Technology Insider: Storage virtualization

Virtualization is the buzzword in storage these days, but what does it really mean and how do you achieve it? In this report, we nail down what virtualization is and describe how the major vendors hope to get you there.

Every byte into the pool
What if you could somehow aggregate all your storage from any type of physical device into a single pool that could be easily accessed and centrally managed? That's the promise of virtualization.

Visions of virtualization
There are three ways to implement virtualization, each with its own pluses and minuses.

Plunging into virtualization
Plumbers & Pipefitters National Pension Fund rolls out DataCore's SANsymphony to improve storage manageability.

Virtual benefits
Virtualization adds a layer of abstraction between storage and the applications that access it.
Network World, 02/20/02.

The values of virtualization
With the technology having so much to offer, it is reasonable to ask just why aren’t the virtualization vendors taking a serious piece of the storage revenue that is being spent these days?
Network World, 01/16/02.

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