NETAPP HCI: YOUR BIGGEST QUESTIONS ANSWERED

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0. NetApp HCI: Analysts?

Gartner Names NetApp HCI an Evolutionary Disruptor

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“NetApp is a leader in network-attached storage and has acted as an Evolutionary Disruptor by introducing its NetApp HCI solution.” Read the Gartner

Report: Competitive Landscape for HyperconvergedIntegrated Systems here.

1. NetApp HCI: Easy to Install?

> CREATE A NEW VOLUME

Volume Detai ls

GOOD TO GO IN 45 MINUTES

Intuitive, easy-to-use deployment engine

Data only needs to be entered once

A single system that intelligently "thinks for itself"

40 39 3 2 1

EASY TO MANAGE, NO SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

Deep integration through REST-based APIs

NO ADDITIONAL TOOL: INTEGRATES INTO EXISTING MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS

DIRECTLY FROM VCENTER

THROUGH CUSTOM INTEGRATIONS

BY MEANS OF ORCHESTRATION TOOLS

2. NetApp HCI: Easy to Scale?

BASE CONFIGURATIONAllows compute

and storageto scale

independently

Flash Storage

Flash Storage

Compute / Hypervisor

FREE

Flash Storage

Flash Storage

Compute / Hypervisor

FREE

SCALE NON-DISRUPTIVELY

Start with two

chassis …

Never again have to plan

ahead for 3 or more

years

… and incrementally

add more whenever required to

scaleStorageInitial up to 40 nodes

ComputeInitial up to 32 nodes

STORAGE NODES

THREE CONFIGURATIONS TO CHOOSE FROM FOR COMPUTE & STORAGE

S M L

COMPUTE NODES

CPU cores for VMs 2416 36

GB memory for VMs 512384 768

Base Networking

4x 25/10GbE 2x 1GbE RJ45

4x 25/10GbE 2x 1GbE RJ45

4x 25/10GbE 2x 1GbE RJ45

SSDs 6x 960 GB6x 480 GB 6x 1.92 TB

IOPS 50k50k 100k

Base Networking

4x 25/10GbE 2 x 1GbE RJ45

4x 25/10GbE 2 x 1GbE RJ45

4x 25/10GbE 2 x 1GbE RJ45

Net capacity* 11 TB – 22 TB5.5 TB – 11 TB 22 TB – 44 TB

S M L

* Through deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning

Small Medium Large

Small Medium Large

Small Medium Large

Small Medium Large

Small Medium Large

Small Medium Large

FREE

FREE

Small Medium Large

Small Medium Large

EFFICIENT, GRANULAR, COST-EFFECTIVE

PERFORMANCE CAPACITY MEMORY CPU

ALLOW COMPUTE AND STORAGE TO SCALE INDEPENDENTLY

Always exactlyfits current

requirements

Small Medium Large

FREESmall Medium Large

FREESmall Medium Large

Upgrades compared

Compute

EFFICIENT, GRANULAR, COST-EFFECTIVE

NETAPP: NO " HCI TAX"

PERFORMANCE CAPACITY MEMORY CPU LICENSING

$

UPGRADE ONLY IN BLOCKS

PERFORMANCE CAPACITY MEMORY CPU LICENSING

$

Base

Compute

Base

BEFO RE: PAYI NG FO R M O RE THAN YO U USE

More memory/CPU required …

… i.e., pay for storage that you do not need

More memory/CPU

… without unnecessary additional charge for storage

Compute

EFFICIENT, GRANULAR, COST-EFFECTIVE

NETAPP: NO " HCI TAX"

PERFORMANCE CAPACITY MEMORY CPU LICENSING

$

UPGRADE ONLY IN BLOCKS

PERFORMANCE CAPACITY MEMORY CPU LICENSING

$

Base

Compute

Performance

Base

Performance

More storage required … … i.e., inevitably you also pay for more CPU, network and even licenses

More storage

Nothing else :)

BEFO RE: PAYI NG FO R M O RE THAN YO U USE

NETAPP: NO " HCI TAX"BEFO RE: ADDI T I O NAL CHARG E FO R HYPERVI SO R L I CENSE

HCI needs performance for internal processes on l icensing-dependent CPUs

H Y P E R V I S O R

V M V MV M I n t e r n a l p r o c e s s e s

u p t o 30%

Lice

nse-

$ H

yper

viso

r

Required CPU performance comes from the storage block that does not

require a l icense

H Y P E R V I S O R

V M V MV M

Lice

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$ H

yper

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r

SSD SSD SSD

3. NetApp HCI: Performance?

Advanced technology

Foundation for quality of service

Speed

Confidence:No fear of workloads

FLASH ONLY – FOR GOOD REASON

Noisy NeighborInput / Output

11:13 11:14 11:15 11:16 11:13 11:14 11:15 11:16

WITHOUT QUALITY OF SERVICE WITH QUALITY OF SERVICE

11:15 11:16

RISK-FREE CONSOLIDATION

Database VDI App

Quality of Service

Noisy Neighbor

Max IOPS 20,000

Burst IOPS 25,000

Min IOPS 15,000

Reliable with minimum performance guaranteed

Eliminates 93% of typical performance issues in the storage system*

Noisy Neighbor

4. NetApp HCI: Cloud Integrated?

NETAPP DATA FABRIC: CLOUD INTEGRATION IS A STANDARD FEATURE

P u b l i c c l o u d

C o - l o c a t i o n

P r i v a t e c l o u d B a c k u p & D R B a c k u p & D R

R e p l i c a t i o n

O b j e c t s t o r eB a c k u p s e r v i c e

F i l e s e r v i c e s

R e p l i c a t i o n

5. Let’s summarize!

NetApp HCI. Ready for Next. Enterprise-scale hyper converged infrastructure

Guaranteed Performance Automated InfrastructureFlexibility & Scale

Scale On YourTerms

Transform & Empower Your IT Operations

Deliver All Your Applications with Confidence

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