This research report presented by TheInfoProTM and Gear6 reviews the latest findings from TheInfoPro's exclusive end user research studies of the storage and server markets. Infrastructure virtualization and consolidation are top priorities in today's Data centers as IT managers work to control costs in the face of explosive server and storage growth. New and more powerful applications are the key driver behind these trends, and as with any mission critical business service optimal performance is a necessity. It should come as no surprise that nearly 40% of survey respondents cite performance under load as the number one concern when evaluating server virtualization. When determining which applications to deploy on a given server, respondents ranked "performance/utilization" as the number on concern.
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