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Transforming your Datacenter with Nimble StorageNIMBLE STORAGE – EMEAArne Polmanarne@nimblestorage.comTwitter: @arnepolman2

Company Snapshot Founded in January 2008; started shipping in August 2010 Headquartered in San Jose, CA; operations in US, Canada, Europe, and Australia Over 600 employeesRapidly growing installed base of over 2600 customers and5000 deployments (500 customers last quarter)Partner eco-system expanding quickly, with over 800 VARsStrong alliances with VMware, Microsoft, Cisco and CommVaultFounders brings deep industry expertise from Netapp andDataDomain3

Flash (SSD). Wow. Many IOPS. Such performance.4

Flash versus DiskFlashDiskRandom IOPS / 30-100x1xSequential IO / 1x3xCapacity / 1x20xEarlyMatureMatureComponentReliability experience6

Designing an efficient storage solution with FlashFlash in the DatacenterIn ServerIn StorageFlash onlyTierHybridAcceleratorWrite cacheRead cacheFlash in the Datacenter – Umesh Maheswari7

DISKSSDCacheAccelerating Applications with CASLLOW LATENCYWRITE-OPTIMIZED LAYOUTDYNAMIC CACHING Blocks are written to NVRAMand acknowledged (low latency) Guaranteed coalescing ofrandom writes to sequentialstripes Cache populated intelligently onfirst write, instantly on cache miss NVRAM is mirrored to standbycontroller Blocks are compressed realtimeusing CPU and DRAM Many frontend IOPS areconverting using CPU to fewbackend IOPS Metadata in cache acceleratesall accesses Cache immediately filledon cache miss8

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Myth #1: You Need Flash for High Write Performance Reality: An intelligent file system low RPM HDDs can deliver higherperformance than MLC SSDsFuture 10,000 IOPS? CS4xx 4,500 IOPS 3,000 – 3,500IOPS1 x 7.2K HDDCS2xx 1,500 IOPS3 x MLC SSDs2-3 Shelves of 15K HDDs(with CASL)200 IOPS60 IOPSMLCSSD15KHDD7.2KHDD7.2K HDD CASL10 10

Myth #2: You Need 100% Flash for Predictable ReadPerformance Reality:– Most environments only need only 3-15% flash to deliver virtually all the reads from flash.– The ratio actually goes down further as volume sizes grow– You can of course choose to place 100% of a critical workload in flash in an ultraconservative scenario (CASL allows completely variable flash/disk ratio)– However it rarely makes sense to do this for applications such as Exchange, VDI,SharePoint, file servers, snapshot blocksSource: InfoSight analytics based on thousands of systemsSavings by avoiding “Fat provisioning” ExpensiveFlash11

Nimble and VMware12

Nimble with VMware Deep collaboration across the lifecycle from pre-releasedevelopment to go-to-market All products certified with ESX and listed on VMware HCL Reference architecture for VMware VDI architectures One of a small list of VDI solutions certified under the VMwareRapid Desktop Program CASL foundation from Mendel Rosenblum (co-founder Vmware)– The design and implementation of a log-structured filesystem13

VMware Nimble Better Performance, Management vCenter Plug-ins to Manage StorageVMwarevCenter Server– Create datastores/clones– Manage snapshots/replication/restores– Manage performance and capacityNimble vCenterplug-ins vStorage API integrations to improveperformance, management––––Provision VMs, offload clone/copySet capacity threshold alertsBetter error handlingVMFS performance improvementsVMware vSphereServersvStorageAPIs VMware tools integration toimprove protection Quiesce/recover VMs with VM/app consistencyVM-consistentB/R14

NCM – Nimble Connection Manager15

Nimble VMware SRM Integration Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)Nimble SRA for SRM allows for: Discovery Test Failover Failover Re-protectNimble brings additional positives: Efficient, policy-driven WAN replication Space efficient zero-copy clones16

Nimble Storage VDI Benefits Increased performance and density– Flash caching supports boot storms– Sequential layout accelerates writes,supports AV / patching operations– 10x more desktop density– Result: 10x more desktop density17

Nimble Storage VDI Benefits Increased performance and density– Flash caching supports boot storms– Sequential layout accelerates writes,supports AV / patching operations– 10x more desktop density– Result: 10x more desktop density Huge storage savings––––50% inline compressionThin provisioningZero-copy clones for master VersioningResult: 50-90% space savings18

Nimble Storage VDI Benefits Increased performance and density– Flash caching supports boot storms– Sequential layout accelerates writes,supports AV / patching operations– 10x more desktop density– Result: 10x more desktop density Huge storage savings––––50% inline compressionThin provisioningZero-copy clones for master VersioningResult: 50-90% space savingsONSITE Certified Reference Architectures– VMware certified for Rapid Desktop Program– Solution blueprints and best practices– Result: Instant deployment, peace of mindOFFSITE19

Scalability20

Scaling TodayScale-Out StorageTraditional StoragePERFORMANCEHead unit Disk ShelvesScale-Out Cluster - -Low cost capacity upgradeMust forecast needs up frontScaling limited; storage silosData migration is a nightmareCAPACITYLow upfront cost, simplified managementExpensive expansionMust purchase performance and capacity together21

Scale Cache, Compute, Capacity, NodesSCALECACHE,COMPUTEFlexible. Non-disruptive. Cost-effective.PERFORMANCE FLASHANDCPU NODESSCALECAPACITY DISKCAPACITY22

Proactive Wellness23

SupportAccelerateProtectEmpowerAll Customer SitesCustomer SiteComprehensiveTelemetry DataNimbleSupport5-minute heartbeatsReal-time analysis of over150,000 heartbeats per day24

SupportAccelerateCustomer SiteOpportunities tofree up spaceReplicationconformanceto RPOAlerts forunprotectedvolumesProtectEmpowerAll Customer SitesConnectivity andhealth checks beforesoftware upgradesNimbleSupport5-minute heartbeatsProactive wellness,Automated case creationMPIOMisconfigurationWarnings25

SupportAccelerateProtectEmpowerAll Customer SitesCustomer SiteNimbleSupport5-minute heartbeatsProactive wellness,Automated case creationSecure remote support26

InfoSight Performance27

InfoSight Capacity Usage Reporting28

InfoSight Executive Dashboard29

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Products31

Nimble Storage CS-Series and ES1-Series ProductsControllersCS210CS220/GCS240/GCS260/GHigh Performance in Active/StandbyControllersCS440/GCS460/GExtreme Performance in Active/StandbyBase Rawcapacity8TBAdd on shelvesAdd 1 shelfEffectiveCapacity(1)4-9 TB8 – 16TB17 - 33TB25 - 50TBFlashCapacity—Base/Max160 GB320 GB /2,400 GB640 GB /2,400 GB1,200 GB /2,400 GBNetwork4 x 1GbE12TBCS420/G(2)24TB36TB12TB24TB36TB8 – 16TB17 - 33TB25 - 50TB640 GB /2,400 GB640 GB /2,400 GB1,200 GB /2,400 GBAdd up to 3 shelf6 x 1GbE or 2 x 10GbE 2 x 1GbE (G models)ControllerStorage ShelvesES1-H25ES1-H45ES1-H65Raw Capacity15 TB30 TB45 TBEffectiveCapacity(1)11 – 22 TB23 – 45 TB34 – 68 TBFlash Capacity160 GB300 GB600 GBIO ModulesStorageDual hot-swappable 2x 6Gb SAS-2 controllersNotes:1: Effective capacity is usable capacity after no to 2x (or 50%) compression; typical range: 30% to 75%2: The CS420 model is available in CS420-X2 and CS420-X4 options only.32

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Win an iPad mini !X IOPS on a single SATA drive #nimble #vmug34

Microsoft, Cisco and CommVault Founders brings deep industry expertise from Netapp and DataDomain . 4 Flash (SSD). Wow. Many IOPS. Such performance. . Nimble Storage CS-Series and ES1-Series Products Storage Shelves ES1-H25 ES1-H45 ES1-H65 Raw Capacity 15 TB 30 TB 45 TB Effective