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Storage Virtualization



Storage virtualization alleviates traditional storage growth problems by implementing abstraction between applications and physical storage. This buying guide helps you understand the most important considerations involved in virtualization product selection, identifies specific points of interest for storage virtualization hardware, software, and VSAN product categories, and presents a series of basic product specifications that will help you pick the best product for your organization.

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GENERAL STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION PURCHASE CONSIDERATIONS

This first chapter highlights key purchase considerations that apply to storage virtualization software and hardware, as well as virtual SAN products.
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STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWARE

This guide focuses on specific considerations for key storage virtualization software products. You'll also find a series of specifications to help make on-the-spot product comparisons between storage virtualization software vendors, like DataCore Software Corp., EMC Corp., FalconStor Software Inc. and IBM.
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STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION HARDWARE

The choice of storage virtualization hardware plays a crucial role in virtualization, so users must understand the capabilities and limitations of storage virtualization hardware deployment. Now that you've reviewed the essential issues involved in any virtualization product, this guide focuses on the specific considerations of virtualization hardware. You'll also find a series of specifications to help make on-the-spot product comparisons between vendors.
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VIRTUAL SANS

Virtual SANs partition the physical SAN into logical sections. Virtualization can also be used to combine SAN islands into a single SAN entity. Now that you've reviewed the essential issues involved in any virtualization product, this guide focuses on the specific considerations for key virtual SAN products. You'll also find a series of specifications to help make on-the-spot product comparisons between vendors.
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