Virtualization has transformed the data center and is changing all aspects of IT operations — including greater demands on storage and availability, and unexpected bottlenecks in performance. Current SAN technologies (Fibre Channel, iSCSI) are too expensive, too complex, and poorly adapted for dynamic virtualization workloads.
EtherDrive was purpose-built for these challenges. CORAID has radically simplified virtual storage networking with Ethernet simplicity and performance, enabling unique advantages for virtualized environments:
Typical virtualization environment:
North Canton, Ohio deployed EtherDrive SAN to provide storage across a complex environment running Linux, Windows, and VMware ESXi servers across seven schools and three administrative buildings. Their team had explored other popular storage options including Fibre Channel technologies, but EtherDrive’s superior price-performance and simplicity were clear advantages.
"Finding a simple solution that let us ‘plug and play’ with our existing infrastructure and easily scale at incremental costs as our needs grows was a huge bonus to us. When I looked at a cost savings of almost six times that over a Fibre Channel solution, EtherDrive’s simplicity of less than 30 minutes to set up the appliances has well exceeded our expectations. I see Coraid as a permanent part of our future."
John Fano, Systems Administrator
