EMC Product Analysis VMAX

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Document Category: Analysis

Subject: SAN Storage

Vendor: EMC

Keywords: EMC, Product Analysis, SAN, Symmetrix, VMax

Document Price: $1999.00

Document Date: 2012-05

Document Number: 811

# of Pages: 46

Short Description:

Analysis of EMC's VMAX, high end storage

Full Summary:

The V-Max is the continuation of the EMC’s Symmetrix high end storage system series and the successor to the Symmetrix DMX series. The V-Max is powered by the Engenuity firmware enabling a high-end functionality enterprise class storage array which is based on EMC’s Virtual Matrix architecture.
The V-Max series includes an entry level system called the V-Max SE. Competitors include IBM’s DS8000 series, Hitachi’s USP-V and Hewlett Packard’s XP series storage arrays. For comparison information please see the the Matrices for SAN Hi-End Base System.
This analysis covers:

Highlights

Overview

Product Architecture

Operating Environment

Firmware

Hyper-volumes

Meta-volumes

Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST)

Dynamic Cache Partitioning

Symmetrix Priority Controls

Enhanced Virtual LUN

Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning

RAS Features

Connectivity Options

Technical Specifications

Advanced features

SRDF/EDP

PowerPath

TimeFinder

InfoMover

Evaluator Group Comments

UPDATED May 2012

 


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EMC Product Analysis VMAX

The V-Max is the continuation of the EMC’s Symmetrix high end storage system series and the successor to the Symmetrix DMX series. The V-Max is powered by the Engenuity firmware enabling a high-end functionality enterprise class storage array which is based on EMC’s Virtual Matrix architecture.
The V-Max series includes an entry level system called the V-Max SE. Competitors include IBM’s DS8000 series, Hitachi’s USP-V and Hewlett Packard’s XP series storage arrays. For comparison information please see the the Matrices for SAN Hi-End Base System.
This analysis covers:

Highlights

Overview

Product Architecture

Operating Environment

Firmware

Hyper-volumes

Meta-volumes

Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST)

Dynamic Cache Partitioning

Symmetrix Priority Controls

Enhanced Virtual LUN

Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning

RAS Features

Connectivity Options

Technical Specifications

Advanced features

SRDF/EDP

PowerPath

TimeFinder

InfoMover

Evaluator Group Comments

UPDATED May 2012