Storage Virtualization

last updated on 2009-03-27

Storage virtualization is the amalgamation of multiple network storage devices into what appears to be a single storage unit.

Here are some storage virtualization resources:

• Sun's storage virtualization web page, which provides links to storage virtualization resources for primary storage and tape storage, such as white papers, podcasts, special offers, and more

• New disk virtualization solutions, which are Sun disk storage systems preloaded with innovative, integrated virtualization capabilities

• Links to Sun virtual storage products:

  • New StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) System
  • New Sun StorageTek Virtual Tape Library Plus
  • New Sun StorageTek Virtual Tape Library Prime (VTL Prime) System

• Sun Net Talks webcasts:

  • New Enabling Storage Virtualization: Sun StorageTek 9900V Disk Family, which describes how the StorageTek 9900 Enterprise Storage Disk family addresses key issues through storage virtualization
  • New Storage Goes Virtual: Inside Sun's VTL Solutions, which describes a single disk-based virtual tape and library emulation system
  • New Mainframe Storage Optimized: Sun Virtual Storage Manager, which describes the benefits of Sun Virtual Storage Manager

• Video: Storage & Virtualization, in which Aaron Dailey speaks at the Storage Networking Industry Association's Storage Developer Conference about storage and virtualization

• Choose Your Virtual Weapon (from Sun Inner Circle newsletter), which describes storage virtualization and explains how a virtual tape library can reduce the complexity of a backup environment

• ComputerWorld* articles:

  • New Storage virtualization: The skills you need*, which describes how storage staffers can make the leap to managing virtual environments
  • New QuickStudy: Storage virtualization*, which discusses the benefits of pooled storage and three ways storage virtualization can be structured

• New In-depth tutorial from the Storage Networking Industry Association: Storage Virtualization: The SNIA Technical Tutorial*