Simplified volume configuration: Users can quickly expand virtual disks on the fly and configure the storage to the specific environment, such as on-the-fly RAID configuration.
Simplified data management: Users can easily manage, copy, mirror, and swap data within the storage box and across the SAN. Some storage virtualization solutions allow an administrator to create backup and mirror space on disks configured nearly anywhere on the SAN.
Centralized storage in heterogeneous server environments: Different servers with different operating systems can attach to and share a massive, centralized storage pool concurrently.
Maximized system performance: The virtualization application can intelligently distribute data in such a way as to maximize performance. Data from a single file can be spread over multiple spindles, providing faster access times.