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Who Is Emergent Systems Exchange (ESX)?ESX Mission Statement: Deliver exceptional value in IT hardware, software and solutions in support of customer needs for technology.• ESX is an IT infrastructure, software and managed services company
uniquely positioned to provide solutions in support of client needs.• Hardware Agnostic – providing diverse IT solution comparisons • Family owned – started in 2005• More than 3,000 customers in 50 states and 29 Countries• ESX consists of six key business areas:
Ø Equipment –New & RemanufacturedØ Professional servicesØ Maintenance – Post Warranty SupportØ Asset Recovery – ITAD / IT Asset DispositionØ ESX LeasingØ Server Revolution – Cloud / MSP / Back Up
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Watch where we take storage from here…
The All-Flash Array for theNext Generation Data Center
Jesse Genson – SolidFire Systems [email protected]
612-201-0601
Powering the World’s Most Demanding Data Centers
The Most Complete AFA Feature Set
• Scale-out Architecture• Self Healing High Availability• Guaranteed QoS• Complete System Automation• In-line Data Reduction
• 3rd Generation of Hardware• 8th Generation of Software
Innovative
Sales, Marketing, and Support :
• Over 450 Employees • HQ: Boulder, Colorado• North America• EMEA• APJ
Global
Enabling Customer Success
• Founded 2010• GA Product since Nov 2012• Over 2500 nodes shipped • More than 45PB under mgt• Fueling over 58,000 business• Acquired by NetApp - Jan 2016
Proven
#1 ALL-FLASH ARRAYCC 2014 & 2015
Updated 2/16/16
High performance storage systems designed for large scale infrastructure
Industry Leading Quality of Service (QoS)
Scale-Out Architecture• 4 – 100 nodes• 4TB – 3.4PB Usable Capacity• 200k – 7.5M Controllable IOPS
Simple all inclusive pricing model Direct Tier 3 Support
for every customer
Industry-standard hardware• 10 GigE iSCSI, 16/8 Gb FC
All-flash storage platform for the next generation data center.
Scale-Out Guaranteed Performance
Automated Management
Global EfficienciesData Assurance
Flash V1 PCI Flash
Requirements constantly changingConsumes the most capital and time
Applying All-Flash in your Data Center
PerformanceLow
Performance and Capacity(Public / Private Cloud, IaaS)
High
Cheap and Deep [object / file](Backup / Archive / Video Streaming)
Performance at any cost(Transactional Processing / Trading Platforms)
# of Applications
Flash V2 - All Flash Array
Flash V1 PCI Flash
Requirements constantly changingConsumes the most capital and time
Applying All-Flash in your Data Center
PerformanceLow
Performance and Capacity(Public / Private Cloud, IaaS)
High
Cheap and Deep [object / file](Backup / Archive / Video Streaming)
Performance at any cost(Transactional Processing / Trading Platforms)
# of Applications
Flash V2 - All Flash Array
Flash V1 PCI FlashFlash for the Next Generation Data Center
Requirements constantly changingConsumes the most capital and time
Applying All-Flash in your Data Center
PerformanceLow
Performance and Capacity(Public / Private Cloud, IaaS)
High
Cheap and Deep [object / file](Backup / Archive / Video Streaming)
Performance at any cost(Transactional Processing / Trading Platforms)
# of Applications
Eliminating Application Silos
VirtualInfrastructure
Database
Virtual Desktop
Cloud Orchestration
Eliminating Application Silos
VirtualInfrastructure
Database
Virtual Desktop
Cloud Orchestration
Eliminating Application Silos
VirtualInfrastructure
Database
Virtual Desktop
Cloud Orchestration
What if you could run all applicationsin a single storage infrastructure?
…with guaranteed performance
Consolidate with Guaranteed QoS
VirtualInfrastructure
Database
Virtual Desktop
Cloud Orchestration
Consolidate with Guaranteed QoS
• Guarantee storage performance to every application
• Combine a broad array of application workloads within a single storage platform
• Increase application density and resource utilization
• Respond to demands faster and with greater agility than ever before
Platform Building Blocks
2405 • 4TB effective capacity• 50,000 guaranteed IOPS
4805 • 8TB effective capacity• 50,000 guaranteed IOPS
9605 • 16TB effective capacity• 50,000 guaranteed IOPS
9010 • 16TB effective capacity• 75,000 guaranteed IOPS
Scale-Out Agility
Performance
Capacity
200,000 IOPS35 TB Guaranteed Compatibility between all SolidFire storage nodes
• Future-Proof your storage investment• Eliminate storage migrations and forklift upgrades• Never wait 3 years for an upgrade
Linear Scale of Performance and Capacity
Expand / Contract without disruption or reconfiguration
Scale-Out Agility
Performance
Capacity
43.6 TB 250,000 IOPS
200,000 IOPS35 TB Guaranteed Compatibility between all SolidFire storage nodes
• Future-Proof your storage investment• Eliminate storage migrations and forklift upgrades• Never wait 3 years for an upgrade
Linear Scale of Performance and Capacity
Expand / Contract without disruption or reconfiguration
Scale-Out Agility
Performance
Capacity
43.6 TB 250,000 IOPS
52.2 TB 300,000 IOPS
200,000 IOPS35 TB Guaranteed Compatibility between all SolidFire storage nodes
• Future-Proof your storage investment• Eliminate storage migrations and forklift upgrades• Never wait 3 years for an upgrade
Linear Scale of Performance and Capacity
Expand / Contract without disruption or reconfiguration
Scale-Out Agility
Performance
Capacity
43.6 TB 250,000 IOPS
60.8 TB 350,000 IOPS
52.2 TB 300,000 IOPS
200,000 IOPS35 TB Guaranteed Compatibility between all SolidFire storage nodes
• Future-Proof your storage investment• Eliminate storage migrations and forklift upgrades• Never wait 3 years for an upgrade
Linear Scale of Performance and Capacity
Expand / Contract without disruption or reconfiguration
• Platform Compatibility Guarantee– Ensures that all future software & platforms from SolidFire will interoperate with existing infrastructure
• Unlimited Drive Wear Guarantee – Eliminate concerns around flash endurance– No restrictions on use-case or workload
Never ObsoleteUnparalleled Investment ProtectionNo more forklift upgrades
Storage Platform ResourcesCapacity
Performance with QoS
Scale-Out Agility
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Storage Platform ResourcesCapacity
Performance with QoS
Scale-Out Agility
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Scale-Out Agility
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Storage Platform ResourcesCapacity
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Scale-Out Agility
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Scale-Out Agility
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What if you had automated generational storage array upgrades (controller upgrades) and never
had to migrate data again?
Self Healing High Availability
SolidFire Helix™ Cluster wide RAID-less data protection• No single points of failure• Automatic self-healing – restores
redundancy after failure• Maintains all QoS settings regardless of
failure condition• Non-disruptive hardware and software
upgrades• Faster recovery as you scale out• Automated Generational Upgrades
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SolidFire Helix™ Cluster wide RAID-less data protection• No single points of failure• Automatic self-healing – restores
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failure condition• Non-disruptive hardware and software
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SolidFire Helix™ Cluster wide RAID-less data protection• No single points of failure• Automatic self-healing – restores
redundancy after failure• Maintains all QoS settings regardless of
failure condition• Non-disruptive hardware and software
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SolidFire QoSEliminates of traditional performance related storage problems - ESG 2015
Guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS)
Dynamically Allocate, Manage and Guaranteestorage performance independent of capacity
Define / enforce Min, Max and Burst settingsfor each application / volume
Eliminating Noisy Neighbor Applications
Decreased Performance
Noisy Neighbor
Eliminating Noisy Neighbor Applications
Decreased Performance
Noisy Neighbor
SolidFire QoS in Practice
500 IOPS
1000 IOPS
1200 IOPS
8000 IOPS
Impact of a Noisy Neighbor
Decreased performance across multiple apps
Trouble Tickets
Data Migrations
Upset Customers
Root cause analysis
Performance tuning
Load balancing
New hardware procurement
Over Provisioning
Impact to Productivity / Revenue
Storage Platform Redesign
Churn
Eliminating Noisy Neighbor Applications
Boot Storm
Eliminating Noisy Neighbor Applications
Boot Storm
Trending and Analysis – Capacity and Performance
Empower Enterprise IT to deliver greater strategic value to the business• Native REST-based API
• Deep integration with management & orchestration platforms
• Support development of user-facing storage controls
• Reduce risk of human error and associated with complex administrative tasks
• Enables rapid deployment of applications & services
Complete System Automation
“Spin up virtual machines up to 81% faster than traditional storage” – ESG 2015
“SolidFire Automation helps lower operating expenses by up to
– ESG 2015
Empower Enterprise IT to deliver greater strategic value to the business• Native REST-based API
• Deep integration with management & orchestration platforms
• Support development of user-facing storage controls
• Reduce risk of human error and associated with complex administrative tasks
• Enables rapid deployment of applications & services
Complete System Automation
“Spin up virtual machines up to 81% faster than traditional storage” – ESG 2015
“SolidFire Automation helps lower operating expenses by up to
– ESG 2015
Create Volume API Call
{"method": "CreateVolume","params": {"name": "<Volume
Name>","accountID": 1,"totalSize": 10000,"enable512e": false,"attributes": {},"qos": {"minIOPS": 100,"maxIOPS": 200,"burstIOPS": 300
}}, "id": 1
}
Traditional Storage System TasksOTHER VENDORS
DESIGNInitial size (GB or IOPS)
Anticipated growth over lifecycle of array
IOPS required lifetime of product
Node size selection
RAID type, RAID grouping
Drive type (FC, NL, Flash)
Drive quantities and ratio
Cache requirements
Drive Sparing
Aggregate/CPG
MetaLUN and Bin file layout
INSTALLATIONBin File/RAID Layout
Aggregate/MetaLUN creation
Snapshot spare spacing
Vol0/quorum drive layout
Aggregate snapshot frequency
Snapshot growth limits
Data Migration Strategy
OPERATINGGB and IOPS required
Account Creation
Host to HBA assignment and tracking
Host initiator count limits
RAID type required
Primary Control Node assignment
IOPS limitation concerns
Snapshot growth policy
Thin Provisioning (or not)
Aggregate assignment
40% CPU limit considerations
SCALINGGB and IOPS needed
Drive Shelves required
Power/floor space restrictions
Control node limitations (CPU storage)
Controller Upgrade or Replacement
UPGRADEHBA compatibility list
CPU utilization on control nodes
Maintenance window
Mitigate risk during node outage
Storage Virtualization Compatibility
LESSTIME
ACCELERATEYOUR BUSINESS
Internally Automated Storage System TasksSOLIDFIRE
“Spin up virtual machines up to 81% faster than traditional storage” – ESG 2015
“SolidFire Automation helps lower operating expenses by up to 67%” – ESG 2015
DESIGNInitial size (GB or IOPS)
INSTALLATION OPERATINGGB and IOPS required
Account Creation
SCALINGGB and IOPS needed
UPGRADEDESIGNInitial size (GB or IOPS)
INSTALLATION OPERATINGGB and IOPS required
Account Creation
SCALINGGB and IOPS needed
UPGRADE
§ SolidFire Cinder driver enables all OpenStack block storage features
§ Ability to set and maintain true QoS levels on a per-volume basis
§ Create, snap, clone and manage SolidFire volumes directly
§ Run OpenStack instances on a SolidFire volume
§ Eliminates arduous management layers between OpenStack and the storage system
§ SolidFire driver fully integrated into OpenStack -no additional features / licenses required
Customer SuccessDeep OpenStack Integration Validated Interoperability
The Block Storage Choice for OpenStack
http://platform9.com/resources/Platform9-Solidfire-Solution-Brief.pdfhttp://www.solidfire.com/resources/webinar-solidfire-plus-platform9-simply-faster-openstack
Solution Benefits• Cloud – De-Duplication typically scales with capacity• VDI – Enables full-clones saving on compute• Databases – Enables Test/Dev spinoffs and replica setsDrives cost below the price of disk
In-line Data Reduction at scale
5 – 10X Data ReductionAlways-on Deduplication, Compression and Thin Provisioning
Solution Benefits• Cloud – De-Duplication typically scales with capacity• VDI – Enables full-clones saving on compute• Databases – Enables Test/Dev spinoffs and replica setsDrives cost below the price of disk
In-line Data Reduction at scale
5 – 10X Data ReductionAlways-on Deduplication, Compression and Thin Provisioning
The data that you put on the array determines your efficiency. At large scale our efficiencies shine.
• Replication (synchronous / asynchronous)• Snapshots & clones• Integrated cloud backup – S3, Swift• Global efficiencies in a single cluster at large scale• 256-bit Data At Rest Encryption• Comprehensive logging – SNMP, Syslog• ActiveIQ cloud based monitoring• Secure multi-tenancy (VLAN support, volume access groups)• Simultaneous multiprotocol support (FC / iSCSI) • Deep integrations: VMware, OpenStack, CloudStack
All Inclusive Feature Set
Snapshots/VSS
OverviewNEXT GENERATION DATA PROTECTION
①Real-time Replication• Synchronous• Asynchronous• Snapshot
②Snaps/Clones• Scheduled• Single• Group
③ Integrated Backup & Restore• S3• Swift
④ ISV• Microsoft VSS• CommVault• NetBackup
S3 / Swift CLOUD
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③ Integrated)Backup)&)Restore• S3• Swift
④ ISV• Microsoft)VSS• CommVault• NetBackup
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Platform Building Blocks
2405 • 4TB effective capacity• 50,000 guaranteed IOPS
4805 • 8TB effective capacity• 50,000 guaranteed IOPS
9605 • 16TB effective capacity• 50,000 guaranteed IOPS
9010 • 16TB effective capacity• 75,000 guaranteed IOPS
Support Criteria SolidFire Competition
Level 3 engineer support on the first call. No tiered support ✔ ✗
Single case owner from opening to resolution ✔ ✗
In-house, regional support centers ✔ ✗
Industry standard parts depot support ✔ ✔
Simple architecture resulting in simplified part replacement and faster supportresolution
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Software Upgrades done remotely ✔ ✔✗
Active Support
World Wide
Direct Tier 3 support to every customer3
Real-Time telemetric data and trending analysis
#1 ALL FLASH ARRAYCC 2014 & 2015
Proven in the World’s Most Demanding Data Centers
Service Providers Large Enterprise
Thank You
Thank You
Q&A
For a deeper dive, onsite discussion and/or SolidFire demo please contact your
ESX team.