Storage Solutions to Maximize Success in VDI Environments

Maximize the benefits of your VDI environment by using Dell™ EqualLogic™ Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area networks (SANs) combined with VMware® software. By helping to lower costs and simplifying VDI management, Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANS enable you to overcome the biggest hurdle in achieving adequate and cost-efficient VDI performance: supporting the storage infrastructure.

Ideally suited for VDI deployments, Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs feature:

• Innovative technology, such as hybrid storage arrays with automated tiering to optimize the cost-performance ratio
• Tight integration with VMware application programming interfaces (APIs) and tools for improved performance and simplified management
• Scalable, cost-effective virtualized iSCSI scale-out SAN architecture
• All-inclusive software features to lower total cost and simplify management

Among the key benefits Dell EqualLogic SANs can offer in VDI environments are:

• Optimal cost-performance balance with hybrid arrays ― lower storage footprint and costs by eliminating the need for storage overprovisioning; effectively mitigate I/O (input/output) storms; simplify and streamline storage operations using intelligent and automated on-board tiering
• Simple management and improved performance through tight integration with VMware ― quickly deploy virtual machines (VMs) from templates; improve storage performance for volumes shared by multiple virtual machines; reduce SAN traffic; lower host computing overheads
• Virtualized scale-out architecture and standards-based iSCSI connectivity ― scale performance and throughput along with storage capacity without downtime; eliminate the need for forklift upgrades
• Simplified storage management ― install, configure and serve storage within an hour; leverage comprehensive management and enterprise reliability features