Violin Memory Boosts VDI Performance

Violin Memory, Inc. announced a storage solution that makes the ROI for VDI a
reality.

With a memory-based architecture that delivers massive scale and economic value
to demanding I/O environments like VDI, its partnership with Atlantis Computing, Inc. extends the
value to all virtualised desktop workloads.

Enterprise customers can now
virtualise desktops and run them at the speed of memory, giving the end-user an
experience that is better than physical desktops.

Enterprises are finding that the biggest obstacles for deploying
large-scale VDI are storage costs and performance bottlenecks associated with
scaling virtual desktops. Traditional storage systems cannot meet the
performance requirements of high R/W or I/O spikes that are pervasive in
virtual desktop environments. When scaling these deployments to thousands of
desktops, performance degrades and the associated storage sprawl quickly
diminishes the ROI.

"Violin is eliminating the
roadblocks enterprises face when implementing large-scale desktop
virtualisation with disk-based storage infrastructures," said Dixon
Doll Jr., COO, Violin Memory. "By
partnering with Atlantis, we are removing the cost and performance barriers to
VDI adoption."

With industry IO/s density and sub-millisecond latency, Violin Flash Memory
Arrays allow customers to consolidate more desktops per unit of server and
storage resources while delivering optimal user-experience with a 3-4x
reduction in boot and login times. Combined with the Atlantis ILIO software
technology, Violin delivers the lowest TCO for virtual desktops.

Key benefits include:

• Superior end-user experience at any scale, rendering boot,
  login and logoff storms transparent to the user.
• Lowered storage capital expenses by up to 50%and operational expenses by 80%
• Reduced risk and complexity through automatic virtual desktop provisioning.

According to Bernard Harguindeguy, CEO, Atlantis Computing: "By combining Violin Memory storage with
Atlantis ILIO software, Violin is enabling any enterprise to implement large
scale VDI without the traditional risks associated with its cost, complexity
and user acceptance. This is a great platform for true enterprise VDIs."

More about customer Anglia Ruskin University and CharityShare that have
deployed Violin Memory for VDI