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 UNITY FAMILY
Flexible Deployment Options
UNITY 600F UNITY 600

UNITY 500F UNITY 500

UNITY 400F UNITY 400

UNITY 300F UNITY 300

ALL FLASH HYBRID

VIRTUAL & CONVERGED

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THE UNITY OE
New SW Components Leveraged in a New System
Architecture
Protocol End Points

Replication
VMDK/VHD

Unified Svcs
Block File System VVOLs
(Thick/Thin LUNs) (64-bit)

Unified SUSE
Control Unified Pool based
Path

Multi-Core Architecture
• Cache
• FAST Cache
• RAID

Back End

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UNIFIED STORAGE POOL ARCHITECTURE

Storage Pool
LUN LUN NAS Server
(virtual)
VVOL VVOL VVOL

LUN LUN VVOL VVOL VVOL

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THE UNITY FAMILY
HYBRID

UNITY 300 UNITY 400 UNITY 500 UNITY 600

101K+ IOPS* 202K+ IOPS* 257K+ IOPS* 295K+ IOPS*
UP TO 900TB UP TO 1.5PB UP TO 2.1PB UP TO 3PB

TEST PROFILE: THIN LUN, SMALL BLOCK RANDOM (8KB, 80/20 R:W)
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POWERFUL & SIMPLE HARDWARE
Before & After (VNX5800 To Unity 600F)

BEFORE AFTER IMPROVEMENT

FORM FACTOR 7U 2U 71%
CABLES 30 6 80%
POWER CONSUMPTION 1495W 703W 53%
RACK INSTALL 60 min 2 min 97%
PERFORMANCE 101K 295K 3X

Test Profile: Thin LUN, Small Block Random Workload (8KB, 80/20 R:W, All SSD)

UNITY 600F
VNX5800

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UNITY HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
UNITY 300 (F) UNITY 400 (F) UNITY 500 (F) UNITY600 (F)
MAX # OF DRIVES SUPPORTED 150 250 350* (500) 500* (1000)
LARGEST DRIVE SIZE: FLASH 3.2TBs*
HDD 6TBs
PROCESSOR Intel 6c/1.6GHz Intel 8c/2.4GHz Intel 10c/2.6GHz Intel 12c/2.5GHz
MEMORY 24 GB / SP 48 GB / SP 64 GB / SP 128 GB / SP
UNITY HYBRID FAST CACHE
800 GB 1.2 TB 3.2 TB 6 TB
(USABLE)
LUNS 500* 750* 1000* 4000
FILE SYSTEMS 500 750 1000 1500
VVOLS 9000 9000 13500 30000
SNAPSHOTS 1000 8000 8000 16000
REPLICATION SESSIONS 1000 1000 1500 2000
POOLS 20 20 40 100
LUN SIZE 256 TB
FILESYSTEM SIZE 64 TB
NAS SERVERS 90 90 128 128

* Increase planned post GA

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UNITY PROCESSOR ENCLOSURE (DPE)
Simple and Compact Design
12Gb SAS BUILT-IN BUILT-IN 16/8/4Gb FC
BACKEND 10GbT IP PORTS OR 10GbE IP OPTICAL PORTS
(2 PER SP) (2 PER SP) (2 PER SP)

2U

OPTIONAL MANAGEMENT
IO MODULES AND SERVICE PORTS
IO MODULE

(2 PER SP) (1+1 PER SP)

CHOICES

12Gb SAS BE (4-PORT) | 16/8/4Gb FC (4-PORT) |

1GbT IP (4-PORT) | 10GbT IP (4-PORT) |
10GbE IP OPT (2-PORT) | 10GbE IP OPT (4-PORT)

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DRIVE ARRAY ENCLOSURES (DAEs)

2U 25 drive
2.5” enclosure

3U 15 drive
3.5” enclosure

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DRIVE SUPPORT
Unity Hybrid System Drive Matrix

12 Drive DPE 15 Drive DAE 25 Drive DPE /

12Gb Drive Type Supported Capacities (3.5” LFF) (3.5” LFF) 25 Drive DAE
(2.5” SFF)
SSDs for FAST Cache 200GB, 400GB, 800GB* ✔ ✔ ✔
SSD for FAST VP 200GB, 400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB ✔ ✔ ✔
SSDs for “only” All FLASH Pool 400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB, 3.2TB ✔
15K RPM SAS 600GB ✔ ✔ ✔
10K RPM SAS 600GB, 1.2TB, 1.8TB ✔ ✔ ✔
7.2K RPM NL-SAS 2TB, 4TB, 6TB ✔ ✔

* For Unity 600 only with FAST Cache

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PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT & SUPPORT
Get Connected And Resolve Problems Faster

PROACTIVE ASSIST PROACTIVE ASSIST CLOUDIQ™ DASHBOARD

SELF SERVICE PORTAL SYSTEM MONITORING & MANAGEMENT PLATFORM

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UNITY FILE SYSTEM
• New 64-bit, 64 TB file system
• Support for various NAS protocols
• Compatible with all Unity array data services
• Auto-Shrink/Extend for Thin file systems
• Storage reclamation

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FAST CACHE
Architecture & Configuration Options
Protocol End Points • Support for file and block
Maximum
Supported
Replication •System FAST with Flash
Extends cache Drives
VMDK/VHD drives Cache
Unified Svcs

Block
(Thick/Thin
File System
(64-bit)
VVOLs • Unity
Hot data 800 GBs 200GB
automatically &
ends
LUNs) 300in FAST Cache
up 400GB
Unified
Control Unified Pool In an SP failure;
• Unity 1.2 TBs no need
200GBto&
Path
warm
400 up the cache, it’s
400GB
DRAM MAP
mirrored.
Policy Unity 3.2 TBs 200GB &
Engine
Driver 500 400GB
Flash Drives Disk Drives
Unity 6.0 TBs 200GB,
Back End
600 400GB, &
800GB

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FAST CACHE
• FAST Cache supports online
expansion
– Up to the system maximum
FAST Cache
• FAST Cache supports online 200 GB 200 GB
shrink
200 GB 200 GB
– Ability to remove all but 1 fast
Cache pair

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UNITY DATA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
Performance & Capacity … At The Lowest Cost
AUTOMATICALLY LOWERS THE COST OF STORAGE

ALL FLASH ZONE HDD ZONE CLOUD ZONE

• All Flash for always hot data • Largest capacity • Lowest cost tier
• All Flash Pools for isolation • Lower cost tier • VMware Cloud Integration
• Tiering Pools for automation • Replication target • VPLEX/CloudArray

Enabled by FAST
UNITY HYBRID STORAGE

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FAST VP POLICIES
Policy Ensures Storage Service Levels are Met
Protocol End Points 1. Start High, then Auto-Tier
Maximizes initial performance;
Replication
then optimizes for TCO
VMDK/VHD 2. Auto-Tier
Unified Svcs

Block Optimize TCO and performance

File System VVOLs
(Thick/Thin e.g., databases with varied levels of
(64-bit)
LUNs)
activity among tables, or file
systems with varied levels of
Unified
Unified Pool activity across files
Control
Path 3. Highest Available Tier
Maximize performance
e.g., high-performance OLTP
system
4. Lowest Available Tier
SSD HDD Reduce TCO
e.g., archived or infrequently
Back End
accessed data

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UNITY DATA PROTECTION
• Unified Snapshots
• Native Replication Technologies
– Asynchronous Block & File Replication
– Synchronous Block Replication
• Portfolio Integration
– RecoverPoint, RecoverPoint for VMs
– VPLEX
• NDMP Backup

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INTEGRATED COPY DATA MANAGEMENT
Take Control Of Your Application Copies

TEST &
DEV
App Self
Service
DATABASE
App Integration & COPIES
Orchestration

Unity Snapshots RAPID

RESTORE

Predictable Performance
& Advanced Data Services

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QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS)
Priority Controls for Block Storage BLOCK
IOPS
• Supported on Unity & UnityVSA
• System wide Pause/Resume control
– Paused by default BANDWIDTH

• Host IO Limits are based on a user created

policy
– A LUN without a Host IO Limit is not impacted
– Does not limit internal IO (migration, replication, etc.)
– Host IO Limit settings can be changed at any time
• Without Pausing/Resuming Host IO Limits on the system

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SYSTEM - PERFORMANCE
• Performance Charts
– System Cache
– System IO
– System Resources
– LUN
– File System
– Fibre Channel Port
– iSCSI Interface
– Ethernet Port
– Disk

• Various metrics chart options can be chosen for each type of

performance chart

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ALL INCLUSIVE SOFTWARE PACKAGING
SIMPLER DECISION MAKING, MORE VALUE, FEWER LINE ITEMS

ALL-FLASH HYBRID OPTIONAL

BASE SOFTWARE ESSENTIALS SOFTWARE

 Unisphere Suite  Unisphere Suite*  VPLEX

 File, Block, VVols  File, Block, Vvols*  Powerpath
 Snapshots  Snapshots*  AppSync
 Encryption  Encryption*  RecoverPoint
 Native Replication  Native Replication Advanced
 RecoverPoint Basic  RecoverPoint Basic
 FAST Cache & FAST VP

* Also available in Low Price Starter Pack

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UNITY VIRTUAL STORAGE APPLIANCE
Agile, Software-defined Storage For VMware ESXi

• FREE DOWNLOAD - 4TB LIMIT

• COMMUNITY SUPPORT
• LAB ENVIRONMENTS
UNITY VSA • TEST & DEVELOPMENT
USE CASES • PRO EDITION – 10, 25, 50TB
• EMC SUPPORTED
• REMOTE & BRANCH OFFICE
• HARDWARE REPLICATION TARGET
• LOW-COST RAPID DEPLOY

Community Professional
Edition Edition
NONE-Disruptive

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VIRTUAL & SERVER SPECIFICATIONS
Storage Processors (SPs) 1

vCPUs 2 (2GHz+)

Virtual
Memory 12 GB

Data
Virtual Network (vNICs) 4 x 1GbE
or
4 x 10GbE

Protocols iSCSI, NFS, CIFS

Dual-core 64-bit x86 Intel

CPU
2GHz+ Xeon E5 Series CPU
16 GB for ESXi 5.5
Physical Server

Memory
18 GB for ESXi 6.0
4 x 1GbE
Network Interfaces or
4 x 10GbE
•RAID Levels - 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
• BE connectivity speed - 6Gbps
• Processor - Dual Core
RAID Controller
• NV Cache- 512 MB (1GB recommended)
(when using Server storage)
• Host interface - PCIe2.0
• API access – Required
• S.M.A.R.T Support – Required
Operating System VMware ESXi 5.5+
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UNITY VSA & UNITY FEATURE COMPARISON
Feature Physical System Unity VSA
CIFS  
NFS  
iSCSI  
FAST VP Tiering Capability  
Asynchronous Unified Replication  
Unisphere HTML 5 GUI + REST API  
Quality of Service  
Monitoring & Reporting  
Thin Provisioning  
VVols  
FAST Cache 
Data at Rest Encryption 
Fibre Channel 
Synchronous Replication 

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UNITY vs VNX
• 新一代架構，非 VNX3，體積小，密度高。
– 24 CPU cores, 256GB memory, Up to 3X more IOPS.
• Linux base 作業系統。
• SAN 與 NAS 合為同一階層，已非 SP 與 DM 關係，簡易管理。
• HTML 5 管理介面，非 Java。
• 12Gb Back End 磁碟機介面。
• 內含 Array Base 軟體, 無須額外付費購買。
• 支援 TLC Flash Disk, 10K SAS 1.8TB 與 7.2K NL-SAS 6TB。
• NAS File System 最大 64TB，並支援放大，縮小。
• 提供付費與免費軟體版 UnityVSA。

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