Application Virtualization

    Server centric - move data so it is not hostname nor node specific.

  +---------------------------------+
  |                                 |
  |          +------------+         |
  |          | HOST-System|-----------------> Metadata
  |          +------------+         |             OS Type
  |           +------------+        |             OS Version
  |           | Single     |        |             OS Release (32/64,...)
  |           +------------++       |             OS Patch Level
  |            | Farm       |       |             System CPU
  |            +------------++      |             System CPU number
  |             | Domain     |      |             System CPU speed
  |             +------------++     |             System Use (prod, dev, ...)
  |              | Cluster    |     |             ...
  |              +------------++    |
  |               | VM Ware    |    |
  |               | Jail       |    |
  |               +------------+    |
  |                                 |
  | =============================== |
  |                                 |
  |          +------------+         |
  |          |APPLICATION |         |
  |          |----------- |         |
  |          |data        |         |
  |          |bins        |-----------------> Metadata
  |          |logs        |         |             Application Name
  |          +------------+         |             Application Version
  |          |GLOBAL      |         |             Application Vendor
  |          |------      |         |             Application Licenses
  |          |support bins|         |             Application Users
  |          |-java       |         |             Application Use (prod, dev, ...)
  |          |-perl       |         |             ...   
  |          |-tools...   |         |
  |          +------------+         |
  |                                 |
  | =============================== |
  |                                 |
  |          +------------+         |
  |          | Directory  |------------------> Metadata
  |          +------------+         |             Expiration of data
  |          | Filesystem |         |             Criticalness of data
  |          +------------+         |             Access rate
  |          | Volume     |         |             Size of data
  |          +------------+         |             Relationships (links, DBMS)
  |          | Diskgroup  |         |             Filesystem mount point
  |          +------------+         |             Attributes (creation, mod, etc.)
  |                                 |             ...
  | =============================== |
  |                                 |
  |          +------------+         |
  |          | STORAGE    |------------------> Metadata
  |          +------------+         |             Frame Name
  |          | Disk       |         |             Frame Type
  |          |  DAS       |         |             Frame Vendor
  |          |  SAN       |         |             Media Type (tape, disk)
  |          |  NAS       |         |             Media Format (size of disk, type of tape media)
  |          +------------+         |             Replication Technique
  |          | Tape       |         |             Backup Frequency
  |          |  Tape      |         |             Backup Retention
  |          |  Disk      |         |             Tier Level
  |          |  VTape     |         |             ...
  |          +------------+         |             
  |           +------------+        |            
  |           | Tier 1     |        |
  |           +------------++       |
  |            | Tier 2     |       |
  |            +------------++      |
  |             | Tier n     |      |
  |             +------------+      |
  |                                 |
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