| 摘要 |
A computer network includes multiple storage nodes each having a physical storage resource. A system management server on the network identifies the physical storage on the network and collects it into a virtual storage pool. When an application executing on a storages client accesses network storage, the system management server allocates a segment of the virtual storage pool to the application. The segment of the virtual storage pool is stored on a physical storage resource on the network. The system management server monitors the application's use of the network storage and transparently and dynamically re-allocates the virtual segment to an optimal physical storage resource.
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