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Today’s Agenda

● Speaker and Company Background

● Why You Need To Understand The Workload First

● What Are The Different Flash Useage Methods

● Selecting The Right Server Flash Hardware

Our Speakers

George Crump is the founder of Storage Switzerland, the leading storage analyst focused on the subjects of big data, solid state storage, virtualization, cloud computing and data protection. He is widely recognized for his articles, white papers, and videos on such current approaches as all-flash arrays, deduplication, SSDs, software-defined storage, backup appliances, and storage networking. He has 25 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the US.

Doug Rollins is a Principal Engineer in Micron’s Enterprise SSD Systems Marketing team. Prior to joining Micron he spent 17 years working in server system, network appliance, and storage platform/data protection design and manufacturing. He is a co-author of and was instrumental in the early development and validation of SNIA’s SSD Performance Test Specification for Enterprise SSDs, has written and published several papers and has taught hands on labs on SSD performance, and is the named inventor in 13 technology patents.

Background● Analyst firm focused on storage,

cloud and virtualization

● Knowledge of these markets is gained through product testing and interaction with users and suppliers

● The results of this research can be found in the articles, videos, webinars, product analysis and case studies on our web site:http://storageswiss.com

Micron Background● Founded: October 1978, Boise, Idaho

● FY2013 Net Sales: $9.0 billion

● NASDAQ Symbol: MU

● Employees: ~30,000 worldwide

● Products: We offer one of the world’s broadest memory portfolios, including: DRAM components and modules, SSDs, NAND, and NOR, as well as other innovative memory technologies, packaging solutions and semiconductor systems

● Markets We Serve: Micron's products are designed to meet the diverse needs of computing, networking, server, consumer, mobile, automotive, and industrial applications

● Patents: ~26,000

Polling Question

Which of the following best describes your experiences with SSDs?❏ Read about flash but never bought an SSD

❏ Replaced computer HDD but not a server

❏ Been involved with one or two server SSD projects

❏ I work on SSD Implementations all the time

Understanding the Workload First

Understanding the Workload

● Why?○ Enables optimal SSD selection○ Determines which software to

partner with○ Saves $$

● How?○ Empirical data○ Analytic Tools

■ Built into OS / App■ Third party software and hardware

● When○ Trending is Critical

Understanding How Enterprise SSDs (‘eSSDs’) Can Be Used

Where Can eSSDs Be Used?

● Server○ By far most popular deployment

● Array○ Allows efficient SSD utilization○ Dedicated to array○ Most expensive to deploy○ May require network upgrade

● Network ○ Allows efficient flash utilization○ May require network upgrade○ Limited adoption - typically NAS only

Server Side eSSDs

● Why Does Server Side eSSD Use Dominate?○ Very cost effective○ Surgical performance strike○ No network upgrade

● How Server eSSD can be Deployed○ SAS/SATA drive○ RAID controller○ PCIe drive or card FF

● Server Side eSSD Use Cases ○ Boot drives○ Cache (with software)○ Dedicated capacity

Selecting the Right Server eSSD Hardware

The Flash Within The eSSD

● Wear - Life Cycle Concerns○ SLC vs. MLC - Does it matter?○ What does matter in terms of wear?

● Reliability○ Are all flash drives/modules the

same?

● Which Interface Should You Pick○ Is it about more than just latency?

Micron SSD Portfolio for Servers

Segment Product EnduranceCategory Products

Use Model Description

IO Accelerators

Read/write accelerator 25-50 drive fills/day PCIe

Read accelerator/ metadata storage 4-10 drive fills/day PCIe

Mission Critical Storage

Active, business-critical data

5-10drive fills/day

SATASAS

Cloud/Web 2.0 Storage Active data <1-5 drive fills/day SATA

Summary

● Understanding the Problem and Performance Goals Are KEY

● Lots of Good Tools to Make Those Assessments

● Selecting The Right eSSD for the Job is Important - There is a difference

Thank you!

Storage Switzerlandhttp://www.storageswiss.comgcrump@storage-switzerland.

comStorageSwiss on Twitter:http://twitter.com/storageswissStorageSwiss on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/user/storageswiss

Micron SSD Informationwww.enterprisestorage.comMicron on Twitter:http://twitter.com/micronstorageMicron on LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/company/micron-technology

Micron Blog:http://www.micron.com/about/blogs

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