Using multitiered arrays to optimize application performance
Date
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10/1/2010
Organizations have always had “hot” information that is accessed more frequently than other data. Ensuring fast access for this high-demand information has traditionally required inefficient processes such as making multiple physical copies to allow several people to view the data at the same time. Today, with large numbers of concurrent users accessing high-demand data electronically, ensuring that this data is quickly and easily available to applications and users is an even greater priority.
Dell EqualLogic™ PS6000XVS and EqualLogic™ PS6010XVS Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area network (SAN) arrays offer an efficient way to meet this need. Incorporating both solid-state drives (SSDs) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drives in a single array, these systems can help organizations create a highly responsive yet cost-effective platform for a range of multitiered workloads, including virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) with VMware® View as well as business-critical database applications. Features such as automatic load balancing, tight integration with VMware® vStorage application programming interfaces (APIs), intelligent data placement and SSD acceleration, and linked clones help deliver performance where and when it is needed.
By helping increase the efficiency of data processing operations, including application access to high-demand data, these arrays can support growing data requirements without a corresponding increase in cost and complexity. And by incorporating intelligent data tiering, automated management, and other features, these arrays provide a high-performance, cost-effective way to meet the needs of today’s critical multitiered workloads.
Also included: How key features in EqualLogic firmware version 5.0 helped infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider Xtium create a platform for quick, cost-effective provisioning while supporting aggressive service-level agreements.
Dell EqualLogic™ PS6000XVS and EqualLogic™ PS6010XVS Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area network (SAN) arrays offer an efficient way to meet this need. Incorporating both solid-state drives (SSDs) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drives in a single array, these systems can help organizations create a highly responsive yet cost-effective platform for a range of multitiered workloads, including virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) with VMware® View as well as business-critical database applications. Features such as automatic load balancing, tight integration with VMware® vStorage application programming interfaces (APIs), intelligent data placement and SSD acceleration, and linked clones help deliver performance where and when it is needed.
By helping increase the efficiency of data processing operations, including application access to high-demand data, these arrays can support growing data requirements without a corresponding increase in cost and complexity. And by incorporating intelligent data tiering, automated management, and other features, these arrays provide a high-performance, cost-effective way to meet the needs of today’s critical multitiered workloads.
Also included: How key features in EqualLogic firmware version 5.0 helped infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider Xtium create a platform for quick, cost-effective provisioning while supporting aggressive service-level agreements.