equipped it to deliver the innovative technology that can make the best use of all storage resources for any enterprise.

Learn More About the VERITAS Storage Virtualisation Portfolio

VERITAS Volume Manager™ is an easy-to-use, online storage management tool for heterogeneous enterprise environments. It enables mirroring and striping across multiple disks from various vendors to eliminate physical storage limitations.

VERITAS SANPoint Foundation Suite™ uses the combined power of VERITAS File System™, VERITAS Volume Manager, and VERITAS clustering technologies so that multiple servers can access shared storage and files concurrently without affecting application performance.

VERITAS SANPoint Control™ allows you to manage storage virtualisation services across all SAN storage and server platforms. You also get storage resource management capabilities such as hardware discovery, visualisation, reporting, event handling, policy management, and a central administration point for your storage network.

VERITAS ServPoint™ enables consolidation of heterogeneous storage under a storage virtualisation engine for NAS and SAN. ServPoint SAN dynamically consolidates and allocates a pool of heterogeneous storage to database and application servers, while ServPoint NAS provides centralised file sharing among Windows and UNIX client systems from a heterogeneous storage pool.

Storage virtualisation will help organisations save on purchasing expensive disk storage when they already have an abundant supply. Through better utilisation of storage resources, IT staff will not be blind-sided by new requests for storage. Instead, organisations will be able to proactively manage their storage purchasing decisions. At the same time management of growing data stores can be centrally managed, saving time and labour costs.

Designed to simplify storage management, efficiently utilise resources, achieve optimal performance, and protect IT investment through flexibility of choice, VERITAS' market-leading storage virtualisation solutions can help organisations adapt to changing business requirements.

To ensure interoperability of an orgainsation's chosen solution, VERITAS interoperability Lab verifies that VERITAS software meets requirements for quality and reliability when used with a variety of different vendors' equipment, platforms, and software. With more than 86 percent of the Fortune 500 relying on VERITAS proven, open solutions you can be assured that your data is not only easily manageable, but always accessible.