Hi Guys,

Could you please some one explain me about the Storage Virtualization. Can you guys provide some example too. Thank you in advance.

Hi Amarnathrk,
What would you like to know about Storage Virtualization? In theory, it's the same as server virtualization, wherein you're consolidating multiple servers into a single one transparently to the user.

In storage virtualization you're consolidating multiple pools of storage so that they are transparent to the user. Basically, an abstraction layer is created between physical storage and the user, so that users never know which physical storage would their data be stored in. The benefits of this are many. You get a pool of storage, which can be changed, modified, etc as per the requirement.

We've done several articles on storage virtualization, storage trends, etc in PCQuest. The one specifically on storage virtualization can be found here:

http://pcquest.ciol.com/content/depth/2006/106030801.asp

Please let us know what else would you like to know on the subject.

cheers,
Anil

Dear amarnathrk, you can try using Microsoft Virtual Server.
Yours faith-fully,