Symantec VirtualStore

Symantec VirtualStore helps to gain maximum benefit from investments in virtualization and to cope with growth of storage costs of data, connected with growth of the virtual systems. VirtualStore helps with solving of tasks of data storage in virtual infrastructures with functions of fast deployment of servers and virtual computers and also provides effective cloning and loading of the virtual systems with uniform management from vCenter, the management console of VMware. Veritas Storage Foundation founded on the advanced clustered file system, the product VirtualStore allows to use data storage devices from any supplier and simple servers with architecture of x86. At the same time advanced technology of optimization of data storage is supported that helps to lower storage costs of data.

The VirtualStore platform solves a problem of duplication of the virtual machines given in storage of images. Besides, VirtualStore provides the increased speed of work with such storage and fast issue of images on demand. The packet of VirtualStore is based on Veritas Storage Foundation technology and provides so-called "thin" selection of resources, without spending resources of drives for anticipatory distribution of an empty seat under applications before these applications are necessary. Besides, separation of storage into several levels and creation of pictures of a system gives additional protection. The FileSnap function allows administrators to clone and start thousands of virtual machines within several minutes, using integration into the VMware vCenter Server platform. Function of page caching should solve completely a problem of "bottlenecks" in work of the systems arising when at once a great number of users load the virtual machines.

The VirtualStore technology is integrated with the management console of vCenter and can work both at a dedicated server, and within the separate virtual machine. VirtualStore storages well give in to a clustering and scaling, offering compatibility from storage systems different brands, including 3PAR EMC Fujitsu IBM HDS HP, LSI and NetApp. In some way VirtualStore represents expansion of already known packet FileStore adapted by Wednesdays based on technologies. Possibly, the Symantec company can release one more option of storage of images of virtual machines already for a hypervisor Hyper-V.

Main Functions

• Scalable cluster solution on the organization of network data storage (NAS) with advanced technology of optimization of data storage
• Optimizirovaniye of caching of pages using FileSnap technology
• Elimination of duplication in a base memory
• Integration into the VMware vCenter™ system
• SmartTier

Main features

• Significant cutting of costs for data storage on each virtual system due to consolidation of the hardware of simple servers and cheap data storage devices in VirtualStore, or by reorganization of the existing infrastructure of SAN storage
• Reduced resource consumption of memory thanks to the built-in functions of cloning creating the images of the virtual systems optimized by the size
• Elimination of problems with performance when the large number of users at the same time loads the virtual systems or begins a session in them
• Effective integration of VirtualStore with the vCenter VMware component for end-to-end management from the single console.