Investigate storage virtualization: Emerging technology for simplifying data storage and management

Storage visualization is an emerging technology that creates logical abstractions of physical storage systems and, when well implemented, hides the complexity of physical storage devices and their specific requirements from management view. It has tremendous potential for simplifying storage administration and reducing costs for managing diverse storage assets. This sample chapter from Storage Virtualization: Technologies for Simplifying Data Storage and Management offers a clear, readable introduction to this sometimes confusing technology, explaining core concepts and offering a broad historical and market overview. Geared towards IT managers, administrators, architects, analysts, consultants, and vendors looking to leverage the technology's enormous potential, the chapter lays a foundation for deeper investigation of storage virtualization technology—how it works, what problems it solves, and where it first in an evolving IT infrastructure.

Title: Storage Virtualization: Technologies for Simplifying Data Storage and Management
ISBN: 0321262514
Published: March 2005
Author: Tom Clark
Chapter: Chapter 1: Introduction
Published by Addison Wesley Professional