Nexenta Launches
Nexenta VSA for VMware Horizon View™
Storage optimization
and deployment solution for VDI that delivers unmatched gains in performance, affordability
and improved user experience
SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
August 20, 2013--Nexenta Systems, Inc., the leading provider of Software-Defined
Storage solutions, today released Nexenta VSA for VMware Horizon View™:
application-specific storage management and acceleration software that allows
Horizon View administrators to auto-configure, tune, deploy and optimize
storage for their VDI environment from their management console. Installed on VMware
vSphere®, the Nexenta VSA for VMware Horizon View™ storage optimizer accelerates
storage performance even without the use of SSDs in the configuration and does
not require additional memory (RAM) to deliver this boost. The net effect is an
increase in the number of desktops a given configuration can support even while
delivering an improved user experience and offloading traffic from the storage
network (tests show up to 38x during I/O storms generated by desktop
provisioning for example). The solution drives down the cost per desktop,
reduces the amount of storage required for a View deployment and provides
real-time visibility and management of individual desktop users using the
storage resources.
VDI Proof of Concept Benefits
Nexenta VSA for VMware Horizon ViewTM allows administrators to profile a VDI deployment before it "goes live" which allows for a full understanding of the performance and efficiency levels that will result. By taking the guesswork out of VDI deployments and allowing the application to uniquely auto-tune and configure the underlying storage, it is expected that Nexenta VSA for VMware Horizon ViewTM will significantly increase the adoption rate of VDI deployments in enterprise environments of all sizes.
“Nexenta VSA for VMware Horizon View™ takes the promise of
Software-Defined Storage and makes it a reality; defined by the application
itself, it is storage that delivers real customer benefit,” said Bridget
Warwick, Nexenta Systems CMO. “This is software that takes an application’s
storage preferences and best practices and uses that knowledge to auto-tune, configure,
deploy and accelerate access to whatever storage the system is using.”
“The Software-Defined storage landscape is still forming
with many vendors trying to re-cast their offering to fit the evolving
definition. In the meantime, Nexenta is actually delivering on the promise with
application-defined or, put more accurately, data-defined storage that has
tangible, measurable value for VMware Horizon ViewTM deployments,”
said Brian Garrett, VP ESG Lab, Enterprise Strategy Group. “Nexenta VSA for
VMware Horizon View™ is not only delivering that value as advertised
during ESG Lab testing, it’s also amazingly easy to deploy and use as it cost-effectively
addresses the performance and management challenges that are blocking a growing
number of organizations from realizing the compelling benefits of VDI.”
Certified with Cisco
Systems
Nexenta VSA for VMware Horizon View™ has already been
certified as part of the Cisco UCS Platform VDI reference architecture whereby
up to 1600 desktops can be deployed on a single UCS blade chassis with UCS
C240s providing storage. This is the only VDI solution running entirely on a
Cisco UCS platform. It provides a comprehensive environment with compute,
networking, storage and virtualization functionality. Details of this reference
architecture can be found here.
“NexentaVSA for Horizon View is purposely designed storage
for VMware Horizon View™,” said Mason Uyeda, senior director, technical and
solution marketing, End-User Computing, VMware. “The solution, which includes
validations from VMware and Cisco and Nexenta, is optimized for the VMware
Horizon Fast Track architecture program to enable fast deployment,
cost-effectiveness and linear scalability.”
"After extensive research based on the offerings from
multiple vendors, a large hospital system selected Nexenta VSA for VMware
Horizon View™ for several reasons," said Mark Melvin, CTO at ePlus, a
leading Cisco, Nexenta, and VMware Partner. "ePlus consulted with the
hospital to develop an architecture for its environment, determining the
requirements and the best possible solution. Nexenta offered a
highly-competitive licensing model and the potential for large OpEx
savings. This was based on the cost per host of VSA that reduced the
overall SAN cost. This helped us bring the validated
Cisco solution to the customer with a higher degree of confidence.”
“Storage performance and configuration cost per seat are
commonly the deciding factor on whether or not a VDI POC is successful and will
be rolled out,” said Marc Staimer, founder, senior analyst, and CDS of Dragon
Slayer Consulting.“Nexenta VSA for VMware Horizon View™ can make a huge difference
in both meaningfully improved VDI performance and significantly lowering total
storage cost. I would recommend anyone implementing VDI take a long look at
optimizing the storage component of their Horizon View deployment with Nexenta
VSA for VMware Horizon View™.”
Availability
Nexenta VSA for VMware Horizon View™ is available for
purchase immediately and a 45 day trial version can be downloaded from the
company’s website. Nexenta plans to demo Nexenta VSA for VMware Horizon View™ at
VMworld® in San Francisco on August 25-29, as well as VMworld Europe in
Barcelona on October 15-17.
About Nexenta
Nexenta Systems is the world leader in Software-Defined
Storage. Its flagship software platform, NexentaStor, delivers
high-performance, ultra-scalable, cloud- and virtualization-optimized storage
solutions. Built upon ZFS technology and running on a broad choice of
industry-standard hardware, Nexenta software eliminates hardware vendor lock-in
and provides open, unified storage management at a significantly lower total
cost of ownership than legacy storage systems.
More information about Nexenta Systems, and free trials of Nexenta
products, can be found at www.nexenta.com.
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