PernixData Partnering With Citrix and VMware

PernixData, Inc. announced partnerships, certifications, and customer wins that underscore the strategic role decoupled storage plays in VDIs.

By putting storage intelligence into high-speed server media, PernixData FVP software optimizes VDI performance with cost effective scale-out growth, making it the complement to any virtualized data center environment.

“Decoupled storage is the fastest growing storage architecture for optimizing VDI,” said Jeff Aaron, VP marketing, PernixData. “It is the ideal way to minimize desktop latency and avoid storage over-provisioning costs, without disrupting existing server, storage and application environments. Through marquee partnerships, certifications, and great customer wins, PernixData continues to establish itself as a strategic component of any VDI.“

FVP Software Verified as Citrix Ready
PernixData is Citrix Ready Premier Partner
The Citrix Ready program makes it easy for customers to identify complementary products and solutions that can enhance Citrix environments. By joining the Citrix ready program, customers can be confident that FVP software has passed a series of tests established by Citrix, and can be trusted to work with XenDesktop and XenApp to ensure reliable and scalable virtual desktop and application delivery.

To download PernixData/Citrix Solution Brief
To download PernixData/Citrix Ready FAQ

FVP software is certified with VMware Horizon (with View)
PernixData is an Elite VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP).
FVP software is a validated VMware Horizon Fast Track 2.0 Reference Architecture. This is a standard, repeatable and scalable design for deployment of virtual desktops. By having a reference architecture in place, customers can reduce implementation time and operational risk with a solution that delivers interoperability.

To download PernixData/VMware Horizon (with View) Reference Architecture

VDI Customer Success
VDI is deployed in approximately 30% of all FVP deployments, making it an application to benefit from a decoupled storage architecture.

When Southern Waste Systems implemented VDI, for example, the company needed a way to reduce latency while keeping costs low. After considering several flash arrays and hyper-converged solutions, it selected FVP software because it is non-disruptive to install, avoided a six-figure storage and network upgrade, and enabled virtual desktops to perform faster than physical desktops.

“PernixData fit naturally with our company’s philosophy of zero waste,” said Nick Casagrande, IT director, Southern Waste Systems. “We didn’t have to buy a new storage array or even new flash – we were able to utilize the existing RAM in our hosts to get better performance without any changes to our environment.“

For Whatcom Community College, finding a remedy for troublesome storage latency spikes afflicting their VMware Horizon View environment proved to be elusive. Augmenting their existing server and storage infrastructure, FVP software with server-side SSDs enabled a decoupled storage architecture that finally provided relief.

“We instantly saw the performance improvements,” recalled Ward Naf, IT director, Whatcom Community College. “Latency decreased 88%.“

Southern Waste Systems case study
Whatcom Community College case study