Data storage systems are constantly becoming larger and more complicated. As a result, storage management has become a burden on system administrators and has created an urgent need for simplification. 

The Fujitsu TRIOLE™ system infrastructure vision promotes system virtualization, automation and integration as a means to achieving such business infrastructure improvements. Servers, networks and storage are virtualized and autonomously managed using system management software centered on the Fujitsu Systemwalker Resource Coordinator. This integration of product and function not only reduces the burden on administrators but also realizes a high level of systems management. The ETERNUS VS900 Model 200 (VS900) virtualization switch provides virtualization functions for such storage domains. 

Storage virtualization using VS900 enables the flexible assignment of storage space, as required, for the execution of applications and middleware. For instance, VS900 makes it possible to collect all unused disk space and build it into a large virtual disk. This ensures that storage is utilized more efficiently. When, due to increases in stored data, the virtual disk becomes ‘full’ it is easy to enlarge the available space as it has no “physical” limit. 

To read the entire white paper on this important topic, go to the ETERNUS white paper page here. There you’ll also find white papers on the Fujitsu role in the Microsoft® SQL Server™ Storage Solution Review Program (also known as the “Always On” program) and the ETERNUS solution.