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7 Dell EMC PowerVault ME4024 and VMware Horizon View with 1,300 Persistent VDI Users | 3919-RA-VDI
2 PowerVault ME4024 features
The PowerVault ME4024 storage array is targeted at entry level workloads. It is designed to provide excellent
performance at an entry-level price.
The ME4024 platform can be configured in all-flash, hybrid, or spinning-drive configurations. These options
provide flexibility to support a large variety of workloads.
For VDI workloads, flash drives provide high throughput, low latency, and a small footprint to maximize the
cost benefits of running a virtualized desktop solution. The solution tested for this document is an all-flash
array.
2.1 All-around simplicity
PowerVault ME4 Series provides features that simplify tasks such as system installation, configuration, and
serviceability, enabling IT generalists to manage resources more efficiently and focus on the bigger picture.
ME4 Series storage enables task simplification with the following:
• Simple to order with all-inclusive software
• Customer installable and configurable in 15 minutes
• Intuitive web-based (HTML5) management
• Easily expandable without disruption
2.2 Affordable enterprise-level capabilities
PowerVault ME4 Series storage arrays deliver the software you need to store, manage, and protect your
data:
• ADAPT (distributed RAID): Improved data protection functionality that delivers faster drive rebuild
times
• Thin provisioning: Allocate and consume physical storage capacity as needed in disk pools
• Snapshots: Easily recover data with point-in-time copies
• Replication: Replicate data to any global location
• Volume copy: Enable seamless volume relocation and disk-based backup and recovery
• SSD read cache: Increase the execution speed of applications by caching previously read data
• Three-level auto-tiering: Optimize data performance with less expense
• Virtualization integration: Integrate ME4 Series arrays with VMware
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vSphere
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and vCenter
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SRM, as
well as Microsoft
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Hyper-V
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2.3 Optimized for SAN and DAS
PowerVault ME4 Series storage is purpose-built and optimized for SAN and DAS virtualized workloads.
Connecting the PowerVault ME4 Series array to a PowerEdge server enables you to address the challenges
of server capacity expansion, or connecting to a SAN provides flexibility, scalability, and the ability for
business applications to have high-speed and reliable access to their data. ME4 Series storage offers the
following SAN and DAS options:
• Direct-attach to PowerEdge servers over SAS, FC, or iSCSI
• Consolidate SAN storage through a single port over FC or iSCSI