ESG has witnessed the rapid growth of server virtualization in companies of all sizes, industries and regions of the world.  Clearly, the value of server virtualization is apparent as it drives down the physical costs of servers, drastically improves server management and reduces system footprint-regaining precious data-center floor space while decreasing power and cooling consumption. ESG Lab validated that server virtualization software from Virtual Iron delivers on the value of IT consolidation and  server management for mission-critical, business-critical, and test/development environments.

Rasilient Systems' RASTOR line of storage systems integrate custom-tuned Linux software and rely on software to provide RAID, provision virtual disk volumes, and manage iSCSI connectivity. For enterprise-class networking, the software balances iSCSI traffic load and fail-over using multiple NICs, while simplifying client management by presenting a single IP address.