delivering first class performance and availability for virtualized tier 1 apps

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DELIVERING FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE & AVAILABILITY FOR VIRTUALIZED TIER 1 APPS

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CIO Directive: Go Virtual!


Balancing Tradeoffs is Not Easy

PERFORMANCE

SIMPLICITY

COST

UPTIME


Impact of Performance & Availability

Slow andinaccessibleapplications

Dissatisfied users

Productivity loss Lost revenue


Storage Complexity is Growing at Unsustainable Rates

Different models Different generations

Different vendors Different disk interfaces


Virtualization Introduces Performance Barriers…

Virtualization highlyrandomizes I/O


…and Service Interruptions

n1, n2, n3 workloads

Virtualized applications are not accessible when

a server goes down


Traditional I/O Bottleneck Reduction Approaches

Database and Application Re-design and Tuning

Limited effect; Time consuming; Labor intensive; Costly

Adding CPU and Memory Does not help if system is I/O bound

Server Hardware Caching Complex, Reliability and Scalability Concerns, Vendor Lock In

Add Hard Disk Drives Costly; Power, cooling, and footprint inefficient; performance constrained

Traditional Storage System Caching

Hit Rate Limited; Random Reads / Writes Performance Issues; Disks Still Bottleneck


HDDs & Traditional Flash Approaches are Expensive or Disruptive

Suitability for shared high performance for virtualized environments

IOPS

/ $

PCIe Flash

DAS Flash

Legacy diskStorage array

Hybrid Flash / Disk

SAN Flash

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SAN

Cluster

Traditional Approaches Limit Availability

“Rip-out” internal drives

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Cluster

Facility = Single Point Of Failure

Air conditioning Power Water leaks Construction Technician error Accidents Upgrades …

VMs & data stored in one place

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Widespreaddowntime during storage outages


The Fundamental Question

How do I cost-effectively add predictable and sustained performance and high availability to serve my application requirements?


Engineered to deliver performance► 100% solid state flash storage► Unmatched random IOPS performance► Interoperability for virtualized environments► Maximum flash performance over Ethernet

Simple and non-disruptive to deploy

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Leverage Networked Flash Architecture

1/10 GbEswitch

InstalledSAN storage


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PCIe Cards

Traditional HDD

Networked Flash~350,000 IOPS max

to any application

$100-$200K

Disruptive Implementation

~60,000 IOPS

$500K

Complex Implementation

140,000 IOPS

$32K

Simple Implementation

Hybrid Array

~20,000 IOPS

$40K

Rip & Replace Implementation

Networked Flash: Non-disruptive, Cost-effective Performance Acceleration


Introduce Flash as a New Performance Tier…

CAPACITY

SP

EE

D

Tier 110-15K RPM HDDs

Tier 27200 RPM HDDs

Tier 0Flash


…and Continuous Availability


…and Continuous Availability through Separation


Via Networked Flash & Storage Virtualization Technologies

Data


ACCELERATING PERFORMANCE

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Dynamically Optimize New and Existing Capacity

Tier 110-15K RPM HDDs

Tier 0Flash

Tier 27200 RPM HDDs


Pool Other Arrays Too

ExistingSAN

Storage

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Take a Closer Look


CONTINUOUSAVAILABILITY


Mirror

(F:)

Production

Production

Mirror Between Rooms

Up to 100 KmBuilding 1

Building 2

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Networked Flash

SASSATA

Networked Flash

SASSATA


(F:)

Out-of-Service

Non-Disruptive Failover

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ProductionBuilding 1

Building 2

SASSATA

SASSATA

Networked Flash

Networked Flash


SOLUTION ADVANTAGES


Accelerates application response times Delivers predictable high performance at a lower

cost per IOPs Prevents data loss and provides continuous

availability Fully utilizes all your storage assets Dynamically matches the workload to the storage

performance Eases management of asset replacement and

restoration Sets you free from single vendor lock-in

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Delivering a Unique Value Proposition


Superior Technology for Superior PerformanceViSX, with its integrated DataPump Engine, outperforms the competition in typical virtualized and databases applications:

• ViSX IOPS > Vendor A by 300% (other flash start-up)

• ViSX IOPS > Vendor B by 33+% (large well-known storage vendor) at 1/5 the price

Independently measured with Iometer by Demartek.


SCALABLE PLATFORM


Cluster

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ExistingSAN

Storage

Current Environment: Shared Array


Cluster

Storage Virtualization

Introduce Solution: Networked Flash & Storage Virtualization

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Cluster


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Scale Up : Add SSD Modules


Cluster


Scale Out & Up: Add ViSX Appliances

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Take The Next Step

Call us for a Free Consultation

Rethink Your Virtualization Strategy

Request anAssessment

We look forward to transforming your business with you

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