Key Points:
- Use 50% less storage by eliminating redundant desktop and user data.
- Provision thousands of virtual desktops in minutes with automated and instantaneous desktop cloning.
- Provide users continuous access with reliable storage optimized for VDI workloads.
- Instantly back up and secure end-user data.
NetApp can help you realize the full potential of your VMware® virtual desktop environment with storage that’s flexible, available, and cost-effective.
Desktop virtualization with VMware View allows you to configure, deploy, and maintain hardware-independent desktop virtual machines from a central location. This allows you to improve the management and control of your desktop environments while providing a familiar desktop experience to users. To fully realize the benefits of desktop virtualization, you need to address the increased demands that virtualized desktops pose for your storage infrastructure. With NetApp® storage you can:
- Reduce VDI storage costs by deduplicating redundant data stored across virtual desktops, user directories, and backup and DR copies.
- Provision thousands of virtual desktops in minutes with our nearly instant, low-overhead storage cloning.
- Provide users continuous access to their virtual desktops with 99.999% storage availability, automated disaster recovery, and VDI performance acceleration that addresses desktop boot or log-in storms.
- Perform backup of all virtual desktops and user data directly on the storage system while cost-effectively keeping a daily history of every desktop for months or years.
With NetApp you get the flexibility, high availability, and cost effectiveness required to grow your virtual desktop environment.
