free inventory software
By the separation of storage into physical implementation and logical view, storage virtualisation
opens up a number of possibilities for simplifying administration. In addition,
it makes it possible to fully utilise the capabilities of a storage network. In this manner,
resources can be used more efficiently in order to increase performance and improve
fault-tolerance due to higher availability of the data. In addition, more extensive functions
such as data protection, data migration, privacy protection and data sharing can be
integrated into the storage virtualisation, making the use of additional software for these
functions unnecessary. The free inventory software storage virtualisation itself is performed by a virtualisation
entity, which forms the interface between virtual and physical storage. Virtualisation takes
place in two different forms: on block or on file level. The virtualisation entity can be
positioned on different levels of the storage network such as at the servers, storage devices
or network.
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