Use Storage Foundation (SF) in the guest to provide storage management functionality for KVM guest virtual machine resources. Storage Foundation enables you to manage KVM guest storage resources more easily by providing:
Enhanced database performance
Point-in-time copy features for data back-up, recovery, and processing
Options for setting policies to optimize storage
Methods for migrating data easily and reliably
Replication support
For more information on Storage Foundation features, see the Storage Foundation Administrator's Guide.