Is Your Business Wasting Money by Not Virtualizing Storage? [Video]

Money doesn't grow on trees, and your business shouldn't waste it by sticking with legacy storage solutions.

One of the biggest benefits of virtualized storage is cost savings. By consolidating workloads onto fewer, more efficiently utilized hosts, businesses can reduce their server hardware footprint by half—sometimes even more—freeing up budget that would otherwise be tied up in physical infrastructure. This not only lowers upfront capital expenditures on new servers and storage arrays, but also cuts ongoing operational costs such as maintenance contracts, replacement parts, and time spent managing sprawling hardware environments. Over time, these efficiencies compound, creating significant opportunities for both immediate and long-term capital and operational returns.

Virtualizing your storage will help cut back on electricity and cooling needed for your available equipment, resulting in even more savings across the board. With fewer physical servers drawing power and generating heat, organizations can reduce their data center footprint, lower utility bills, and ease the strain on HVAC systems—all while maintaining or even improving performance. Over time, these reductions in energy and facilities costs can represent a substantial portion of your total savings from virtualization.

In addition, virtual servers can be quickly reconstituted on another machine in the event of hardware failure, minimizing potential fallout. Instead of waiting on replacement hardware or lengthy rebuild processes, you can simply restart affected virtual machines on a healthy host, dramatically reducing recovery time and keeping users productive. This built-in flexibility and resilience help protect revenue, support your business continuity plans, and ensure that critical applications and data remain available when you need them most.

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