the beginning of the end of the market for all-flash arrays
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Enterprise IT is Transforming Globally
SOFTWARE DEFINED DATA
CENTERINFRASTRUCTURE
2.0CLOUD
COMPUTING
PRIVATE CLOUD
3RD PLATFORM
Regardless of the name, desired outcomes are the same – Next Generation Data Center
PUBLIC CLOUD HAS RAISED THE BAR
Agile Scalable Automated Predictable
NEXT GENERATION DATA CENTER
Storage Architectures have Failed to Keep Up…
... And the gap is further widened by two major market shifts
THE MOVE FROM DISK TO FLASH
THE MOVE FROM SILO’ED TO SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE
“…while other core elements of the datacenter have gone through radical changes over the last decade, data center storage remains fundamentally unchanged…the architectures are fundamentally the same as they were in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
BEST OF BREED
APPLIANCECONVERGEDAS A
SERVICE
SOFTWARE ON
COMMODITY HARDWARE
How would you like to Consume Storage?
SMB / Startups Large Enterprise Hyperscale / SP
E A S I E R I M P L E M E N TAT I O N
H A R D E R I M P L E M E N TAT I O NM O R E V E N D O R L O C K - I N
L E S S V E N D O R L O C K - I N
L E S S F L E X I B L E M O R E F L E X I B L E
S M A L L S C A L E L A R G E S C A L E
SF SERIES APPLIANCES
FUELED BYSOLIDFIRE
The Industry’s Broadest All-Flash Portfolio
AFFPerformance, robust data
management, shared general IT
Streamlined architecture optimized for low-latency workloads
EFScale-out, service-oriented flash
storage for next gen architectures
SOLIDFIRE
SPEEDStandalone apps
Improve slow app response, reduce time to results
Ultra low latency, low cost, direct attach model
DATA SERVICESVirtual infrastructure
Support variety of block and file applications
Unified multi-protocol storage with application integration
SCALECloud-like infrastructure
Performance control for multi-tenant environments
Guaranteed QoS to 1000s of apps
Applying All-Flash to Your Data Center
Flash for the Next Generation Data Center
Requirements constantly changing Consumes the most capital and time
Performance and CapacityPublic / Private Cloud, IaaS
Cheap and Deep [object / file]Backup / Archive / Video Streaming
Extreme PerformanceTransactional Processing /
Trading Platforms
# of
App
licat
ions
Flash V1 PCI Flash
LOW HIGHP E R F O R M A N C E
SolidFireNetApp Hybrid Storage
StorageGRIDAltaVault
All-Flash FASSERVICES
SCALE
NetApp Data Fabric
EF-Series
Proven in the Most Demanding Service Provider & Enterprise Data Centers Globally
ALL-FLASH STORAGE PLATFORM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION DATA CENTER
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SolidFire is Gartner’s highest scoring product for Overall Use Cases for the second consecutive year. That makes us the defending solid-state array champion. In this year’s Critical Capabilities for Solid-State Arrays study, learn why SolidFire SF Series nodes received the highest product score for 5 out of 6 use cases and understand how the SolidFire architecture compares against other all-flash arrays.
Online Transaction Processing
Server Virtualization
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
High-Performance Computing
Analytics
SolidFire SF Series Overall Score
ScoreCritical Capability SolidFire Rating
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2
1
1
3.58
3.61
3.56
3.61
3.66
3.60
HIGHEST RATED ALL-FLASH ARRAY
CC 2014 + 2015
Source: Gartner (June 2015)
DATA ASSURANCE
SOLIDFIRE INTRODUCTION
GUARANTEED PERFORMANCE
AUTOMATEDMANAGEMENT
GLOBAL EFFICIENCIES
SCALE-OUT
Scale-Out Agility
P E R F O R M A N C E
Cap
acity
35 TB 200,000 IOPS
43.6 TB 250,000 IOPS
52.2 TB 300,000 IOPS
60.8 TB 350,000 IOPS
Linear and Non-Linear Scaleof performance and capacity through mixed node support
Expand / Contract without disruption or reconfiguration
Guaranteed Compatibility Between All SolidFire Storage Nodes
Future-proof your storage investment
Eliminate storage migrations and forklift upgrades
Never wait 3 years for an upgrade
Guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS)
Dynamically Allocate, Manage and Guarantee storage performance independent of capacity
Define / enforce Min, Max and Burst settings for each application / volume
Eliminating Noisy Neighbor Applications
Boot Storm
SolidFire QoS Eliminates of traditional performance related storage problems – ESG 2015
93%
Complete System Automation
Self-Service PortalLeverage SolidFire’s upstream OpenStack integration for day 1 operational efficiency
Simple Push Button ManagementAllow clients to create volumes & accounts, set up new host configurations,
boot from SAN or image with APIs through PowerShell
Completely Programmable StorageDeep API integration builds upon the programmatic nature of the Software Defined Data Center
SDK
Always-on Global Deduplication, Compression and Thin Provisioning
In-line Data Reduction
SOLUTION BENEFITSo Cloud – Deduplication typically scales with capacityo VDI – Enables full-clones saving on computeo Databases – Enables dev/test spinoffs and replica sets
Drives cost below the price of disk
63.5xincrease
in performance per rack unit
90%fewer cables
77%less
power &cooling costs
89%less
rack space
NEXT GENERATION DATA CENTER
Use Cases
PRIVATE CLOUD
Accelerate self-service and private cloud infrastructure
deployment
WEB INFRASTRUCTURE
Rapidly respond to what customers need from your
IT
WORKLOAD CONSOLIDATION
Consolidate all workloads within a single-all-flash
array
MANAGED HOSTING
Develop and monetize new
servicesDEV/OPS
Speed up application development and test cycles
