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The Evolution of Flash

Scott Herbig

Technical Solutions Architect

World Wide Technology, Inc.

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Bio – Scott Herbig

• Technical Solutions ArchitectDC ATC Labs TeamWorld Wide Technology

• Contact Information• Email – Scott.Herbig@wwt.com• Phone – 314-602-4488

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With $9.4B in annual revenue, WWT is a financially strong, privately-held technology solution provider

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MILLENNIALS

2016

CAMARADERIEGIVING BACK

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+$2 billionin 2016!

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World Wide Technology’s Approach

WE DO IT.

IDEATION | LABS | PROOFS OF CONCEPT | APP DEV | INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE

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World Wide Technology’s Approach

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WWT’s Advanced Technology Center Labs

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WWT’s Advanced Technology Center Labs

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER

DATA CENTER LABS

FLASHLAB

ENTERPRISE STORAGE

LAB

SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE

LAB

OBJECTSTORAGE LAB

CONVERGED INFSTR.

LAB

COMPUTELAB

HYPER CONVERGED

LAB

VDILAB

CLOUD MGMT SOFTWARE

LAB

HYBRID CLOUD

LAB

DATA PROTECTION

LAB

PLATFORMas a

SERVICELAB

SOFTWARE DEFINED

NETWORKLAB

CONFIG.MGNT.

LAB

COMPUTE& CLOUD

STORAGE

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Flash History

In Server Flash Storage

High Performance local storage

FusionIO

FLASH CARDS

High Throughput / Microsecond Latency

Real Analytics, HPC

DMX,HDS,HP

Traditional (Legacy Arrays)

High Throughput / Millisecond Latency

VDI, Database, SVI, General Purpose

EMC, NetApp, HP, HDS, Pure, Tintri, Nimble, etc.

FLASH ARRAYS

Faster than traditional spinning disk

VDI, Database, SVI, General Purpose

EMC, NetApp, HP, HDS, Tintri, Nimble, Tegile, etc.

HYBRID ARRAYS

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Flash storage challenges in the DC

• Too many vendor options• Where does it fit• How will my app run on platform

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Flash Categories

RACK SCALEFLASH

MISSION CRITICAL APPLICATIONS FLASH

PURPOSE BUILT FLASH

SCALE OUTFLASH

MID-TIERFLASH

Performanceoptimized next

generation flash

Traditional array with robust data services to best serve mission

critical mode 1 applications requiring the utmost resiliency

Traditional array architecture purpose built and optimized for flash; typically

built-in deduplication and compression

Appliance based flash designed for simple scaling and higher

capacity

Cost-optimized flash platform with

traditional data services & features

Real-time analytics

Real-time fraud detection/protection

Real-time video interrogation

ERP

CRM

Databases

OLTP

Virtual Infrastructure

VDI

Analytics

Multi-Tenant Storage

Data Lakes

Mode 2 Applications

General purpose

Exchange

Remote Office

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Flash Use Cases Here• VDI• VSI• DB• Analytics

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Decision Points

• They are all FAST!• Data Services – what do you need?

• Dedup• Compression

• How do they perform under failure scenarios?• Drive and cable pull.• Power failures

• Is replication needed? If so…• Sync/Async

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WWT’s Flash Lab

All the Latest Flash Products | World-class Expertise | Functionality AND Performance Testing

Brocade DCX x 2

Cisco Nexus 5Ks

Cisco 6248UP Fabric Interconnect

Cisco UCS B200 M4 Blade x 25 SE

Cisco MDS 9148S x2 (16GB FC)

Cisco MDS 9148 x 2 (8GB FC)

Dell EMC VMAX 250/450FX

Dell EMC XtremIO 1 and 2-Brick

Dell FS8000 & SC4012 Array

HP 3PAR 7450 StoreServ

Dell EMC Unity300 F, 400F

Nimble Storage CS700

HDS HUS-VM w/FMD

Tintri Storage T5000 & T880

Kaminario K2

HDS F800All Flash

Pure M70

Violin 7300

NetApp AFF8080

NetApp EF560

NetApp SolidFire2 x FC Gateway

5 x SF19210

Dell EMC Unity

Dell EMC All Flash VMAX

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