GreenBytes GB-X Appliances Citrix Ready

GreenBytes, Inc. announced that
the company’s GB-X Series of inline
deduplication storage appliances have been certified as Citrix
Ready.

The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify third-party solutions
that are recommended to enhance virtualization, networking and cloud
computing solutions from Citrix. The GreenBytes GB-X storage appliances
completed a verification process to ensure compatibility with Citrix
StorageLink.

GreenBytes’GB-X Series is an ideal fit for virtual desktop
infrastructure (VDI) storage, enabling users to take full control of
their GreenBytes array using the integrated Citrix StorageLink
technology. Users can rapidly deploy VDIs with a 90% or more reduction
in storage requirements versus non-intelligent arrays, and scale to
thousands of concurrent users with the only iSCSI array to combine
inline deduplication and multi-tier, highly scalable IOPS caches.
Feature highlights include:

The GreenBytes/Citrix StorageLink solution allows for accelerated time
to provision and activate virtual machines (VMs) and VDIs. What has
traditionally taken hours can now be accomplished in a few minutes with
the StorageLink management interface. Additionally, the GB-X Series can
make many VDI instances in a fraction of the time it takes to manually
create storage LUNs. Array based cloning and inline deduplication allows
the GreenBytes/Citrix solution to create a large number of VM instances
with data storage reduction of 90% or more.

With GreenBytes’ SSD-accelerated architecture, VDIs stored on GreenBytes
GB-X Series appliances are highly responsive. Unlike traditional
‘spindle-count = performance’ storage architectures, the GB-X SSD cache
acceleration will sustain IOPS to withstand boot-storm stresses with
minimal footprint of conventional magnetic disk drives. The synergy
between Citrix and GreenBytes combines ease of administration with
minimal storage footprint and the IOPS of ten or more ordinary arrays.

“We are pleased to have GreenBytes join us in the Citrix Ready
program,” said John Fanelli, vice president of solutions and
community marketing at Citrix Systems, Inc. “Citrix Ready makes it
easier for customers to select the most suitable virtualization
infrastructure products for their specific needs. By taking part in our
program, GreenBytes has enabled its customers to obtain the highest
quality user experience available today, and the simplest means for
making an informed product purchasing selection.”

Customers can be confident that the GreenBytes GB-X Series storage
appliances have successfully passed a series of tests established by
Citrix and can be trusted to work effectively with StorageLink.

“With GreenBytes’ verification as Citrix Ready, this dramatically
increases our visibility to Citrix customers and channels, clearly
demonstrating our commitment to providing solutions that add value to
Citrix products,” said Bob Petrocelli, chief executive officer of
GreenBytes. “Integrated with StorageLink, GreenBytes’ unique
combination of inline deduplication and high I/O performance marks a
significant leap forward in storage technology for VDI environments.”

In related company news, GreenBytes is currently participating in the
videos Citrix Ready StorageLink Challenge, a competition where Citrix
storage vendor partners can demonstrate their product capabilities and
integration with StorageLink in a short video.