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DEFINITION - Virtualization is the pooling of physical storage from multiple network storage devices into what appears to be a single storage device that is managed from a central console. Storage virtualization is commonly used in a storage area network (SAN). The management of storage devices can be tedious and time-consuming. Storage virtualization helps the storage administrator perform the tasks of backup, archiving, and recovery more easily, and in less time, by disguising the actual complexity of the SAN.

Users can implement virtualization with software applications or by using hardware and software hybrid appliances. The technology can be placed on different levels of a storage area network.

LAST UPDATED: 22 Sep 2006

Read more about storage virtualization:
- Storage Magazine lists "Ten things you can do with virtualization."
- Expert Jamie Gruener writes about "Four trends changing virtualization."


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