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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:
Storage Virtualization Buying Guide,
Buying guide: NAS upgrades,
Wide Area Network,
File Virtualization FAQ,
Storage Security,
Storage Encryption FAQ,
ISCSI,
Virtual Server Backup FAQ,
Disk Hardware FAQ,
Storage Consolidation Buying Guide,
Data Classification,
Online Email Archiving FAQ,
Disk Storage,
Storage Area Network,
Data Storage Management,
Backup Products,
Resource Library,
RAID FAQ,
Storage Virtualization,
iSCSI SANs,
Solid-state Drives,
Fibre Channel over Ethernet FAQ,
Data deduplication in primary storage,
Midrange NAS Arrays Buying Guide,
Network Attached Storage,
Data Storage Basics,
Disaster Recovery FAQ,
Advanced Data Storage,
Storage Area Network Upgrades,
Tiered Storage,
Green Storage,
Archiving Software,
The battle between storage and server virtualization,
Disaster Recovery,
Unstructured Data FAQ,
Advanced SAN School,
NAS FAQ,
Storage for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses,
Storage Compliance,
Data Deduplication FAQ,
Email archiving in 2008 FAQ,
Windows Server 2008 and Storage,
Data Protection FAQ,
Email Archiving FAQ,
File Archiving FAQ,
Storage Area Network FAQ,
Unified Storage FAQ,
Buying guide: Scaling storage networks,
Storage Security FAQ,
Storage Consolidation,
Data Retrieval Strategies,
Storage Virtualization FAQ,
E-discovery,
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