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June 6th, 2011 13:00
architectural difference between symmetrix and VMAX
hello All,
can any one help me understand how VMAX is different from DMX architectural wise --
I know the difference in their Hardware features ,but when it comes architecture - How virtual matrix different from direct matrix architecture.
Pointers would help.
sorry if this is real basic stuff , I am not having much experiance in symmetrix so..
thank you for reading !
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Quincy561
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June 6th, 2011 15:00
The direct matrix is a backplane that all the boards connect to. Each director and board would have its own connections to and from cache on the backplane.
The virtual matirx is a fabric that each director in the VMAX system uses to connect to one another.
Quincy561
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June 6th, 2011 13:00
You say you know the differences in the HW features, that is one of them.
The virtual matrix is simply a different physical way to connect directors. At a very high level the architecture is the same.
Why do you ask?
deeppat
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June 6th, 2011 13:00
I know the H/W features in terms of Cache, total scalable storage , number of drives , the engine concept in vmax etc etc.
I am wondering why it's called direct matrix and the other virtual matrix, this is something i am unable to dig in from the Docs.
Just need to know this.
thanks !
deeppat
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June 6th, 2011 23:00
thanks quincy56