EMC FAST Announcement Analysis

Document Category: Announcement

Subject: Management

Vendor: EMC

Document Title: EMC FAST Announcement Analysis

Keywords: EMC, FAST, Symmetrix, V-Max, Clariion, Celerra

Document Date: 2009-12-21

Document Number: 705

Author(s): Russ Fellows, John Webster

Short Description:Analysis of EMC's FAST announcement for Symmetrix, V-Max, Clariion and Celerra.

Originally previewed in April of 2009, EMC has announced the first release of their Fully Automated Storage Tiering facility (FAST) on multiple EMC platforms including Symmetrix V-Max, Clariion, and Celerra. FAST proactively monitors I/O activity at the array level and identifies volumes that are candidates for migration. This announcement covers FAST for Symmetrix, V-MAX, Clariion and Celerra and Evaluator Group's recommendations. 5 Pages.