Storage Virtual Machines (SVM)

Storage Virtual Machines (NetApp) provide benefits such as nondisruptive operations, scalability, security, and unified storage. Like compute virtual machines, SVMs decouple services from hardware.

Unlike compute virtual machines, a single SVM can use the network ports and storage of many controllers, enabling scale-out. One controller’s physical network ports and physical storage also can be shared by many SVMs, enabling multi-tenancy.