You may be hearing about the new all-flash array storage solutions and wondering if this technology is something that can help your business.
Or you may be wondering if it’s too expensive or if it’s even worth looking into. Today will shed some light on the subject of all-flash storage and more specifically, XtremIO, EMC’s product offering in this arena.
Who can benefit from all-flash array storage? Anyone who has high performance storage requirements will benefit from all-flash array storage. If you have a high performance workload you can save money by implementing all-flash array products. Traditionally; storage costs are viewed by a dollar-per-gigabyte metric, but not all GBs are created equally.
We need to look at these costs by a $/IO/GB metric, which factors in the IO density of a particular tier of storage. When you compare spinning disks to using all-flash arrays, and focus on the cost of a particular IO density, flash solutions are less expensive and can reduce your overall storage costs while boosting performance.
Why choose EMC’s XtremIO? XtremIO offers a unique architecture that brings more efficiency and durability than other all-flash array solutions. This architecture includes a scalable storage platform with always-on deduplication. EMC is unique in the way that they leverage their deduplication technology, which results in an extended life for flash with superior performance.
Consider the Virtual Desktop use case. Typical VDI deployments introduce a challenge with storage performance and traditional capacity-based sizing processes introduce risk. With XtremIO you can reduce the risk associated with VDI by providing a superior performing disk platform, see enormous benefits with deduplication, and manage your storage based on actual capacity.
As your business demands agility and analytics, you may find a perfect spot for XtremIO while building your Software-Defined Storage Center (SDDC) and modernizing your business analytics platforms. Once again, this solution can offer higher performance at a lower cost than traditional storage arrays.
It is not uncommon for multi-rack traditional arrays to be replaced with a single XtremIO appliance. One customer has stated that XtremIO gave them a competitive edge, by allowing them to process data for their business more quickly while providing a faster, lower cost business solution.
There are a number of all-flash array products surfacing right now. When considering a product like XtremIO, it is important to evaluate where it will fit best in your IT infrastructure and where you can leverage it to make the biggest impact and improvements to your business.
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