Virtual storage
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Virtual storage can refer to:
  • virtual memory
    Virtual memory
    In computing, virtual memory is a memory management technique developed for multitasking kernels. This technique virtualizes a computer architecture's various forms of computer data storage , allowing a program to be designed as though there is only one kind of memory, "virtual" memory, which...

    ; IBM
    IBM
    International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

     uses "virtual storage" rather than "virtual memory"
  • The storage seen by clients when storage virtualization
    Storage Virtualization
    Storage virtualization or storage virtualisation is a concept and term used within computer science. Specifically, storage systems may use virtualization concepts as a tool to enable better functionality and more advanced features within the storage system.Broadly speaking, a 'storage system' is...

    is used

Stores all of your corporate data online from a different location, this means that if you were to lose lose your data for whatever reason you would be able to recover it online.
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