Universal Virtual Volumes: Extends VMware’s VVOL Benefits to Storage Systems that do not Support it

Many VMware administrators crave the power and fine-grain control promised by vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVOLs). However, most current storage arrays and systems do not support it. Manufacturers simply cannot afford to retrofit equipment with the new VM-aware interface.

DataCore offers these customers the chance to benefit from VVOLs on EMC, IBM, HDS, NetApp and other popular storage systems and all flash arrays simply by layering SANsymphony™-V storage virtualization software in front of them. The same is true for direct-attached storage (DAS) pooled by the DataCore™ Hyper-converged Virtual SAN.

Now, vSphere administrators can self-provision virtual volumes from virtual storage pools — they specify the capacity and class of service without having to know anything about the hardware.