Flash Arrays Enable the Next Generation Data Center

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The All-Flash Array for theNext Generation Data Center

Jesse Genson – SolidFire Systems [email protected]

612-201-0601

Powering the World’s Most Demanding Data Centers

The Most Complete AFA Feature Set

• Scale-out Architecture• Self Healing High Availability• Guaranteed QoS• Complete System Automation• In-line Data Reduction

• 3rd Generation of Hardware• 8th Generation of Software

Innovative

Sales, Marketing, and Support :

• Over 450 Employees • HQ: Boulder, Colorado• North America• EMEA• APJ

Global

Enabling Customer Success

• Founded 2010• GA Product since Nov 2012• Over 2500 nodes shipped • More than 45PB under mgt• Fueling over 58,000 business• Acquired by NetApp - Jan 2016

Proven

#1 ALL-FLASH ARRAYCC 2014 & 2015

Updated 2/16/16

High performance storage systems designed for large scale infrastructure

Industry Leading Quality of Service (QoS)

Scale-Out Architecture• 4 – 100 nodes• 4TB – 3.4PB Usable Capacity• 200k – 7.5M Controllable IOPS

Simple all inclusive pricing model Direct Tier 3 Support

for every customer

Industry-standard hardware• 10 GigE iSCSI, 16/8 Gb FC

All-flash storage platform for the next generation data center.

Scale-Out Guaranteed Performance

Automated Management

Global EfficienciesData Assurance

Flash V1 PCI Flash

Requirements constantly changingConsumes the most capital and time

Applying All-Flash in your Data Center

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Performance at any cost(Transactional Processing / Trading Platforms)

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Eliminating Application Silos

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Cloud Orchestration



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Cloud Orchestration

What if you could run all applicationsin a single storage infrastructure?

…with guaranteed performance

Consolidate with Guaranteed QoS


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Cloud Orchestration

Consolidate with Guaranteed QoS

• Guarantee storage performance to every application

• Combine a broad array of application workloads within a single storage platform

• Increase application density and resource utilization

• Respond to demands faster and with greater agility than ever before

Platform Building Blocks

2405 • 4TB effective capacity• 50,000 guaranteed IOPS




Scale-Out Agility

Performance

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200,000 IOPS35 TB Guaranteed Compatibility between all SolidFire storage nodes

• Future-Proof your storage investment• Eliminate storage migrations and forklift upgrades• Never wait 3 years for an upgrade

Linear Scale of Performance and Capacity

Expand / Contract without disruption or reconfiguration

Scale-Out Agility

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Scale-Out Agility

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• Platform Compatibility Guarantee– Ensures that all future software & platforms from SolidFire will interoperate with existing infrastructure

• Unlimited Drive Wear Guarantee – Eliminate concerns around flash endurance– No restrictions on use-case or workload

Never ObsoleteUnparalleled Investment ProtectionNo more forklift upgrades

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What if you had automated generational storage array upgrades (controller upgrades) and never

had to migrate data again?

Self Healing High Availability

SolidFire Helix™ Cluster wide RAID-less data protection• 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• Faster recovery as you scale out• Automated Generational Upgrades

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SolidFire QoSEliminates of traditional performance related storage problems - ESG 2015

Guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS)

Dynamically Allocate, Manage and Guaranteestorage performance independent of capacity

Define / enforce Min, Max and Burst settingsfor each application / volume

Eliminating Noisy Neighbor Applications

Decreased Performance

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SolidFire QoS in Practice

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Impact of a Noisy Neighbor

Decreased performance across multiple apps

Trouble Tickets

Data Migrations

Upset Customers

Root cause analysis

Performance tuning

Load balancing

New hardware procurement

Over Provisioning

Impact to Productivity / Revenue

Storage Platform Redesign

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Trending and Analysis – Capacity and Performance

Empower Enterprise IT to deliver greater strategic value to the business• Native REST-based API

• Deep integration with management & orchestration platforms

• Support development of user-facing storage controls

• Reduce risk of human error and associated with complex administrative tasks

• Enables rapid deployment of applications & services

Complete System Automation

“Spin up virtual machines up to 81% faster than traditional storage” – ESG 2015

“SolidFire Automation helps lower operating expenses by up to

– ESG 2015

Empower Enterprise IT to deliver greater strategic value to the business• Native REST-based API

• Deep integration with management & orchestration platforms

• Support development of user-facing storage controls

• Reduce risk of human error and associated with complex administrative tasks

• Enables rapid deployment of applications & services

Complete System Automation


“SolidFire Automation helps lower operating expenses by up to

– ESG 2015

Create Volume API Call

{"method": "CreateVolume","params": {"name": "<Volume

Name>","accountID": 1,"totalSize": 10000,"enable512e": false,"attributes": {},"qos": {"minIOPS": 100,"maxIOPS": 200,"burstIOPS": 300

}}, "id": 1

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Traditional Storage System TasksOTHER VENDORS

DESIGNInitial 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, Flash)

Drive quantities and ratio

Cache requirements

Drive Sparing

Aggregate/CPG

MetaLUN and Bin file layout

INSTALLATIONBin File/RAID Layout

Aggregate/MetaLUN creation

Snapshot spare spacing

Vol0/quorum drive layout

Aggregate snapshot frequency

Snapshot growth limits

Data Migration Strategy

OPERATINGGB and IOPS required

Account Creation

Host to HBA assignment and tracking

Host initiator count limits

RAID type required

Primary Control Node assignment

IOPS limitation concerns

Snapshot growth policy

Thin Provisioning (or not)

Aggregate assignment

40% CPU limit considerations

SCALINGGB and IOPS needed

Drive Shelves required

Power/floor space restrictions

Control node limitations (CPU storage)

Controller Upgrade or Replacement

UPGRADEHBA compatibility list

CPU utilization on control nodes

Maintenance window

Mitigate risk during node outage

Storage Virtualization Compatibility

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ACCELERATEYOUR BUSINESS

Internally Automated Storage System TasksSOLIDFIRE


“SolidFire Automation helps lower operating expenses by up to 67%” – ESG 2015

DESIGNInitial size (GB or IOPS)

INSTALLATION OPERATINGGB and IOPS required

Account Creation


UPGRADEDESIGNInitial size (GB or IOPS)

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Account Creation


UPGRADE

§ SolidFire Cinder driver enables all OpenStack block storage features

§ Ability to set and maintain true QoS levels on a per-volume basis

§ Create, snap, clone and manage SolidFire volumes directly

§ Run OpenStack instances on a SolidFire volume

§ Eliminates arduous management layers between OpenStack and the storage system

§ SolidFire driver fully integrated into OpenStack -no additional features / licenses required

Customer SuccessDeep OpenStack Integration Validated Interoperability

The Block Storage Choice for OpenStack

http://platform9.com/resources/Platform9-Solidfire-Solution-Brief.pdfhttp://www.solidfire.com/resources/webinar-solidfire-plus-platform9-simply-faster-openstack

Solution Benefits• Cloud – De-Duplication typically scales with capacity• VDI – Enables full-clones saving on compute• Databases – Enables Test/Dev spinoffs and replica setsDrives cost below the price of disk

In-line Data Reduction at scale

5 – 10X Data ReductionAlways-on Deduplication, Compression and Thin Provisioning

Solution Benefits• Cloud – De-Duplication typically scales with capacity• VDI – Enables full-clones saving on compute• Databases – Enables Test/Dev spinoffs and replica setsDrives cost below the price of disk

In-line Data Reduction at scale

5 – 10X Data ReductionAlways-on Deduplication, Compression and Thin Provisioning

The data that you put on the array determines your efficiency. At large scale our efficiencies shine.

• Replication (synchronous / asynchronous)• Snapshots & clones• Integrated cloud backup – S3, Swift• Global efficiencies in a single cluster at large scale• 256-bit Data At Rest Encryption• Comprehensive logging – SNMP, Syslog• ActiveIQ cloud based monitoring• Secure multi-tenancy (VLAN support, volume access groups)• Simultaneous multiprotocol support (FC / iSCSI) • Deep integrations: VMware, OpenStack, CloudStack

All Inclusive Feature Set

Snapshots/VSS

OverviewNEXT GENERATION DATA PROTECTION

①Real-time Replication• Synchronous• Asynchronous• Snapshot

②Snaps/Clones• Scheduled• Single• Group

③ Integrated Backup & Restore• S3• Swift

④ ISV• Microsoft VSS• CommVault• NetBackup

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④ ISV• Microsoft)VSS• CommVault• NetBackup

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Support Criteria SolidFire Competition

Level 3 engineer support on the first call. No tiered support ✔ ✗

Single case owner from opening to resolution ✔ ✗

In-house, regional support centers ✔ ✗

Industry standard parts depot support ✔ ✔

Simple architecture resulting in simplified part replacement and faster supportresolution

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Software Upgrades done remotely ✔ ✔✗

Active Support

World Wide

Direct Tier 3 support to every customer3

Real-Time telemetric data and trending analysis

#1 ALL FLASH ARRAYCC 2014 & 2015

Proven in the World’s Most Demanding Data Centers

Service Providers Large Enterprise

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Q&A

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Flash Arrays Enable the Next Generation Data Center