我们可以看一看国际存储工业协会对存储这一概念的定义。在定义之后，国际存储工业协会的技术委员会还补充了一个例子，用以进一步补充说明这个颇富诗意的定义，这里也一并引用了：
Storage Virtualization:
1 - The application of virtualization (q.v.) to storage services, devices or resources that results in storage services, devices or resources.
2 - The act of abstracting, hiding, or isolating the internal function of a storage (sub) system or service from applications, host computers or general network resources.
Example: Using virtualization to provide storage and data management that is transparent to users, applications or network; Using virtualization to group different block storage systems into one or more virtual storage pools.
