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EMC Symmetrix VMAX Storage System

• Meet the future demands of virtual data centers

Enterprise-critical applications—those which drive the core of an organization—require the highest availability infrastructure to support the most stringent service levels. This need is met with the highest performing, most functionally capable, and yet competitively priced high-end networked storage systems ever offered—the EMC® Symmetrix® VMAX™ series with the Enginuity™ operating environment. The Symmetrix VMAX system introduces a revolutionary Virtual Matrix Architecture created to match the future storage growth demands of virtual data centers, while reducing costs for customers.

FC 4 or 8 Gb/s, iSCSI 1 or 10 Gb/s and FICON 4 or 8 Gb/s SAN connectivity

FC 4 or 8 Gb/s and 1 or 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for remote replication

Scalable to 2,400 drives; from ultra-fast Flash, to FC, to SATA highest capacity

Up to 1TB Memory

Up to 128 x 4 or 8 Gb/s FC Host/SAN ports

Up to 64 x 1 or 10 Gb/s iSCSI ports

Up to 64 x 4 or 8 Gb/s FICON Host ports

Up to 32 x 4 or 8 Gb/s FC Remote Replication ports

UP to 32 x 1 Gb/s GigE or 10 Gb/s 10 GigE Remote Replication Ports

Tiered storage optimization with FAST VP


Symmetrix VMAX benefits
	Reduce cost with revolutionary scale-out architecture created to match the future storage growth demands of virtual data centers. Rely on highly available, high-performing storage that will expand quickly and easily in the future Get unprecedented scale and consolidation results while reducing cost Proven software suite for storage and information management, for mainframes and open systems environments Built-in information-centric security to prevent unauthorized service actions
Storage Management software
	The EMC Ionix™ ControlCenter® family of storage management software enables you to simplify and automate management of your networked storage environment through a single, consistent, information-centric approach. ControlCenter lets you “see” all the elements of the infrastructure, “know” how the infrastructure is performing and “do” what is necessary to ensure service levels are met, all from a single software interface. With FAST VP for Symmetrix VMAX, tiering at sub-LUN level is automatically optimized by dynamically allocating and relocating application workloads based on service-level agreements.
Information Management software
	Replicate critical business information, anywhere, any time. The Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF®), TimeFinder® and RecoverPoint families of products deliver comprehensive and time-proven replication solutions. Symmetrix local and remote data replication solutions enable you to balance performance, availability, functionality, and economic requirements to achieve required service levels for disaster recovery and business continuity.
Infrastructure software
	EMC PowerPath® software provides multi-path access, path failover and workload-balancing to heighten application availability and accelerate performance, for physical and virtual environments. Bull delivers professional services for the audit, architecture, integration and installation phases of storage projects, and support services for the optimized use of the EMC Symmetrix VMAX.