Within the context of a storage system, there are two primary types of virtualization that can occur: Block virtualization used in this context refers...
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computer. In hardware virtualization, the host machine is the machine that is used by the virtualization and the guest machine is the virtual machine. The words...
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Hardware virtualization is the virtualization of computers as complete hardware platforms, certain logical abstractions of their componentry, or only the...
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performance degradation. Storage virtualization is the process of abstracting logical storage from physical storage. The physical storage resources are aggregated...
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In computing, virtual memory, or virtual storage, is a memory management technique that provides an "idealized abstraction of the storage resources that...
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components of virtual machines in hardware virtualization, but they are also widely used for various purposes unrelated to virtualization, such as for...
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underlying hardware. Software-defined storage typically includes a form of storage virtualization to separate the storage hardware from the software that manages...
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software and hardware appliance company specializing in storage virtualization and software-defined storage. StarWind Software began in 2008 as a spin-off from...
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A virtual tape library (VTL) is a data storage virtualization technology used typically for backup and recovery purposes. A VTL presents a storage component...
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hard disk drives. Server virtualization, or Full virtualization, partitions a single physical server into multiple virtual machines, consolidating multiple...
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metadata updates, handling of very long paths and filenames, and storage virtualization and pooling, including almost arbitrarily sized logical volumes...
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OS-level virtualization is an operating system (OS) virtualization paradigm in which the kernel allows the existence of multiple isolated user space instances...
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RAID (redirect from RAID storage)
inexpensive disks" or "redundant array of independent disks") is a data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple physical disk drive components...
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Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) is an IBM direct-access storage device (DASD) file storage access method, first used in the OS/VS1, OS/VS2 Release...
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behaviour seen in traditional disks or tape storage through storage virtualization. Blocks are identified by an arbitrary and assigned identifier by which...
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Disk array (redirect from Storage array)
attached storage (NAS) arrays Storage area network (SAN) arrays: Modular SAN arrays Monolithic SAN arrays Utility Storage Arrays Storage virtualization Primary...
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times, underscoring the primary advantage of data virtualization. However, with data virtualization, the connection to all necessary data sources must...
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a virtual network. Network virtualization involves platform virtualization, often combined with resource virtualization. Network virtualization is categorized...
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a data storage management-related category. The term is used interchangeably with NAS virtualization and file virtualization among data storage industry...
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hardware-assisted virtualization, with virtualization-specific hardware features on the host CPUs providing assistance to hypervisors. Process virtual machines...
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Logical disk (category Storage virtualization)
more flexibility and better abstraction are increasingly needed. Storage virtualization Buyya, Rajkumar; Broberg, James; Goscinski, Andrzej M. (2010). Cloud...
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Desktop virtualization can be used in conjunction with application virtualization and user profile management systems, now termed user virtualization, to...
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deep to extend the functions of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform to multivendor storage through virtualization. Offload less-critical data to external...
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full virtualization, managed with a web-based user interface similar to other commercial offerings. Proxmox VE is an open-source server virtualization platform...
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Data storage is the recording (storing) of information (data) in a storage medium. Handwriting, phonographic recording, magnetic tape, and optical discs...
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large businesses. The company also offers cloud-based or on-premises storage, virtual data rooms and client portals. ShareFile is owned by Citrix Systems...
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Thin provisioning (category Hardware virtualization)
multiplexing Storage hypervisor Storage virtualization Fractional-reserve banking Mike Laverick. "Thin provisioning myth-busters: The benefits of thin virtual disks"...
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VSAN (redirect from Virtual storage area network)
A virtual storage area network (virtual SAN, VSAN or vSAN) is a logical representation of a physical storage area network (SAN). A VSAN abstracts the storage-related...
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software for virtualization, Kubernetes, database-as-a-service, software-defined networking, security, as well as software-defined storage for file, object...
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In virtualization, input/output virtualization (I/O virtualization) is a methodology to simplify management, lower costs and improve performance of servers...
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