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Astute Networks Survey Reveals Flash Technology Is a Key Solution to Overcome the Performance Challenges of VDI
SAN DIEGO, CA, Feb 05, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Astute Networks(TM), Inc., the leading provider of performance
storage appliances, today announced findings from a North American
survey on the dynamics influencing the adoption rate of Virtual
Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). The findings revealed a strong interest
in solid state flash-based storage as a critical solution to overcome
key VDI implementation challenges including cost, complexity, and
performance.
The survey, which was conducted in December 2012 and was anonymous to
the respondents, found that as many as 86 percent of respondents that
plan to implement VDI in the next year were considering storage
systems that either fully or partially rely on solid state
flash-based technology as a central part of their infrastructure to
support their VDI deployments. This move is influenced strongly by
the benefits flash technology can offer to overcome the barriers
impacting the speed of VDI adoption.
Findings of the survey for those organizations that have implemented
VDI included:
-- 63 percent identified ensuring a good end-user experience as one of
their top 2 biggest challenges
-- 40 percent identified ensuring that storage systems could support
performance requirements as one of their top 2 biggest challenges
-- 57 percent equally recognized three benefits of VDI for their
organization including centralized control of their desktop community,
better user experience and lower desktop support costs
Findings of the survey for those organizations that have not yet
implemented VDI included:
-- 47 percent couldn't see a way that virtual desktops would be
cost-competitive with real desktops and laptops
-- 60 percent were concerned about potential VDI performance issues and
the user experience
The findings underline the performance challenges and user experience
challenges that are impacting VDI as network and storage resources
are pushed to their limits. As a result, enterprises are addressing
the problem by overprovisioning storage resources to gain more
throughput or they simply don't virtualize their desktops.
The Astute ViSX performance storage appliance was purpose-built to
address I/O-intensive applications such as VDI and End User Computing
(EUC). ViSX incorporates the patented DataPump Engine(TM) processor
that completely offloads and dramatically accelerates network and
storage protocol processing. The combination of a network-optimized
flash and an advanced protocol processor eliminates all critical I/O
bottlenecks that affect application and VDI performance and delivers
unprecedented random IOPS performance and IOPS per dollar. The
solution works seamlessly with all virtualization platforms including
VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and Red Hat RHEV
by complementing existing SAN or NAS environments with a
non-disruptive, highly optimized flash-based storage tier.
"These results were not surprising as VDI is a very I/O intensive
application with demanding performance characteristics that legacy
storage architectures and hybrids simply can't handle," said Len
Rosenthal, senior vice president of marketing, Astute Networks. "To
overcome the cost and performance challenges associated with VDI, and
its potentially negative impact on the user experience, IT
organizations need to take a fresh look at next generation storage
technologies including flash-based storage appliances that can
function as a high performance shared resource for hundreds and even
thousands of VDI users. ViSX is the one performance storage solution
that can truly meet these requirements."
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About Astute Networks
Astute is the leading provider of performance
storage appliances for physical and virtual environments that
increase performance, enhance user productivity, and lower IT costs.
The company's ViSX family of Networked Flash appliances is based on a
100% solid state Flash technology that cost-effectively delivers a
high number of sustained IOPS to dramatically increase application
performance. Powered by its patented DataPump Engine(TM), ViSX
overcomes performance limitations by non-disruptively delivering
shared performance to all servers and virtual machines over
pervasively deployed Ethernet networks. ViSX is available through the
company's network of authorized AstuteNet channel partners. For more
information, visit www.astutenetworks.com.
Astute Networks, Networked flash, ViSX, DataPump Engine, and FlashWRX
are trademarks or registered trademarks of Astute Networks, Inc. All
other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Media Contact
Sabrina Sanchez
The Ventana Group for Astute Networks
ssanchez@theventanagroup.com
(925) 785-3014
SOURCE: Astute Networks
mailto:ssanchez@theventanagroup.com
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