IDC's Worldwide Storage for the Virtualized Environment Taxonomy, 2009

Abstract

This IDC study examines the drivers and impact of storage in an increasingly virtualized IT environment. It provides insights into the forces driving these developments and defines the major market and use case segments for storage and virtualized environments.

"Architecting, provisioning, and managing storage in virtualized server and desktop environments will be critical as IT transforms itself from a compute-centric to an information-centric function. Understanding the role storage plays and how it is integrated can be a defining factor in the success or failure of IT strategy in 2010 and beyond." — Benjamin S. Woo, vice president, Storage Systems

Table of Contents

• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
• Situation Overview
• Virtualized Servers and Their Impact on Storage
• Virtualized Desktops and Their Impact on Storage
• Storage and Virtualized Environments Segmentation
• Installation Environment
• Virtualization and the Impact on Data- and System-Level Protection and Recovery
• Interesting Enabling Technologies
• Virtualization and the Impact on Storage Management
• Future Outlook
• Essential Guidance
• Learn More
• Related Research
• Synopsis
• Figure: IDC' s Storage and Virtualized Environments Taxonomy
• Figure: Technologies Being Evaluated to Back Up Data Associated with Virtual Servers
• Figure: Methods Used to Back Up Data Associated with Virtual Servers
• Figure: The Equal Role of Storage in Virtualized Environments