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Datacenter automation has emerged as one of the more prominent solutions needed to support cloud computing, virtualization and resolve the various problems that these technologies create in enterprise and service provider IT environments. However, automation has not taken hold in storage systems because migrating data between servers has been too difficult.

According to a recent IT Business Edge report, recent advances in storage array management are allowing datacenter operators to freely migrate stored data from legacy machines into virtualized infrastructure.

As this process becomes more popular, the news source said it could revolutionize the sector by providing a level of flexibility and reliability that is unattainable under current circumstances.

However, managing these VM migrations from one setting to another could require significant investments in automation in order to function at optimal capacity. Essentially, what this new technology does is similar to cloud computing in that it allows servers to communicate with each other, monitor operating conditions and move virtual machines based on existing needs. Datacenter automation is essential to handling such functions in cloud environments, and will likely become key to performing similar tasks within storage infrastructure.