Unique benefits include
- Leverages software-defined storage technology (EMC ScaleIO) to virtualize the server’s direct-attached storage into a shared network-based storage pool that is similar to SAN storage.
- Creates a flexible foundation for delivering IaaS at scale that can support a wide range of use cases (separately or in combination).
- Makes it easy to achieve extreme scale—1000+ nodes.
- Multiple hypervisor support- vSphere 6.0 with others to follow (KVM).
- Software-defined networking is optional.
