Author: Ben Maas

One of the major problems facing enterprises interested in adopting server virtualization is the heavy throughput created by their virtual machines (VMs). Beyond that, if companies look to also virtualize their desktops and create a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), they also face provisioning problems when attempting to provision and manage new workstations. These I/O intensive applications of virtualization technologies present a major stumbling block to VM technology adoption.

We have seen a lot of focus in the past twelve to 24 months on enterprise virtualization, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and technology investments in storage. All of this emphasis on moving away from the traditional server-based deployments in the data center is putting a major emphasis on virtual server performance and, more specifically, on enterprise storage performance. Today, I begin an interview series with Virsto Software CEO Mark Davis, where we look at how Virsto creates a VMware storage hypervisor in VMware vSphere to give incredible boosts in performance using even traditional hardware.