DataCore Software with Cisco UCS Complete Unification of the Data Center Servers

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DataCore Software with Cisco UCSComplete Unification of the Data CenterServers, Networking & Storage

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The ability to reconfigure all system components in sync

► Server, Network, STORAGE, Specialty Engines

The flexibility to provide resources within the fabric to workloads as needed

The capability to manage systems from a more holistic standpoint

FABRIC COMPUTING

“A set of compute, storage, memory and I/O components joined through a fabric interconnect and the software to configure and manage them.”

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THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL

By delivering ViPR … we will provide our customers with a lightweight, software-only approach to storage management“ ”VMware’s software-defined storage strategy will bring the same levels of abstraction and automation to the storage infrastructure…“ ”We are a software defined storage company today. While we are building storage systems out of commodity disks, the value is in the software“ ”


Disrupt Discrete IT Markets

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Before Discrete IT

Components and Markets

Servers

$55Be

1.2%

Software

ServersStorage

Appliances Virtualization Unified Storage Applications

Integrated Infrastructure and Platforms

Future Convergence

Today

Components – Markets

PELS

$6.3Be

10.6%

ES HDD

$10.1Be

4.3%

Storage

Software

$15.7Be

5.8%

Storage

$36Be

Systems

4.1%

ES SSD

$3.2Be

36.9%

Networking

$11.8Be

6.1%

Future

Hyper Converged Infrastructure

PCIe

SDDH/SDD

CPU

VMs

Ntwk

Sources: IDC Quarterly storage , PELS and server trackers/forecasters, HDD #243703, SSD #240871, Networking #241281


Embed Storage Controlinto Fabric Computing

truly Unified Data Center


CISCO UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEMWITH STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY

Revolutionizes the storage industry

Accelerates the commoditization of storage

Abstracts storage management and services from storage hardware

Leverages a hardened software platform on cutting edge compute technology


BEYOND EFFICIENCY MORE EFFECTIVE IT

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


The Path To aSoftware Defined DataCenter

Introduce UCS based DataCore virtual SANs

Cisco UCS Virtual SAN

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

Cisco UCS with embedded storage

virtualization

Abstract storage software from storage hardware

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2

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

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CAPITALIZE ON SOFTWARE DEFINED STORAGE


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


…it’s already begun…

MARKET MOMENTUM


Global leader in software-defined storage

Over 25,000 deployments world-wide

9th generation platform

Privately held and profitable for 15 years

Cisco UCS Ready ISV Partner

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DataCore Software


www.datacore.com

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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 (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 No need for flash 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


ARCHITECTURE SUMMARY