
EMC Infrastructure for Virtual Desktops Enabled by EMC VNX Series,
VMware vSphere 4.1, VMware View 4.5, and VMware View Composer 2.5 Proven Solution Guide
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the new EMC
VNX series for
unified storage
The EMC VNX series is a collection of new unified storage platforms that unifies
EMC Celerra
®
and EMC CLARiiON
®
into a single product family. This innovative
series meets the needs of environments that require simplicity, efficiency, and
performance while keeping up with the demands of data growth, pervasive
virtualization, and budget pressures. Customers can benefit from the new VNX
features such as:
• Next-generation unified storage, optimized for virtualized applications
• Automated tiering with Flash and Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools
(FAST VP) that can be optimized for the highest system performance and lowest
storage cost simultaneously
• Multiprotocol support for file, block, and object with object access through Atmos™
Virtual Edition (Atmos VE)
• Simplified management with EMC Unisphere™ for a single management
framework for all NAS, SAN, and replication needs
• Up to three times improvement in performance with the latest Intel multicore CPUs,
optimized for Flash
• 6 Gb/s SAS back end with the latest drive technologies supported:
− 3.5” 100 GB and 200 GB Flash, 3.5” 300 GB, and 600 GB 15k or 10k rpm SAS,
and 3.5” 2 TB 7.2k rpm NL-SAS
− 2.5” 300 GB and 600 GB 10k rpm SAS
• Expanded EMC UltraFlex™ I/O connectivity—Fibre Channel (FC), Internet Small
Computer System Interface (iSCSI), Common Internet File System (CIFS),
Network File System (NFS) including parallel NFS (pNFS), Multi-Path File System
(MPFS), and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity for converged
networking over Ethernet
The VNX series includes five new software suites and two new software packages,
making it easier and simpler to attain the maximum overall benefits.
Software suites available
• VNX FAST Suite—Automatically optimizes for the highest system performance
and the lowest storage cost simultaneously.
• VNX Local Protection Suite—Practices safe data protection and repurposing.
• VNX Remote Protection Suite—Protects data against localized failures, outages,
and disasters.
• VNX Application Protection Suite—Automates application copies and proves
compliance.
• VNX Security and Compliance Suite—Keeps data safe from changes, deletions,
and malicious activity.
Software packages available
• VNX Total Protection Pack—Includes local, remote, and application protection
suites.
• VNX Total Efficiency Package—Includes all five software suites (not available for
the VNX5100).
• VNX Total Value Package—Includes all three protection software suites and the
Security and Compliance Suite (the VNX5100 exclusively supports this package).
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