ESG Lab Analysis: EMC Symmetrix VMAX Enginuity Version 5875

This report presents an analysis of the value of the EMC Enginuity software update for the Symmetrix VMAX which was released for general availability in December, 2010. Analysis of the results of ESG Lab testing with VMware vSphere and Oracle RAC 11g was used to validate how VMAX software enhancements, including FAST VP and VMware VAAI API support, can be used to virtualize tier-1 applications with confidence.