Dell EMC Entry and Midrange Storage Unity 500 Hybrid Storage

Product Description

Overview:

The EMC Unity&trade Hybrid product line sets new standards for storage with compelling simplicity modern design flexible deployments and affordable prices&ndash to meet the needs of resource-constrained IT professionals in large or small companies.

If you are looking for rich features with absolute simplicity in a small footprint if you are cost-conscious and need the best from the best EMC Unity Hybrid is for you. Designed for flash with rich data services Unity Hybrid delivers flash performance with the cost advantage of disk and is the perfect fit for your mixed applications unified storage and Remote-Office-Branch-Office (ROBO) requirements.

IT professionals are struggling with the ever-changing demands of their jobs &ndash including storage management. They are experiencing data growth like never before and IT budgets are under extreme pressure. This is especially evident in the midmarket where IT professionals are wearing many hats and becoming generalists - handling servers networking mobile devices desktops virtualization and storage &ndash so they are spread extremely thin. These days IT generalists need simple modern affordable and flexible storage technology to simplify and automate.

• Simple: Data growth is increasing but the IT department is not - therefore you need storage technology that automates many tasks and helps get the job done. You cannot spend time becoming a storage expert or reading a manual - it must be intuitive and simple to use.
• Modern: You need the latest technology so that you have the power to manage the latest workloads. 2016 is the year for flash including midrange systems. So all systems must be designed with flash in mind and leverage the latest data management and mobility technologies - you don&rsquot want to get left behind.
• Flexible: Storage solutions should be flexible enough to be repurposed for a variety of different workloads &ndash block file databases virtual environments or even as a backup target. Storage should come in a variety of deployment models from purpose-built all-flash or hybrid configurations to converged infrastructure and even virtual storage appliances.
• Affordable: Storage systems must be affordable to purchase and deliver the best total cost of ownership throughout the life of the system. And it should be cost-effective to run all your workloads on these systems.

Mixed workloads meet their match with EMC Unity 500 hybrid flash storage part of our Unity Hybrid storage series. Like all Unity unified storage Unity 500 is designed for organizations from midmarket to enterprise. You&rsquore ready to deliver for the widest range of SAN and NAS workloads.

EMC Unity sets a new standard for midrange data storage: simple modern affordable and flexible. We&rsquove engineered Unity for flash and rich data services. Dense SSD technology helps provide outstanding total cost of ownership.

Benefit from included EMC Unity Software. Capabilities include point-in-time snapshots local and remote data replication built-in encryption and deep integration with VMware Microsoft and OpenStack ecosystems. With automated tiering and flash caching your most active data is served from flash.

EMC Unity 500 hybrid flash storage is customer-installable as is every Unity system. Day-to-day support is efficient with a slick HTML5 interface and a cloud-enabled management dashboard. And proactive assistance is yours through EMC's automated remote support.

Essentials

Differentiation

• Simple: Quick to install slick easy-to-use interface with intuitive management
• Modern: Modern 2U architecture designed for flash with modern EMC Data Protection choices
• Flexible: Unified file and block support for mixed workload consolidation
• Affordable: Midrange value optimized for performance density and cost

Benefits to you

• Cost Savings: Mixed workload consolidation onto affordable all flash that scales to 365TBs usable
• Trusted: Knowing you are using modern cutting edge technology that is industry proven
• Performance: Flash Performance for those workloads that require it with overall hybrid economics
• Consolidation: Consolidate all your mixed workloads (file and block) onto a single solution
• Protected: Totally protected by EMC data protection options

Endless Possibilities

• Cloud enablement: From cloud based management to VPLEX cloud tiering Unity Hybrid has it all
• One architecture: Unity Hybrid replicating to a free EMC UnityVSA&trade at a ROBO site at the same time it&rsquos copying data to a Unity Hybrid solution for long

Key Features:

• Delivers 1.2 TB to 2.1 PB max raw capacity
• Unifies block file and VMware VVols support
• Uses 64-bit scalable file system to support transactional and traditional NAS
• Maximizes density and value with 3D NAND TLC flash
• Installs in 2 minutes configures in 15

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