SNIA Storage Virtualization
Taxonomy
Classification of Storage Virtualization terms
Types of Virtualization – What elements of storage can be virtualized?
Disk Tape/Library Block File System File/Record
Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization
Virtualization Components – Where is the virtualization performed?
In the Storage In the Network In the Host, Server
Subsystem
Virtualization Mechanisms – In-band or out-of-band?
In-band Out-of-band
Virtualization Virtualization
Dictionary Definition of Taxonomy
- a system for naming and organizing things, especially plants and
animals, into groups which share similar qualities
Virtualization Taxonomy: classification and grouping