APPLICATION-SPECIFIC DATA IN-FLIGHT (DIF) SERVICES ALONG A COMMUNICATION PATH SELECTED BASED ON A DIF SERVICES POLICY ASSOCIATED WITH A VM

摘要

Embodiments provide data in-flight (DIF) services to software applications such as virtual machines (VMs) at an application level without requiring modification to established storage protocols. In exemplary embodiments, a software application is associated with a DIF services policy indicating one or more DIF services to apply to the software application. Data transmitted by the software application to a destination is tagged based on the DIF services policy associated with the software application and transmitted to the destination.