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How do NAS appliances and NAS heads play into file virtualization?
We have to be concerned with the definition of file virtualization. On one hand, we define it as a technology that...

How is file virtualization typically accomplished? What are the elements involved?
File virtualization actually involves a variety of services, including mirroring, replication, snapshots, point-in-time (PIT) copies, file system aggregation, data movement, archiving, HSM stubbing (sometimes called ILM)...

What are the pros and cons to file virtualization appliances? Which do you think is better and why?
All types of virtualization need to be transparent to the applications that are using services, transparent to the storage systems themselves and also transparent to management -- the last thing you want to do is...


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