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Vizioncore Company Data
• Founded in 2002
• Wholly owned by Quest Software as of December 2007
• Chicago-based HQ, Worldwide Sales Channel
• Proven – Over 18,000 customers; 2,200 partners worldwide
• 250-plus employees worldwide
• Offering full set of solutions that extend, enhance and improve virtual environments
• Strong VMware partner
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Vizioncore Solution Set
VMWARE
MS HYPER-V
CITRIX XEN
Automate
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Storage Reclamation & Reallocation
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Storage Reclamation & Reallocation
vOptimizer Pro
Best of VMWorld Finalist – New Technology
• Locate and total all over-allocated VM storage throughout customer’s data center(s)
• Help customers use their existing Virtual Machine (VM) storage more efficiently
• Right size under- or over-allocated VM storage
• Schedule and execute regular VM storage optimization procedures
• Produce and distribute VM storage cost savings reports
• Align partitions to 64K offsets to significantly improve VM performance
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• IT organizations do not realize just how much money is being wasted on over-allocated VM storage
• Most companies have between 50% - 80% of empty VM storage
Used VM Storage
Over-allocated VM Storage
Wasted Space is Wasted Money
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Align partitions
For details on aligning see: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_partition_align.pdf
Not Aligned:
Aligned:
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Align partitions
• All Windows VMs are misaligned; newly built, legacy, and P2V
• Designed to add performance benefits to Windows™ guest operating systems; specifically for data volumes
• Alignment detection display:
Aligning Benefits:
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Summarizing Storage Savings
• High-speed ROI scans can determine VM storage over-allocation for entire Data Centers
• Total IT dollars wasted is calculated based on customer entered info including cost of storage and desired free space
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vOptimizer Pro Demo
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Reduce risk of human error for manually performed processes
Create storage cost savings
Eliminate risk of VM failure from running out of space
Align misaligned VMDK files to underlying storage to increase performance
‘Human time’ cost saving by automating manual processes
Advantages
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Limitations
• Dynamic disks
• Windows Raid
• Open Snapshots
• Thin VMDK’s
• vRDM and pRDM’s
Following are not supported with vOptimizer Pro:
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• Customers can select a set of three industry-leading virtualization management products, at an affordable price, tailored to their environments
• Ultimate flexibility and added value
• Up to 40% cost savings
• Powerful software solution for your virtual environment:
• Conversions• Backups• Disaster Recovery• Replication• Monitoring / troubleshooting• Chargeback / cost accounting• Management / automation
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vEssentials Software Bundle
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Free Products
• vConverter SC• vOptimizer “WasteFinder”• vControl Multi-Hypervisor Management• Virtualization Ecoshell
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