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Introducing Levanta

David Dennis, Director of Marketing

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Agenda

• Levanta Background – who we work with, and the problem we address

• Benefits – ROI of Levanta’s approach

• The Technology – our approach to virtualization & management

• New Levanta Directions & Product Offerings

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Levanta Background

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1 Minute History of Levanta

• Early Origins: LinuxCare, Linux Services and Support

• Changed Focus: IBM mainframe Linux virtualization (Levanta product was born)

• 2004: Expanded to x86 Environments: Scale-Out, Commodity Hardware Environments

• July 2005: New Product Line: Intrepid M Appliance for SMB, SME, Departmental, and Enterprise

• Winner: Most Innovative HW, LinuxWorld 2005

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Who We Work With

"With Levanta's simplified provisioning and change management capabilities, we have more than doubled the number of servers a system admin can manage while at the same time have reduced downtime through easy patch deployment and enhanced restore capabilities."   Mark West, former-CIO, Electronic Arts

"We went from weeks to provision a real server without Levanta to minutes using Levanta."   VP of Emerging Technologies, Wells Fargo

"With Levanta, creating new Linux instances has become very easy. The requests for new functionality are pouring in, and Levanta enables us to create custom tailored instances with the right mix of components, ready to run in minutes instead of hours."   Joe Poole, Technical Services Manager, Boscovs

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The Problem We Solve: Linux Systems Management Complexity

•Commodity HW model scales-out rather than scales-up•Multiple Linux boxes have replaced fewer Unix boxes•Diversity and specialization higher with Linux servers•System management tools not as mature as Unix & Windows•Result: Disappointing Linux TCO savings due to higher management costs compared to Windows & Unix*

*Yankee Group, “Linux, Unix, and Windows TCO Comparison”

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Benefits of Levanta’s Approach

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How Levanta Addresses the Problem

• Levanta provides end-to-end Linux lifecycle management.

• Marries network-boot provisioning with data virtualization and change control.

• State-based, portable solution that can:– Provision a new server in under 5 minutes – Migrate and reactivate a system from one hardware platform to another

in minutes – Provide a seamless transition between virtual servers and physical

hardware – Track byte-level changes with rollback – Rapidly restore a server, even an unbootable one, to a previous, known,

stable state – Completely secure file systems, even from superuser changes– On-demand functionality– Supports commodity hardware, blades, and even virtual machines

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Levanta’s Technology: Simplicity, Speed & Flexibility

• Centralized capture of all server states• Manage 10’s to 1000’s of servers concurrently• Reduce labor efforts by 50% or more• Reduce deployments from hours to minutes• On-demand flexibility without vendor lock-in• Roll-back at will for disaster recovery• Auditability for standards (SarbOx) compliance• Free resources to focus on LOB efforts, not

infrastructure

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Example ROI: City University of New York

Before LevantaHours Per Week Spent on Provisioning, Change Control, and Disaster Recovery 20Hours Spent Per Month on Provisioning, Change Control, and Disaster Recovery 80Linux Administrator Salary Per Year $71,400Linux Adminstrator Hourly Salary $37.19Raw Cost of Lifecycle Management Per Month* $2,975.00Raw Cost of Lifecycle Management Per Year* $35,700.00

After LevantaLevanta Effort Reduction** 89.6%Lifecycle Management Cost Reduction, Year 1 $31,981.25Cost of Levanta Intrepid M with 60 Licenses, Year 1 ($21,495.00)Lifecycle Management Cost Reduction, Year 2 $31,981.25Cost of Maintenance & Support, Year 2 ($4,299.00)Total 2 Year Savings $63,962.50Total 2 Year Investment ($25,794.00)Total 2 Year ROI 247.97%

*Does not include business impact costs**Based upon CUNY effort reduction, CUNY Case Study

“Levanta reduced an 8-hour process down to 5 minutes”-Arty Ecock, Manager Enterprise Systems, CUNY

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The Technology

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Anatomy of Servers and Desktops

Bootable O/S Kernel Runtime Environment

Applications

Configurations Files and Content

Platform Attributes

Storage

Software & Data

Server Mainframe Laptop Workstation Blade

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Changing the Game: Dynamic State and Storage Virtualization

RepositoryShared Read-only

OverlayAll managed modified files

PrivateUnmanaged

Smart MirrorState Transition Vectorsper-file from the Overlay.Only stores bits that havechanged since last checkpoint

Checkpoint

Roll-back(single-file granularity)

TransientNon-Persistent

Sh

ared Storage

Copy-On-Write

Brokered by Levanta MapFS

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Virtualization Leads to Easier Management

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New Product Line:

Intrepid M

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Levanta Intrepid M

• Complete Version Control and Roll-back– Comprehensive change management at single-file granularity– Rollback any change in minutes

• Portability: Hibernation and Migration– Migrate systems from one hardware to another in minutes– Portable environment

• Rapid Provisioning of Servers and Workstations– Customizable pre-configured templates– Provisions in minutes

• Centralized Software Deployment and Maintenance– Rapid patching

• Service on demand– Cost effective resource allocation

• Low Costs– Shared storage– Minimal Management– Can run diskless

• Quick & Easy Setup• NAS & SAN support early 2006

Turnkey Linux Lifecycle Management

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Levanta Intrepid Specs

• Inexpensive – from $8995• Manages 40-100 servers and workstations, depending on config.

– Additional cooperating appliances for larger populations• Includes 1.4TB of shared storage (optionally 2TB)

– Additional storage from Levanta or 3rd party vendor• Very reliable

– Hot-swap RAID-5 storage– Hot-swap redundant power supply– Hot-swap fans– Optional redundant Failover appliance

• Includes 2 10/100/1000 Ethernet NICs• Includes templates for various server types and workstations, or make

your own• Includes 10 licenses for servers and workstations

– Additional licenses for $250 per target

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Instant Workgroup From A Box“Just add inexpensive platforms and stir”

Web Server

Mail ServerPOP3IMAP

Anti-SpamAnti-Virus

SMB File ServerCheckpoint

MS Windows files

Calendar Server

Source Code ServerPerforce

CVS

To Internet, orOptionally, an

external firewall

Levanta IntrepidDHCP server

Shared StorageFirewall & Gateway (optional)Levanta Manager Software

To other NAS or SAN

Storage (future)

VOIP Server

Workstations

Inclu

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Templ

ates

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Summary: Strengths of Levanta’s Linux Management

• Virtualization– Redeploy vServers practically anywhere, anytime

• Speed– Faster than imaging or procedural

• Setup– Appliance Line allows for ‘Management in a Box’ quick setups– Up and running in <1 hour

• Change Control– Granular, byte-level tracking– Rollback or Restore within minutes– Super-user secure

• Flexibility– Widest variety of supported HW (x86 & mainframe), virtualizations (UML

& VMWare), and storage options• Storage Savings

– Repositories reduce storage by order of magnitude• Best TCO Reduction / Best ROI

– Faster, better, & cheaper than either manual or procedural solutions• Best of Breed

– The experts in Linux systems management, provisioning, & CCM

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Questions?

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