虚拟存储与网格之间有哪些关系?IBM认为“存储虚拟化,不论是一大步还是一小步,总是推动网格计算的第一步。”如果说未来的IT是如水电一样的公用设施,那么网格则是电网的配送系统,而计算机和存储则是发电系统。那么IBM是如何描绘虚拟存储的未来呢? 虚拟是网格的第一步存储在网格中扮演着关键作用,在实现网格的三大虚拟技术中——存储与数据的虚拟化、计算力的虚拟化以及应用与服务的虚拟化,网格的第一步就是实现存储与数据的虚拟化。而存储与数据的虚拟化包括存储的虚拟化、文件虚拟化、数据库虚拟化以及数据的灾难备份。存储虚拟化即实现任意地点和任何平台的透明存储,IBM将实现基于网络的虚拟化引擎;文件虚拟化首先是要建立“Single Sign-on,single name space”的虚拟网格化文件系统,下一步是整合网 What is the relationship between virtual storage and grid? IBM believes that “storage virtualization, a big step or a small step, is always the first step toward grid computing.” If the future of IT is like hydropower Utilities, then the grid is the grid distribution system, while the computer and storage are the power generation system. How does IBM portray the future of virtual storage? Virtualization is the first step in a grid Storage plays a key role in grids. Among the three virtual technologies that enable grids - virtualization of storage and data, computational power Of virtualization and application and service virtualization, the grid’s first step is to virtualize storage and data. Storage and data virtualization include storage virtualization, file virtualization, database virtualization, and disaster recovery of data. Storage virtualization that is to achieve any location and any platform transparent storage, IBM will implement a web-based virtualization engine; file virtualization is to establish a “Single Sign-on, single name space,” the virtual grid file system One step is to integrate the web