Virtual desktop infrastructures (VDIs) are one of the hottest technologies in IT today ? and more and more organizations plan to deploy virtual desktops throughout 2011.

However, configuring storage for VDIs can be tricky ? but there are creative ways to help ensure that your virtual desktops get the performance they require.

In the March 2011 cover story of Storage magazine, Eric Siebert highlights the common problems and challenges associated with storage in VDI environments ? and provides tips, insights and best practices for overcoming these issues.

Also in the March 2011 issue of Storage Magazine Online:

• Storage editorial chief Rich Castagna reveals the winners of our latest Quality Awards for Enterprise Arrays
• W. Curtis Preston advises how to backup your remote and mobile devices
• In his latest StorWars column, Tony Asaro highlights a few alternatives for virtualizing storage systems
• Terri McClure?s Hot Spots column explains why 2011 could be the year of the cloud
• Jeff Boles analyzes why we need to refocus on storage performance in this month?s Read/Write column
• This month?s Snapshot Survey examines how organizations are dealing with storage efficiency
• And more

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