We are in the middle of a project to replace a new
file server and were suggested to virtualise our file server. As you can
imagine, this is a large project for us. We have a lot to consider and plan out
before moving forward. All in all, it has been an eye-opening endeavour.
One of the biggest challenges is deciding on how
the new implementation would look. Our next decision is regarding the server
itself. I like the idea of easy portability and hardware independence.
Our current physical server is without warranty and
one of the two power supplies has fried. The security in the server is not
exactly coherent or structured. We are also out of space and apparently not
backing up entirely.
We were curious when asked to consider implementing
a virtualised server environment. If I am not wrong, a virtual file server is a
system consisting of one of more virtualised devices that store computer files
such as documents, sound files, images, audio and video files. The server can
be accessed by workstations or application servers through the Fileserver
network.
File virtualisation can be limited by scalability,
which can involve the number of file systems, files, servers or I/O input/output)
performance. The file virtualisation platform must also be interoperable with
the current infrastructure so that it can work with existing storage systems
and switches.
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