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ESG Labs Report on the ROI of IBM's SAN Volume Controller (SVC)

Overview Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) Labs performed a hands-on analysis of IBM's System Storage SAN Volume Controller storage virtualization solution in order to validate its value proposition to customers. ESG Labs found that SAN Volume Controller is a rock-solid, feature-rich platform that delivers on the promise of network based storage virtualization: reducing the complexity and cost of managing SAN attached storage.

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Publisher	IBM	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2006	Downloads	1
Format	White Papers
Topics	Storage Management, SANs, Virtualization

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