Joint Integration of EMC VPLEX and VMware vSphere® Delivers Higher Levels of Availability and Workload Mobility

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at VMworld® 2011 Europe, EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the number one choice of customers in VMware virtual and cloud environments according to a recent Wikibon survey, today announced that EMC VPLEX is now certified by VMware to implement vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC).  Now organizations can realize even greater IT efficiency and flexibility with the ability to manage and move data between stretched VMware vSphere® clusters in different geographic locations.

EMC and VMware have worked together to produce the test harness for vMSC to enable VMware ecosystem partners to certify clustered storage products.  This work is another example of how EMC has been leading the industry by integrating closely with VMware technologies to increase ease of use, performance, and availability of virtual and cloud infrastructures. As customers virtualize mission critical applications to accelerate their journey to the cloud, there is a greater need for higher availability and data mobility.

EMC VPLEX is a unique virtual storage technology that federates data located on multiple storage systems – EMC and non-EMC – allowing the storage resources in multiple data centers to be pooled together and accessed anywhere. Customers can achieve transparent workload mobility and availability, both locally and over distance, through VPLEX's simultaneous access to storage systems at geographically separate sites.  The combination of VPLEX and VMware vSphere provides high availability and transparent, non-disruptive data mobility to achieve the ultimate cloud computing environment.

"EMC is excited to accelerate the benefits of cloud computing with stretched VMware vSphere® clusters across active/active datacenters," said EMC's Chad Sakac, Vice President, VMware Technology Alliance. "Combining industry-leading features in EMC VPLEX and VMware vSphere customers can now achieve simple workload mobility across their data centers while at the same time decreasing management overhead."

"With the introduction of the VMware vSphere® Metro Storage Cluster program, we're helping enhance mobility and agility within customer datacenters by enabling our storage partners to self-certify new clustered storage products and architectures," said Hatem Naguib, vice president, alliances, VMware. "We are delighted that EMC is taking advantage of this key new program as we continue working together to further our customers' journey to their cloud."

Additional Resources

• Read more about EMC VPLEX
• Read about implementing vSphere Metro Storage Cluster using EMC VPLEX .

About EMC

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing.  Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com.

EMC and VPLEX are registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries.  All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

VMware and VMware vSphere are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions.  The use of the word "partner" or "partnership" does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.

SOURCE EMC Corporation