LSI enters collaborative testing with VMware

LSI Corporation has announced that it is working closely with VMware to deliver breakthrough virtual desktop density for VMware Horizon View deployments. Collaborative testing with VMware Horizon View using a single LSI Nytro WarpDrive application acceleration card achieved concurrent support for 200 active virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) workloads on a two-node cluster with no storage latency.

Mason Uyeda, Senior Director of Technical Marketing, End-User Computing, VMware, said, Our testing of the LSI Nytro WarpDrive cards confirms Nytro technology can support demanding VDI workload environments with simplified management and increasing security and control. LSI Nytro WarpDrive cards will help enable our customers to overcome the latency demands of VDI-intensive workloads to deliver high performance and return on investment.
 
Working closely with VMware, we are able to confirm through this real-world application that IT organizations can comfortably deploy 150 desktops per node with 75 to 80 per cent concurrency and a VMware Horizon View clone deployment time of under 13 minutes. We are excited to collaborate with VMware to provide native VMware drivers in VMware vSphere and help bring this breakthrough VDI density and performance to our mutual customers, said Robin Wagner, Senior Director  Marketing, Datacenter Solutions Group, LSI.
 
The LSI Nytro WarpDrive card is a part of the comprehensive LSI Nytro product portfolio of application acceleration cards combining PCIe flash technology with intelligent caching and management software. Nytro WarpDrive cards are designed to deliver high performance, reduced latency and a low CPU burden for the most demanding database applications and I/O-intensive workloads.