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Shaun WalshSVP of Corporate Marketingand Development

The Strategic I/O Survey

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Industry Trends

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Key IT Trends

CachingStorage

Global CloudDelivery

The mobility of the data center, application and device will drive

global cloud implementation & consumption

SSD/Flash will change I/O at every tier of the data center &

drive optimized cloud delivery

Growth of 10GbE will drive

consolidation of IP traffic evolving to convergence of IP & Fibre Channel

delivering simplicity, manageability and

TCO savings

Converged Networking

Disparate data characterized by

increased velocity, variety & volume will be converted into actionable

information, driving profits

Big Data Analytics

Networking is the Foundation for Global Information

Virtualization

Pervasive server and storage

virtualization are improving hardware utilization, speeding

deployment, delivering IT agility

and laying the foundation for

cloud computing

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The Bandwidth Big Bang

Storage Expanding by 3X by 20141

78% CAGR in Mobile Data3

33% CAGR in data networking2

Sources: 1:IDC Predictions 2012: Competing for 2020 (#231720, December 2011), 2:Cisco Global Cloud Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2010–2015, 3:Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, February 2012 , 4: Enterprise Strategy Group: Data Center Networking Trends, January 2012 and 2016

8 Zettabytes8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Virtual Machine Density

on ‘Romley’Servers43X90%

WebVideo &Pictures1

Growth in East-West

Data Traffic

2X

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I/O Industry Roadmap

2012 2013 2014 2015

Converged Networking 10Gb 40Gb 100Gb

16Gb 32Gb8Gb Fibre Channel

UniversalLOM & Modular LOM

10Gb40Gb

Blade LOM

High Performance Networking

10GbKernel Bypass

40Gb 100Gb

RDMA (RoCE)Overlay Networks

SRIOVPCIe 3.0

Key IndustryTechnologies

MR-IOV

Multi-FabricAdapters

8FC & 1GbE 16FC & 10GbE 32FC & 40/100GbE

10GbENIC/iSCSI 40Gb 100Gb10Gb

PCIe 4.0

40GbRack LOM

InfiniBand FDR (56Gb) EDR (100Gb)

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Survey Results

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The Strategic I/O Survey

August 2012 survey of 1,529 IT staffers across North America and Europe

Explored the state of data center networks and the strategic networking mission of IT departments

Understand the rate of adoption of key networking and IT technologies

Understand the key challenges facing IT managers between now and 2016

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Key Findings of Survey

Network I/O Is Strategic

Critical to Data Center Growth

Convergence Is Happening

Source: Emulex IT Survey

Bandwidth Will Grow to 100Gb

said their networks will

operate at 100Gbps by 2016

54%76%believe network I/O is the most critical

potential bottleneck in the data center

believe storage and data networks

will inevitably converge into a single unified

network

78%said growing demand for increased network bandwidth is one of

the most critical issues facing data

centers today

81%

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From 1 to 100GbE by 2016

1Gb

10Gb

2008 2012 2016

54% of IT managers expect to have deployed some 100GbE by 2016

100Gb

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The Drivers for Increased I/O

Server virtualization is the #1 trend driving the need for increased I/O in the data center

69% rating it “very” or “extremely” significant”

45% of classified the convergence of storage and data networks as a “very” or “extremely significant” factor in the need for increased I/O

43% said the same of cloud adoption

BYOD & application transitions to the cloud are driving this trend

30% cited big data as a “very significant” or “extremely significant” catalyst for increased I/O in the data center

ServerVirtualization

NetworkConvergence

CloudComputing

BigData

85% 45% 43% 30%

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VM Density Growing by 4X Over Next 4 Years

Sources : *Enterprise Strategy Group: Data Center Networking Trends, January 2012 and 2016

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25

50

2008* 2012* 2016

VMs driving I/O and network demands per

physical server

100

10VMs

24VMs

100VMs

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Go East-West Young Man…

Faster Growing Use of Bandwidth in Data Centers

Server Virtualization

vMotion

Big Data

HPC

East-West Traffic

Biggest Volume Use of Bandwidth in Data CentersApplication to ApplicationNetwork ConvergenceNAS and iSCSICloud and BYOD

North-South Traffic

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Cloud Networking Growth

A majority of respondents (53%) indicated that adoption of the cloud had driven the need for additional network bandwidth in the corporate data center

53% See Cloud Demand

40% indicated that migration to the cloud brought with it a need for at least 25% more network capacity in the data center

40% See Over 25% Growth

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Cost Savings Are the #1 Driver of Cloud Adoption

– Nearly half (45%) of survey respondents said cost savings was a driver of cloud adoption in their organization, making it the #1 reason organizations are moving to the cloud

– Scalability and speed of deployment were the #2 and #3 cloud catalysts, being cited by 31% and 30% of respondents respectively

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45% 45%

31%30% 30% 29%

26%

16%

What are the primary drivers for adoption of the cloud in your organization?

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Increase in Storage in Next 2 Years

Increase in Storage in Next 2 Years

Increase in Bandwidth in Next 2 Years

Big Data Is Driving Bandwidth

Big Data Is Driving Both Networking and Storage

50%Say

50%+

58%Say

50%+

19%Say

100%+

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Big Data Not Just for the Cloud

– Big data applications are dominated by business intelligence (24%), financial (18%), security (11%), and scientific applications (11%)

What is the nature of the big data applications within your organization?

Scientific Applications11%

Financial Applications18%

Business Intelligence24%

Security Applica-tions11%

Medical Applications8%

Website Analytics11%

Retail Analytics5%

Social Media Ana-lytics6%

Search Engine Applications5%

Other1%

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Convergence Is Inevitable…

– 10GbE on Blades

– Growth in 10GbE on Racks

– VM Density

– VDI & BYOD

10GbERomley and VMs

– Fabric-basedComputing Networks

– 10GbE is the Network of Choice

– 10/40/100GbE Co-exist

NetworkVirtualization

– IP Driven via NAS, iSCSI and Big Data

– FCoE Growing with 10GbE Market

StorageGrowth

78% Inevitably Will Converge Networking and Storage

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Network Convergence

68%say that managing a

converged network is simpler than maintaining

separate storage and data networks

66%say that the “pros” of

consolidating disparate data and storage

networks into a single converged network outweigh the “cons”

47%Say politics or organizational structure is preventing them from moving to a converged network

64%of IT organizations have either moved to a single converged network for data and storage, or have plans to converge

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Final Thoughts

Globalization of Data and Delivery

More Data, Users and Bandwidth Is Inevitable

Use the Right Tools for the Job

I/O Continues to Be Strategic to Business

Convergence Is Continuing

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QUESTIONS