Virtualization allows users to run multiple virtual servers on a single physical server, enabling dramatic increases in utilization and efficiency. But even greater efficiencies are available with Nimble Storage solutions. Nimble Storage CS-Series iSCSI arrays and Nimble Protection Manager provide a compelling converged storage, backup, and disaster recovery solution for VMware virtual server environments, dramatically reducing the cost and complexity associated with growing VMware deployments.

Based on Nimble’s breakthrough CASL™ architecture, CS-Series arrays give enterprises the functionality, performance, and capacity of four storage devices in just one solution. Benefits include:

• Dramatic VM Consolidation and Cost Reduction
  Groundbreaking CASL architecture includes innovations that enable dramatic consolidation of Virtual Servers and desktops. The hybrid flash and low-cost HDD-based architecture deliver very high random performance for demanding workloads at very low cost. Built-in capacity optimization and block sharing capabilities provide large capacity savings for both flash and disk. The net result is a single array that can easily serve the performance and capacity requirements of hundreds of high performance virtual servers, dramatically reducing cost, rackspace, power, and management expense. Further consolidation and cost savings come from the built-in capacity optimized backup capability, which eliminates dedicated disk backup devices, while enabling 90 days of efficient backup.

• Backup and Restore VMs Instantly
  Nimble arrays enable instant Hypervisor-consistent backup and restore of datastores and VMs, while eliminating backup windows. Nimble Protection Manager integrates with vCenter APIs to simplify management of Hypervisor-consistent backups, replicas, and restores for VMware environments by leveraging Nimble’s instant, capacity-optimized array-based snapshots. This converged solution enables dramatically better RPOs and RTOs compared with traditional solutions.

• Automated, Fast Offsite Disaster Recovery
  WAN-efficient replication and fast failover enable quick, cost effective disaster recovery. Combined with instant backup capabilities, this enables rapid restore and very granular recovery points in the event of a site disaster. The entire failover process can be automated via management tools such as VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), which leverages a Nimble SRA to control the storage level failover capabilities.

• Simplified Virtual Infrastructure Management
  Using predefined ESX performance and data protection policies, storage for new datastores can be provisioned and protected in just three steps. The Nimble Protection Manager integrates with vCenter APIs to simplify management of Hypervisor-consistent backups, replicas and restores for VMware environments by leveraging Nimble’s instant, capacity-optimized array based snapshots. A vCenter plugin simplifies and accelerates the task of cloning datastore or VM templates, by leveraging Nimble’s instant, high space efficient zero-copy clones.

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