Storage virtualisation addresses the issue of management and the cost of managing your storage capacities in an efficient manner. With virtualisation, capacity is pooled, eliminating the physical boundaries between storage devices and their physical relationship to the server. In addition, virtualisation allows multiple “virtual” disks to be created, for transparent presentation to the host. As well as simplifying storage management, this enables you to save money by not over-investing in or over-provisioning disk capacity.
Three advantages of virtualization:
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