EMC expands its midrange storage segment

Bengaluru: EMC Corporation unveiled new virtualization-aware features for EMC CLARiiON CX4 networked storage systems. Its offerings include: Virtualization-aware EMC Navisphere Manager software, 10Gbps iSCSI and 8Gbps fibre channel (FC) native UltraFlex connectivity options and Data protection and replication capabilities with EMC RecoverPoint and EMC Replication Manager software.

To help VMware customers satisfy their needs, EMC is delivering 10Gbps iSCSI and 8Gbps FC UltraFlex connectivity options on CLARiiON CX4 storage systems. With its UltraFlex technology, EMC enables customers to:

Mix 1Gbps iSCSI, 4Gbps FC, 8Gbps FC and 10Gbps iSCSI in a single system-and the new ability to upgrade to either 10Gbps iSCSI or 8Gbps FC online. EMC is the only storage vendor offering this online upgrade capability for both protocols.

Ensure easy integration of technologies, such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), planned for next year, which complements EMC's current Connectrix FCoE switch solutions.

 

EMC also increased scalability for VMware environments, enabling customers to attach up to eight-times more virtual machines to a single CLARiiON storage system.

The new offerings will be showcased at VMworld 2009 at the EMC Booth inside the Moscone Center in San Francisco from Aug 31 to Sep 3, 2009.

EMC offers 8Gbps FC today, and will offer 10Gb/s iSCSI on CLARiiON networked storage systems in the third quarter of 2009. Virtualization-aware Navisphere Manager and the new version of RecoverPoint are currently available worldwide. Replication Manager will be available in the third quarter of 2009. All solutions are available through EMC, its Velocity2 Program Partners and Velocity2 Authorized Services Network (ASN) Partners. It is also being offered by Dell.