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The All-Flash Array for theNext Generation Data CenterSOLUTION OVERVIEW
The SolidFire SolutionScale-out high performance storage systems designed for large scale infrastructure
Largest and Fastest all-SSD storage system 4 - 100 nodes, 35TB - 3.4PB, 200K - 7.5M IOPS
Industry-standard hardware, 10 GigE iSCSI
20X performance of traditional SANs
Best-in-Class Quality of Service (QoS) Architecture
10x reduction in operational cost
Delivered near/below the cost of traditional 15K spinning disk SAN
Flash for the Next Generation Data Center
Scale-Out Architecture
New nodes are added as demand dictates Performance and capacity instantly available to all volumes Nodes added on the fly without down time
174 TB
207 TB
241 TB
275 TB
375,000 IOPS
450,000 IOPS
525,000 IOPS
600,000 IOPS
Performance
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Linear ScalabilityStarter 5 node SF9010 configuration
5, SF9010 Nodes 174 TB 375,000 IOPS
Allan Leinwand, ServiceNow CTO:“If your cloud has maintenance windows, you're doing it wrong.”
Performance Virtualization: Independent global pools of capacity and performance
Allocate: Storage performance independent of capacity
Manage: Performance real-time without impacting other volumes
Guarantee: Performance to every volume with fine-grain QoS settings
Deliver Guaranteed Storage Performance and Firm Performance SLAs
Guaranteed Performance - QoS
Eliminating Noisy Neighbors with QoS
The Noisy Neighbor Effect Individual tenant impacts other applications
Unsuitable for performance sensitive apps
SolidFire QoS in Practice Create fine-grained tiers of performance
Application performance is isolated
Performance SLAs enforced
Noisy Neighbor
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Performance 3
Decreased Performance
Cluster wide RAID-less data protection - SolidFire Helix™
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 Real-Time Replication Integrated Backup and Restore Encryption at Rest
Shared Nothing High Availability
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In-Line Efficiency
Always-on, in-line data reduction Deduplication Compression Thin provisioning
Executed across entire data store without performance impact
Space efficient snapshots and clones Delivers drastic reduction in power,
cooling, and floor space
User Error - Storage Complexity Others
Design• Initial 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, SSD)
• Drive quantities and ratio
• Cache requirements
• Drive Sparing
• Aggregate/CPG
• MetaLUN and Bin file layout
Installation• Bin File/RAID Layout
• Aggregate/MetaLUN creation
• Snapshot spare spacing
• Vol0/quorum drive layout
• Aggregate snapshot frequency
• Snapshot growth limits
Operating• GB required
• IOPs required
• Account Creation
• Host to HBA assignment and tracking
• Host initiator count limits
• RAID type required
• Primary Control Node assignment
• IOP limitation concerns
• Snapshot growth policy
• Thin Provisioning (or not)
• Aggregate/CPG assignment
• 40% CPU limit considerations
Scaling• IOPS needed
• GB needed
• Drive Shelves required
• Power/floor space restrictions
• Control node limitations (CPU storage)
Upgrade• HBA compatibility list
• CPU utilization on control nodes
• Maintenance window
• Mitigate risk during node outage
User Error - Storage Complexity SolidFire
Design• Initial size (GB or IOPS)
Installation• None
Operating• GB required
• IOPs required
• Account Creation
Scaling• IOPS needed
• GB needed
Upgrade• None
“Where SolidFire differs, though, is in its focus. It has made decisions with its product to reduce what I like to call “mental friction,” or the ongoing drag on IT staff from operational complexity.” – Bob Plankers, The Virtualization Practice
Automated Management
Integrated REST-based API Enables complete automation of any
SolidFire function Supports development of user-facing
storage controls Seamless integration into current
billing/charge-back systems and management stacks
API Integration Support from SolidFire
Not all flash is created equal…
Scale beyond 100TB
In-line Data Reduction
Native Remote Replication
Guaranteed Performance
Automated Management
High Performance
Shared Nothing HA
All Flash Array Type A
All Flash Array Type B
All Flash Array Type C
All Flash Array Type D
SolidFire Ranks #1 Overall in Gartner Critical Capabilities Study
▪ Report analyzes 13 SSAs across six high-impact use cases
▪ Quantifies product attractiveness against seven critical capabilities that are important to IT leaders.
▪ Overall Use Case▪ Online Transaction Processing ▪ Server Virtualization▪ Virtual Desktop Infrastructure▪ High Performance Computing▪ Analytics
Validated in the most demanding Enterprise and
Service Provider data centers
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VDI Success Story – Large Global Telco
• 3000 user VDI POD – 200K+ Deployment 2YR
• Selected solution after having analyzed and completed Proof of Concepts of(18) Hybrid, Traditional Raid, and Flash Array vendors
• Power savings key business driver SolidFire and Dell Networking helped cut this in ½ compared to competitive solution.
• Replaced existing standard POD which took up 2 44U Racks
• Inline efficiency was key benefit achieved greater than 10X
• API integration with custom management tool easily achieved with REST API
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Total Compute:· 12-14 servers· 24-28U rack space
Top of rack switches, 2U total
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The All-Flash Array for theNext Generation Data CenterFor more information visit www.solidfire.com or email [email protected]
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