Nimble Storage Predictive Flash Platform

Nimble Storage

Predictive Flash Platform

November 2016

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Nimble: The Most Visionary of ALL

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the leader’s quadrant in the last two decades.

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The Nimble Predictive Flash Platform closes the App-Data Gap

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Nimble – the leader in Predictive Analytics

Issues detected and

resolved BEFORE you

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problem

Measured uptime

across the entire

Nimble customer-base

InfoSight solves both storage

and non-storage issues. 54%

of issues solved by InfoSight

are not caused by the storage.

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Collects and analyzes billions of sensor data points daily

Spans the entire infrastructure stack from storage to VMs

Resolves 86% of issues before you even know there is a problem

Predictive analytics and machine learning anticipates and prevents

infrastructure issues

Cloud-based full-stack visibility See exactly what is going on in your multi-site environment, from anywhere in the world

Makes calling support a pleasurable experience

Speak directly with Level 3 Support in less than 1 minute on average


All Flash:

100% FlashA generation beyond

other All Flash Arrays

Optimized price/performance

for mixed mainstream apps and

secondary storage

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Up to 100% Flash

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A Generation Beyond Other All Flash Arrays

Sheer Performance and Scalability

Absolute Resiliency

• 1.2 million IOPS

• 8PB+

• <1ms latency

33%-66% less TCO

• 5X lower footprint


Based on a generationally advanced efficient flash architecture

Cost Effective Memory DesignLess Memory = Lower Cost + More

Scalability

Low Cost and High DensityThe best of both worlds

Exceptional Data ReductionUp to 5X- Always on regardless of workload

20% More Usable Capacity7-year Flash Lifespan

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Primary Data on All Flash

- Application consistent backup/DR

- Quickly recover by application

- DR down to 5 min RPO

- Cost –effectively retain for months

- Zero-copy clones, perfect for Test/Dev

Backup, DR, & Archival on Hybrid-Flash

All Flash Data Protection at a Third of the Cost

1/3the cost


It’s smart, fast, and native. Instant backup and replication

for app consistent data protection and fast recovery

Integrated

Data Protection

Flexible application-granular data encryption

and secure data shredding

SmartSecure

Encryption

It’s NOT overkill, it’s about protecting your data.

Tolerates THREE simultaneous SSD failures PLUS

sector failures on any other SSDs

Triple+

Parity RAID

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Timeless Guarantee

Satisfaction Guarantee

All inclusive software

Flat support price forever

Option for free faster

controller after 3 years *

30-day performance

guarantee at no risk**

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** See https://www.nimblestorage.com/satisfaction-guarantee/ for further details

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Choose N

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• Nimble Storage has the highest customer

loyalty in the storage industry

• Performance and Scalability that goes beyond other All Flash Arrays

– Sheer sustained performance, even under workloads where other AFAs struggle

– 5X lower data center footprint – greater data center efficiency and lower cost

• Radical Simplicity

– Predictive analytics predict and prevent issues that slow down applications

– The flexibility to optimize every app for optimum performance at the lowest cost

• Significantly lower TCO than other AFAs

– 33%-66% lower TCO

– Backup, DR, and archiving at 2/3 lower cost

• Absolute Resiliency and Security

– 99.9997% measured uptime for greater creativity and productivity

– Your data is always safe with flexible application-granular data encryption

• No worries today. No worries tomorrow.

– Timeless Guarantee: No forklift upgrades, all-inclusive software, flat support

pricing for life, and a free faster controller upgrade after 3 years

– Satisfaction Guarantee: Try us and join the 9,450+ customers that love Nimble

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