Taking Aim at Cloud Storage Latency

All of the recent trends hitting the data center — from virtualization and consolidation to online services and the cloud — have one thing in common. They all separate users and applications from their data.

That is not necessarily a bad thing, provided there is a robust, high-speed infrastructure in place that reduces latency to acceptable levels. Of course, nothing is as fast or responsive as having data on local storage, but few organizations are willing to trade instantaneous access for the cost benefits, scalability and flexibility of centralized, virtual infrastructure.

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