Fusion ioControl Verified for Citrix Ready VDI Capacity Program

Fusion-io, Inc. announced that its ioControl Hybrid Storage Appliance completed the Citrix Ready VDI Capacity Program Verified for Citrix XenDesktop.

The Citrix Ready VDI Capacity program addresses the storage needs of customers who already have, or are considering, VDI using XenDesktop. ioControl completed the VDI Capacity test environment that contains the necessary compute resources needed to generate a 750-user reference XenDesktop deployment.

Fusion-io delivers data faster. ioMemory platform and software defined storage solutions accelerate virtualization, databases, cloud computing, big data and performance applications. From e-commerce retailers to the world’s social media and Fortune Global 500 companies, customers are improving the performance and efficiency of their data centers with Fusion-io technology to accelerate the critical applications.

“VDI environments require consistent performance, a challenge that is exacerbated in shared storage environments,” said Chris McCall, Fusion-io senior director of ioControl marketing. “By using Fusion ioControl flash first hybrid storage as the storage infrastructure for Citrix XenDesktop, small to midsize enterprises benefit from flexible VDI delivery options that deliver predictable performance at affordable costs.“

The ioControl Hybrid Storage appliance combines ioMemory enterprise flash with disk capacity to deliver performance. Unlike other hybrid flash arrays, ioControl provides the ability to prioritize and control shared storage resources by assigning performance policies to each application independently. Featuring automated policies that define IO/s and throughput performance minimums, and not-to-exceed latency performance maximums for each application, the ioControl hybrid storage appliance suits SMBs deploying VDI with XenDesktop standalone or alongside other applications.

“Customers require consistent high performance for VDI and Fusion ioControl helps by providing companies the ability to provision, prioritize and control shared storage performance,” said Greg Fox, director, Citrix Ready program. “By taking part in the Citrix Ready VDI Capacity program, Fusion-io is helping customers make informed product purchasing decisions.“

The Citrix Ready VDI Capacity program helps guide customers regarding VDI storage needs. The program enables storage partners to test their solutions against a turnkey ‘VDI Capacity’ test environment that contains the necessary compute resources needed to generate a 750-user reference XenDesktop deployment, and thus demonstrating the appropriate amount of storage performance and capacity with a cost-efficient design. Partners whose technology satisfies the test criteria are determined to be verified as part of the Citrix Ready VDI Capacity Program verified for 750 users.

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