EMC Virtual Matrix Architecture
ConvergenceAsia staff
14/04/2009

Information infrastructure solutions provider EMC has unveiled a breakthrough new approach to high-end data storage with an innovative new architecture purpose-built to support virtual data centres. EMC also announced the first storage system based on this architecture.

The new EMC Virtual Matrix Architecture integrates industry-standard components with EMC Symmetrix capabilities to deliver massive scalability – enabling systems that scale to hundreds of thousands of terabytes of storage and tens of millions of IOPS (input/output per second) supporting hundreds of thousands of VMware and other virtual machines in a single federated storage infrastructure.

The first storage system based on this innovative new architecture is the EMC Symmetrix V-Max system, which is available immediately. It is the world’s largest high-end storage array and uses multi-core processors to lower power costs and improve IOPS per dollar. Combined with the latest generation Enterprise Flash, Fibre Channel and SATA drives, the Symmetrix V-Max system allows users to cost effectively meet the widest range of storage requirements for high performance and high capacity in a single system.

The high-availability Symmetrix V-Max Engine at the centre of the new system is a flexible building block that features multiple redundant Quad-core Intel Xeon processors with up to 128 GB (gigabytes) of memory and up to 16 host and 16 drive channel connections. The Virtual Matrix Architecture allows Symmetrix V-Max Engines to interconnect and share resources. The ability to interconnect and share resources to easily and linearly scale out is a key customer requirement as virtual machines and applications are dynamically added and shifted.

“The shift from physical to virtual computing is being driven by efficiency gains too compelling to ignore,” said Joe Tucci, EMC Chairman, President and CEO. “Virtualisation’s ability to maximise resources and automate complex and repetitive manual tasks is overtaking the server world and is now happening in the storage world. EMC is leading the way with the biggest breakthrough in new high-end storage design in nearly two decades, enabling storage customers to deploy a flexible, dynamic, energy-efficient information infrastructure and get the maximum value for their investment.”

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