Citrix

Dell Compellent and Citrix

Certified Citrix Ready, Dell Compellent teams with Citrix to drive simplicity and efficiency by virtualizing the IT infrastructure from storage to the desktop. Dell Compellent Fluid Data storage is the ideal network storage platform for Citrix XenServer and XenDesktop environments. By consolidating storage, server and desktop resources, organizations can significantly reduce the data center footprint and cut costs while increasing performance, agility and availability. The Dell Compellent Storage Adapter for Citrix StorageLink streamlines server and storage administration, enabling users to manage Compellent storage directly through Citrix interfaces such as XenCenter.

How Dell Compellent Enhances Citrix Virtual Infrastructures

• Storage Virtualization amplifies the benefits of server virtualization, creating a shared pool of storage for VMs and virtual desktops
• Thin Provisioning and Citrix Provisioning Server minimize the disk capacity required to support VMs and virtual desktops
• Space-efficient Replays (continuous snapshots) provide near-instant recovery to any point in time for enterprise data protection 
• Boot from SAN facilitates use of diskless hosts, plus enables rapid VM deployment and application testing using Replays
• Thin Replication and XenApp WAN optimization combine for robust multi-site backup and recovery that requires less bandwidth
• XenMotion and Live Volume allow users to migrate VMs and LUNs between hosts and SANs without downtime or disruption
• A modular storage platform scales without limits, and Citrix Server Provisioning allows as-you-grow server and desktop expansion