{"id":1219,"date":"2011-01-18T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T20:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jasemccarty.com\/blog\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2012-12-30T14:53:38","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T20:53:38","slug":"vnxe-phenomenal-cosmic-powers-itty-bitty-living-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasemccarty.com\/blog\/vnxe-phenomenal-cosmic-powers-itty-bitty-living-space\/","title":{"rendered":"VNXe &#8211; Phenomenal cosmic powers! Itty bitty living space."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IttyBitty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1222 alignright\" title=\"IttyBitty\" src=\"http:\/\/jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IttyBitty-286x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I first saw the VNXe 3100, I was really blown away.<\/p>\n<p>The line from <strong><a title=\"Aladdin\" href=\"http:\/\/disney.go.com\/vault\/archives\/movies\/aladdin\/aladdin.html\" target=\"_blank\">Disney&#8217;s Aladdin<\/a><\/strong> seemed appropriate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phenomenal Cosmic Powers<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom both hardware and software perspectives, the VNXe products are packed with goodness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hardware:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel Westmere<\/li>\n<li>Maximum drives 48\/96 (1 SP\/2 SP)<\/li>\n<li>2 or 4 SAS ports<\/li>\n<li>2 or 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports<\/li>\n<li>Storage processors 1 or 2<\/li>\n<li>System memory 4GB per Storage processor<\/li>\n<li>Initially will have 3.5 drives, supporting 2.5&#8243; (25 drive disk enclosures) in the future<\/li>\n<li>Active-active when configured with 2 SPs.<\/li>\n<li>Vault to flash drive<\/li>\n<li>No single point of failure design<\/li>\n<li><strong>Everything<\/strong> can be serviced by the customer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Software<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Uses an EMC innovation (C4LX &amp; CSX) to virtualize\/encapsulate whole kernels &amp; services (<strong><a title=\"CSX Technology\" href=\"http:\/\/stevetodd.typepad.com\/my_weblog\/2010\/09\/csx-technology.html\" target=\"_blank\">See Steve Todd&#8217;s post for more info\/insight here.<\/a><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced Unisphere interface with wizards to make provisioning storage easier with logic coming from VMware\/Microsoft best practices in conjunction with EMC best practices (EASY!)<\/li>\n<li>Shares features\/functions with the larger VNX family<\/li>\n<li>EMC Replication Manager can be leveraged for application-integrated local &amp; remote replicas<\/li>\n<li>Built-in support for CIFS, NFS &amp; iSCSI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Great hardware and software make the VNXe a killer entry level storage solution.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Itty Bitty Living Space<\/strong><br \/>\nNow on to the size.<\/p>\n<p>The VNXe line comes as 2 models. The VNXe 3100 and 3300. The 3100 takes up 2U (before expansion) and the 3300 takes up 3U (before expansion). That&#8217;s small. Just take a look at them:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>The VNXe 3100 (front)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/VNXe3100front1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1231 alignleft\" title=\"VNXe3100front\" src=\"http:\/\/jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/VNXe3100front1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The VNXe 3100 (back)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/VNXe3100back.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1232\" title=\"VNXe3100back\" src=\"http:\/\/jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/VNXe3100back.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The VNXe 3300 (front)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/VNXe3300front.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1240\" title=\"VNXe3300front\" src=\"http:\/\/jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/VNXe3300front.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The VNXe 3300 (back)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/VNXe3300back.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1241\" title=\"VNXe3300back\" src=\"http:\/\/jasemccarty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/VNXe3300back.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Is it a good deal?<\/strong><br \/>\nNow take all of that into account&#8230; Feature and performance rich hardware and software, coupled with a very small package, and you&#8217;ve got a winning combination. Well that is if the price point is decent.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not a sales guy, and I&#8217;m not really associated on the monetary end of any equipment, but from what was talked about today, prices start under $10,000 US. That&#8217;s a pretty good deal. I&#8217;ve worked with arrays from a wide variety of vendors (in my previous life when I didn&#8217;t work for EMC), and to get an array with the capabilities of the VNXe line, they were quite a bit more than the VNXe base price.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can more information be found on the VNXe products?<\/strong><br \/>\nCheck out these links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Virtual Geek: VNXe = incredible things.. in tiny, transformer like packages!\" href=\"http:\/\/virtualgeek.typepad.com\/virtual_geek\/2011\/01\/vnxe-incredible-things-in-tiny-transformer-like-packages.html\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Geek: VNXe = incredible things.. in tiny, transformer like packages!<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n(Packed with info and videos!)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Information Playground: VNXe\" href=\"http:\/\/stevetodd.typepad.com\/my_weblog\/2011\/01\/vnxe.html\" target=\"_blank\">Information Playground: VNXe<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"EMC: VNXe Series Unified Storage Networked Storage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emc.com\/products\/series\/vnxe-series.htm\" target=\"_blank\">EMC: VNXe Series Unified Storage, Networked Storage<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong><br \/>\nI am employed by EMC as a Sr. vSpecialist, and I really like this new product line. 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