data core cisco the unified data center - 02 10 2014 (partner version) (2)

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Changing the Storage Landscape with Storage VirtualizationComplete Unification of the Data CenterServers, Networking & Storage

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Global leader in software-defined storage

Over 25,000 deployments world-wide

Flagship product is our hardened 9th generation virtualization platform

Privately held – 16 years in business

Cisco UCS Ready ISV Partner2

DataCore Software


THE GOAL

UNIFY Storage Management

ASSERT Account Control

GROW Share of Wallet

UnifiedData

Center

Compute

Network

Storage

Management

SecurityStorage


The Opportunity…Sell more UCS, Whiptail & Nexus with DataCore

ApplicationHosts

StorageVirtualization

Storage


STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION COMPLETES THE CISCO UNIFIED DATA CENTER

Management

Automated

Fabric

Secure

Computing

Dynamic

Storage

Flexible

Cisco Unified Data CenterDelivering Unified -

Integrated Solutions

25% of IT spend is on storage

Account control requires a winning data management strategy


Cisco Fabric Computing + DataCore Storage Control

The truly Unified Data Center


CISCO UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEMWITH STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY

Cisco UCS with Storage Virtualization Technology breeds simplicity

Agile, flexible, high-performance, self-integrating IT

Reduced staff costs Increased uptime Rapid return on investment Provides a common set of

storage services Abstracts storage

management and services from storage hardware


SWEEPING INFRASTRUCTURE COVERAGE

VSAN SAN CLOUD


Assert Account ControlTop to Bottom

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The Path to Closing Business

Introduce UCS based virtual SANs

Cisco UCS Virtual SAN

Easily displace storage vendors with high density UCS storage and Whiptail appliances

Cisco UCS with embedded storage

virtualization

Abstract storage software from storage hardware

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2

3


Existing SAN► High-end array► Mid or low-end array /

JBODs

COMPETITIVE TAKEOUT


Pool capacity Remove SPOF

► Sync mirror

STEP 1: VIRTUALIZE STORAGE


Add Whiptail Flash Array Migrate contents

non-disruptively Remove competitor Add internal UCS drives

STEP 2: DISPLACE INCUMBENTS


GROW SHARE OF WALLETExpand Storage Attach Rate

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DAS popular again Host-side flash for latency-sensitive apps SAN for bulk shared storage Value shift from arrays to layered software

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CAPITALIZE ON STORAGE UPHEAVAL


COMPETITIVE EDGE

3 Facilitate modernization/ migration

1 Integral storage control from server, to cloud

Attain faster performance from same assets - Optimal use of CPUs/Memory/Channels - Minimize back-end disk dependencies

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Assimilate diverse storage equipment already in place2

7 Upgrade & expand non-disruptively

5 Bring continuous availability Reduce admin effort through extensive automation6


CHANGING THE STORAGE LANDSCAPE WITH STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION

Customer Positioning

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Storage is Growing At an Unsustainable Rate


Performance

Costs

Management

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Challenges of Storage Architectures

Heterogeneous storage management is non-existent Planned downtime is impossible Vendor lock-in cripples innovation

Applications are becoming more demandingServer/desktop virtualization creates bottlenecks

Low utilization of storage Hardware maintenance and refresh cycles are a pain


The Typical Solution?

MORE Incompatible Hardware


3 Pool all storage capacity and provide centralized management

In theory, software should be able to do a few things…

1 Enable different storage devices to communicate with one another

Why Software-defined Storage?

Make hardware maintenance, data migrations, and hardware refreshes easy4

Separate advances in software from advances in hardware2


A Better Solution Has Emerged

The DataCore Software-defined Storage Solution

Runs on x86 servers

Sits in the data path between applications/users and storage hardware

DataCore nodes operate synchronously leaving no single point of failure

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Core Benefits

3-5x Performance Increase

3x Capacity Utilization

Prevent planned and unplanned

downtime

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15 years of development into a complete set of storage services

No other vendor provides these in a hardware agnostic, universally compatible format

Feature Rich Storage Control


Technology Highlights

Automatically tier shared storage resources

3-5x performance on existing storage

Prevent Planned and Unplanned Downtime

Investment protection


Create up to 15 tiers of storage

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Tier 1 Tier 2Tier 0 Tier n

Hot ColdWarm Archive

Above average moves up a tier Below average moves down a tier

AUTO-TIERING

Evaluates data at the block level so data from a single application can reside on multiple storage tiers

Auto-tiering Dynamically Optimizes Resources


15 TB of Flash!

Forced to use Flash

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Auto-tiering Reduces Cost of Flash Storage

AUTO-TIERING

On average, only 1/3 of tier 1 application data needs high performance storage

Before

15 TB Database

With DataCore

15 TB Database

5 TB of Flash + 10 TB disk

1/3 Needs Flash

2/3 can use existing disk


Auto-tiering Reduces Cost of Flash Storage

AUTO-TIERING

On average, only 1/3 of tier 1 application data needs high performance storage

Before With DataCore

15 TB of Flash! 5 TB of Flash + 10 TB disk

At $10,000 x TB = $100,000 savings

Same data requires 10TB less Flash storage


Uses x86-64 CPUs and memory from DataCore nodes as powerful, inexpensive “mega caches”

Run applications at electronic memory speeds vs. slow spinning disks

Intelligently anticipates reads and streamlines writes to optimize performance

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HIGH SPEEDCACHING


Cross-Platform, Metro-wide Synchronous Mirroring

Data is synchronously mirrored between unlike storage systems

Replicate, failover and failback between unlike platforms

Seamlessly move data from one platform to another

SYNC MIRRORING(CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY)


Reduce unproductive hours spent on:

Data Migrations Hardware Refreshes Capacity Expansion Hardware Maintenance Unexpected Downtime

Dramatic Productivity Improvements

62%“In our 24x7 environment, we leverage DataCore to bring in the new SAN, migrate all of the data…without any downtime and within normal business hours.”

Neville LeeDirector of Infrastructure at Englewood Hospital

% of time spent on routine storage tasks


23%


Long-term Investment Protection

Inexpensive or EOL Storage

High-endArrays

MidrangeArrays

Flash / SSDs

INVESTMENTPROTECTION

Future devices

?

• Easily take advantage of advances in hardware technology

• Complete set of cross-platform storage services

• Avoid vendor lock-in and costly forklift upgrades

• Centralize storage management

• Repurpose aging storage systems

• Leverage whitebox or JBOD devices



Hardware $668,480 $317,604

Software $656,143 $180,000

$1,324,623 $497,604

New Economics of Hardware Refresh

INVESTMENTPROTECTION

100 TB Mirrored (~230 TB Raw)

62% Savings

• Better capacity utilization

• Leverage lower cost hardware

• Decrease software licensing costs


Benefits of DataCore Software Defined Storage

Automatically tier shared storage resources


Heterogeneous storage replication and failover

Investment protection


Addressing Storage Challenges

Performance

Costs

Management Simple, centralized management Cross-platform storage services

3-5x performance on existing storage hardware Seamlessly integrate Flash and other

high-performance technologies

3x utilization Decreases dependence on hardware vendor Long-term investment protection


When to get started with SDS

Before your next storage

purchase

Using or considering flash/SSDs

Prior to any data migration

projects


COMMON USE CASESA World of Possibilities

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N-WAY VIRTUAL SAN

Pool total capacity Share across servers Thin provision space

Cache from DRAM Mirror between servers Auto-tier Flash/HDD


2-WAY CLUSTER (i.e. RETAIL STORES)

Hot-hot nodes No single point of failure

Compact High-performance


VIRTUAL DESKTOPS

High user density No external SAN Small disk

Low-cost Very responsive


UNIFIED STORAGE (HA)

Sync Mirror

SAN

SAN

Block Access iSCSI/FC

File Access NFS/CIFS

Block Access iSCSI/FC


TURBO-CHARGED CROSS-OVER

- CDP- Snapshots

Mirrored Copies

Synch Mirror Remote Replication

Caching at host Shared redundant node Offload replicas to SAN


N-WAY SAN STORAGE SERVERS

- CDP- Snapshots

Remote Replication

Front-end I/O nodes Shared redundant node Offload replicas to SAN

Mirrored Copies


The Unified Data Center

ApplicationHosts

StorageVirtualization

Storage


PROOF POINTSCustomer Successes

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Well-differentiated solution Heterogeneous environments Natural fit

SUCCESSFUL TOGETHER

National Taiwan University

Kinmen County Government

Mega Financial Holdings

Yuanta Financial Holdings


DR Site

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PRIVATE CLOUD / BUSINESS CONTINUITY

Primary Data Center

Kinmen County Government


Primary Data Center

DR Site

CENTRALIZED STORAGE MANAGEMENT / DRYuanta Financial Holdings


Private cloud► 120 TB Sync Mirrored

Hosts► Microsoft Hyper-V► VMware vSphere

STORAGE CONSOLIDATIONNational Taiwan University


ALL-UCS CONFIGURATIONMega Financial Holdings

Storage► External SAN► UCS Internal Disk Drives► 40 TB

Hosts► Microsoft Windows Server► RedHat Linux


NEXT STEPS

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Get Trained► DataCore Certified Sales Professional► DataCore Certified Solutions Architect► DataCore Certified Installation Engineer

Execute Joint Marketing & Demand Generation Engage on Joint Opportunities

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Next Steps


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data core cisco the unified data center - 02 10 2014 (partner version) (2)

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