Storage Virtualization Gets Smart

ABSTRACT

Over the past 20 years we have seen the transformation of storage from a dumb resource with fixed reliability, performance, and capacity to a much smarter resource that can actually play a role in how data is managed. In spite of the increasing capabilities of storage systems, however, traditional storage management models have made it hard to leverage these data management capabilities effectively. The net result has been overprovisioning and underutilization. In short, although the promise was that smart shared storage would simplify data management, the reality has been different.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
      D.4.2 Storage Management
          Subjects: Virtual memory

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
      D.4.m Miscellaneous

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.8 PERSONAL COMPUTING
      K.8.m Miscellaneous

General Terms:
Management