Pioneering In-Memory Storage VirtualizationFORSA is a software-defined solution that deploys on commodity hardware and provisions industry-standard DRAM or Intel Optane persistent memory (PMem) as an in-memory storage tier, allowing for vastly improved I/O performance for data-intensive, real-time analytics workloads. This market-leading technology is used by customers seeking to minimize latency, maximize throughput, and scale without performance loss.

Unlike legacy solutions that rely on peripheral storage, FORSA accelerates the performance of I/O-intensive applications by enabling them to run on DRAM or persistent memory-based virtual storage devices. There is no need to rewrite code, and FORSA supports both AMD and Intel platforms. Because FORSA helps reduce storage latency, users can achieve the same level of application performance while utilizing fewer cores. FORSA combines in-memory access speed with enterprise storage features such as enhanced data protection and lifecycle management via clone, snapshot, BLINK backup and restore, and support for FORSA deployment in both virtualized and bare metal computing environments.

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LEADERSHIPMark Stibitz, Executive ChairmanJing Xie, Chief Operating OfficerPramodh Pallapothu, VP of EngineeringLeslie Dalton, VP of Sales

TECHNOLOGYIn-Memory Storage Virtualization

SOFTWARE PRODUCTSFORSA-D (for DRAM)FORSA-P (for PMEM)FORSA-C (for cloud compute)FORSA-T (for tiered persistent memory

at petabyte scale) — 2021

TARGET VERTICALSFinancial ServicesBusiness ServicesRetailTransportation and LogisticsHealthcare

PATENTS19 patents granted on core technology24 patents pending office action11 provisional applications

AWARDSBronze Enterprise Data Storage Product of the Year 2019, Storage Magazine

10 Hottest Data Storage Startups for 2019, CRN

Top Six Enterprise Data Storage Startups to Watch in 2020, TechTarget

CORPORATE PROFILEFormulus Black helps businesses make data-driven decisions in real time. Our award-winning In-Memory Storage virtualization software technology, FORSA, enables the most data intensive applications in the world to run persistently in-memory, at microsecond latency.

The Case for Real-Time DataGlobal data is projected to grow from 33 ZB (2018) to 175 ZB (2025), and 30% of this data will be fast data that must be available in real time to support data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and IoT. According to IDC, “Real-time data will represent nearly 30% of the datasphere by 2025, up from 15% in 2017...By 2021, 60-70% of the Global 2000 will have at least one mission-critical real-time workload.”

In-Memory Storage Market OpportunityFormulus Black has a unique opportunity to help define this market problem by designing a category in which FORSA is the best solution — In-Memory Storage virtualization — and then dominating that market by winning 80%+ market share. The opportunity is vast: 7.5% of TAM = $1B in revenue.

Technology DifferentiatorsFASTEST BLOCK INTERFACE FOR MEMORYFORSA performs best with “write-heavy” or “transactional-heavy” workloads, landing “new” I/O or data in memory media (DRAM or Optane) faster than any other solution. FORSA has been tested and outperforms both competitor persistent memory accelerated solutions as well as Linux native Optane PMem drivers.

PATENTED BITMARKER IN-LINE DEDUPLICATIONFormulus Bit Marker (FbM) is innovative software, methods, and algorithms that enable more user data to be effectively stored in- memory (DRAM or Intel’s Optane PMem), reduce I/O, and enhance data security, while improving TCO. BitMarker increases the storage capacity in memory without the performance hit associated with traditional data compression and deduplication techniques.

PATENTED I/O OPTIMIZATION ARCHITECTURENon-Uniform Random Access (NURA) is an advanced I/O management engine based on the concepts of NUMA that is unique to FORSA. It helps to optimize the performance of transactionally intensive applications on systems with multiple CPUs (perfect for OLTP / HTAP database workloads or as high performance compute side storage in HPC).

BOTH DRAM AND INTEL OPTANE PMEMFORSA can use either DRAM or PMem to provision In-Memory Storage. FORSA developed its own I/O and memory man-agement driver that can be used on both AMD and Intel platforms, and works with systems that only have DRAM as well as systems that are configured with Intel Optane PMem. FORSA enables unmodified applications to run on its POSIX-compliant block interface without any configuration or code changes.

PATENTED BLINK BACKUP AND RESTOREApplication-consistent memory state capture of the entire system in DRAM or persistent memory to local SSDs for data protec-tion, backup, and recovery.

CLOUD COMPUTE POWERED BY OPTANE PMEM FORSA Cloud Compute (FC2) is the only cloud instance that enables storage via Optane in App Direct mode natively as part of its Infrastructure as a Service.

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2019 2023

REAL TIME DATA IN ZETTABYTES

26

Source: IDCs Global Datasphere, 2020

2019 2023

PERSISTENT MEMORY REVENUE$USD Millions

10,436

260

Source: Digital Transormation Driving New “Big Memory” Requirements (IDC)

2,60965

Persistent Memory HardwarePersistent Memory Software & Services

152% CAGR