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04 Storage Virtualization - Print

Storage virtualization abstracts the physical storage infrastructure from the virtual machines and applications. It provides a single pool of storage that can be dynamically allocated and reallocated among virtual machines. Storage virtualization offers benefits like increased utilization, simplified management, mobility of virtual machines, and reduced costs. It can be implemented at different layers including the compute, network, and storage layers.

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04 Storage Virtualization - Print

Storage virtualization abstracts the physical storage infrastructure from the virtual machines and applications. It provides a single pool of storage that can be dynamically allocated and reallocated among virtual machines. Storage virtualization offers benefits like increased utilization, simplified management, mobility of virtual machines, and reduced costs. It can be implemented at different layers including the compute, network, and storage layers.

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Storage Virtualization

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Benefits of Storage Virtualization


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File System for Managing VM Files Storage Virtualization at Different Layers

 Hypervisor’s native file system called Virtual


Layers Examples

Compute • Storage provisioning for VMs



• Block-level virtualization
Network
• File-level virtualization
• Virtual Provisioning
Storage
• Automated Storage Tiering

Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) Storage for Virtual Machines


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Network File System Dynamic Expansion of VMFS
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Block-level and File-level Virtualization – Overview Raw Device Mapping


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SAN vs NAS Storage Area Network

http://www.allsan.com/sanvendors.php3

Block-level Storage Virtualization Network Attached Storage


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NAS_manufacturers
File-level Storage Virtualization – Global
Physical to Virtual Volume Mapping
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Virtual Virtual
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Virtual Provisioning (Thin Provisioning) File-level Storage Virtualization


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Thin Pool Traditional Provisioning vs. Virtual Provisioning
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Thin Pool Rebalancing Thin LUN


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Virtual Provisioning Best Practices Virtual Provisioning at Compute
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Virtual Provisioning Benefits


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