Solving the VDI Storage Problem, WhipTail Technologies

XLR8r FLASH-BASED STORAGE ARRAY

VDI’s DIRTY LITTLE SECRET

Each Virtual Desktop NEEDS 20-40 IOs per user

Workload 80-90% WRITEProblem not seen in POC (50-100 users)HDD = 200 IOs per drive5,000 Users = >200,000 IOs = 1,000 HDDs

DISK IS DEAD!!

• Can’t spin faster (200 IOPS/Drive)

• Can’t seek faster(6-8 ms latency)

• Only Performance Option is to Overprovision

• Power, Cooling, & Rack-Space Waste

TCO-ROI | BROKEN

• $300 per user for storage

• Enormous Power, Cooling & Rack Space Requirements

• Limited Random Write Capabilities

• Overprovision Larger Servers

LONG LIVE SOLID STATE!!!

Performance (100x)• IOPS - (250,000/tray)• Low Latency - (0.1 ms)• Throughput - (1.7 GB/s)

Efficiency (95%)• Zero Moving Parts• Less power - (180 watts)• Less space - (99% less)

THREE CHALLENGES FOR SOLID STATE

COST ENDURANCEWRITE SPEED

3 COMMON APPROACHES TO SSD

Add SSDs to an Existing Array

Use Solid State as a Cache

Add SSDs Directly to Servers

Tuned for HDD 5X the Cost1/5 Performance

Doesn’t Solve Root Issue Expensive Poor Write Speed

Higher Cost Maintenance is Difficult Manageability?

SOLVING COST | MLC BASED APPLIANCE

MLC is the most cost-effective form of solid-state storage

IP to ACCELERATE WRITES and MANAGE WEAR across the array

Shared storage appliance is most effective

Must be software-based IP

SOLVING WRITE SPEED & ENDURANCE

Patent-Pending Racerunner Operating System makes MLC Enterprise Ready

Buffering 250,000 WRITE IOs

Linearization 7 Year Drive Endurance

WHIPTAIL XLR8r | SPECIFICATIONS

WHIPTAIL XLR8r | ADVANCED FEATURES

High Availability & Disaster Recovery Auto-SupportSimple, Web-

Based GUI

WhipTail Cluster(coming soon)

1M IOPS(coming soon)

TCO-ROI | FIXED

1/10TH Cost Per User

250,000 IOPs WRITE

180 Watts

2U

VIRTUAL DESKTOP XLR8r

vs.

TRADITIONAL STORAGE RACKS

THREE YEARS | CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

Database Acceleration

OLTP - 15 Million Hits Per DayMicrosoft SQL

VMware ESX - Deduplication

3,000 VDI Users

VDI & ServerVirtualization200 VDI Users

1,000 VDI Users 1,500 VDI Users

Virtualization

Microsoft SQL

WHIPTAIL XLR8r | Everyone’s Talking

WHIPTAIL XLR8r| STORAGE SUMMARY

100X Performance

95% less power, cooling, & space

Compelling TCO

Enterprise Class

Enterprise Ready

Racerunner OS

WHIPTAIL XLR8r| NEXT STEPS

What’s Next?

Remote Demo On-site Eval

Case Studies, Reference Calls

Qualification

THANK YOU!