Virtualized Storage Services

Description: The Virtualized Storage Services hide the physical characteristics of a storage platform and instead present abstracted storage platform to the consumer. Virtualization enables the provisioning of simplified, fit-for-purpose, tailor-made and on-demand IT-infrastructure resources, sparing the user from having to understand and manage complex details of IT-infrastructure resources. This service supports the centralization of management and maintenance while more flexibly and efficiently allocating IT-infrastructure resources.

The following mandatory standards are recommended for this taxonomy node: