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EMC Symmetrix Systems
The EMC Symmetrix family of high-end networked storage systems delivers our highest functionality, performance, data availability and information
protection while enabling customers to incrementally scale the capacity of a single array from seven terabytes to more than a petabyte, distinguishing EMC
Symmetrix as the most scalable enterprise disk storage system in the industry.
In early 2008, EMC became the first enterprise storage vendor to integrate next-generation solid state drives ("SSDs") into its information storage
portfolio as part of its EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 storage system. SSDs utilize flash memory to store and retrieve data, yielding response times that are
dramatically faster than the fastest hard disk drives. In addition, because there are no mechanical components in flash drives, they require less power to
operate.
In addition, EMC also introduced EMC Virtual Provisioning and new management capabilities for EMC Symmetrix DMX enterprise storage systems.
Virtual provisioning technology enables Symmetrix to present an application with more storage capacity than is physically allocated to it within the storage
array. This delivers 'just-in-time' capacity allocation and enhanced management flexibility, while lowering the total cost of ownership in high-end storage
environments.
EMC CLARiiON Systems
The EMC CLARiiON family of mid-tier networked storage systems provides flexible levels of functionality, performance, scalability and availability for
midsize enterprises and branch offices.
In August 2008, EMC introduced the next generation of the EMC CLARiiON family, the EMC CLARiiON CX4. Featuring a new architecture
specifically optimized for virtual environments and incorporating SSDs, connectivity, processing power, manageability and energy efficiency, CLARiiON
CX4 makes it easier for customers to cost-effectively consolidate, manage and protect their information assets.
EMC Celerra IP Storage Systems
Our EMC Celerra family of multi-protocol storage systems range from the midrange to the high-end of the NAS market and delivers advanced scalability
and functionality, high availability and simplified management for customers that want to access storage via iSCSI, Fibre Channel and/or NAS networks.
In August 2008, EMC unveiled a new, cost-effective and easy-to-use entry point to the EMC Celerra NS series of storage systems. The new Celerra NX4
system can simultaneously connect to multiple types of storage networks, while offering leading price/performance and a high level of reliability.
EMC Centera Content Addressed Storage Systems
EMC Centera provides fast, secure online access to archived fixed content data that cannot be modified or will not change over time, such as digital x-ray
images, movies, check images, medical records, e-mail correspondence and other similar types of digital objects. Centera also helps customers comply with
complex governance and regulatory requirements for digital record retention, archiving and access.
In 2008, EMC was instrumental in driving new industry standards for archiving by offering an EMC Centera software development kit and Early
Adopter Program for the new eXtensible Access Method ("XAM") specification. As a leading industry proponent of open standards and contributor of
intellectual property to the XAM specification, EMC is helping customers obtain the maximum business value from their fixed content, unchanging digital
information, by enabling multi-vendor solution interoperability.
EMC Connectrix Directors and Switches
The EMC Connectrix family includes high-end directors and departmental switches to help customers of all sizes increase the connectivity between
servers and storage systems in a SAN, consolidate their networked storage systems, improve total cost of ownership and tier their storage environments.
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