Your virtual infrastructure needs shared storage. You must have it to be able to use advanced virtualization features like high availability and distributed resource scheduling. Up until now, the only storage available was shared storage that knew nothing about virtualization. Similarly, the virtual infrastructure knows little about the storage, other than the basics (LUN, filesystem, space available, space used). Since the storage and virtual infrastructure are simply two parts of a single whole (the virtual environment), it’s unfortunate that they can only communicate in the more rudimentary of ways, thus leading to fractured monitoring. Now, with advancements in storage, all that is changing. Download this white paper to read more.
