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Unisphere

Unisphere may refer to two distinct meanings in public and technical contexts: a famous public sculpture in New York City and a storage management software suite developed by EMC (now Dell EMC).

Unisphere (sculpture) is a large stainless-steel globe located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York. Built

Unisphere (software) is a web-based storage management interface produced by EMC, now part of Dell EMC, for

for
the
1964–65
New
York
World’s
Fair,
the
sculpture
sits
in
a
reflecting
pool
and
features
a
lattice
of
meridians
and
parallels
that
outline
continents
on
a
spherical
surface.
Designed
by
Gilmore
D.
Clarke,
the
Unisphere
has
become
an
enduring
landmark
of
the
park
and
an
enduring
symbol
associated
with
the
World’s
Fair
and
the
space
age.
Its
imposing
presence
and
reflective
surface
have
made
it
a
recognizable
icon
of
New
York
City’s
public
art.
configuring
and
monitoring
EMC
storage
arrays.
It
replaced
earlier
management
tools
and
provides
provisioning
of
storage
resources,
performance
monitoring,
reporting,
and
the
administration
of
data
protection
features
across
EMC
products
such
as
Symmetrix/VMAX,
CLARiiON,
and
VNX.
The
interface
is
accessible
through
standard
web
browsers
and
includes
variants
such
as
Unisphere
Central
for
managing
multiple
arrays.
As
part
of
Dell
EMC’s
storage-management
ecosystem,
Unisphere
facilitates
lifecycle
operations
from
deployment
to
ongoing
maintenance
and
integrates
with
other
management
tools
to
support
enterprise
storage
environments.