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== Storage virtualization ==
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== See also ==
* [[ATA over Ethernet]] (AoE)
* [[Direct-attached storage]] (DAS)
* [[Disk array]]
* [[Fibre Channel]]
* [[Fibre Channel over Ethernet]]
* [[Host adapter|Host bus adapter]] (HBA)
* [[iSCSI]]
* [[iSCSI Extensions for RDMA]]
* [[List of networked storage hardware platforms]]
* [[List of storage area network management systems]]
* [[Massive array of idle disks]] (MAID)
* [[Network-attached storage]] (NAS)
* [[Redundant array of independent disks]] (RAID)
* [[SCSI RDMA Protocol]] (SRP)
* [[Storage Management Initiative – Specification]] – (SMI-S)
* [[Storage hypervisor]]
* [[Storage resource management]] (SRM)
* [[Storage virtualization]]
* [[System area network]]
== See also ==
<br />
== See also ==
* [[ATA over Ethernet]] (AoE)
* [[Direct-attached storage]] (DAS)
* [[Disk array]]
* [[Fibre Channel]]
* [[Fibre Channel over Ethernet]]
* [[Host adapter|Host bus adapter]] (HBA)
* [[iSCSI]]
* [[iSCSI Extensions for RDMA]]
* [[List of networked storage hardware platforms]]
* [[List of storage area network management systems]]
* [[Massive array of idle disks]] (MAID)
* [[Network-attached storage]] (NAS)
* [[Redundant array of independent disks]] (RAID)
* [[SCSI RDMA Protocol]] (SRP)
* [[Storage Management Initiative – Specification]] – (SMI-S)
* [[Storage hypervisor]]
* [[Storage resource management]] (SRM)
* [[Storage virtualization]]
* [[System area network]]
== See also ==
[[Storage virtualization]] is the process of abstracting logical storage from physical storage. The physical storage resources are aggregated into storage pools, from which the logical storage is created. It presents to the user a logical space for data storage and transparently handles the process of mapping it to the physical location, a concept called [[location transparency]]. This is implemented in modern disk arrays, often using vendor proprietary technology. However, the goal of storage virtualization is to group multiple disk arrays from different vendors, scattered over a network, into a single storage device. The single storage device can then be managed uniformly.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}References
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