Going forward, we expect the rankings to remain largely the same, as consideration rates fall in line with current rankings.Īccording to Spiceworks research, 32% of businesses have deployed desktop virtualization technology, also referred to as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and an additional 12% of businesses plan to adopt it by 2021. Less hardware investment compared to alternatives (43%)Īmong businesses using or considering storage virtualization, VMware vSAN is the most commonly used solution with a 34% adoption rate, followed by Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (10%), HPE StoreVirtual VSA (10%), Starwind VSA (5%), and Red Hat Gluster (2%).
Improved manageability of storage (46%). More flexibility with storage infrastructure (47%). But while many businesses agree that using software-defined-storage technology is a cost-effective way to achieve benefits similar to those provided by storage arrays, monetary savings aren’t the primary reason driving the shift.Īmong businesses using or considering using software-defined storage, IT decision cited these top reasons for adoption: Additionally, a quarter of businesses said they’ll use software-defined storage as a replacement for traditional SAN and NAS devices. For these reasons and more, storage virtualization adoption is already relatively common, and it will soon become mainstream.Īccording to our findings, 40% of organizations currently use storage virtualization technology, and an additional 12% plan to within the next two years. Storage virtualization allows for greater control and flexibility with physical storage, helping companies do more with the resources they have. We also expect double digit growth in the use of desktop, data, and network virtualization technologies within the next two years. In fact, application virtualization is expected to experience the most growth among virtualization technologies with adoption expected to grow from 39% today to 56% by 2021. Looking forward, Spiceworks research indicates more than half of businesses plan to use storage virtualization and application virtualization by 2021. Additionally, network virtualization (also called software-defined networking) and data virtualization each enjoy a 30% adoption rate. 
Among emerging virtualization technologies, the most common is storage virtualization (also called software-defined storage) with a 40% adoption rate, followed by application virtualization at 39% and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) technology at 32%. However, other forms of virtualization have some catching up to do.
Server hypervisor technology viewed as a commodity: Nearly a third of IT decision makers believe server hypervisor technology is a commodity.īusiness Adoption of Virtualization TechnologiesĪccording to Spiceworks research, server virtualization is ubiquitous, used by 92% of businesses. Virtual environments move to the cloud: Within the next two years, 45% of businesses are planning or considering moving their entire server virtualization environment to the cloud. A shift from storage arrays to software-defined storage: 25% of businesses plan to use software-defined storage solutions instead of buying shared storage arrays. Virtualization adoption grows beyond servers: Within the next two years, double digit growth is expected in the use of desktop, application, network, storage, and data virtualization. To find out, Spiceworks surveyed more than 530 IT decision makers in businesses across North America and Europe. But which forms of virtualization are most commonly used, which solutions and vendors are gaining popularity, and how will adoption grow in the future? These advances ultimately helped businesses get more out of their hardware and “do more with less.”Īlthough in smaller numbers, many organizations seek similar gains by virtualizing other elements of IT, including storage, networks, desktops, applications, and more. Server virtualization adoption also grew thanks to additional benefits such as application isolation, greater workload portability, improved scalability, and high availability options. 
But within the span of a decade, use of server virtualization, which can drastically improve IT efficiency, became a standard industry practice. Not that long ago, running applications directly on physical servers - which often sat mostly idle - was typical in server rooms around the world.
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