Virtual File Systems
Virtual disk management systems allow the use of physical disks in different ways that are not supported by the standard Solaris file systems. This section summarizes these advantages and describes several techniques used to provide virtual file systems.
Advantages of Virtual Disk Management Systems
A virtual disk management system can overcome disk capacity and architecture limitations and improve performance and availability. In addition, manageability is enhanced by the use of a graphical management tool.
The three main storage factors are performance, availability, and hardware costs. A virtual disk management system allows managing tradeoffs between these three factors and in some cases reduces the impact of these factors. ...
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