VirtualWisdom just got wiser

Virtual Instruments has introduced VirtualWisdom 5.2 at Dell EMC World, offering IT teams a simple yet comprehensive understanding of the health, utilisation and performance of the infrastructure underpinning their business-critical applications. VirtualWisdom 5.2 delivers actionable insights so that collaborative teams can proactively assure performance, optimise cost and reduce risk throughout their constantly changing data centre infrastructure.

Friday, 12th May 2017 Posted 7 years ago in by Phil Alsop

In addition, Virtual Instruments announced a new lower-cost, entry-level 12-port 16Gb SAN Performance Probe for Fibre Channel environments, giving customers more deployment options and expanding the reach of the VirtualWisdom Performance Probes to regional data centres. The new probe reduces the per-port cost of real-time performance monitoring by approximately 35 percent.

Attendees at Dell EMC World can see VirtualWisdom 5.2 in operation, as the solution is part of a demonstration with the new Dell EMC VMAX 950F all-flash storage array, the highest performance all-flash storage system ever offered by Dell EMC. Virtual Instruments will support real-world workloads simulated by the company’s Load DynamiX Enterprise workload generators and monitored by VirtualWisdom 5.2. Visitors can see demonstrations and presentations in Virtual Instruments’ booth, #1313, throughout the show, which takes place from 8^th to 11^th May in Las Vegas.

“Virtual Instruments continues to be a strong and innovative Dell EMC partner across all of their infrastructure performance monitoring and storage performance testing platforms,” said Adnan Sahin, Senior Director and Distinguished Engineer, VMAX Storage Solutions, Dell EMC. “We’re excited to showcase the extreme performance, scalability and reliability of the VMAX all-flash 950F to Dell EMC World attendees.”

New VirtualWisdom 5.2 features support hyperconverged architectures and improved visibility of hybrid IT infrastructure environments, providing real-time situational awareness throughout the entire enterprise IT organisation. Key features include:

· New topology visualisations that allow users to instantly identify fabric component speed mismatches;

· New dashboard enhancements that make it easier to produce application-focused views that aggregate data across key infrastructure components;

· Expanded usability to accelerate systems configuration and apply the right analytics to accelerate problem resolution;

· New personalisation pages so users can select their preferred User Interface theme;

· Enhanced navigation support for more breadcrumbs, as well as detailed and turnkey selection options for analytical views and preferences;

· REST API access with token-based authentication; and

· Beta support for the hyperconverged VxRails platform including VMware VSAN data collection, which can be incorporated and correlated with the VirtualWisdom management and analytics platform. In addition, VirtualWisdom will support the Dell EMC ScaleIO software-defined-storage platform later this year.

"With our new Performance Probe, alongside VirtualWisdom 5.2, we've lowered the barrier to entry for critical visualisation and analysis of vast infrastructure data," said Philippe Vincent, CEO of Virtual Instruments. "Our App-centric IPM can now give a broader customer base insight into their infrastructure performance within the context of supported applications, making infrastructure teams even more valuable to the application owners they support."

“I continue to be impressed with Virtual Instruments, as they are clearly listening to their customers and aggressively evolving the VirtualWisdom platform for the increasingly hybrid data centre,” said George Crump, founding analyst and chief steward, Storage Switzerland. “The company’s unique combination of real-time monitoring, advanced correlation, and actionable analytics are essential for organisations that can’t tolerate performance slowdowns or IT infrastructure outages.”