04 Storage Virtualization Basics
04 Storage Virtualization Basics
Shared Catalog
File System
Logical
Volumes
Distributed
Storage
Virtual file
system
Logical
volume
Attach to compute cluster
and format
Physical
NFS file
volume Logical division
Format system
RAID or Replication
Logical
volume Attach to compute cluster
Physical
volume Logical division
RAID or Replication
Price
Storage
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Parallel read and write on Parity check and hot backup
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multiple disks
Windows Unix-like
client client
IP/FC network
CIFS NFS
Distributed
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Distributed
Storage Pool
Distributed Distributed
Storage Pool Storage Pool
Virtual file
system
Logical
volume
Attach to compute cluster
and format
Physical
NFS file
volume Format
Logical division system
RAID or Replication
Logical
volume Attach to compute cluster
Physical
volume Logical division
RAID or Replication
Segmentation
Physical
volume
RAID
Hard disk
User view
Administrator view
RAW All
VMDK VMware
VHD Microsoft Hyper-V, Huawei FusionCompute
QCOW
QEMU or KVM virtualization platforms only
QED
VDI Oracle
Data store
Shared catalog
LUN
Storage device
FusionStorage
Block
SAN/NAS
Storage resource
Type
• Common
Multi-tenant
sharing
• Shared
Space-saving
Temporary
Configuration Mode
data storage Customer needs • Common
Fast read/write • Thin-provision
Disk Mode
• Dependent
• Independent & persistent
• Independent & nonpersistent
2. SATA disks use a parallel interface while SAS disks use a serial interface.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE