Virtualization

  1. Virtual Storage
    1. Virtual Disk Technologies
      1. Virtual Disk Formats
        1. VMDK (VMware)
          1. VHD/VHDX (Microsoft)
            1. QCOW2 (QEMU)
              1. Raw Disk Images
              2. Disk Provisioning Types
                1. Thick Provisioning
                  1. Thin Provisioning
                    1. Eager Zeroed Thick
                      1. Lazy Zeroed Thick
                    2. Storage Connectivity
                      1. Local Storage
                        1. Direct Attached Storage
                          1. Performance Characteristics
                          2. Network Storage
                            1. NFS (Network File System)
                              1. iSCSI (Internet Small Computer Systems Interface)
                                1. Fibre Channel
                                2. Software-Defined Storage
                                  1. Virtual Storage Area Networks
                                    1. Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
                                  2. Storage Management Features
                                    1. Snapshots
                                      1. Point-in-Time Copies
                                        1. Snapshot Chains
                                          1. Performance Impact
                                          2. Cloning
                                            1. Full Clones
                                              1. Linked Clones
                                              2. Storage Migration
                                                1. Storage vMotion
                                                  1. Live Storage Migration
                                                  2. Replication
                                                    1. Synchronous Replication
                                                      1. Asynchronous Replication

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