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Chapter 5. Virtualization concepts
This chapter describes virtualization concepts as they apply to the DS8000. In particular, it
covers the following topics:
Storage system virtualization
Abstraction layers for disk virtualization
–Array sites
–Arrays
–Ranks
– Extent pools
– Logical volumes
– Logical storage subsystems
– Address groups
– Volume groups
– Host attachments
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