Violin Memory,
Inc., provider of memory-based storage systems, today announced a
comprehensive storage solution that makes the return on investment for virtual desktop
infrastructure (VDI) a reality. With a memory-based
architecture that delivers massive scale and economic value to demanding I/O
environments like VDI, the Violin Memory partnership with Atlantis
Computing further extends the value to all virtualized desktop
workloads. Enterprise customers can now virtualize desktops and run them at the
speed of memory, giving the end-user an experience that is better than physical
desktops.
Enterprises are
quickly finding that the biggest obstacles for deploying large-scale VDI are
storage costs and performance bottlenecks associated with scaling virtual
desktops. Traditional storage systems cannot meet the performance requirements
of high read/write or input/output (I/O) spikes that are pervasive in virtual
desktop environments. When scaling these deployments to thousands of desktops,
performance degrades and the associated storage sprawl quickly diminishes the
ROI.
"Violin is
eliminating the roadblocks enterprises face when implementing large-scale desktop
virtualization with disk-based storage infrastructures," said Dixon Doll
Jr., COO of Violin Memory. "By partnering with Atlantis, we are removing
the cost and performance barriers to VDI adoption."
With industry-leading
IOPS density and sub-millisecond latency, Violin Flash Memory Arrays allow
customers to consolidate more desktops per unit of server and storage resources
while delivering optimal user-experience with a 3-4x reduction in boot and
login times. Combined with the Atlantis ILIO software technology, Violin
delivers the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) for virtual desktops. Key
benefits include:
- Consistently superior
end-user experience at any scale, rendering boot, login and logoff storms
transparent to the user
- Lowered storage
capital expenses by up to 50 percent and operational expenses by 80 percent
- Reduced risk and
complexity through automatic virtual desktop provisioning
According to Bernard
Harguindeguy, CEO of Atlantis Computing, "By combining Violin Memory
storage with Atlantis ILIO software, Violin is enabling any enterprise to
implement large scale VDI without the traditional risks associated with its
cost, complexity and user acceptance. This is a great platform for true
enterprise virtual desktop infrastructures."