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Comments on: Big Blue claims virtualization breakthrough

For IT, question boils down to cost and management. IBM says Virtual Storage Optimizer will reduce physical storage requirements associated with storing virtual images.

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by Corporate_Customer September 15, 2008 10:39 PM PDT
Gad, what utter drivel is this? Where's the product, "offered through IBM Global Services," what on earth is that. You appear to have been successfully spun by IBM, good job, Chuck!
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by dougbunger September 16, 2008 9:23 AM PDT
Sounds like distributed storage, similar to RedHat's GFS, or even BitTorrent.
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by darkknight0072004 September 16, 2008 11:41 AM PDT
Why don't they just say what it is and stop with the sales speak? Sounds like snapshots a la equallogic.
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