VNX Series
Simple. Efficient. Powerful.
EMC VNX Series: High-performing unified storage with unsurpassed simplicity and efficiency, optimized for virtual applications. With the VNX Series, you’ll achieve new levels of performance, protection, compliance, and ease of management.
UNIFIED
Leverage a single platform for file and block data services. Centralized management makes administration simple. Data efficiency services reduce your capacity requirements up to 50 percent.
OPTIMIZED
Optimize for virtual applications with VMware and Hyper-V integration. Wizards make deployment easy – you’ll provision a 1 TB VMware data store in less than 10 minutes.
AUTOMATED
Provision hundreds of Microsoft Exchange mailboxes in just a few clicks. With integrated support, you’ll diagnose issues automatically and resolve them quickly and efficiently.
HIGH PERFORMANCE
Take advantage of Flash-optimized performance from an all Flash array to using Flash drives for extendable cache and in the virtual storage pool. High-bandwidth configurations are ideal for data warehousing.
Compare
EMC VNX Series Unified Storage Systems
| Maximum number of drives | Drive types | File: Number of X-Blades | File: Protocols | Block: Number of Storage Processors | Block: Protocols | Management and Base Software | |
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EMC VNX 5100 |
75 | FLASH, SAS, NL-SAS | none | n/a | 2 | FC | Unisphere Protocols Virtual Provisioning SAN Copy |
EMC VNX 5300  |
125 | FLASH, SAS, NL-SAS | 1 or 2 | NFS, CIFS, MPFS, pNFS | 2 | FC, iSCSI, FCoE | Unisphere Protocols File Dedupe / Compression Block Compression Virtual Provisioning SAN Copy |
EMC VNX 5500  |
250 | FLASH, SAS, NL-SAS | 1 or 2 or 3 | NFS, CIFS, MPFS, pNFS | 2 | FC, iSCSI, FCoE | Unisphere Protocols File Dedupe / Compression Block Compression Virtual Provisioning SAN Copy |
EMC VNX 5700  |
500 | FLASH, SAS, NL-SAS | 2 or 3 or 4 | NFS, CIFS, MPFS, pNFS | 2 | FC, iSCSI, FCoE | Unisphere Protocols File Dedupe / Compression Block Compression Virtual Provisioning SAN Copy |
EMC VNX 7500  |
1000 | FLASH, SAS, NL-SAS | 2 to 8 | NFS, CIFS, MPFS, pNFS | 2 | FC, iSCSI, FCoE | Unisphere Protocols File Dedupe / Compression Block Compression Virtual Provisioning SAN Copy |
Software Suites
FAST Suite
Improves performance, boosts storage efficiency, and lowers costs by automatically tiering and serving data from the most cost-effective drive type.
Local Protection Suite
Delivers any-point-in-time recovery of production applications with minimal data exposure. Use copies of production data for development, testing, reporting, and other tasks.
Remote Protection Suite
Provides block and file replication for disaster recovery protection of any host and any application, with immediate DVR-like recovery to any point in time.
Application Protection Suite
Automate application consistent copies of Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, and Oracle for assured recovery. Alert for recovery gaps and prove protection policy compliance.
Security and Compliance Suite
Protects data from unwanted changes and other actions. Data is encrypted where created and protected anywhere outside the server. File-level retention supports compliance.
Resources
Data and Spec Sheets
White Papers
- EMC VFCache Accelerates Oracle - EMC VFCache, EMC VNX, EMC FAST Suite, Oracle Database 11g
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Virtualization
Citrix Executive Briefing Center: A Mission-critical Virtual Desktop Environment Enabled by EMC Unified Storage and Citrix XenDesktop
EMC Perspectives
Solution Overviews
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Videos
Customer Profiles
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MEDWEST HEALTH
EMC VNX, EMC Avamar, and VMware deliver performance, flexibility, and efficiency for a Medwest Health System -
OMEGA FI
EMC VNX unified storage boosts performance of virtualized file and web servers and automates data replication for disaster recovery -
Scentsy Customer Profile
EMC VNX speeds VMware View desktop infrastructure while boosting performance by 30 percent
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Cloud Tiering Appliance
Move inactive data to lower-cost storage tiers to optimize and lower the total cost of ownership of your network-attached storage (NAS) infrastructure.
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Replication Manager
Simplify the management of the replication process—local or remote—and ensure integration with Microsoft applications.
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RecoverPoint
Get continuous data protection with multiple recovery points to restore applications instantly to a specific point in time.
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Data Protection Advisor
Consolidate operational backup and replication data into a single console to increase visibility, find and anticipate problems, and prove compliance.
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Atmos
Cloud storage platform that enables enterprises and service providers to store, manage, and protect globally distributed, big data at scale.
News
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March 22, 2012
Scentsy Thrives with EMC VNX in VMware Virtualized Environment -
Feb 23, 2012
OmegaFi Ranks EMC Unified Storage "In a Different League" Over NetApp -
Feb 21, 2012
MedWest Health System Manages Rapid Growth of Clinical and Mission-Critical Applications with EMC VNX -
Dec 07, 2011
Carglass Chooses EMC VNX Unified Storage for Oracle—Achieves 5X Performance, Reduces Power Consumption 50%; Simplifies Management -
Dec 01, 2011
European Center for Scientific Computation Simplifies Management, Improves Performance with EMC VNX “No Compromise” Unified Storage -
October 20, 2011
EMC Raises Performance Bar for VNX Unified Storage in Mission-Critical Microsoft and Oracle EnvironmentsThe new EMC VNX option offers 50 percent more bandwidth, Flash VNX delivers 10 times the performance at 80 percent lower cost per transaction, and a denser rack provides 1.6 petabytes per floor tile.
