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SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE
IN ACTION
Steve Houck – COO DataCore Software
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Storage Market in Midst of Disruption
Server Storage
1985 CHALLENGES
Too many incompatible devices
New software for every device
Silos of storage
Management
NASSAN
2000
Server Storage
Hybrid Arrays
Today
NAS SAN
Server Storage
Flash Arrays
Flash
Hyper-convergedSystems
Cloud
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3 Pool all storage capacity and
provide centralized management
The right software must be able to do a few things…
1 Enable different storage devices to
communicate with one another
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Why Software-defined Storage?
Make hardware maintenance,
data migrations, and hardware
refreshes easy4
Separate advances in software
from advances in hardware2
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One Software Platform for any Storage Hardware
Accelerate
Centralize &
Automate
Pool & Protect
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10th generation product
Runs on standard x86 servers
Most comprehensive hardware agnostic
storage stack in the industry
25,000+ deployments worldwide
Introducing
SANsymphony™-V10
Define Your Storage
Cross-device Storage Services
Auto-tiering
Asynchronous Replication
Storage Pooling
Storage Load Balancing
Random Write Accelerator
Quality of Service (QoS)
Synchronous Mirroring
Adaptive Caching
Thin Provisioning
Data Migration
Snapshots
Continuous Data Protection
NAS/SAN (Unified Storage)
Virtual SAN
Centralized Management Analysis & Reporting
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Benefits at a Glance
75% 10x 4x 100% 90%reduction
in storage
costs
performance
increase
capacity
utilization
reduction in
storage-related
downtime
decrease in time
spent on routine
storage tasks
Surveyed DataCore™ Customers Report Up To:
www.techvalidate.com
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Use Cases for SANsymphony-V10
Virtualize
your existing
storage hardware
Create
hyper-converged
storage from
clustered servers
Integrate
Flash/SSDs with
existing storage
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Solution Overview
Virtualize
your existing
storage hardware
Create
hyper-converged
storage from
clustered servers
Integrate
Flash/SSDs with
existing storage
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Virtualize External Storage Hardware
FUNDAMENTALS OF DATACORE STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION
Runs on standard x86 servers
One set of common storage services for all storage devices
All storage capacity in a single pool eliminating wasted capacity
Unlike storage systems communicate seamlessly reducing complexity and preventing downtime
Replicates data leaving no single point of failure
Seamless scalability with no reason to commit to a single hardware manufacturer
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Create up to 15 tiers of storage
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Evaluates data at the block level so data from a single application
can reside on multiple storage tiers
Auto-tiering Dynamically Optimizes Resources
Below average moves down a tier
Tier 2 Tier 3Tier 1 Tier n
Hot ColdWarm Archive
Above average moves up a tier
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Uses x86-64 CPUs and memory from DataCore nodes as powerful, inexpensive “mega caches”
Run applications at electronic memory speeds vs. slow spinning disks
Intelligently anticipates reads and streamlines writes to optimize performance
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10x performance on existing storage
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Faster Apps / IT Advantage
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Data is synchronously mirrored between unlike storage systems
Replicate, failover and failback between unlike devices
Seamlessly move data from one device to another
Cross-Device
Synchronous Mirroring
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Easily Connect Between Sites
Any Application
Any Hypervisor
Any Storage Hardware
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Peace of Mind
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Solution Overview
Virtualize your
existing storage
hardware
Create
hyper-converged
storage from
clustered servers
Integrate
Flash/SSDs with
existing storage
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Transform DAS, Flash & SSDs into Hyper-converged Storage
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Pools local storage resources for
all to share
Runs as a virtual machine
Any hypervisor, any storage,
any server
Faster built-in server RAM for
superior cache performance
Lower cost since only 2 nodes
needed for High Availability
► Flash is optional as
Tier 1 storage
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Dramatically increase
performance
Share Flash cards
between hosts
Auto-tier between RAM,
flash and disk
Share capacity across
cluster of servers
Speed up apps with
RAM caching
Full-featured Hyper-converged Storage
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Low Cost Storage at Remote Sites
and Branch Offices
No need to buy
expensive external
storage
Runs on any
standard server
hardware
Increases
application
performance
Scales up
to 1000’s!
Virtual
SANVirtual
SAN
Virtual
SAN
Virtual
SAN
Virtual
SAN
Virtual
SAN
Virtual
SAN
Virtual
SAN
Virtual
SAN
Virtual
SAN
Data Center
Central SAN
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Massive Scale for Tier 1 Apps and VDI
1 2 5… … 6443
Scale up to
64 PBScale from 2 to
64 nodesAccelerate up to
100 million IOPS
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Solution Overview
Virtualize
your existing
storage hardware
Create
hyper-converged
storage from
clustered servers
Integrate
Flash/SSDs with
existing storage
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INTEGRATION AND
MANAGEMENT
How do I integrate
this new technology
with my existing
environment?
What new processes
do I need to manage
this investment?
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Common Challenges With Flash Storage
AVAILABILITY OF
SOFTWARE FEATURES
How do I get the
functionality I need like
high-availability and
failover?
What tools will I have
to handle data
migrations, tiering and
thin provisioning to
ensure that I’m making
the most of my
investment?
SHARING FLASH
STORAGE BETWEEN
APPLICATIONS
Do I really need to
buy dedicated Flash
hardware for every
application?
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Flash/HDD Hybrid
One Software Platform
for any Storage Hardware
The Premier Software Stack for Flash
Flash - SSD and Arrays
Cross-device Storage Services
Auto-tiering
Asynchronous Replication
Storage Pooling
Storage Load Balancing
Random Write Accelerator
Quality of Service (QoS)
Synchronous Mirroring
Adaptive Caching
Thin Provisioning
Data Migration
Snapshots
Continuous Data Protection
NAS/SAN (Unified Storage)
Virtual SAN
Centralized Management Analysis & Reporting
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Easy Integration and Sharing of Flash Storage
Flash Cards inDataCore nodes
Flash Arrays in storage pool
Flash Cards in Hyper-converged
Cluster
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Share Flash between servers and applications
Minimize downtime and risk of integration
Complete set of storage services
Block level auto-tiering
Easily add Flash anytime
Realistic path to all Flashenvironments
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Putting it all together
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Expand beyond limits of
clustered hosts
Fast local primary storage
& secondary central pool
Same set of services
across both topologies
Leverage central storage
resources and services
► Replication, backups,
etc.,
Managed from
same console
Combine Hyper-Converged Storage
with Central SAN
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Centrally Managed Environment
Major Data Centers[Central SANs]
Branch Office[Hyper-converged]
Cloud Storage
DisasterRecovery Site
[Hyper-converged]
Branch Office[Hyper-converged]
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New Economics of Storage Hardware
Avoid hardware vendor lock-in
Skip costly forklift upgrades
Repurpose aging storage systems
Leverage lower cost storage hardware
Massive reduction in planned downtime
Integrate new hardware with minimal disruption
‘The best hardware refresh
is the one we didn’t do’*www.techvalidate.com/product-research/datacore-sansymphony-v
* DataCore Customer
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Reduce unproductive
hours spent on:
Data Migrations
Hardware Refreshes
Capacity Expansion
Hardware Maintenance
Unexpected Downtime
Dramatic Productivity Improvements
62%“In our 24x7
environment, we
leverage DataCore to
bring in the new SAN,
migrate all of the
data…without any
downtime and within
normal business hours.”
Neville Lee
Director of Infrastructure at
Englewood Hospital
% of time spent on
routine storage tasks
Before With DataCore
23%
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Long-term Investment Protection
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• Easily take advantage of advances in hardware technology
• Complete set of cross-platform storage services
• Avoid vendor lock-in and costly forklift upgrades
• Centralize storage management
• Repurpose aging storage systems
• Leverage whiteboxor JBOD devices
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When to get started with SDS
Before your
next storage
purchase
Using or
considering
flash/SSDs
Expanding
Server/Desktop
Virtualization
Developing your
Business
Continuity Plan
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Personnel• ~250 people across the globe
Market Segment• Software-Defined Storage
Major Locations• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Headquarters)
• Munich, Germany
• Paris, France
• Reading, UK (European Support Center)
• Sophia, Bulgaria
• Tokyo, Japan (APAC Support Center)
• Founded 1998
• Privately owned
• Investors• Flagship Ventures
• Updata Partners
• Insight Venture Partners
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One Storage Services Platformacross your entire infrastructure
10th generation product
16 Years of R&D
25,000+ deployments worldwide
Most comprehensive hardware-agnostic
storage stack in the industry
Cross-device Storage Services
Auto-tiering
Asynchronous Replication
Storage Pooling
Storage Load Balancing
Random Write Accelerator
Quality of Service (QoS)
Synchronous Mirroring
Adaptive Caching
Thin Provisioning
Data Migration
Snapshots
Continuous Data Protection
NAS/SAN (Unified Storage)
Virtual SAN
Centralized Management Analysis & Reporting
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QUESTIONS?
Contact:
info@datacore.com
www.datacore.com
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