EMC

SYMMETRIX
VMAX
SERIES
Accelerate
transformation
to the hybrid cloud

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EMC Petabyte Club

Customers with more than 1 PB of EMC storage

1,000

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2003

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2009

2010

2011

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PetabyteClub
Club

The Exabyte
next decade:
Club 100,000
debuttedcustomers
in 2011

100,000

= PB
= EX

1,000

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The Worlds Most Trusted Storage

System
More Than 20 Years Running the Worlds Most Critical Applications
1988

1990

1994

2000

2003

2005

2009

2011

2012
New

Symmetrix
4000

ICDA,
RAID, NDU

Symmetrix
5500

SRDF
Consistency
Groups

Symmetrix
3000/5000

TimeFinder,
PowerPath

Symmetrix
8000

AutoSwap,
SRDF over
Fibre Channel

Powerful.
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Symmetrix
DMX-1, -2
Concurrent
SRDF,
SRDF/Star,
GDDR

Symmetrix
DMX-3, -4

Secure Erase,
Audit,
Service

Symmetrix
VMAX 20K
VM and z/OS
integration,
DARE,
FAST VP,
Federated Live
Migration

Trusted.

Symmetrix
VMAX 10K
Efficient:
FAST VP,
FLM,
100% VP,
RecoverPoint
Splitter

Symmetrix VMAX 40K

3X performance and 2X scale
Dense Configuration Option
System Bay Dispersion
Federated Tiered Storage
FAST VP for System z
and IBM i
RecoverPoint Splitter

Smart.
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The Symmetrix VMAX Series

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Transforming the Hybrid Cloud

Powerful
Highest levels of scalability and performance to
handle the most demanding workloads

Trusted
Enterprise-class availability, data integrity,
and security

Smart
Self-tuning and optimized for hybrid cloud
environments

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Symmetrix VMAX 40K

Bigger, better, faster
3X performance and 2X
capacity

2.5 SAS drive support

400 drives in standard 24
cabinet

System Bay Dispersion

Flexible expansion for spaceconstrained data centers

eMLC Flash Drives

Latest Flash technology to
reduce TCO

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Enginuity
Inside

Engine Comparison
VMAX 10K
Front End

Back End

Front End

Back End

VMAX 20K
Front End

Back End

Front End

Back End

VMAX 40K
Front End

Back End

Front End

Back End

2.8 GHz Xeon Westmere

2.3 GHz Xeon Harperton

2.8 GHz Xeon Westmere

12 CPU cores per Engine

16 CPU cores per Engine

24 CPU cores per Engine

Up to 128 GB Global Memory Up to 128 GB Global Memory Up to 256 GB Global Memory

Dual Virtual Matrix Interface Dual Virtual Matrix Interface Quad Virtual Matrix Interface
PCIe Gen2 Interconnects

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PCIe Gen1 Interconnects

PCIe Gen2 Interconnects

Powerful Scale and Consolidation

Engine 1

Massive
scale-out
Transform your
hybrid cloud
environments

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VIRTUAL
MATRIX

Up to
8 Engines

Symmetrix VMAX 40K

Bigger, better, faster

2X

more usable capacity

Up to 4 PB with 3.5 drive configurations

Up to 2.8 PB with 2.5 drive configurations

3X more bandwidth
More performance for cache miss I/Os per
second

2X more global memory

Improved cache and FAST efficiency

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Symmetrix VMAX 40K Dense Option

3,200 2.5 drives in eight storage bays

available
3.5
and in
2.5
configurations
CanDispersion
mix 2.5 drives
andfor
3.5
drives
a VMAX
40K array

11.8 ft /
3.6 m

11.8 ft /
3.6 m

18.5
/
82
ft /ft25

33%
33%
35%
27%

more drives
less space
less weight
less power

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Flexibility
5.6 mwith System
m
Bay Dispersion

Than equivalent 2,400drive VMAX 20K

10 storage bays

27.5 ft / 8.4 m

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2.5 Enterprise MLC (eMLC) Flash Drives

88% lower $/GB over four years

20% lower

SLC

$/GB vs. SLC Flash

eMLC

2008

2010

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Same performance,
durability, and
reliability

2012

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Powerful Scalability for Hybrid Cloud

Worlds most scalable high-end storage arrays

14 Engines

18 Engines

18 Engines

Array Specifications

Array Specifications

Array Specifications

48 CPU cores
512 GB cache memory
64 Fibre Channel front-end ports
Dual Virtual Matrix
1,560 drives, 1.5 PB usable

Business Requirements

Multi-controller architecture
Enterprise RAS
Ease of use is built in
Scale-up and scale-out design

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128 CPU cores

1 TB cache memory
128 Fibre Channel front-end ports
Dual Virtual Matrix
2,400 drives, 2 PB usable

Business Requirements

High scale, capacity, and

performance
Standard and Virtual Provisioning
Encryption
Mainframe and IBM i

192 CPU cores

2 TB cache memory
128 Fibre Channel front-end ports
QUAD Virtual Matrix, PCI Gen2
2,400 3.5 drives, 4 PB usable
3,200 2.5 drives, 2.8 PB usable

Business Requirements

Highest scale, capacity, performance

Flexibility with System Bay Dispersion
Standard and Virtual Provisioning
Encryption
Mainframe and IBM i

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Transforming the Hybrid Cloud

Powerful
Highest levels of scalability and performance to
handle the most demanding workloads

Trusted
Enterprise-class availability, data integrity,
and security

Smart
Self-tuning and optimized for hybrid cloud
environments

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Enginuity 5876 and 5876 Q4 2012 SR

For Symmetrix VMAX 10K, 20K, and 40K

Purpose-Built for the Hybrid Cloud

Federated Tiered Storage

RecoverPoint Integration

Virtual Provisioning, FAST

VP for System z and IBM i

SRDF Enhancements

External storage
as a FAST VP tier

Automate storage tiering

for all environments

EMC Unisphere for VMAX

Common management
across platforms

Host I/O Limits

Policies that manage FE

performance for storage groups

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Heterogeneous CDP and CRR

for Symmetrix VMAX

Expanded interoperability to
VMAX 40K and 20K, and
thick/thin replication

TimeFinder Enhancements
Space-efficient snaps for
Virtual Pool (VP) devices

FAST VP Compression
Up to 50% storage savings for
inactive data

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Federated Tiered Storage (FTS)

Simplify Management and Operations

Consolidate heterogeneous storage

under VMAX control
FAST VP, EMC SRDF, EMC TimeFinder,
Virtual LUN, VAAI

F
T
S

Extend the life and value of storage

assets
Assure data integrity for external
arrays with validation checksums
Free with Enginuity 5876 (or later)
Available with VMAX 10K, 20K, 40K

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Federation with Symmetrix VMAX and

EMC VPLEX
Symmetrix
VMAX

Enable Symmetrix features for other storage

SRDF
F
T
S

Consolidate and simplify storage under

Symmetrix VMAX control

F
T
S

Leverage existing Symmetrix expertise

VPLEX
Build active/active data centers
Enable high availability with automatic
failover/failback

Site 1

Site 2

AccessAnywhere

Optimize with dynamic workload mobility

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EMC SRDF Family

Trusted remote replicationinformation availability 24x7

Protects against local and regional
disruptions
Increases application availability
by reducing downtime
Improves recovery point
objectives (RPOs) and recovery
time objectives (RTOs) with
automated restart solutions

Mission-critical proven with

numerous testimonials and
references
Tens of thousands of licenses
shipped

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SRDF Family

SRDF/Star

Multi-site replication
option

SRDF/S
Synchronous for
zero data exposure

SRDF/A
Asynchronous for
extended distances

SRDF/CE

Cluster Enabler option

SRDF/AR

Automated Replication
option

SRDF/CG

SRDF/DM
Efficient Symmetrix-toSymmetrix data mobility

SRDF for VMAX 10K

SRDF capability for missioncritical Symmetrix
VMAX 10K environments

Consistency Groups

Cascaded SRDF
and SRDF/EDP
Extended Distance
Protection

Concurrent SRDF
Concurrent

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New

SRDF Enhancements
Two-Site

Support for two-site

Supports 10K, 20K, 40K

Three-site configuration
Supports VMAX 40K and 20K,
DMX-4/DMX-3

Three-Site
Cascaded

Concurrent

Thick/thin replication
Supports 10K, 20K, 40K

Star configuration

Supports 10K, 20K, 40K (20K,

40K for System z)

Star
VMAX 10K
to
VMAX 40K or 20K

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IBM System z
VMAX 40K or 20K
Thick

Thin

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Additional VMAX Enhancements

4 Tiers for FAST VP with
Federated Tiered Storage
and compression
Flash
Fibre Channel

>2:1
compression

SATA/SAS

New

TimeFinder/VP Snap
off of R2
Time Finder/VP
Snap

Time Finder/ VP
Snap

FTS

Real-time analysis
provides continuous
optimization

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RecoverPoint Integration
RecoverPoint Splitter for VMAX 40K,
20K, 10K
Multi-platform array replication
Between VMAX 40K, 20K, 10K; VPLEX; VNX

RecoverPoint continuous data protection

(CDP), continuous remote replication (CRR),
and concurrent local and remote (CLR) for
entire Symmetrix VMAX series

Simpler and more efficient than

host or fabric splitter

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Key Benefits of SRDF and RecoverPoint

SRDF

Gold standard for mission-critical

environments
Application consistency for federated
datasets
Multi-site and Star configurations

RecoverPoint
Any-to-any replication, including VPLEX
Any EMC storage to any EMC storage
Granular data protection (recovery to any point
in time)

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The Worlds Most Trusted Storage

System
Secure Audit

Secure Access

Secure Data

Tamper-proof logs
and RSA Envision

Two-factor
authentication and
access controls

Data in flight
Data at rest

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Symmetrix Data-at-Rest Encryption

In-the-array, hardware-based data encryption

Encrypts all data

Every drive, every type

Hardware AES256 fixed

block
No performance impact
FIPS 140-2 Validated (#1610)

Trusted RSA Key Manager

Embedded or external
FIPS 140-2 Validated: A Certification Mark of NIST, which does not imply product endorsement by NIST, the U.S., or Canadian
Governments.

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FAST VP: Automatically Optimizes

Application Performance
FAST Elements

Storage Tier: A shared storage resource with common characteristics

FAST Policies: Policies that manage data placement and movement across storage tiers

Storage Group: A logical grouping of devices for common management

Storage Tier

Tier 1

200 GB Flash
RAID 5 (3+1)

Tier 2

146 GB 15K FC
RAID 1

FAST Policies
Platinum
3%
25%

1 TB SATA
RAID 6 (14+2)

DB2_SG

100%

Silver

Tier 3

Storage Groups

Oracle_SG

100%
100%

Development_SG
Tier 4

FTS per vendor

Bronze
80%
20%

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Intelligence for VMware Environments

vSphere
and VMware
integration
VMAX plug-in to
admin through
vSphere
Host offload with
VAAI/VASA APIs
SRM for automated
recovery

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Optimized for
VMware
Performance optimized

>1M IOPS for VMAX 20K

>2M IOPS for VMAX 40K
FAST VP

Virtual Pools for spaceefficient datastores

EMC VSI or Unisphere
end-to-end view

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Unisphere for Symmetrix VMAX

Management modernization

EMC-standard look
and feel
Contextual, simple
to navigate
Easily provision,
manage, and
monitor

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Ease of X VMAX Administration

DYNAMIC
BACK-END

MANAGEMENT
MODERNIZATION

Time to provision 1TB (Minutes)

Real-time array
configuration changes

SIMPLIFIED
PROVISIONING
60

Machine Time
Admin Time

50
40
30
20
10

Eliminates locks,
no more fast IML
for configuration
adds and changes

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Contextual
navigation;
EMC-standard
look and feel

DMX-3
5772

DMX-4
5773

VMAX
5875

VMAX
5876

Provision 1 TB
to a 16-node ESX
cluster in seconds

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EMC ProSphere
Two clicks
To search and see end-to-end
Understand capacity use and trends
Identify issues and assess impact
Analyze performancehost through array

Federated and scalable

The ease of configuration,
discovery, and the ability to
collect end-to-end performance
without agents is brilliant.
- Storage Engineer, multinational investment firm

Manage more than 1.1 million volumes,

36,000 SAN ports, and 18,000 hosts

75% less hardware

0 agents

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Extending VMAX Leadership

Announced
Useable capacity
Cache memory
Relative BW
performance
FAST VP
Movement size
Movement
frequency

Highest
performance
and capacity

IBM DS8800

Hitachi VSP

Symmetrix
VMAX 20K

Symmetrix
VMAX 40K

October 2010

September 2010

May 2012

May 2012

1.6 PB (3.5)
1.2 PB (2.5)

2.2 PB (3.5)
1.6 PB (2.5)

2.1 PB

384 GB

1 TB

1 TB

2 TB

0.85

0.93

Dynamic Tiering
42 MB
30 minutes
(Rec. 24 Hours)

FAST VP
7.5 MB
Continuous

FAST VP
7.5 MB
Continuous

Easy Tier
1 GB
24 hours

4 PB (3.5)
2.8 PB (2.5)

Federated Tiered
Storage

No

Universal Volume
Manager (UVM)
No external data
integrity checking

Yes, with external data

integrity checking

Yes, with external data

integrity checking

Heterogeneous
array replication

No

No

Yes, with RecoverPoint

integration

Yes, with RecoverPoint

integration

Not available

Not available

System Bay
Dispersion

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Not available

Yes

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VMAX 40K Software Suites

Simplified ordering for trusted Symmetrix capabilities

Enginuity Suite
Enginuity, Dynamic Cache
Partitioning, Symmetrix
Priority Controls, Virtual
Provisioning, VLUN, Optimizer,
Federated Tiered Storage
Symmetrix Management Suite
Unisphere, Symmetrix
Management Console/
Symmetrix Performance
Analyzer, Symmetrix Manager,
z/OS Storage Manager
SRDF Suite (Two-Site)
SRDF/S, SRDF/A, SRDF/AR,
Compatible Peer
ProSphere Suite
ProSphere, Performance
Manager, SAN Manager,
StorageScope

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FAST Suite
FAST, FAST VP
TimeFinder Suite
TimeFinder/Clone,
TimeFinder/Snap,
TimeFinder VP Snap,
Compatible Native Flash
Advanced SRDF Suite
SRDF Suite, Three-site, Star
Data Migration Suite
Open Replicator/Live
Migration, Open Migrator,
SRDF-DM, Federated Tiered
Storage, z/OS Migrator,
Federated Live Migration

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