Hybrid storage maker Tintri has updated its hardware and software, so the new VMstore T800 series, running Tintri OS 3.1, can hold vast numbers of virtual machines in a small amount of rack. 

Tintri claims the highest VM densities in the industry, and the units are integrated with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) for automated disaster recovery, as well as SecureVM to encrypt data at rest, and the REST API software development kit (SDK) for workflow automation and ecosystem integration.

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The T880 crams up to 3500 VMs with 100TB of capacity and up to 140,000 IOPS in a 4U system, and is part of the T800 series which also includes the T850 and T820. The units all include VM-level data management across multiple hypervisors, and are intended for virtualised environments and private cloud deployments.

The things can be clustered, of course, with Tintri Global Center handling up to 35,000 virtual machines, 1 PB of usable capacity and up to 1.4 million IOPS in a single 42U rack.

Speed is the main claim of hybrid storage vendors like Tintri, Tegile and Nimble, with the idea that most requests can be handled from flash. Ken Klein, CEO and Chairman at Tintri, said: “With the T800 series, we take our challenge to traditional storage to a new level —what can you do in 4U? The T800 series has the brawn to handle very large scale deployments and the brains to offer VM-level visibility, control, automation and analytics."