Chapter9

Storage Virtualization

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

  • What storage virtualization is
  • Host-based storage virtualization
  • Network-based storage virtualization
  • Controller-based storage virtualization
  • In-band vs. out-of-band storage virtualization
  • Use cases for storage virtualization
  • How to configure controller-based virtualization
  • Software-defined storage

image This chapter covers the popular forms of storage virtualization seen and implemented in the real world. We'll start out by explaining the many different layers of virtualization that exist in a typical storage stack, which have been there for years but are not often thought of as virtualization ...

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