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NEXSAN PRODUCTS OVERVIEW
Rich Milner Sr. Systems Engineer
October 2011
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§ NEXSAN Presentation Agenda } Who is Nexsan? } Product Overview } Support } Channel Program
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NEXSAN
What We Do… § Deliver storage systems
purpose-built and priced for the mid-market
§ Focus our solutions on organizations with fast-growing storage requirements.
§ Sell through channel partners. 100%.
Commodity Vendor
Enterprise Vendor
Mid-sized Organizations
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NEXSAN Mid-market Expertise
§ 12 years designing and selling to mid-market } Nexsan designs in the details that make a difference
§ 28,000 units sold in over 60 countries in mid-market to over 10,000 customers
§ Right fit not force fit } Optimized mix of features for the mid-market
§ Purpose-built inside out for single customer type } From products and solutions to buying experience, management, and
support
§ Design Principles for mid-market } Easy } Efficient } Enterprise-class
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NEXSAN – a Global Company
Thousand Oaks, CA § Headquarters
San Diego, CA § Operations § Tech Support
Oxfordshire, UK § SATA/SAS R&D
Montreal, Canada § Assureon® R&D § E5000 R&D
Derby, UK European Sales Offices § Operations § Tech Support
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Nexsan Market Success
Scientific
Medical
CCTV / Security Video
Film / TV
Document Preservation
Aerospace / Military
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Nexsan Products
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Nexsan’s Flexible Storage Platform
Block File / Block Archive
§ E-Series/Beast/Boy } LUNs } High Availability } Hardware RAID } High Density } SATA/SAS/SSD } FC/iSCSI } Active Drawer Technology™
} AutoMAID®
§ E5000 Family } CIFS/NFS } iSCSI } FASTierTM
} Snapshots } Replication } Quotas/Thin Prov. } Online Capacity Expansion
§ Assureon } CAS with Rich Metadata } Tamper-proof } Self-healing } Deduplication } Encryption & Key Mgmt. } File Fingerprinting (WORM)
} Data Retention Policies } Cloud Support
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Nexsan Block Storage Systems
100 / 200 / 400 GB SSD
Ultimate Density Disk Expansion
Ultimate Density Expandable Capacity 2X High Performance
High Density Expandable Capacity 2X High Performance
1 / 2 / 3 TB SATA
15 drives per U
4U, 42 Drives 2U, 18 Drives 4U, 60 Drives
9 drives per U 10.5 drives per U
54 TB in Chassis 84 TB in Chassis
234 TB Maximum 204 TB Maximum
450 / 600 GB 15K SAS
(4) 8Gb Fibre Channel or (4) 10Gb iSCSI & (4) 1Gb iSCSI (4) 6Gb SASx4
15 drives per U
4U, 60 Drives
180 TB in Chassis
High Density Disk Expansion
Dense Fixed Capacity
High Performance
3U, 14 Drives
4.7 drives per U
28 TB in Chassis
28 TB Maximum
1 / 2 TB SATA
(4) 4Gb Fibre Channel & (4) 1Gb iSCSI (4) 6Gb SASx4
9 drives per U
2U, 18 Drives
54 TB in Chassis
High Density Expandable Capacity
High Performance
360 TB Maximum
180 TB in Chassis
(4) 8Gb Fibre Channel & (4) 1Gb iSCSI
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NEXSAN: Enterprise-class
§ Multi-path I/O § Simultaneous FC & iSCSI § Mix SATA, SAS, SSD § Sends alerts for important events
§ Dual Active/Active controllers § No single point of failure § Battery-backed cache
§ Integrated into system and tested at factory
§ Stress test drives § Anti-vibration Design™ § Cool Drive Technology™
OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY
OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE ULTIMATE RELIABILITY
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Nexsan Boy™ and Nexsan Beast™ Highlights
§ Capacity range from 8TB to 204TB } Mix 1/2TB SATA, 450/600GB 15K RPM SAS, and 100/200/400GB SSD
§ High Density } 42 drives in 4U with Beast or 14 drives in 3U with Boy } Expand Beast with the E60X Expansion Chassis for 102 drive bays
§ Ultimate Reliability } Rigorous drive stress tests & populated system burn-in } Counter-rotating drive mounts & Anti-vibration Chassis™ } Cool Drive Technology™
§ Dual Active/Active controllers, each of which has } RAID 0, 1+0, 4, 5, 6 } 1GB (Boy) to 2GB (Beast) battery and flash-backed RAM cache } Boy I/O: (2) 4Gb Fibre Channel, (2) 1Gb iSCSI } Beast I/O: (2) 8Gb Fibre Channel, (2) 1Gb iSCSI, optional (2) 10Gb iSCSI
§ Fully redundant & hot swappable for high availability § Industry-leading Power Management via AutoMAID® § Easy to set up and manage for the IT generalist
} Manage all Boy or Beast storage at all sites from a Web browser } Use VDS-compliant management tools provided by Windows
§ Priced competitively
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SASBoy™ & SATABoy® Disk Arrays
§ Dense, Fixed Capacity } Up to 14 SAS/SATA/SSD drives in 3U } Dual Active/Active controllers } (4) 4Gb FC & (4) 1Gb iSCSI
• With Dual Controllers } No single point of failure } Anti-vibration Design™ } Cool Drive Technology™ } AutoMAID® Power Saving
450 / 600GB SAS 1 / 2TB SATA
64 / 200 / 400GB SSD
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BOY Components
13
Power Supplies
Hard Drives
RAID Controllers
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SASBeast™ & SATABeast® Disk Arrays
§ High Density, Expandable } Up to 42 SAS/SATA/SSD drives in 4U } Dual Active/Active controllers } (4) 8Gb FC & (4) 1Gb iSCSI
• With Dual Controllers } No single point of failure } Anti-vibration Design™ } Cool Drive Technology™ } AutoMAID® Power Saving } Expand via SASx4 Ports with E60X
(60 drives) 450 / 600GB SAS
1 / 2TB SATA 64 / 200 / 400GB SSD
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BEAST Components
15
Hard Drives
Front Cooling Fans (Beast Only)
Auxiliary Cooling Module (Beast Only)
Power Supplies
RAID Controllers
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The Nexsan E60
60 Drives
180TB
Only 4U
SATA / SAS / SSD
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The Nexsan E60
§ Active / Active Controllers } 8 GB cache } Mirrored write cache } Destage to flash
§ Three Active Drawers § 2.5 GB/s sustained Read
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The Nexsan E60 – Features
§ Flexible } Mix 15K, 7.2K, SSD } Vary RAID set sizes } Multiple RAID levels
§ Fast } Over 2.4 GB/s } Over 60K IOPS
§ Reliable } Active Drawer Technology™ } Anti-vibration Design™ &
Cool Drive Technology™ § AutoMAID
} 4 Levels
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The Nexsan E60 – Interfaces
§ Flexible Host Options } Four 1 Gbit iSCSI plus: } Four 8 Gbit FC or } Four 10 Gbit iSCSI or } Four 24 Gbit SAS
§ Expand to E60X via SAS } Today, one E60X } 1Q2012, two E60X
§ Snapshot / Replication } Embedded in RAID controller } Early ship starts 4Q2011
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The Nexsan E18
18 Drives
54 TB
Only 2U
SATA / SAS / SSD
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The Nexsan E18
§ Same Advanced Controller as E60 } Active / Active
Controllers • 4 GB cache • Mirrored write cache • Destage to flash
§ In 2U: } 18 3.5” drives } Two RAID controllers } Two power supplies
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The Nexsan E18 – Feature Review
§ Flexible } Mix 15K, 7.2K, SSD } Vary RAID set sizes } Multiple RAID levels
§ Fast } Over 2.4 GB/s } Over 50K IOPS
§ Reliable } Active Drawer Technology™ } Anti-vibration Design™ &
Cool Drive Technology™ § AutoMAID
} 4 Levels
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The Nexsan E18 – Interfaces
§ Flexible Host Options } Four 1 Gbit iSCSI plus: } Four 8 Gbit FC or } Four 10 Gbit iSCSI or } Four 24 Gbit SAS
§ Low cost iSCSI-only variant
§ Expand to E18X or E60X § Snapshot / Replication
} Embedded in RAID controller } Early ship starts 4Q2011
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High Performance E-Series RAID Controller
§ Host Ports } (2) 8Gb Fibre Channel } (2) 1Gb iSCSI
§ 2 RAID Engines per controller } With dedicated hardware for RAID6
§ High Speed Cache } 2GB on E18, 4GB on E60 (per controller) } Mirrored to second controller, if present } Protected indefinitely using both battery and
flash § Storage Expansion
} (4) 6Gb SASx4 Ports § I/O Option
} 10 GigE iSCSI } 24 Gb
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A Different Kind of Storage Experience
• “Too be honest, I did not even look at the manual when I set them up. It was that easy.”
• “I manage a Petabyte by myself and I sleep at night.” Easy
• “We needed to triple the amount of storage in the same space without increasing power and heat. Only Nexsan could keep us in our data center.”
Efficient
• “I have a Petabyte and did not replace a single drive in the last year. That’s beDer than what we saw with our other vendors.”
• “Every Fme I call, a knowledgeable support person picks up the phone.”
Enterprise-‐class
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NEXSAN: Easy
§ Designed for the IT Generalist } QuickStart wizard 10
minute set-up } Monitor all local and
remote storage from one Web browser
§ Windows Environments } Nexsan Storage Tools
• Local and remote
§ Use Microsoft Tools } Storage Mgr for SANs } Disk Management,
etc.
MicrosoH VDS-‐compliant
§ Active Drawer TechnologyTM
} No heavy lifting required } Drives are active with
drawer open
§ Works well in a ‘lights out’ data center } Alerts, email, SNMP
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NEXSAN Industry-leading Hard Drive Reliability
Hard Drive Stress Tests } Focus on high density inner & high wobble outer rings of platters } Uncover when manufacturing tolerances result in a weak drive } Used by leading drive manufacturers to develop new drives
• Nexsan Stress Tests are licensed • Tests are run in Nexsan storage chassis
} Used to test drives received at Nexsan
Storage Chassis } Anti-vibration Design
• Drives are mounted back-to-back so their disks are counter-rotating • Chassis foundation designed to not transmit vibrations between drives
} Cool Drive Technology • Fans pull air in the front and push air out back through smooth air channels
Nexsan Drives tested in the Storage System at the factory } Solutions are preconfigured and operated for several days 3
2
1
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NEXSAN Enclosure Design
§ SAS/SATA Beast Anti Vibration } Nexsan patented anti vibration technology prolongs
drive life • Drives are positioned in pairs within the chassis • Drives in a pair are counter positioned to dampen
rotational vibration • Drive mounting brackets as designed to act as
vibration absorbers • SAS/SATA drive connection to the horizontal mid-plan
is designed to eliminate insertion and connection stress
} Drives are installed from the top by simply pulling out the Beast and opening the drive access door
Drive pair within SAS/SATA Beast chassis are counter posiEoned
Drive boGom
Drive boGom
RACK
Indicator lights – front and inside Beast Chassis Pulled out on supplied
industrial slide rails
Drive
Drive access door
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NEXSAN Enclosure Design
§ Special Cooling } B14 / Boy utilizes 4 fans for N+N Cooling } B42/Beast, B60, B60E utilizes 11 fans for N+N
Cooling • Does not use a traditional vertical mid-plane common
with other drive chassis. Uses horizontal mid-plan; Air flow is unrestricted
• Air channels that run between each pair of drives • Fans are controlled by a tachometer monitor • Each drive is separately cooled by the air channels
Air Channels
Fan Air Ducts
Drive
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NEXSAN: Efficient
§ Industry-Leading Storage Density
} Up to 15 drives per rack of U – 45 TB per rack of U
} 1/3 the space of alternative storage solutions
} Fewer interconnects improves reliability
SPACE EFFICIENCY
§ Initial Cost § Ongoing Cost - OPEX
} Power consumption } Management costs } Maintenance
§ High reliability - under 1% average in field failure rate
} Drive stress testing } Anti-vibration Design™ } Cool Drive Technology™
COST EFFICIENCY
STORAGE EFFICIENCY
§ Maximize storage investment
} Multiple RAID levels } Intermix of drive types and
sizes – SSD, SAS, SATA } Concurrent Fibre Channel
and iSCSI connectivity
POWER EFFICIENCY
Power Savings Levels
1: Unload heads 25% Power Savings
2: Slow to 4000 RPM 40% Power Savings
3: Stop rotating 60% Power Savings
4: Drive electronics off 87% Power Savings
§ Industry-Leading Power Efficiency
} Up to 87% savings on power and cooling
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§ Level 0: § Disks at Full Power
§ Level 1: § Heads Parked / Unloaded § Sub-second recovery time § 15% to 20% savings
§ Level 2: § Heads Unloaded, Slows to 4000 RPM § 15 second recovery time § 35% to 45% savings
§ Level 3: § Stops Spinning (sleep mode; powered on) § 30 to 45 second recovery time § 60% to 70% savings
§ Level 4: § Stops Drive Electronics
§ 45 to 60 second recovery time
§ Up to 87% savings
NEXSAN AutoMAID
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NEXSAN AutoMAID: Policy-Driven via GUI
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NEXSAN AutoMAID Efficiency Reporting
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E60TM - Service is Safe and Simple Storage Innovation “Active Capacity Drawers”
Disk RACK
ü Pull out a acEve capacity drawer ü Open the hinged cover ü Insert/replace the drive ü Without service disrupEon
AcEve capacity drawers can be safely serviced by one person, where many compeEEve systems require two or three people to safely replace a single disk or fan.
All Components are easy to service ü Power supplies ü Fans ü RAID controllers ü Drives
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NEXSAN Boy and Beast Family Management
§ Simple to Learn and Manage: } Nexsan NexScan onboard intuitive web/browser based GUI } Nexsan Tele-Guard provides standard SNMP and phone home alerts } Nexsan Storage Manager delivers active centralized monitoring of all
Nexsan systems } Secure password protection,
LUN marking, access control, and read only volume support
Use Nexsan Storage Manager to simultaneously manage several Nexsan SAS/SATA storage systems
Configure and manage Raid Sets
Monitor status of all acEve components
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NEXSAN Web Interface
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Boy, Beast, & E-Series Disk Arrays – Summary
§ Dual Active/Active controllers § Multi-path support for popular platforms § Hardware RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 4, 5, 6 § No single point of failure § Mix & match SATA, SAS, SSD § Battery-backed cache
§ Single pane of glass management from a Web browser
§ Manage directly from Windows with VDS-compliant tools
§ Drives are tested in the systems at the factory § Anti-vibration Design™ § Cool Drive Technology™ § Active Drawer Technology™ § AutoMAID® – Up to 87% Power Savings
Key Features
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Virtualization Partners
§ VMware Hardware Compatibility List Certified § VMware Technology Alliance Partner § Microsoft Hyper-V Integrated § Microsoft Windows Certified (WHQL) § Virtual Iron Certified § Citrix XenServer Certified
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VMware Certification for E60 & E18
Product Interface Versions
Nexsan iSeries iSCSI
ESX 4.1 U1, ESX 4.1, ESX 4.0 U2, ESX 4.0 U1, ESX 4.0, ESX 3.5 U51 , ESX 3.5 U41 , ESX 3.5 U31 , ESX 3.5 U21 , ESX 3.5 U11 , ESX 3.51 , ESX 3.0.3 U11 , ESX 3.0.31 , ESX 3.0.2 U11 , ESX 3.0.21 , ESX 3.0.11
SATABoy
Fibre Channel and iSCSI
ESX 4.1 U1, ESX 4.1, ESX 4.0 U2, ESX 4.0 U1, ESX 4.0
SASBoy
SATABeast
SASBeast
E60
E18
Storage Systems Must be on the VMware HCL to be Supported
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Microsoft Certification for E60 & E18
Nexsan Products Vendor SoSware PlaTorms
E60, E18 MicrosoW Hyper-‐V 2008 Enterprise Server, & R2
E60, E18 MicrosoW Windows 2008 Enterprise Server, & R2
E60, E18 MicrosoW Windows 2003 Enterprise Server, & R2
Storage Systems Must Be on the MicrosoW HCL to be Supported
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NEXSAN Support and Warranty
§ Technical Support } 7x24 support available } Support and escalation centers in
San Diego, US; Derby, UK; and Tokyo, Japan
} Remote access troubleshooting capabilities
} Advanced global case tracking } Staffed by Senior Field Application
and Systems Engineers } Email and Web accessible
§ Onsite Support } Several on site uplift options
• 24 x 7 x 4 hour response • 9 x 5 x Next Business Day
Response } Available worldwide } Nexsan Trained Engineers } Locally stocked spare parts
§ Service Programs } 3 Year hardware warranty } Extendable service contracts } Available 7x24 telephone
support } On location pre-exchange
spares } Online software upgrades } Full depot repair service } Technology “refresh” programs
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Nexsan Flexible Storage Platform
E-Series E5000 Assureon
BLOCK NAS ARCHIVE
SAN-‐based or Direct AGached LUNs
CIFS/NFS Shared Folders
Secure Archive Non-‐changing Files
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Key Features
§ Offload Primary Storage } Up to 80% of data is “inactive” (not changing)
§ Streamline Backups and Save money } Reduce time and expenses by up to 80%
§ Meet Government Regulatory Mandates } SOX, SEC-17, HIPAA, GLBA
• Integrity, security, privacy, longevity, search
§ Corporate data retention and deletion goals § Enterprise-class long-term archive § Remote and Branch Offices § Cloud-based Storage
Primary Usage Scenarios
§ Fingerprints files to provide WORM § Provides prior versions of a file § Stores 2 copies of each file on different disk sets § Continuously repairs files with their copy and fingerprint § Fast file search of archive with a Web-browser § Place files on legal hold if required § Single-instance storage saves disk space § AES-256 encryption § Built-in multi-site key management § Authentication via Active Directory or Certificates § Unalterable audit trails § Windows Client moves or copies files to Assureon § Optionally leave shortcuts behind on Windows Servers § Easy to create retention rules and apply them to files § Assureon automatically enforces data retention policies § Enterprise-class high availability § Scales up to multiple petabytes § Single pane of glass management of all Assureons § Existing applications do not need to change § Users don’t need to change how they work § AutoMAID saves on power and cooling bills
Assureon – Advanced Archive Storage
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Introducing the Nexsan E5000 Family All the advantages of Nexsan, now in NAS!
August 2011
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Nexsan’s E5000 Family Highlights
§ Shared files for servers and users via CIFS and NFS
§ Up and running in 10 minutes } Including file shares, snapshots,
and replication § Revolutionary Easy GUI for
ongoing management § Scalable from entry-level (8TB) to
enterprise-sized (1440TB) } Storage Pools for online capacity
expansion } 1Gb and 10Gb Ethernet connectivity
to the enterprise
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§ FASTier™ } Leverages SSD technology to
deliver blazing fast performance with NL-SAS (7200 RPM), SATA, or SAS (15K RPM) drives
§ AutoMAID power efficiency } Industry leading storage efficiency
§ Industry leading storage density } Larger configurations use new
E18 / E60 Storage Systems § No single point of failure
configurations } Dual redundant storage controllers
w/automatic failover } Hot-pluggable Storage Controllers
Nexsan’s E5000 Family Highlights
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Nexsan’s E5000 Family Highlights
§ Highlights } Snapshots (do not consume additional storage) } Asynchronous Replication } Online Capacity Expansion } Per Share Quotas & Thin Provisioning } Active Directory / LDAP Integration } Microsoft VSS integration for accessing prior
versions of files
§ I/O Ports } Two to six 1Gb Ethernet per controller } Optional dual 10Gb Ethernet per controller
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E5000 Authentication & Access Control
§ Integrates with existing authentication system } Active Directory (Windows)
• Users, Groups, Groups of Groups } External LDAP service } Local LDAP service } Users do not have to have a separate logon } Easy to maintain
§ Access Control } Easy to set permissions for shares } CIFS shares support NTFS ACLs
• SMB Versions 1 and 2
} NDMP-based backup/restores preserve all access rights for CIFS or NFS shares
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E5000 Family: Storage Virtualization
§ E5000 Storage Virtualization enables: } Flexibility - the pooling of multiple RAID Groups and Volumes (LUNs) } Up to 2 Pools on the E5110 with expansion chassis } Multiple Pools on E5310 } Additional storage can be added on-the-fly
• Additional storage is detected and added to the pool of your choice • Automatic storage I/O re-balancing • Non-disruptive physical and logical expansion
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Thin Provisioning
Thin Provisioning optimize the utilization of available storage, providing on-demand allocation of blocks of data only when they are actually filled with data, versus the traditional method of allocating all the blocks up front.
Benefits of Nexsan Thin Provisioning: § Guarantee storage for certain applications § Over-provision for other applications § Provide quota maximums for other applications § Allocate and shrink storage allocations as needed
Note: This volume/share level of “Quotas” should not be confused with User and Group-‐level Quotas, which limit a parFcular user’s group to exceed a set amount of space within a share.
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Nexsan E5000 Business Continuity
Optional Data Protection Suite Data Protection Suite
§ Snapshots } Persistent – Up to 2048 per share } Do not require any storage space } Policy based creation and retention } Scheduled } Create a clone of a snapshot for testing or data mining } Point-in-time rollbacks (of shares)
§ Asynchronous/Synchronous Replication } Replication to Disaster Recovery site } Granularity is either a Share or a Pool } WAN-efficient (de-duplication, checkpoint restarts) } Changed blocks are transmitted to target side } Wizard makes it easy to set up
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E5000 Local Data Protection
§ Snapshots } Journaling Method: Consumes less space than the typical Copy on Write
(COW) method } Reservationless: No need to reserve snapshot storage } Block-level snapshots } Schedule: Scheduling granular to 1 minute } Policy: Policy based creation and retention } Windows VSS Integration: Access Snapshot data via Windows Previous
Versions } Rollback: Point-in-time rollbacks (of shares), or manually copy individual
files from mounted snapshots
8am 9am 7pm 6pm 11am 10am 1pm 12pm 3pm 2pm 5pm 3pm
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E5000 Remote Data Protection
§ Asynchronous/Synchronous Replication } IP-based: Replication to another E5000 System (via IP) } Granular: Replicate entire Storage Pools or individual Shares } WAN Efficient: Changed blocks (deltas) are deduplicated, then
transmitted to target side, then “rehydrated” } Remote Snapshots: Also replicate snapshots (for remote rollback) } Setup Wizard: Wizard makes it easy to set up } Continuous: Frequency granular to 1 minute
ReplicaEon E5000 E5000
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Introducing FASTier™ for High Performance
§ FASTier™ uses two kinds of SSDs } 100GB/200GB SSD drives for read/write
cache } 8GB SSD for write cache (E5310 only)
§ 6X Performance on SPECsfs2008_nfs } On an E5110 with FASTier turned on
§ Ideal for VMware, Xen and Hyper-V Computing Environments } Random I/O is accelerated
Server 1 Server 2 Server 3 Server 4 Server 5 Server 6
VMware, Hyper-‐V, Xen, etc.
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FASTier™ Cache
Nexsan FASTier™ Operation Overview
§ Write Journal } 8GB of RAM (with Flash backup upon power
failure) in an SSD on the SAS bus mirrors the write journal in the CPU DRAM
} A write request is acknowledged quickly, once it is in the Write Journal
} The Write Journal is drained as writes are placed into the filesystem; large write-anywhere stripes
§ Read/Write SSD Cache } Caches filesystem reads and writes to
accelerate random I/O performance
Write Journal 8GB RAM on SAS Bus
Filesystem SAS, SSD, or SATA
Drives
Read/Write SSD Cache
100/200GB SLC SSDs
WRITE ACK
§ Filesystem } Uses 400/600GB 15K RPM SAS drives } Uses 1/2/3TB SATA drives } Multiple pools supported
READ
DATA
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E5000 Family
E5110
E5310
E5510
62TB
720TB
1.4PB
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Nexsan E5000 Family Hardware Overview
E5310 Storage (2U to 16U) § (2) E-Series Storage Systems § (2) E-Series Expansion (E60X) § Attach via 8Gb Fibre Channel
NEXSAN E5310™ Main Chassis (3U)
§ (2) Power Supplies § (2) Storage Controllers § (0) Storage Drives § (16) FASTier™ Cache Bays –
capacity up to 1.5TB
E5110 Storage Expansion (3U) § (1) JBOD Chassis § (16) SAS Drive Bays § Attach via SASx4 (24Gb)
Main 5110 Chassis (3U) § (2) Power Supplies § (2) Storage Controllers § (15) Storage Drives § (1) FASTier™ Cache Bay
– capacity of 100GB
NEXSAN E5110™
NEXSAN E5110™ Expansion
NEXSAN E5510™
E5510 Storage (2U to 24U) § (4) E-Series Storage Systems § (4) E-Series Expansion (E60X) § Attach via 8Gb Fibre Channel
Main Chassis (3U) § (2) Power Supplies § (2) Storage Controllers § (0) Storage Drives § (16) FASTier™ Cache Bays –
capacity up to 3.0TB
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Nexsan E5110 Example Configurations
§ Base unit has 15 drive slots § Can choose either SATA or SAS § Expanded with 16 drive JBOD
enclosure § Maximum SAS capacity of 18.6TB § Maximum SATA capacity of 62TB
E5110
8 – 15 Disks 8TB – 30 TB
0 – 100GB FASTier™
E5110 E5110X
8 – 31 Disks
0 – 100GB FASTier™
8TB – 62 TB
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Nexsan E5310 Example Configurations
E5310 E18 & E60X
E5310 E60 & E60X
E5310 E60 & E60X E60 & E60X
E5310 E18 & E60X E18 & E60X
18 – 78 Disks 60 – 120 Disks 78 – 156 Disks 120 – 240 Disks
36 – 216 TB 120 – 360 TB 156 – 468 TB 240 – 720 TB
0 – 1.5TB FASTier™
0 – 1.5TB FASTier™
0 – 1.5TB FASTier™
0 – 1.5TB FASTier™
§ Can use any combina^on of SAS/SATA/SSD and E18/E18X and E60/E60X up to 2 E18/E60s § Maximum SAS capacity of 345.6TB § Maximum SATA capacity of 720TB
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Nexsan E5510 Example Configurations
E5510 E60 x 4
E60X x 4
E5510 E60 x 4
80 -- 240 Disks 240 – 480 Disks
240 -- 720 TB 720 – 1440 TB
0 – 3.0 TB FASTier™
0 – 3.0 TB FASTier™
§ Can use any combina^on of SAS/SATA/SSD and E18/E18X and E60/E60X up to 4 E18/E60s § Maximum SAS capacity of 691.2TB § Maximum SATA capacity of 1440TB
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E5000 Family – Unified and Growing
§ Unified Block / File } Initially 10 Gbit Ethernet iSCSI + NAS } FCoE and Fibre Channel in development } Allocated from common storage pools
§ Active / Active Storage Controllers } For both block and file } Redundant Filesystem Write Cache
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Nexsan E5000 Controllers & I/O Ports
1 – Power Supply Unit 2 – Fan Assembly 3 – Dual 1Gb Ethernet 4 – KVM connection 5 – 6Gb SASx4 Port 6 – Three PCIe Card Slots
Feature E5110 E5310 5510
Dual Controllers Op^onal Yes Yes
Dual Power Yes Yes Yes
Client I/O Ports per Controller
Dual 1Gb Ethernet per controller Op^onal quad 1Gb Ethernet Op^onal dual 10Gb Ethernet (RJ45 or SFP+)
Disk I/O per Controller SASx4 (24Gb)
Dual port 8Gb Fibre Channel Op^onal quad port 8Gb Fibre Channel
Dual port 8Gb Fibre Channel Op^onal quad port 8Gb Fibre Channel
Xeon Quad Core Processors
1 per controller 4 cores per controller
1 or 2 per controller 4 or 8 cores per controller
2 per controller 12 cores per controller
System Memory 12GB per controller 24GB or 48GB per controller 48GB or 96GB
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Nexsan E5000 Storage Capacity
Feature E5110 E5310 5510 Number of 3.5” SAS drive bays in the 3U main chassis 16 bays 16 bays 16 bays
Max # of rota^ng drives in the main chassis 15 drives No drives No drives
Supports 3U Expansion Shelf for up to 16 addi^onal rota^ng drives Yes No No
Leverage E60 / E18 / E60X No Yes Yes
SAS 15K RPM drives SATA or NL-‐SAS 7200 RPM SSD (for permanent storage)
450GB / 600GB 1TB / 2TB n/a
450GB / 600GB 1TB / 2TB / 3TB 100GB / 200GB / 400GB
450/600GB 1TB/2TB/3TB 100GB/200GB/400GB
Maximum drives / capacity 31 drives / 62TB 240 drives / 720TB 480 drives/1440TB
Mix SAS and SATA drives
Yes, with expansion shelf. (all drives within a shelf must be the same drive type)
Yes Yes
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Nexsan E5000 FASTier™ Cache
Feature E5110 E5310 E5510
Number of 3.5” SAS drive bays in the 3U main chassis 16 bays 16 bays 16 bays
FASTier™ Base Package read/write cache
100GB One 100GB SLC SSD (uses 1 drive bay)
200GB Read SSD Two 100GB SLC SSDs (uses 2 drive bays)
600GB Read SSD Three 200GB SLC SSDs (uses 3 drive slots)
One 8GB high speed write cache SSD (uses 1 drive bay)
One 8GB high speed write cache SSD (uses 1 drive bay)
FASTier™ Expansion Pack n/a 200GB SSD Two 100GB SLC SSDs (uses 2 drive bays)
400GB SSD Two 200GB SLC SSDs (uses 2 drive slots)
Maximum Read SSDs for use by FASTier 1 15 15
Maximum Write SSD for use by FASTier 1 3 4
Maximum SSD capacity for use by FASTier 100GB 1.5TB 3TB (6TB in Q12012)
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E-Centre Graphical User Interface
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Nexsan E-Centre Manager
§ Revolutionary Easy to Use GUI } Patent Pending
§ Hierarchical Element Manager
§ Kinematic 3D Display
§ Multi-site Management from a Web-browser
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Nexsan E-Centre Manager
§ Single Pane of Glass Management } NAS Services } E18 / E18X / E60 / E60X } Multi-site
§ Role-based Administration } Accommodates multiple sites and
departments needs
§ Wizard-based configuration tools } Storage pool creation & management } Share creation & management } Snapshots } Volume Management } Asynchronous Replication } High-availability Clustering } User Management & Security } SNMP and Email Alerts
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Nexsan E-Centre Role-based Administration
§ E-Centre Administrator } Most powerful administrator
§ Pool Administrator } Can manage any pools assigned to them } Create, manage, delete shares } Perform data replication operations } Configure and manage snapshots } Manage share-level access permissions
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Nexsan E-Centre Snapshots
§ Wizard-based Snapshot Configuration tool } Start date/time } Frequency } Snapshot retention policies } Auto-deletion of snapshots
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Nexsan E-Centre Convenient Account Setup
§ Share Setup Wizard § Gather Users or Groups
from: } Microsoft Active Directory } External LDAP Service
• In UNIX/Linux Environments } Local LDAP
• E-Centre Authentication
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Nexsan E-Centre Toolbar
§ Access Global System Functions } View / Configure Logs } SNMP Configuration } Manage Users
• For users/groups in AD or LDAP server } Online Help
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E5000 Support Levels
Basic Enterprise Premium Concierge
Hardware Replacement Advance Replacement Ship NBD by two day air, Self Installed FRU
NBD On-Site 4-Hour
Response On-Site
4-Hour Response On-
Site
Software Support Email Nexsan Business Hours Nexsan Business Hours 7x24 7x24
Phone Support (Remote) Nexsan Business Hours Nexsan Business Hours 7x24 7x24
Severity 1 Response (Remote) 4-Business Hours 4-Hour 2-Hour 1-Hour
Severity 2/3 Response (Remote) 6-Business Hours 4 / 8-Business Hours 4-Hour 2-Hours
Software Upgrades (bug fixes, minor releases) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Software Upgrades (new features, bug fixes) No No Yes Yes
Hardware Monitoring and auto-dispatch No No No Yes
Assigned TAM, rapid path to answers No No No Yes
Monthly Health Check No No No Yes
Twice Annual capacity and performance review No No No Yes
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E5000 Warranty & Support
§ Warranty } E5110 is 12 months } E5310/E5510 are 36 months
§ Basic, Enterprise, Premium or Concierge Support for:
} E5000 system including all options and any E60 / E18 / E18X / E60Xs • Prices are tiered based on storage capacity
} Data Protection Package • Prices are tiered based on storage capacity
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Nexsan E5000 Summary
§ E5000 Family NAS } Three Models: E5110, E5310 & E5510 } 8TB to 14400TB of Capacity
§ FASTier™ Cache } Extend Cache with SSD Technologies } 6X Performance when turned on
§ E-Centre Manager } Next Generation GUI } Extreme ease of use
§ E5310 & E5510 Leverages
E-Series } Industry-leading density & power
efficiency
“All the advantages of Nexsan, now in NAS”
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“A Different Kind of Storage Experience”
§ A different kind of storage experience is the promise we make to customers and partners } A promise to deliver a total storage experience that is a superior value
• Easy to select, configure, purchase, deploy, manage, and support
§ A storage experience that delivers systems purpose-built and priced for the mid-market, offering easy-to-use, efficient, enterprise-class solutions that overcome the challenges of traditional storage } Traditional vendors offer enterprise storage with all the features at a very high price
• A force fit not a right fit for mid-market companies
} Other vendors offer lower priced storage but without the enterprise features mid-market companies need
§ Our Flexible Storage Platform, the E-Series, is purpose-built with the design principles that are the right fit for mid-size organizations – Easy; Efficient; and Enterprise-class } Solutions that customers describe as reliable, fast, smart and clever
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