TechTarget Event - Storage Architectures for the Modern Data Centre – Martin Cooper

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Martin Cooper Director of Systems Engineering [email protected]

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Martin  CooperDirector  of  Systems  [email protected]

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The  Industry’s  Broadest  All-­‐Flash  PortfolioAFF

Performance  plus  robust  data  management  optimized  for  shared  

general  IT

Streamlined  architecture  optimized  for  low-­‐latency  workloads

EFScale  out  service  oriented  flash  storage  

for  next  gen  architectures

SF  

Speed Data  Services     Scale      

Standalone  apps Virtual  infrastructure Cloud-­‐like infrastructure

Infrastructure  buyer  /App  owner

Storage/Infrastructure  architect Cloud/Services  architects

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EMEA  conferences

10000  attendees

6000  attendees

3000  attendees

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Language  is  changing

Traditional  Data  CenterSingle  Tenant

Isolated  work  loadsDedicated  Infrastructure  

Scale-­upPre-­provisioned

Hardware  definedProject  Based

Manual  Administration

Next  Generation  Data  CenterMulti-­tenant  Mixed  workloadsShared  infrastructureScale-­outOn  demandSoftware  definedSelf  serviceAutomation

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Flash  V2  -­ All  Flash  Array

Flash  V1  PCI  FlashFlash  for   the  Next  Generation   Data  Center

Requirements  constantly  changingConsumes  the  most  capital  and  time

Flash  Adoption  in  the  Data  Centre

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

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High  performance  storage  systems  designed  for  large  scale  infrastructure

Industry  Leading  Quality  of  Service  (QoS)

Scale-­Out  Architecture• 4  – 100    nodes• 35TB  – 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

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All-flash storage platform for the next generation data center.

Scale-­Out Guaranteed  Performance

Automated  Management

Global  EfficienciesData  Assurance

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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  TBGuaranteed  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

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Storage  Platform  ResourcesCapacity

Performance  with  QoS

Scale-­Out  Agility

Remove

Remove

2405

4805

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SolidFire  QoS Eliminates                              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

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Eliminating  Noisy  Neighbor  Applications

Decreased  Performance

Noisy  Neighbor

SolidFire  QoS  in  Practice

500  IOPS

1000  IOPS

1200  IOPS

8000  IOPS

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Eliminating  Noisy  Neighbor  Applications

Boot  Storm

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Eliminating  Noisy  Neighbor  Applications

Boot  Storm

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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

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• Performance  tuning,  caching  or  load  balancing• Tiering,  prioritization  or  caching  to  manage• Short  Stroking  or  over  provisioning• RAID  group  or  spare  drive  management• Fire  drills  to  replace  failed  disks,  shelves,  or  controllers• Generational  upgrades  or  platform  migrations

Complete  System  Automation

NO  MORE:

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• Replication  (synchronous  /  asynchronous)• Integrated  cloud  backup• Snapshots  & clones• Global  efficiencies• 256-­bit  encryption-­at-­Rest• Comprehensive  logging• 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

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SF  2405• (10)  240GB  SSD• 8.6TB  (effective)• 50,000  IOPS• 64GB  shared  mem.• 8GB  NVRAM• 2x6-­‐core  2.1GHz            

15m  cache

SF  4805• (10)  480GB  SSD• 17.2TB  (effective)• 50,000  IOPS• 128GB  shared  mem.• 8GB  NVRAM• 2x6-­‐core  2.1GHz

15m  cache

SF  9010• (10)  960GB  SSD• 34TB  (effective)• 75,000  IOPS• 256GB  shared  mem.• 8GB  NVRAM• 2x8-­‐core  2.6GHz

20m  cache  

SF  9605• (10)  960GB  SSD• 34TB  (effective)• 50,000  IOPS• 256GB  shared  mem.• 8GB  NVRAM• 2x6-­‐core  2.1GHz

15m  cache

1U  Form  Factor

10  SSD  Drives

ELEMENT  OS

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Proven  in  the  World’s  Most  Demanding  Data  Centers

Service  Providers Large  Enterprise

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#1  ALL  FLASH  ARRAYCC  2014  &  2015

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Thank  You