Symmetrix VMAX
Powerful, trusted, smart enterprise storage for virtual data centers
Powerful
EMC Symmetrix VMAX is the global leader in enterprise storage for performance and scale for the most demanding workloads.
Trusted
VMAX is the world’s most trusted storage platform, with unmatched availability and information-centric security built in to protect the most mission critical applications.
Smart
VMAX is the smartest enterprise storage array with new levels of automation, non-disruptive data-movement, virtual server integration, and ease of management.
Software
VMAX delivers higher levels of performance, provides higher levels of data security and availability and is easy to manage.
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SRDF
Implement disaster recovery and business continuity with the trusted suite of remote storage replication solutions leveraging the Symmetrix platform. -
TimeFinder
Implement disaster recovery and business continuity with the trusted suite of local storage replication solutions on the Symmetrix platform. -
Symmetrix Fully Automated Storage Tiering
Improve performance and reduce costs in tiered environments by dynamically moving data with EMC Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST). -
Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning
Improve capacity utilization, boost performance, and simplify storage management by allocating storage to applications only as needed. -
Symmetrix ATSM
Optimize storage resources, improve capacity utilization and exceed Service Level Agreements in a consolidated and tiered Symmetrix environment. -
Symmetrix Management Console and Symmetrix Performance Analyzer
Simplify management and monitor performance in a Symmetrix environment with EMC Symmetrix Management Console and Symmetrix Performance Analyzer. -
z/OS Storage Manager (EzSM)
EMC z/OS Storage Manager (EzSM) simplifies management of Symmetrix storage and storage-related resources in mainframe environments. -
Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart
Automate Disaster Restart of applications and systems in mainframe environments during planned and unplanned outages with EMC Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart (GDDR). -
Open Replicator for Symmetrix
Enable high-speed, heterogeneous data mobility and truly non-disruptive data migration of critical business information as your applications remain online and available.
Models
EMC Symmetrix VMAX series includes two models—the Symmetrix VMAX and the Symmetrix VMAX SE—meeting the widest wide range of high-end requirements for scalability, performance, and cost. The same functionality, storage interoperability, and operational efficiency is maintained across the Symmetrix VMAX series.
Symmetrix VMAX SE provides an entry point for high-end configurations requiring a single engine and between 48 and 360 drives. It supports both open systems and mainframe connectivity.
Symmetrix VMAX is ideal for high-end configurations that require performance and the scaling capability to start as small as one engine pair and 48 drives, and grow to a maximum of eight engines and 2,400 drives. Symmetrix VMAX’s incremental scalability enables you to meet your growth requirements by adding VMAX engines and disk drives non-disruptively to the existing frame. This enables true pay-as-you-grow economics for high-growth storage environments.
Symmetrix VMAX also supports single-phase power, extended drive loop configurations (two-Engine and four-Engine configuration supporting more drives), 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel connectivity, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet / FCoE.
Compare
| Maximum Drives | Usable Capacity | Maximum Integrated Directors | Connection Types |
Maximum Connectivity | Maximum SRDF Ports | |
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SYMMETRIX VMAX 
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2,400 | 2.06 PB | 16 | FC, FICON, GbE, 10GbE, iSCSI, FCoE | Up to 128 ports depending on connection type | 32 FC, GbE, 10GbE SRDF Ports |
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SYMMETRIX VMAX SE 
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360 | 303 TB | 2 | FC, FICON, GbE, 10GbE, iSCSI, FCoE | Up to 16 ports depending on connection type | 4 FC, GbE, 10GbE SRDF Ports |
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SYMMETRIX VMAXe 
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1,080 | 1.5 PB | 8 | FC, 1GbE, 10GbE, SCSI, FCoE | Up to 64 ports depending on Connection type | 8 FC, GbE, 10GbE SRDFe ports |
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SYMMETRIX DMX-4  |
2,400 | <1 PB | NA | FC, ESCON, FICON, GbE, iSCSI | Up to 64 ports depending on connection type | 8 GbE SRDF Ports |
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SYMMETRIX DMX-4 950  |
360 | 145 TB | NA | FC, GbE, iSCSI, FICON, ESCON | Up to 16 ports depending on connection type | 8 GbE SRDF Ports |
Resources
Analyst Reports
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ESG Lab Report
Virtualizing Tier-1 Applications with Confidence with EMC Symmetrix VMAX -
ESG Lab Report
EMC Symmetrix VMAX and Microsoft Server Virtualization -
Clipper Group Report
EMC Symmetrix VMAX – In a New Era, High End Storage Lives on -
Wikibon
Automated Tiered Storage Ready for Prime Time
White Papers
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New VMAX Features
New Features in EMC Enginuity 5875 for Open Systems -
FAST VP
Maximize Operational Efficiency For Oracle RAC Environments
Videos
- Brian Gallagher, President of ESD discussing the new VMAX capabilities
- Cox Communications on VMAX FAST VP
- Microsoft adCenter on Symmetrix VMAX
- Corporate Express Uses VMAX and FAST VP with its Multi-tiered Storage Strategy
- Moen on EMC VMAX and FAST VP
Product Demos
Data and Spec Sheets
- EMC Symmetrix VMAX Series Storage System
- Symmetrix VMAX Product Description Guide
- EMC Symmetrix VMAX SE Storage System with Enginuity
Tools
Related Offerings
Products
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Open Replicator for Symmetrix
Enable high-speed, heterogeneous data mobility and truly non-disruptive data migration of critical business information as your applications remain online and available.
-
Symmetrix ATSM
Optimize storage resources, improve capacity utilization and exceed Service Level Agreements in a consolidated and tiered Symmetrix environment.
-
Symmetrix Management Console and Symmetrix Performance Analyzer
Simplify management and monitor performance in a Symmetrix environment with EMC Symmetrix Management Console and Symmetrix Performance Analyzer.
-
Symmetrix Fully Automated Storage Tiering
Improve performance and reduce costs in tiered environments by dynamically moving data with EMC Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST).
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SRDF
Implement disaster recovery and business continuity with the trusted suite of remote storage replication solutions leveraging the Symmetrix platform.
-
TimeFinder
Implement disaster recovery and business continuity with the trusted suite of local storage replication solutions on the Symmetrix platform.
-
Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning
Improve capacity utilization, boost performance, and simplify storage management by allocating storage to applications only as needed.
-
z/OS Storage Manager (EzSM)
EMC z/OS Storage Manager (EzSM) simplifies management of Symmetrix storage and storage-related resources in mainframe environments.
News
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May 10, 2011
EMC Takes Symmetrix VMAX Higher into the Cloud -
May 9, 2011
EMC Outlines Strategy to Accelerate Flash AdoptionEMC plans to deliver all-flash versions of its Symmetrix® VMAX™ and EMC® VNX™ storage systems for environments requiring the highest levels of performance. -
May 9, 2011
EMC Delivers World's Most Powerful, Trusted and Smartest Storage ArrayNew software release doubles system performance, delivers FAST VP, Federated Live Migration and Data-at-Rest Encryption.
