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SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE

IN ACTION

Steve Houck – COO DataCore Software

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Storage Market in Midst of Disruption

Server Storage

1985 CHALLENGES

Too many incompatible devices

New software for every device

Silos of storage

Management

NASSAN

2000

Server Storage

Hybrid Arrays

Today

NAS SAN

Server Storage

Flash Arrays

Flash

Hyper-convergedSystems

Cloud


3 Pool all storage capacity and

provide centralized management

The right software must be able to do a few things…

1 Enable different storage devices to

communicate with one another

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Why Software-defined Storage?

Make hardware maintenance,

data migrations, and hardware

refreshes easy4

Separate advances in software

from advances in hardware2


One Software Platform for any Storage Hardware

Accelerate

Centralize &

Automate

Pool & Protect


10th generation product

Runs on standard x86 servers

Most comprehensive hardware agnostic

storage stack in the industry

25,000+ deployments worldwide

Introducing

SANsymphony™-V10

Define Your Storage

Cross-device Storage Services

Auto-tiering

Asynchronous Replication

Storage Pooling

Storage Load Balancing

Random Write Accelerator

Quality of Service (QoS)

Synchronous Mirroring

Adaptive Caching

Thin Provisioning

Data Migration

Snapshots

Continuous Data Protection

NAS/SAN (Unified Storage)

Virtual SAN

Centralized Management Analysis & Reporting


Benefits at a Glance

75% 10x 4x 100% 90%reduction

in storage

costs

performance

increase

capacity

utilization

reduction in

storage-related

downtime

decrease in time

spent on routine

storage tasks

Surveyed DataCore™ Customers Report Up To:

www.techvalidate.com

http://www.techvalidate.com/


Use Cases for SANsymphony-V10

Virtualize

your existing

storage hardware

Create

hyper-converged

storage from

clustered servers

Integrate

Flash/SSDs with

existing storage


Solution Overview

Virtualize

your existing

storage hardware

Create

hyper-converged

storage from

clustered servers

Integrate

Flash/SSDs with

existing storage


Virtualize External Storage Hardware

FUNDAMENTALS OF DATACORE STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION

Runs on standard x86 servers

One set of common storage services for all storage devices

All storage capacity in a single pool eliminating wasted capacity

Unlike storage systems communicate seamlessly reducing complexity and preventing downtime

Replicates data leaving no single point of failure

Seamless scalability with no reason to commit to a single hardware manufacturer

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Create up to 15 tiers of storage

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Evaluates data at the block level so data from a single application

can reside on multiple storage tiers

Auto-tiering Dynamically Optimizes Resources

Below average moves down a tier

Tier 2 Tier 3Tier 1 Tier n

Hot ColdWarm Archive

Above average moves up a tier


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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10x performance on existing storage


Faster Apps / IT Advantage


Data is synchronously mirrored between unlike storage systems

Replicate, failover and failback between unlike devices

Seamlessly move data from one device to another

Cross-Device



Easily Connect Between Sites

Any Application

Any Hypervisor

Any Storage Hardware


Peace of Mind


Solution Overview

Virtualize your

existing storage

hardware

Create

hyper-converged

storage from

clustered servers

Integrate

Flash/SSDs with

existing storage


Transform DAS, Flash & SSDs into Hyper-converged Storage

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Pools local storage resources for

all to share

Runs as a virtual machine

Any hypervisor, any storage,

any server

Faster built-in server RAM for

superior cache performance

Lower cost since only 2 nodes

needed for High Availability

► Flash is optional as

Tier 1 storage


Dramatically increase

performance

Share Flash cards

between hosts

Auto-tier between RAM,

flash and disk

Share capacity across

cluster of servers

Speed up apps with

RAM caching

Full-featured Hyper-converged Storage

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Low Cost Storage at Remote Sites

and Branch Offices

No need to buy

expensive external

storage

Runs on any

standard server

hardware

Increases

application

performance

Scales up

to 1000’s!

Virtual

SANVirtual

SAN

Virtual

SAN

Virtual

SAN

Virtual

SAN

Virtual

SAN

Virtual

SAN

Virtual

SAN

Virtual

SAN

Virtual

SAN

Data Center

Central SAN


Massive Scale for Tier 1 Apps and VDI

1 2 5… … 6443

Scale up to

64 PBScale from 2 to

64 nodesAccelerate up to

100 million IOPS


Solution Overview

Virtualize

your existing

storage hardware

Create

hyper-converged

storage from

clustered servers

Integrate

Flash/SSDs with

existing storage


INTEGRATION AND

MANAGEMENT

How do I integrate

this new technology

with my existing

environment?

What new processes

do I need to manage

this investment?

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Common Challenges With Flash Storage

AVAILABILITY OF

SOFTWARE FEATURES

How do I get the

functionality I need like

high-availability and

failover?

What tools will I have

to handle data

migrations, tiering and

thin provisioning to

ensure that I’m making

the most of my

investment?

SHARING FLASH

STORAGE BETWEEN

APPLICATIONS

Do I really need to

buy dedicated Flash

hardware for every

application?


Flash/HDD Hybrid

One Software Platform

for any Storage Hardware

The Premier Software Stack for Flash

Flash - SSD and Arrays


Auto-tiering


Storage Pooling





Adaptive Caching

Thin Provisioning

Data Migration

Snapshots



Virtual SAN



Easy Integration and Sharing of Flash Storage

Flash Cards inDataCore nodes

Flash Arrays in storage pool

Flash Cards in Hyper-converged

Cluster

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Share Flash between servers and applications

Minimize downtime and risk of integration

Complete set of storage services

Block level auto-tiering

Easily add Flash anytime

Realistic path to all Flashenvironments


Putting it all together

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Expand beyond limits of

clustered hosts

Fast local primary storage

& secondary central pool

Same set of services

across both topologies

Leverage central storage

resources and services

► Replication, backups,

etc.,

Managed from

same console

Combine Hyper-Converged Storage

with Central SAN


Centrally Managed Environment

Major Data Centers[Central SANs]

Branch Office[Hyper-converged]

Cloud Storage

DisasterRecovery Site

[Hyper-converged]

Branch Office[Hyper-converged]


New Economics of Storage Hardware

Avoid hardware vendor lock-in

Skip costly forklift upgrades

Repurpose aging storage systems

Leverage lower cost storage hardware

Massive reduction in planned downtime

Integrate new hardware with minimal disruption

‘The best hardware refresh

is the one we didn’t do’*www.techvalidate.com/product-research/datacore-sansymphony-v

* DataCore Customer

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http://www.techvalidate.com/product-research/datacore-sansymphony-v


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 Lee

Director of Infrastructure at

Englewood Hospital

% of time spent on

routine storage tasks

Before With DataCore

23%


Long-term Investment Protection

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• 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 whiteboxor JBOD devices


When to get started with SDS

Before your

next storage

purchase

Using or

considering

flash/SSDs

Expanding

Server/Desktop

Virtualization

Developing your

Business

Continuity Plan

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Personnel• ~250 people across the globe

Market Segment• Software-Defined Storage

Major Locations• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Headquarters)

• Munich, Germany

• Paris, France

• Reading, UK (European Support Center)

• Sophia, Bulgaria

• Tokyo, Japan (APAC Support Center)

• Founded 1998

• Privately owned

• Investors• Flagship Ventures

• Updata Partners

• Insight Venture Partners


One Storage Services Platformacross your entire infrastructure

10th generation product

16 Years of R&D

25,000+ deployments worldwide

Most comprehensive hardware-agnostic

storage stack in the industry


Auto-tiering


Storage Pooling





Adaptive Caching

Thin Provisioning

Data Migration

Snapshots



Virtual SAN



QUESTIONS?

Contact:

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www.datacore.com

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