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4 Dell EMC SC Series Live Migrate and Volume Advisor | 3186-BP-SC
Executive summary
Data center administrators are challenged with balancing workloads and resources while containing costs.
Just as server virtualization enabled the mobility of application workloads across the server boundary, Dell
EMC™ SC Series Live Migrate and Volume Advisor enable the mobility of storage workloads across the SAN
boundary. Applications are no longer tied to an individual silo of storage or physical location; they can be
seamlessly migrated to a location that best meets the current needs.
With SC Series Live Migrate and Volume Advisor, workload mobility takes a leap forward. SAN workloads can
be seamlessly migrated from one SC Series array to another, without application downtime or disruption,
regardless of the operating system. Whatever the reason — migrating a heavy I/O workload to a faster or
less-resource-bound SC Series array, retiring an older workload to a lower-cost SC Series storage solution, or
rebalancing the federation and expanding it with a new SC Series array — Live Migrate will get it there.
This document describes the two methods for initiating Live Migrate. With either method, the process will run
smoothly when the best practices discussed in this document are implemented.