Symantec VirtualStore
| Symantec VirtualStore helps you fully benefit from your virtualization investments and rein in storage virtualization costs associated with machine sprawl. VirtualStore solves the storage challenges of virtual infrastructures with features for rapid provisioning of servers and virtual desktops, and efficient cloning and boot up of virtual machines, all through VMware’s management console, vCenter. Based on the industry-leading Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System, this storage virtualization solution allows you to use any storage vendor and leverage cheap commodity x86 servers, while still providing advanced storage optimization technology to help you reduce storage costs. | Trialware Purchasing Data Sheet (PDF) |
Key Features
- Scalable, clustered NAS solution with advanced storage optimization technology
- Page cache optimization with FileSnap technology
- Deduplication of primary memory
- This storage virtualization solution seamlessly integrates with VMware vCenter
- SmartTier enables users to create a virtual storage layer system and associate the relative importance of data to a specific storage tier
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Key Benefits
- Dramatically drive down the cost of storage per virtual desktop by combining commodity server hardware and low-cost storage with VirtualStore or simply repurposing your existing SAN storage infrastructure
- Reduce storage consumption with built-in cloning capability that takes space optimized snapshots of virtual machine images
- Eliminate performance challenges when the bulk of the workforce boots or logs in into their virtual machines simultaneously
- Leverage VirtualStore integration with VMware vCenter for end-to-end management from a single console

