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Introducing CACHEfxScalable Caching Appliances
January 2008
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Current Trends Creating I/O Bottlenecks
Current trends driving Current trends driving painful storage problemspainful storage problems
Storage bottleneck trendsStorage bottleneck trends• Shared I/O applicationsShared I/O applications• File-content explosionFile-content explosion• Server virtualizationServer virtualization• Web-scale applicationsWeb-scale applications• Oracle on NFS/DirectNFSOracle on NFS/DirectNFS
Traditional solutions are no longer effective• Disk over provisioning• Server or subsystem caching
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A New Approach: Centralized Storage Caching
» Dramatically increase performance
• IOPS, low latency, throughput
» Reduce over-provisioning• Less power, space,
cooling
» Guarantee service levels» Install seamlessly
• Maintain storage processes (snapshots, mirroring, archive)
» Scale as a shared network resource
Cached data servedCached data served10-50x faster from memory10-50x faster from memory
Clustered File SystemGear6Scalable Caching Appliance
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Introducing CACHEfx Scalable Caching Appliances
Use high-speed memory to overcome disk-based IOPS and latency limitations
Accelerate data center systems and applications by seamlessly eliminating I/O bottlenecks
» Fit existing infrastructure» Initial focus on NAS/NFS» Support clustered file systems
» Deliver true performance» Low latency» High IOPS» and high throughput
» Support thousands of clients
» Scale to multiple terabytes
» Close the performance gap
ScalableCachingAppliances
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Delivering Results for Production Customers!
3xIncrease in project capacity withno additional storage hardware
5x Application performance increase
85%Reduction in filer load(IOPS and throughput)
100% Client utilization achieved, up from 60%
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VirtualizationVirtualization
DatabasesDatabases
File-centric data storesFile-centric data stores
Shared I/O ApplicationsShared I/O Applications
Electronic designElectronic designAnimationAnimationFinancial analyticsFinancial analyticsEnergyEnergyMedia deliveryMedia deliveryBiotechnologyBiotechnology
Positive Impact of Centralized Storage Caching
New virtual machinesNew virtual machines
Concurrent clientsConcurrent clients
Random accessRandom access
Transaction intensiveTransaction intensive
Large data setsLarge data sets
Peak loads with SLAsPeak loads with SLAs
Performance and Performance and accelerationacceleration
Reduce over-Reduce over-provisioningprovisioning
Quality of ServiceQuality of Service
Investment protectionInvestment protection
Broad Market Applicability
Pervasive Data Center Trends
Consistent Benefits
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CACHEfx Appliance and Reflex OS
Reflex OS™» Coherent memory aggregation» Parallel I/O and real time response
for scalable I/O bandwidth» Intelligent cache services
Appliance Performance» From 250,000 to millions of IOPS» Microsecond response time» Scales linearly
Network» From 1.6 Gigabytes per second» 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
Capacity» Starting at ¼ TB. More capacity via
real time compression. Scale to 5TB
Supported Protocols» NFS and clustered file systems» Other protocols planned
VirtualizationVirtualization
PerformancePerformance
Cache ServicesCache Services
Reflex OSReflex OS
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Deployment Use Cases
Problems» I/O constraints» Poor utilization» Varied service levels
Solutions» Application acceleration» Efficient performance» Guaranteed storage quality of
service
Benefits» Shorten processing times» Simplify configurations» Easily manage peak loads» No infrastructure change» Supercharge all NAS/NFS and
clustered file systems
Performance Performance and and
AccelerationAcceleration
CACHEfx™
Reduce Over-Reduce Over-provisioningprovisioning
Quality of Quality of ServiceService
NFSServers/Storage(clustered file systems)
NFSClients
Applicationand DatabaseServers
Ethernet/IPNetwork
Direct data path available anytime
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What Customers Are Saying About Gear6
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Accelerating storage for real time application performance
“The CACHEfx appliance was very simple to deploy and we quickly saw performance jump through the roof.
»Sony Pictures Imageworks
CACHEfx appliances greatly simplify data management and allow us to do things with network attached storage that we could not do before.
»GX Technology
The scalability and fault tolerant design of the CACHEfx appliance were very attractive features for us, and it was straightforward to integrate the system into our complex environment.
»D.E. Shaw
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Backup Slides
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Caching and Namespace Performance
LowLatency
IOPS
Throughput
Global Namespace
Memory
Disks
Shared NamespaceFile System
Pe
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Capacity
Cac
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Namespace performance
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Current Ineffective Performance Approaches
Latency and IOPS limited by disk
» New hardware, file system, storage software
» Great for capacity,not performance
Scarce memory resources
» Limited capacity» Difficult to scale and
share» Architecturally complex
Latency and IOPS limited by disk
» Over-provision for performance
» Frequent “Hot Spots”» High CAPEX and OPEX
Parallel / Clustered File Systems
Device CachingTraditional NAS