The Intelligent, Automated IT Infrastructure

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EQUALLOGIC IS CHANGING THE WAY PEOPLE EXPERIENCE STORAGEBy delivering dynamic virtual storage solutions that enable IT organizations to address changing business needs in real time at a reasonable cost

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PS SERIES COMPREHENSIVE DATA MANAGEMENTALL-INCLUSIVE WITH NO ADDITIONAL COSTS

BASESOFTWARE FEATURES

Management Instant on ‘set-up’ manager Group manager Rapid provisioning Roles-based management

Data Protection and Availability

RAID 5, 10, and 50 Automatic RAID placement Multi-path / IO support

Maintenance Phone home Enclosure monitoring system Performance monitoring

ADVANCEDSOFTWARE FEATURES

Storage Virtualization Complete SAN virtualization Thin provisioning Auto-load balancing Automatic storage pools &

tiering Array evacuation

Data Protection and Recovery

Writeable snapshots Multi-volume snapshots Instant restore / cloning Multi-way replication for

disaster recovery

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Server Management IntegrationVSS and VDS ProvidersAutomatic MPIO Connection ManagementAuto-Snapshot Manager/ Microsoft Edition

Exchange , SQL Server and Windows file systems data

Auto-Snapshot Manager/ VMware Edition

Hypervisor-aware SAN-based snapshots and rapid recovery

VMware SRM Storage Adapter

Automated DR for thevirtual data center

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SINGLE-VIEW MANAGEMENTSINGLE SAN MANAGER – ANY SIZE, ANY FORM

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SAN Virtualizer

System Load Balancer

Storage Configuration Assistant — best practice hints and clues

Volume Manager

Data Replication Control

Multiple Storage Pool Creation — online volume movement between pools

Enclosure Monitoring System — in-depth

SAN reporting

Group Manager — Simple Intuitive GUI

SAN ECONOMICS

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HBA (x2):

SAN Port (x2):

MPIO: $ 500

$ 2,000

$ 2,000 NIC (x2):

SAN Port (x2):

MPIO: $ 0

$ 200

$ 250

Fibre Channel IP SAN

$ 4,500 $ 450Total:Total:

CONVENTIONAL ARCHITECTURE

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Storage Processor

Cap

acity

Perform

ance

Free Space

Free Space

ReplicationSnapshots

iSCSI

PeerStorage™ GROUPUnified “Virtual Array”

PS5000 VIRTUALIZATIONFRAMELESS ARCHITECTURE

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Switch

Unified Storage Pool

VIRTUALIZATIONOPTIMIZEDSTORAGE

Advanced features dependent on networked storage

Changing server infrastructure drives need and desire to rethink storage

New abstraction layer create new opportunities and new challenges

Storage infrastructure becomes barrier to reducing complexity

VIRTUALIZATION KEY DRIVER OF NEW STORAGE LANDSCAPE

SANFabric

SANFabric

Growing fast in growth markets

#1 in iSCSI units #1 in Windows/Linux storage Growing 67% faster than the overall storage market Growing 92% faster than the Windows/Linux storage

market

…with respected products

EqualLogic PS5000 Series Uniquely simple virtualized iSCSI SANs

Dell | EMC CX3/4 SAN family Industry leader in Fibre Channel SANs

Dell PowerVault family Affordable, flexible storage for SMBs

DELL STORAGE IN 2008

Data Source: Gartner Qstats May 2008

WHY iSCSI IS IMPORTANT TO VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURES

Simplifies Networked Storage

– Uses more affordable hardware and existing infrastructure

– Leverages ubiquitous networking knowledge

Enhances Consolidation ROI

– Simplifies virtual server deployments

– Reduces acquisition, deployment, and ongoing management costs

Enables a Simple Virtualized Storage Architecture

– Natively supports virtualization primitives

– Allows scalable, flexible networked storage grid implementations

– Load balances across all SAN resources

iSCSISAN

iSCSISAN

IDC's Top Storage Predictions for 2008:

Virtual servers will emerge as the killer application for iSCSI

•Just-in-time scalability

• Seamless scaling of both performance and capacity

•Hands-free management

• Intelligent and automated management that allows you to “set it and forget it”

•Perpetual self-optimization

• Automated load balancing across disks, RAID sets, connections, cache and controllers

• All inclusive functionality

• Advanced software capabilities included, no hidden costs

DELL EQUALLOGIC PS SERIES

iSCSI SAN of the Year

“For virtualization implementations, you can't do better than a PS3800XV [now PS5000XV]"

Intelligent, seamlessly expandable virtualized iSCSI SAN

Innovative virtualized architecture enables:

INDUSTRY TREND: VIRTUAL SERVERS MEET VIRTUAL STORAGE

Physical Infrastructure

Virtualized Assets

An Extendable, Scalable, and Resilient Infrastructure for Both Servers and Storage

EthernetFabric

HIGH DENSITY PS5500E SCALES PS SERIES GROUP CAPACITY BY 3X

16 drives per array192 TBs

48 drives per array576 TBs

3XCapacity

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COMING SOON TO A DATA CENTER NEAR YOU

SATA

SATA

SATA

SSD

SSD

SSD

10GbE/Data

Center Ethernet

10GbE/Data

Center Ethernet

•Fully virtualized storage pools > petabytes in size

•Intelligent, heuristically defined data layouts

•Perpetual self-optimization across storage tiers

•Fully integrated into the virtualized server, network, client infrastructure

SAS

SAS

SAS

Available today for Dell EqualLogic

– VMware Site Recovery Manager Adapter

– Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition

Advanced engineering

– SAN data copy offload– Higher performance, lower overhead

– Thin provisioning – Protect VM’s from running out of thinly provisioned

space

– Advanced multi-pathing– Optimally exploit scale-out, multi-controller

EqualLogic architecture

ADVANCED SAN INTEGRATION THROUGH VSTORAGE API’S

SANFabric

SANFabric

GOAL: Leverage the SAN to optimize storage functions CHALLENGE: Coordinate between ESX and Storage Arrays

API’s

Group Manager

Virtual Center

EQUALLOGIC STORAGE ADAPTER FOR VMWARE SITE RECOVERY MANAGER

Affordable enterprise disaster protection and recovery Auto-Replication coordinates directly with SRM Server Seamless integration of virtualized iSCSI SAN

further simplifies the virtual data center All-inclusive feature of PS Series arrays

Streamlining disaster recovery management and automation

Ethernet Network

Ethernet Network

Wide Area

Wide Area

R1R2R3R4 R1R2R3R4

Ethernet Network

Ethernet Network

Group Manager Group Manager

Production Site

Recovery SiteEqualLogic

Auto-Replication

• High performance, space-efficient online data protection

• Hypervisor-aware, scalable SAN-based solution

• Reduced space overhead & enhanced ESX performance

• Fast recovery of VMs and VMFS DataStores

• Easy to navigate GUI with SAN & VMware-centric views

• Snapshot policies logically assigned to VM hierarchies

AUTO-SNAPSHOT MANAGER / VMWARE EDITIONBUNDLED DATA PROTECTION WITH EQUALLOGIC PS SERIES SANS Automated, Consolidated VM Backup and Recovery

“With ASM/VE, I can automate the virtual machine backup process and recover a lot faster with a simple, integrated feature.”

Cody Page, IT DirectorPeterson Sullivan PLLC CPA

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SANFabric

SANFabric

HOW ASM/VE WORKS

To take a snapshot of all VM’s in a VMFS

Query VC to identify all VMs in VMFS

Query VC to identify SAN volume VMFS is based on

For each VM, command VC to take a VM snapshot (i.e., put each VM in snapshot mode)

Command EQL to take SAN-based snapshot of VMFS volume

For each VM, command VC to delete VM snapshots

VMFS-1

Virtual Center

ESX Server

VMFS-1

Data must be read from SAN into server, then written back to SAN

Inefficient data copy with significant CPU and network overhead

SAN DATA COPY OFFLOADEXAMPLE: STORAGE VMOTION

SANFabric

SANFabric

VMFS-2

Without vStorage Integration

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Optimized data movement within the SAN

Significantly lower CPU and network overhead

Additional ProvisioningUse Cases:

– Clone From Template

– Clone VM

SAN DATA COPY OFFLOAD EXAMPLE: STORAGE VMOTION

SANFabric

SANFabric

VMFS-1 VMFS-2

With vStorage Integration

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EQUALLOGIC VMWARE FOCUS GREATER AUTOMATION, INTELLIGENCE, ADVANCED INTEGRATION

2006 2008 Future

Core TechnologySAN Scalability

Advanced Integration- Site Recovery Manager- Auto-Snapshot Manager/ VMware Edition

Core TechnologyNative 10GbEData Center EthernetSolid State Disk arraysEnhanced load balancing across tiers

Advanced Integration- Linked clones/deduplication- Thin provisioning-Custom multipathing- SAN data copy offload

Core Technology- iSCSI - Virtualized SAN

Advanced Integration- HCL- Auto-Snapshot Manager/ Microsoft Edition

Automated, Policy-Driven Management Based on Real-time Intelligence

Strategic Alignment Of Technology Suppliers

Advanced Integration Across Multiple Layers of Infrastructure

Virtualized Resource Pools

Platforms Optimized for Virtualization

SUMMARY: ARCHITECTING THE DYNAMIC DATA CENTER