(1) Treating all storage media (hard disk, optical disk, tape, etc.) in the enterprise as a single pool of storage. See storage virtualization, virtual tape system and HSM.
(2) Storing data on the Internet, which can be accessed from any Web browser. See online backup.
(2) Storing data on the Internet, which can be accessed from any Web browser. See online backup.
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