To be open, virtualization architecture has to be similar to the server virtualization architecture of VMware, an EMC subsidiary, said Lewis. "If the SVC goes into an environment, and you can't run your SRDF (EMC's storage replication software) that's in an array, is that open?" he said. "It's just not a good implementation, given that customers want to take what they've got and move forward with additive capabilities."
EMC's upcoming Storage Router, on the other hand, will be able to go into a Hitachi or IBM environment and allow customers to run their Hitachi or IBM replication applications, Lewis said. "We can allow the use of any replication (application) that exists in the environment today," he said. "We're completely transparent."
IBM and CERN--the European Organization for Nuclear Research--also announced that IBM storage virtualization software achieved breakthrough performance results in an internal data challenge at CERN. Using IBM TotalStorage SAN file system, the internal test broke performance records by CERN for reading and writing data to disk at rates in excess of 1Gbps for a total I/O of more than 1Pbyte (1 million Gbytes) in a 13-day period.
IBM said most of the 1,000 customers that have deployed IBM storage virtualization, run IBM technology exclusively.
Lechner said the storage virtualization software opportunity which is being driven by IBM represents a huge opportunity for partners. Seventy-five percent of the 1,000 engagements have been done by IBM partners. "This is a very partner-friendly package and price/performance," Lechner said.
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