Flashcard: Mastering Virtual Storage and Data Center Design — 10 carte

Storage System Architecture — definition?

Design of storage components and interactions.

VDC Environment Components — role?

Integrate compute, storage, networking virtually.

Virtualization Techniques — purpose?

Enhance resource utilization and flexibility.

Storage Virtualization Methods — example?

Block level and file level virtualization.

Virtual Storage Technologies — example?

VSAN, Cloud File Systems, GFS, HDFS.

SAN — access type?

Block-level storage over dedicated network.

NAS — access type?

File-level storage over standard network.

VDC Server Component — function?

Provides processing power for virtual machines.

Virtual Provisioning — mechanism?

Dynamically allocates storage on demand.

Automated Storage Tiering — purpose?

Moves data between tiers based on usage.