Flash Arrays Enable the Next Generation Data Center

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Agnostic
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The All-Flash Array for the
Next Generation Data Center
Jesse Genson – SolidFire Systems Engineer
jesse.genson@netapp.com
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 ARRAY
CC 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 changing
Consumes the most capital and time
Applying All-Flash in your Data Center
PerformanceLow
Performance and Capacity
(Public / Private
Cloud, IaaS)
High
Cheap and Deep [object / file]
(Backup / Archive / Video Streaming)
Performance at any cost
(Transactional Processing /
Trading Platforms)
# of Applications

Flash V2 - All Flash Array
Flash V1 PCI Flash
PerformanceLow
(Public / Private
Cloud, IaaS)
High
Trading Platforms)
# of Applications

Flash V2 - All Flash Array
Flash V1 PCI Flash
Flash for the Next Generation Data Center
PerformanceLow
(Public / Private
Cloud, IaaS)
High
Trading Platforms)
# of Applications

Eliminating Application Silos
Virtual
Infrastructure
Database
Virtual
Desktop
Cloud
Orchestration

Eliminating Application Silos
Virtual
Infrastructure
Database
Virtual
Desktop
Cloud
Orchestration
What if you could run all applications
in a single storage infrastructure?
…with guaranteed performance

Consolidate with Guaranteed QoS
Virtual
Infrastructure
Database
Virtual
Desktop
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
Capacity
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
Performance
Capacity
43.6 TB 250,000 IOPS
200,000 IOPS35 TB
Linear Scale
Expand / Contract

Scale-Out Agility
Performance
Capacity
43.6 TB 250,000 IOPS
52.2 TB 300,000 IOPS
200,000 IOPS35 TB
Linear Scale
Expand / Contract

Scale-Out Agility
Performance
Capacity
43.6 TB 250,000 IOPS
60.8 TB 350,000 IOPS
52.2 TB 300,000 IOPS
200,000 IOPS35 TB
Linear Scale
Expand / Contract

• 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 Obsolete
Unparalleled
Investment
Protection
No more forklift
upgrades

Storage Platform Resources
Capacity
Performance with QoS
Scale-Out Agility
4805

Capacity
Scale-Out Agility
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Capacity
Scale-Out Agility
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Capacity
Scale-Out Agility
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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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UPGRADES
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SolidFire QoS Eliminates of traditional
performance related storage problems - ESG 2015
Guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS)
Dynamically Allocate, Manage and Guarantee
storage performance independent of capacity
Define / enforce Min, Max and Burstsettings
for each application / volume

Eliminating Noisy Neighbor Applications
Decreased
Performance
Noisy Neighbor

Decreased
Performance
Noisy Neighbor
SolidFire QoS in Practice
500 IOPS
1000 IOPS
1200 IOPS
8000 IOPS

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
Churn

Boot Storm

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

Traditional Storage System Tasks
OTHER VENDORS
DESIGN
Initial
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
INSTALLATION
Bin
File/RAID
Layout
Aggregate/MetaLUN
creation
Snapshot
spare
spacing
Vol0/quorum
drive
layout
Aggregate
snapshot
frequency
Snapshot
growth
limits
Data
Migration
Strategy
OPERATING
GB
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
SCALING
GB
and
IOPS
needed
Drive
Shelves
required
Power/floor
space
restrictions
Control
node
limitations

(CPU
storage)
Controller
Upgrade
or

Replacement
UPGRADE
HBA
compatibility
list
CPU
utilization
on
control
nodes
Maintenance
window
Mitigate
risk
during
node
outage
Storage
Virtualization

Compatibility

LESS
TIME
ACCELERATE
YOUR BUSINESS
Internally Automated Storage System Tasks
SOLIDFIRE
“Spin up virtual machines up to 81% faster than traditional storage” – ESG 2015
“SolidFire Automation helps lower operating expenses by up to 67%” – ESG 2015
DESIGN
Initial
size
(GB
or
IOPS)
INSTALLATION OPERATING
GB
and
IOPS
required
Account
Creation
SCALING
GB
and
IOPS
needed
UPGRADEDESIGN
Initial
size
(GB
or
IOPS)
INSTALLATION OPERATING
GB
and
IOPS
required
Account
Creation
SCALING
GB
and
IOPS
needed
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.pdf
http://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 sets
Drives cost below the price of disk
In-line Data Reduction at scale
5 – 10X Data Reduction
Always-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 sets
Drives cost below the price of disk
In-line Data Reduction at scale
5 – 10X Data Reduction
Always-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
Overview
NEXT GENERATION DATA PROTECTION
① Real-time Replication
• Synchronous
• Asynchronous
• Snapshot
② Snaps/Clones
• Scheduled
• Single
• Group
③ Integrated Backup & Restore
• S3
• Swift
④ ISV
• Microsoft VSS
• CommVault
• NetBackup
S3
/
Swift
CLO UD
NATIVE
INTERNAL
3RD PARTY
Synchronous
/
Asynchronous
Replication
Backup
1
2
Backup
Recovery Recovery
4
Element
OS
|
D A T A
A S S U R A N C E
3
Restore

IP#Connectivity
Real%Time)Replication
① Real%time)Replication
• Synchronous
• Asynchronous
• Snapshot
② Snaps/Clones
• Scheduled
• Single
• Group
③ Integrated)Backup)&)Restore
• S3
• Swift
④ ISV
• Microsoft)VSS
• CommVault
• NetBackup
N A T I V E
NEXT(GENERATION( DATA(PROTECTION(
Element+ OS+|+D A T A # A S S U R A N C E
REAL0TIME( REPLICATION
AsyncSync
Async

Support Criteria SolidFire Competitio
n
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 support
resolution
✔ ✗
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
ARRAY
CC 2014 & 2015

Proven in the World’s Most Demanding Data Centers
Service Providers Large Enterprise

For a deeper dive, onsite discussion
and/or SolidFire demo please contact your
ESX team.

Flash Arrays Enable the Next Generation Data Center

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