EMC VNX FAMILY - OCS Distribution · Source: EMC Proven: “Tuning Storage for SQL OLTP” report Replace lengthy manual processes with FAST VP and dynamically tune application workloads

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EMC VNX

FAMILY


IT Challenges: Tougher than Ever Four central themes facing every decision maker today

Overcome flat budgets

Manage escalating complexity

Cope with relentless data growth

Meet increased business demands


IT Challenges: Tougher than Ever Four central themes facing every decision maker today

Overcome flat budgets

Manage escalating complexity

Cope with relentless data growth

Meet increased business demands

Affordable

Simple

Efficient

Powerful


EMC

Unisphere

Next-Generation Unified Storage Optimized for today’s virtualized IT

Affordable. Simple. Efficient. Powerful.

VNXe3100 VNX7500 VNX5700 VNXe3300 VNX5100 VNX5500 VNX5300


Software. Simple. Powerful.


Total Data Management and Protection Peace of mind without the complexity

FAST Suite Performance and capacity self-optimization

Security and Compliance Suite Version integrity and audit readiness

Local Protection Suite File and block snapshots

Remote Protection Suite Disaster recovery and business continuity

Application Protection Suite Application-driven data protection

Software Suites Software Packs

Total Efficiency

Total Protection

Total Value

Total Protection


A new way to

think about

shared storage

Simple. Efficient. Affordable.

Configure in seconds

Get more capacity at less cost

Rest easy, rock solid

Starting under $10K


Storage. Click. Done.


Next-generation architecture • Advanced multi-core platform

• No-single-point-of-failure design

• Multi-protocol: CIFS, NFS, and iSCSI

• Powerful 6 Gb/s SAS back end

• Compact 2U and 3U design

Streamlined for ease of use • Designed for the IT generalist

• Application-optimized wizards

• Configurable with just a few clicks

• Built-in snapshots and replication

• Perfect for small or remote offices

More Storage. Less Effort. The easiest, most-efficient array ever

Storage. Click. Done.


Instant Expertise Best-practice wizards configure storage with just a few clicks

Share Wizard Set up NFS and CIFS

shares in minutes

Volume Wizard Set up iSCSI volumes

in minutes

Hyper-V Wizard Set up 1 TB Hyper-V

datastore in 10 minutes

Email Wizard Set up hundreds of

Exchange mailboxes in

fewer than 10 clicks

VMware Wizard Set up 1 TB VMware

datastore in 10 minutes


Instant Insight with Unisphere

Navigate all common

tasks through an

easy dashboard



View detailed reports

of how resources are

being used


Visually drill down to

individual

components




Enlist community

help when solving

problems


VNXe Series Models Simple. Efficient. Affordable.

VNXe3100 VNXe3300

Form factor 2U 3U

Maximum drives 48 or 96 120

Drive types 3.5” SAS, NL-SAS 3.5” SAS, NL-SAS

Protocols NFS (including pNFS), CIFS, iSCSI

Configurable I/O slots 1 or 2 4

Embedded I/O ports per SP

2 or 4 SAS ports

2 or 4 Gigabit Ethernet

ports

4 SAS ports

8 Gigabit Ethernet ports

Storage processors

(controllers) 1 or 2 2

System memory 4 or 8 GB 24 GB


Make Your Storage Easier Simple. Efficient. Affordable.

• Designed for the IT generalist

• Wizard-driven provisioning

• Streamlined ease of use

• Ideal for small and remote

offices

• Starting at less than $10,000


Next-Generation Unified Storage Optimized for today’s virtualized IT


VNXe3100 VNXe3300 VNX7500 VNX5700 VNX5100 VNX5500 VNX5300


Virtualization Changes Everything To move to virtual servers demands new storage solutions

Virtual server pool

Self-Optimizing Storage Pools

Storage

system

Discrete servers

Static RAID Groups

Storage

system

RAID groups Storage pool

AUTOMATIC DATA OPTIMIZATION

AUTOMATIC APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION


#1 SAN Platform Fastest-Growing in

NAS

Simple. Efficient. Powerful. Built for the most demanding virtual environments

CLARiiON

3X faster

3X more

efficient

3X easier

Raising the bar in

unified storage

Celerra


Click. Automate. Done.


More Power, Less Management The most efficient and automated system ever

Next-generation architecture

• Intel Xeon 5600 multi-core processors

• Expanded UltraFlex I/O: Fibre Channel

over Ethernet (FCoE), Fibre Channel

(FC), iSCSI, CIFS, NFS, pNFS

• Redundant 6 Gb/s SAS back end

• Optimized for Flash SSDs and high-

capacity SAS drives

Designed for the enterprise

• FAST Suite self-optimizing storage

pools

• Ideal for virtualized applications

• Unified protocol support: file, block, and

object

Click. Automate. Done.


3X PERFORMANCE

EFFICIENCY

PRODUCTIVITY


3X faster

3-Times Faster More users, more transactions, better response time

FAST Cache

FAST VP

VNX

platform CLARiiON

CX/

Celerra NS

platforms


The FAST Suite

FAST Cache continuously

ensures that the hottest data is

served from high-performance

Flash SSDs

FAST VP optimizes storage pools

automatically, ensuring only

active data is being served from

SSDs, while cold data is moved

to lower-cost disk tiers

Together they deliver a fully

automated FLASH 1st storage

strategy for optimal performance

at the lowest cost attainable

Highest performance and capacity efficiency—automatically

Flash

SSD

High-

Performance

HDD

High-

capacity

HDD

Real-time caching

with FAST Cache

Scheduled optimization

with FAST VP


3-Times the Performance Run applications faster than ever

• 3X the number

of users

• 3X the number

of transactions

• 3X faster

VMware View

boot time

• 3X quicker

VMware View

refresh time

• 3X the number

of users

• 3X the number

of transactions


3X more efficient

3-Times More Efficient More storage, better utilization, lower cost

FAST

Suite

File

Deduplication

and

Compression

Thin

Provisioning

Classic

provisioning


3-Times Easier Smarter management, greater automation, faster results

Manage it all…

• VNX, CLARiiON, and

Celerra

• Storage pools,

virtualization, replication

• File, block, and object

…from a single interface with

Unisphere


Automate Applications More productivity, less time, lower costs

Without

FAST VP

With

FAST VP

Analyze 4 hours Automated

Design 4 hours 1 hour

Implement 4 hours 2 hours

Manage 4 hours Automated

Totals 16 hours 3 hours

Source: EMC Proven: “Tuning Storage for SQL OLTP” report

Replace lengthy manual processes with FAST VP and

dynamically tune application workloads in 80% less time


Optimized for Virtualization Seamless virtualization experience and acceleration

Virtual server administrator

Storage administrator

VAAI* offload vCenter Server

integration Unisphere

Less net I/O

More VMs

Faster

response

10X Manage storage and VM

resources in unison

Control offload functions and

integrated replication

Manage storage and VM

resources in unison

Control offload functions

and integrated replication

* VAAI = VMware vStorage

APIs for Array Integration


Total Protection: Better than Ever

• Local and remote data recovery with

DVR-like rollback

• Restore individual or multiple virtual

machines with a single click

• Define and enforce custom recovery

point objectives and service level

agreements across virtual infrastructure

• Automated failover and failback

• Proven Reference Architectures

Unified replication with the Total Protection Pack


Powerful, Flexible, Modular Architecture More processing power, self-optimizing pools, any network

Multi-controller scale

• Add processors as needed

• Scale up to 96 CPU cores and

thousands of drives

Self-optimizing pools

• Achieve lowest transaction cost and

lowest capacity cost dynamically and

simultaneously—all the time

Unified multi-protocol

• Share files and volumes on any

network

CLOUD

OBJECT REST SOAP

SAN

BLOCK iSCSI

FC FCoE

NAS

FILE CIFS NFS pNFS MPFS

SSD HDD


VNX Series Models Simple. Efficient. Powerful.

VNX5100 VNX5300 VNX5500 VNX5700 VNX7500

Form factor 4U 4U–7U 4U–7U 5U–8U 5U–8U

Number of drives 75 125 250 500 1,000

Drive types 3.5” Flash, SAS, and NL-SAS and 2.5” SAS

File system

modules

I/O slots per X-

Blade n/a 3 4 4 5

X-Blades n/a 1 or 2 1, 2, or 3 2, 3, or 4 2–8

Memory n/a 6 GB/blade 12 GB/blade 12 GB/blade 24 GB/blade

12 GB 36 GB 48 GB 192 GB

Protocols n/a NFS, CIFS, MPFS, pNFS

Storage

Pool

modules

Storage Processors 2

I/O ports per SP 4 Fibre Channel ports, 2 back-end SAS ports n/a n/a

I/O slots per SP n/a 2 2 5 5

Memory 8 GB 16 GB 24 GB 36 GB 48 GB

Protocols Fibre Channel Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, iSCSI


VNX Series Gateways Simple. Efficient. Powerful.

VG2 VG8

Form factor 3U–4U 3U–10U

Storage capacity support 256 TB 1.8 PB

X-Blades 1 or 2 2 to 8

I/O slots per X-Blade 4 5

Ethernet support 10/100/1000 BaseT and 10 Gb

Memory 6 GB/blade 24 GB/blade

6 or 12 GB 192 GB

Protocols NFS, CIFS, MPFS, pNFS, iSCSI

Systems supported Up to 4 VNX, VMAX, or CLARiiON in any combination


Next-Generation Unified Storage Optimized for today’s virtualized data IT

VNXe3100 VNX7500 VNX5700 VNXe3300 VNX5100 VNX5500 VNX5300


Plug and play

Works on any IP net

Up and running

quickly

Easier than ever

Scales large and fast

Self-optimizes for

performance and

capacity efficiency

Works on any network

Everything is fully

automated


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YOU

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EMC VNX FAMILY - OCS Distribution · Source: EMC Proven: “Tuning Storage for SQL OLTP” report Replace lengthy manual processes with FAST VP and dynamically tune application workloads