EMC VPLEX Geo

EMC VPLEX Geo – the first in the industry technology which integrates data processing centers on different continents, allowing to integrate into a uniform pool of storage system from geographically distributed DPCs and to use its virtualized resources. In combination with virtual servers this technology turns into a crucial element of private and hybrid cloud computing, considerably changing approaches to creation of data processing centers and providing IT services.

In a year which passed after representation of first generation of VPLEX technology in May, 2010 which allowed to aggregate resources in one DPC or between several data processing centers carried on thousands of miles this technology was implemented as a basis for cloud computing in the organizations worldwide. VPLEX provides portability of geographically distributed data, their availability, sharing and reservation according to the scheme active/active thanks to what it is possible to move in the hot mode thousands of virtual machines and petabytes of information on considerable distances. Now customers can dynamically balance loading and it is easy to redirect the IT processes to other region in case of major accidents.

New features of all versions of VPLEX, including:

• the newest version of the VPLEX operating system improves efficiency of storage for the realization account of a possibility of VPLEX in the hot mode to move or copy virtually selected or "thinly" selected devices between arrays of EMC and other producers that allows to select and use storage resources only in case of need;
• support of some widespread storage systems of the middle class, including disk arrays of production of Netapp and HP is added that allows to integrate more resources of data processing centers;
• the new opportunities of the software simplifying and accelerating switching at failures due to continuous monitoring of two clusters of VPLEX and performing functions of independent safeguard and the arbitrator who provides preserving of operability of applications in case of failure;
• the advanced equipment VPLEX allows to save the place and to increase performance. New more compact rack clusters are equipped with more powerful multi-core processors, the PCI cards Gen 2 for increase in capacity and new WAN interfaces 10 Gigabit Ethernet for faster communication between clusters;
• inclusion of the products VPLEX in the EMC Velocity Solution Provider Program program will give to resellers EMC the chance to propose to customers the solutions using the best technology of consolidation of resources of storage;
• EMC VPLEX Geo for business and critical applications, including Microsoft SQL, SharePoint and SAP in the environment of Hyper-V will help customers to use new solutions of EMC Proven Solutions effectively. EMC offers a solution portfolio of EMC Proven Solutions for VPLEX providing application of best practices as for the environment of VMware, and Microsoft.

EMC announced in November, 2011 that EMC VPLEX received the certificate of VMware for implementation of vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC). Now the organizations will be able to achieve bigger efficiency and flexibility of IT, applying management and data movement between the geographical distributed VMware vSphere clusters.

EMC and VMware jointly held testing that using vMSC partners of an ecosystem of VMware could certify cluster systems of storage. This project – one more example of how the leader of the industry of EMC due to close integration with technologies of VMware improves convenience of using, performance and availability of virtual and cloud infrastructures. As customers virtualize crucial applications to accelerate transition to cloud computing. Also the need for high availability of data storage and their mobility grows.

EMC VPLEX is a unique technology of storage virtualization which integrates the data which are stored on different production systems of EMC and other companies. With its help resources of storage of several data centers can be integrated in a uniform pool, access to which is possible from everywhere. Now customers can achieve transparent mobility of applications and high availability both locally, and far off, implementing simultaneous access to the storage systems installed on different platforms using VPLEX. The combination of VPLEX and VMware vSphere provides high availability and transparent on-line data movement to complete implementation of all potential of cloud computing.

'EMC is glad that now it became easier to implement cloud computing thanks to a possibility of creation using VMware vSphere® of a cluster active/active covering different data processing centers, - Chad Sakac, the vice president of EMC who is responsible for technology alliance with VMware said Chad. – Combining the functionality of EMC VPLEX, best in the industry, and VMware vSphere customers can achieve simple movement of applications between different data centers now and at the same time reduce costs for management'.

'Having submitted the VMware vSphere® Metro Storage Cluster program, we help to improve mobility and flexibility of data processing centers of our customers, giving to system providers of storage an opportunity to independently certify new cluster products and architecture, - Hatem Naguib, the vice president of VMware for alliances told. – We are glad that EMC took advantage of this key program and we will continue jointly to help our clients to pass to cloud computing'.