Very well written intro to storage virtualization

A concise and well written book on storage virtualization. Starting with explanation of file meta data and storage meta data the author uses good illustrations to dive reasonably deep and explain the concepts behind each mode of virtualization starting from server down to switch, appliance and array-based virtualization. The book is not wordy nor does it waste time on pointless rambling on the history of storage networking etc.. I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in truly understanding the concepts behind this upcoming technology.

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• Good book to learn the basics
• A good summary of storage virtualization
• goes behind the storage abstractions
• Very well written intro to storage virtualization
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