Based on the EMC Invista Appliance and the Brocade Application Platform, EMC Invista on Brocade virtualizes heterogeneous networked storage. By leveraging the intelligence in Brocade SAN fabrics, this solution simplifies storage provisioning and management, enables network-based local replication, and significantly reduces the downtime associated with data movement to help organizations achieve Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) initiatives.
A HIGH-PERFORMANCE, HIGH-AVAILABILITY SOLUTION
EMC Invista on Brocade is a tightly integrated solution that organizations can seamlessly integrate into existing Brocade fabrics. Designed for large enterprise storage environments, this solution provides:
- Network-based volume management
- Dynamic, non-disruptive volume mobility
- Network-based local replication
NETWORK-BASED VOLUME MANAGEMENT
EMC Invista on Brocade provides network-based volume management that simplifies storage management and facilitates on-demand storage provisioning. Administrators can aggregate capacity from a variety of storage arrays into a central pool, then allocate or re-allocate capacity as needed to individual hosts on the network.
DYNAMIC, NON-DISRUPTIVE VOLUME MOBILITY
EMC Invista on Brocade enables administrators to move volumes from one storage array to another without disrupting data access. Through virtual LUN addressing, data migration is transparent to applications and can occur quickly without high downtime costs - making it ideal for:
- Lease rollovers or technology refreshes
- ILM initiatives
- Changing I/O performance needs
NETWORK-BASED DATA REPLICATION
EMC Invista on Brocade enables local replication via the network with optimum flexibility. Organizations can create a point-in-time copy of their production data and replicate it to any array in the virtual storage environment for backup, data warehousing, or other secondary uses.
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS
- Virtualizes heterogeneous storage, creating a central pool for on-demand provisioning to individual hosts on the network
- Provides network-based volume management, simplifying storage management and improving efficiency
- Significantly reduces costly downtime during data movement projects
- Leverages the intelligence and flexibility of the Brocade Application Platform to implement network-based storage virtualization at wire speed
- Integrates easily into existing Brocade SAN infrastructures, protecting technology investments
