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File Virtualization
The emergence of file virtualization products is the result of poor NAS management. NAS boxes lacked central management, and it was difficult to access files on all of the storage connected to NAS. File virtualization appliances create a layer between the file servers and the client boxes that access them. The layer manages files and file systems across servers, presenting client boxes with one logical file mount for every server, while the servers host the file data and metadata.
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SEE ALSO - Topics Related to File Virtualization:
Data Storage Basics,
Disaster Recovery,
Email Archiving FAQ,
Storage Virtualization,
Buying guide: NAS upgrades,
Green Storage,
Email archiving in 2008 FAQ,
Tiered Storage,
NAS FAQ,
Storage for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses,
Storage Compliance,
Data Classification,
Storage Virtualization Special Report,
iSCSI SANs,
Data Storage Management,
Resource Library,
Storage Area Network Upgrades,
Storage Virtualization FAQ,
High-performance NAS,
Virtual Server Backup FAQ,
Disk Hardware FAQ,
Storage Consolidation Buying Guide,
The battle between storage and server virtualization,
Disaster Recovery FAQ,
Unstructured Data FAQ,
Advanced SAN School,
File Archiving FAQ,
Storage Area Network FAQ,
Unified Storage FAQ,
Buying guide: Scaling storage networks,
Storage Security FAQ,
E-discovery,
Storage Security,
Storage Encryption FAQ,
Disk Storage,
Storage Area Network,
Network Attached Storage,
Advanced Data Storage,
Storage Consolidation,
Data Retrieval Strategies,
Wide Area Network,
File Virtualization FAQ,
ISCSI,
RAID FAQ,
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