Name: Using Storage QoS with VMware VVOL to Improve the End User Experience
Start: 2015-04-29T17:00:00Z
End: 2015-04-29T17:45:48.000Z
Location: BrightTALK

At NexGen, we build PCIe flash arrays with data management capabilities that let you prioritize data and application performance based on business value.

Businesses want economical yet consistent application performance, but how do you determine the best storage solution to address this need? Join this webinar to hear Chris McCall from NexGen Storage and Ken Clipperton, managing analyst at DCIG, discuss the evolving flash array market. You’ll learn: what to expect from the different types of flash that are emerging, the value of new standards such as NVMe, how Storage QoS applies in a flash environment, and what you can expect from the storage market in the next 12-18 months.

NexGen and DCIG: The Evolving All-Flash Array Market

3 Topics That Will Dominate VMworld 2015 - #3: Avoiding the Most Common VDI Deployment Pitfalls

Architecting a successful VDI infrastructure is a challenging endeavor; the need for on-demand performance, redundancy and scalability are key components. Traditionally most VDI performance problems tend to be related to IO and storage, so making the right design decisions, choosing the right storage platform, and avoiding some common deployment/management pitfalls are key to VDI success.  Join Vincent LaPaglia, Senior Storage Engineer at NexGen Storage as he examines these VDI challenges and how you can avoid these within your VDI infrastructure.

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Avoiding the Most Common VDI Deployment Pitfalls

3 Topics That Will Dominate VMworld 2015 - #2: vSphere 6 Migration Strategies

vSphere 6 is the first major VMware release in four years and with the introduction of VVols with vSphere 6, VMware is making a monumental leap forward in how storage is provisioned and managed for virtual machines.  As you consider your migration strategies, there are a number of infrastructure considerations. Paramount in your analysis is your enterprise storage and whether it can accommodate the new features within vSphere 6, in particular VVols. Join Vincent LaPaglia, Senior Storage Engineer at NexGen Storage as he examines these vSphere 6 migration strategies and how they apply to your existing infrastructure.

Check out the other two webinars in this series:

https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/12353/166705
https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/12353/166707

vSphere 6 Migration Strategies

3 Topics That Will Dominate VMworld 2015 - #1 Three Critical Storage Capabilities for Modern Virtual Infrastructure

With vSphere 6 being released, customers are looking to upgrade their virtual environments for servers and desktops.  Don’t let the old ways of doing storage hold you back.  Storage for the modern data center needs to address a fundamental shift for how virtual machines are managed.  At the heart of the storage from Modern Virtual Infrastructure are key capabilities, including Storage QoS, PCIe Flash with NVMe and Virtual Volumes.  Join Ben Bolles, VP Products with NexGen Storage as he examines these critical capabilities and what it means for customers.

Check out the other two webinars in this series:
https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/12353/166709
https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/12353/166707

Three Critical Storage Capabilities for Modern Virtual Infrastructure

Flash is the single biggest breakthrough technology for enterprise storage in decades.  First generation all flash array and hybrid flash array vendors are riding an unprecedented wave of growth but there are two fundamental trends that they’ll do anything to keep quiet. The shift to NVMe connected flash devices and using Storage QoS to integrate multiple types of storage media. Join Chris McCall, SVP Marketing of NexGen to discuss:
• Why NVMe will quickly become the standard flash interface
• What NVMe means for customers
• Why Storage QoS matters, even for all flash arrays
• What Storage QoS means for customers

Two Flash Storage Trends You Can’t Ignore: NVMe, QoS

Innovations in desktop layering and hybrid flash storage systems are helping mid-size organizations across a variety of industries successfully implement hundreds to thousands of virtual desktops in a way that is easier, more affordable and delivers a superior end-user experience. Join this webinar and see how you can simplify desktop management and deliver consistent and predictable performance to your virtual desktop users. Learn from Unidesk and NexGen Storage experts about these latest innovations and how they can be applied to your VDI initiatives.

How Unidesk and NexGen Storage Make VDI Easier and More Affordable

Familiarize yourself with the per VM storage management paradigm that vSphere 6 VVOL enables and what it means from a day-to-day operations management perspective. Then NexGen VP of Products Ben Bolles will take you through step by step the process required to transition your infrastructure over to vSphere 6. The webinar ends with a demonstration of NexGen’s Storage QoS integration with VMware VVOL to enable guaranteed mission critical VM storage performance.

vSphere 6 VVOL Critical Storage Integration Considerations

VMware vSphere 6.0 Virtual Volumes allow vendors to integrate a variety of storage capabilities at a per-VM level, but vendor implementations vary greatly. Join this webinar to get a first look at what you can expect from the VVOL integration from leading vendors. Guest speaker Tom Fenton, Senior Validation Engineer from Taneja Group, who has had conversations with a large number of both vendors and end users about their VMware environment, will lead this vendor-neutral discussion on the state of the VVOL market.

Understand vSphere 6.0 VVOL Implementations from Leading Vendors

VMware 6 Virtual Volumes (VVOL) represent a revolutionary way of managing VM-aware storage.  Join Vincent LaPaglia from NexGen and Brian Garrett from ESG Labs to learn how NexGen hybrid flash storage integrates its native Quality of Service (QoS) with VMware VVols. This webinar will highlight the results of ESG expert independent hands-on testing.

Delivering Storage Quality of Service with VMware vSphere 6 and Virtual Volumes

Proper functioning of a hybrid storage system is all about the management software. Analyst firm DCIG awarded NexGen best-in-class in the software and management categories of their 2015-2016 Small/Midsize Enterprise (SME) Hybrid Storage Array Buyer’s Guide. Join this webinar to hear Jerome Wendt, president and lead analyst at DCIG, as he offers his take on the hybrid storage market. Then, hear from Ben Bolles, VP of Products at NexGen, as he describes the NexGen features that contributed to DCIG’s positive rating for the NexGen N5 Hybrid Flash Array, including PCIe Flash architecture advantages, storage QoS integrated with VMs and applications, and real-time Dynamic Data Placement between flash and disk.

What Best-in-Class Storage Management Software Means for Your Environment

Deploying new patient record systems is more than just servers, networking, and storage.  Specialized software applications, compliance and secure data management all need to be considered. Traditional technology vendors all offer partial solutions but you’re left with the hard work.  Join Chris Bukowski, Product Manager from NexGen Storage to learn about a better way to deploy patient record systems that include new value-driven data management capabilities that ensure a superior end user experience.

Streamlining Deployment of Patient Record Systems

In January 2015, IDG conducted an end user survey to gain insight into data storage management strategies, expectations, and challenges. 83% of respondents said that improving the user experience is critical or very important, and listed it as their #1 business goal for 2015. Likewise, 94% of IT professionals consider it valuable to manage business data based on the value of that data. Yet only 32% are doing it. Don’t get left behind. Join this webinar to learn about the importance of building prioritization into your data management and storage strategy.

IDG Research Results on Prioritization in Storage Environments

New projects drive revenue.  Every project is different, has different deadlines, and has different data management requirements.  Delivering an IT infrastructure that can deal with the erratic workloads and constantly changing data needs is nearly impossible, let alone being confident that Finance will be able to run reports fast enough to close the books at the end of the month with no complaints.  Join Chris McCall, SVP Marketing from NexGen Storage to discuss new value-driven data management capabilities designed to deliver a superior end user experience for project-oriented architecture and engineering firms.

Understand the Business Value Lifecycle for 3D Modeling and Project-Oriented ERP

Milliseconds can mean millions of dollars made or lost but if you have to pay millions of dollars for it in the first place, is it really worth it?  Loading up servers with flash or buying the most expensive storage systems on the planet have been the only way to achieve the lowest possible latency for virtualized SQL apps that require HA.  Join George Wagner, Sr. Product Marketing Manager from NexGen Storage to discuss how new value-driven data management capabilities can deliver extreme low latency to the data that needs it without breaking the bank.

Delivering Cost Effective Low Latency for Virtualized SQL Applications

Everything you do is case driven, deadlines are everything and end user experience with data whether it’s uploading or analyzing is critical.  All of these things mean the business value of data is in constant flux, but data storage treat all data equally forcing you to choose between staying in budget or meeting end user service level expectations.  Join Chris McCall, SVP Marketing of NexGen Storage to discuss new value-driven data management capabilities designed to help Legal Service IT providers deliver a best-in-class end user experience.

Managing the Business Value Lifecycle of Data for eDiscovery and Legal Services

Join this webinar for a technical discussion and live demonstration, to learn how our PCIe-based hybrid flash arrays enable you to tailor storage performance to match your business priorities, guaranteeing both productivity-boosting performance and real-world value.

Tailored Storage Performance for your Business Priorities

The #1 business objective for IT professionals in 2015 is to improve the end user experience with IT infrastructure.  Join Ben Bolles, VP of Products and Vince Lapaglia, Sr. Tech Marketing Engineer from NexGen Storage as they  discuss how integrating VMware VVOLs with shared storage using Storage QoS capabilities is the key to improving your end user’s experience with mission and business critical applications.  Ben and Vince will discuss the end user benefits of this approach with VMware VVOL’s highlighting simplified Storage QoS per VM.

Using Storage QoS with VMware VVOL to Improve the End User Experience

The #1 business objective for IT professionals in 2015 is to improve the end user experience with IT infrastructure. Join VMware & NexGen Storage as they discuss how integrating VMware VVOLs with shared storage using Storage QoS capabilities is the key to improving your end user’s experience with mission and business critical applications. Ben Mauricio and Vince will discuss the end user benefits of this approach with VMware VVOL’s highlighting simplified Storage QoS per VM.

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