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SOFTWARE- DEFINED STORAGE: THE FUTURE IS HEREData is Exploding. Budgets are Imploding. You Need SDS.
CONTENT03Enterprise Pain
Points
04Lenovo for Every
Type of Workload
Lenovo for Every Type
of SDS Requirement
Lenovo’s Leadership in
Block Storage
Lenovo’s Leadership in
Object Storage
Lenovo Advantages Lenovo Leadership
Lenovo’s Leadership in
Scale Out Very High-
Performance Storage
Lenovo’s Leadership in
File Storage
Voice of the Enterprise:
What Lenovo
Customers Say
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IDC forecasts that by 2025 the global
datasphere will grow to 163 zettabytes. That’s
ten times the 16.1 ZB of data generated in 2016.
As a result, a paradigm shift is occurring in how
data is utilised, putting pressure on existing
storage infrastructure. A lot of data is captured
and stored, but its value is dependent on:
• Being accessible to the right people.
• Being accessible at the right time.
• Being accessible on a device of their choice.
Storage architectures are becoming increasingly
complex with different options depending on
the need. However, choosing one isn’t as easy as
one might assume. Deciding on the right storage
solution and approach depends on:
• The type of workload: Light, heavy, simple
or complex.
• The type of storage: Block, file, or object.
• The storage tier - tier 1 (high performance)
to tier 4 (low performance).
Complex Storage Architectures
Enterprise Pain Points Today, every business depends on its digital data to provide insights and analysis into its business. Whether it be structure or unstructured, optimal storage and management of this data is a challenge to most organisations due to the following reasons:
The vendor landscape, meanwhile, matches the
increasing complexity of storage architecture. At
best, the vendor landscape is confusing. Navigating
it to find the right solution can be a nightmare as a
business has to consider:
• Saving legacy investments and reducing TCO.
• Integration of different storage architectures in a
single datacenter.
• Performance tuned to the application and capacity.
Confusing Storage LandscapeExplosive Data Growth
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Lenovo for Every Type of WorkloadDifferent workloads have different characteristics and hence require distinct approaches. Lenovo offers multiple options to ensure the right fit for your business application, irrespective of the complexity in the workload.
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SimpleConnected to entry SANs
HeavyConnected to physical systems
LightRunning in virtual systems
ComplexSDS deployments
Storage Workloads
Simple storage at very low $/TB
Pre-integrated & easy-to-deploy rack-level solution
Simplified IT infrastructure at reduced costs
Turnkey, pre-integrated & easy-to-deploy rack-
level solution
Virtualised compute, storage, and
networking resources at reduced costs
Advanced storage protection with encryption
Cloudian-based object storage
Datacore-based block storage
Nexenta-based unified storage
High-capacity JBODs
Extreme capacity dense storage
High reliability and performance
Virtualised, flash-optimised modular storage
Unified file/object storage for high availability & data integrity
Entry-level tape autoloader for offline storage
Standalone tape automation solution
Versatile storage systems with intelligent real-time
tiering capabilities
Data grows independent of computing capacity Data grows with computing capacity
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Lenovo for Every Type of SDS RequirementAs complex workloads become the norm in enterprises, storage solutions that can handle this well are preferred for the flexibility they offer. SDS can offer benefits such as easy application management, virtualised storage, and cloud-based access at low TCO. Lenovo’s SDS appliance model focuses on customer requirements to produce the best solution for meeting specific requirements and solve different problems.
Product Concern Addressed Key Value AccessMethod
Support for Unstructured Data
Affordable, highly efficient, high-
capacity storage to meet growth of
unstructured data. Provides Amazon
S3-compliant storage at a cost of
pennies per GB per month.
Integrates into applications and
public clouds.Object Yes
YesObject
File
File
File
Block
Block
Unified block and file storage with
low $/TB pricing.
Upto 5M IOPS of block storage
and storage virtualisation.
100s of PB scaling with low latency,
high resiliency systems used for HPC
and big data.
Highly efficient and durable storage
platform to meet massive data growth
that allows scaling from tens to
hundreds of TBs of storage.
Solves silo issues using storage
virtualisation and parallel I/O
delivering extreme performance at
less than $500,000.
Software-defined solution for dense
scalable file and object storage
suitable for high performance and
data-intensive environments.
No
No
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DataCore’s survey in 2016 found that among customers who deployed SDS:
81%reduced storage-related
spending by 25% or more.
100%saw a positive ROI in
the first year.
Lenovo’s Leadership in Block StorageBlock-storage is mainly used for transactional databases, email, and virtual machines. Leading the industry on a number of metrics, below are a few business benefits that enterprises can derive when using Lenovo’s block-based software-defined storage.
TCODS2200 & DS4200 support
intelligent real-time tiering
capabilities that help optimise
system performance, reduce costs,
and simplify management.
DX8200D offers not only all the
features of an advanced storage
like deduplication, compression,
auto-tiering, caching, QoS, thin
provision, and data migration, but
also synchronous 3-site replication.
ScalabilityThe DX8200D DataCore appliance
from Lenovo solves storage silo
issues with storage virtualisation
for block storage and allows
scaling from tens to hundreds
terabytes of managed storage.
The DX8200D allows scaling to
hundreds of terabytes of managed
storage and avoids rip and replace
by automatically adding additional
storage capacity to existing pool.
PerformanceThe DX8200D offers flexible
virtualisation of internal and external
storage with automated storage
tiering to accelerate transactional
databases, analytics, and enterprise
applications.
The DX8200D uses DataCore parallel
I/O technology, in combination with
high-speed RAM caching, to service
read/write requests quickly to
optimise performance.
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60-70%The savings Nexenta can
provide customers with
its enterprise storage
offerings.
Source: IDC
47%Of customers say
greater agility is a factor
for considering a SDS
investment.
Source: Enterprise Strategy Group
Lenovo’s Leadership in File StorageFile-storage is mainly used for storing large files, sharing, and local archiving. Leading the industry on a number of metrics, below are a few business benefits that enterprises can derive when using Lenovo’s file-based software-defined storage.
TCOThe DX8200N, an affordable,
highly efficient and durable
storage platform, easily integrates
into any existing cloud set-up and
offers large capacity storage at
very low $/TB.
The DX8200N Nexenta
appliance from Lenovo offers
data management functionality
and supports inline data
reduction for additional storage
cost savings.
ScalabilityThe DX8200N appliance utilises
the D3284 84 drive JBOD to
scale up to 6.72PB in addition
to offering both file and block
storage in a single cluster.
The DX8200N Nexenta appliance
from Lenovo offers massive
scalability with the ability to run
on all-flash, hybrid, and spinning
disk configurations to meet your
specific workload needs.
High AvailabilityThe DX8200N is designed for
always-on data storage with
multiple levels of protection and
availability, including end-to-end
data integrity, multi-parity RAID,
multi-pathing, and replication.
DX8200N Nexenta Appliance from
Lenovo offers true high availability
with full active/active clusters
with the ability to failover without
disconnecting the client and having
the ability to self-heal failed disks.
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Unstructured data growth:
78%of respondents say their
unstructured data is
growing faster than other
business data.
90%
penetration of object
storage among
respondents within 24
months for key big data
use cases.
Lenovo’s Leadership in Object StorageObject-storage is mainly used for storing data analytics, videos, photos, document records and online collaboration services. Leading the industry on a number of metrics, below are a few business benefits that enterprises can derive when using Lenovo’s object-based software-defined storage.
TCOThe DX8200C makes it easy to
build full-featured, on-premise
Amazon S3-compliant storage at a
cost of pennies per GB per month.
Besides, it offers an affordable,
high-capacity storage to meet the
growth of unstructured data.
The DX8200C uses Cloudian’s
efficient architecture and industry
standard components save 70% on
CAPEX and its massive scalability
and lights-out management results
in 95% less overhead.
ScalabilityThe DX8200C can start small and
scale to hundreds of petabytes.
Its HyperStore peer-to-peer
architecture allows almost endless
scaling from as few as three
servers to many hundreds of
servers, across data centers and
geographic regions.
Automated data-tiering to the
cloud is easily possible with
the DX8200C. It is also 100%
compatible with AWS, Microsoft
Azure and Google GCP.
Reliability & PerformanceThe DX8200C powered by Cloudian
automates failure avoidance
with Dynamic Object Routing.
Additionally, it offers up to 14
nines data durability, or more, with
configurable data protection.
DX8200C processes multiple
requests in parallel, across all nodes
in HyperStore’s shared nothing
cluster, thus eliminating bottlenecks
and allowing performance to grow
as nodes are added.
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>80%of enterprise data will
be stored in scale-out
storage systems in
enterprise and cloud
data centers by 2021, up
from 30% today.
– Gartner
Lenovo’s Leadership in Scale Out Very High-Performance StorageDeploying solutions for technical computing, HPC, analytics and cloud environments can place a significant burden on IT. The Lenovo Distributed Storage Solution for IBM Spectrum Scale (DSS-G) reduces the complexity of deployment with integrated, delivered and fully-supported solutions that match best-in-industry components with optimised solution design.
Ease of DeploymentLenovo DSS-G is delivered as a
pre-integrated, easy-to-deploy
rack-level solution that dramatically
reduces time-to-value and TCO.
It gives the choice of shipping
as a fully integrated unit with
the Lenovo 1410 rack cabinet
or with the Lenovo Client Site
Integration Kit. The solution is
tested, configured, and ready to be
plugged in and turned on.
Extreme ScalabilityLenovo DSS-G for IBM
Spectrum Scale can scale both
performance and capacity with
no bottlenecks, providing users
with extreme scalability.
Lenovo DSS-G combines
the performance of Lenovo
servers with IBM Spectrum
Scale software to offer a high
performance, scalable building
block approach to storage needs.
PerformanceLenovo’s DSS-G solution for
IBM Spectrum Scale allows
for very low latency and its
performance increases linearly
when adding nodes.
Lenovo’s DSS-G is a high-
performance, low latency solution
for managing data at scale with
the distinctive ability to perform
archive and analytics.
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Voice of the EnterpriseWhat our customers say about our solutions.
“With the Lenovo Storage DX8200C solution, we can offer extremely flexible data storage services that deliver all the benefits of public cloud storage from our own datacenter.”— Arthur Olshansky, CTO, Federal Hill Solutions
“Everything that is mission-critical to the running of the hospital is supported by the DataCore virtualised storage platform. Users not only receive faster access to data, but they benefit from more server capacity as well.” — Rog Fe de Leon, Head of the Storage Group, Maimonides
“We are very satisfied with DataCore software-defined solution that complements the virtual server environment with VMware and Hyper-V perfectly. It gives us the storage flexibility to set up performance and highly available customer environments quickly, run stable and be easy to handle. It helps us to cover the various needs of our clients in a cost-efficient manner.”— Håkon Svendsen, CTO, Braathe Gruppen AS
Business Impact of Software-Defined Storage:IT services provider
Braathe Gruppen uses SDS
to operate a scalable high-
performance cloud at high
service levels and reduced
its storage TCO by 40%.
As a bonus, this simplified
infrastructure provisioning
and maintenance.
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Lenovo AdvantagesLenovo is the leader in scalable, affordable storage solutions to meet enormous data capacity needs. Lenovo understands customers’ needs and makes the solution and technology play well together. Here are some facts about Lenovo, which make it an ideal partner for enterprises.
Provides clarity and a clear sense of direction in a fragmented market.
Value addition on key fronts —capacity, performance, and reliability.
Provides implementation and maintenance services for both hardware and software.
Enables customer innovation for internal platform and external business. For example, SAP HANA was developed using Lenovo servers.
No legacy baggage to protect, thus ensuring the right solution is offered to address requirements.
Focus on the best hardware and offering the newest proven technology to boost datacenter efficiency.
Best of breed software partnerships allow Lenovo to offer the best R&D, support, simplified deployment, and easy maintenance.
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Lenovo Leadership
#1 in reliability among mainstream server hardware platforms with 99.999% uptime.
Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series is #1 in price/performance, measured in $/IOP, according to Storage Performance Council
88 world record benchmarks held by Lenovo for x86 server performance.(Source: As of November 8, 2017 on benchmarks including
STAC-M3 and SPEC benchmarks.)
Easy IT administration with Lenovo’s advanced management tools.
#1 in customer satisfaction with products, after-market technical service and support.
160+ countries served by Lenovo.
99.998% hardware availability achieved by mission-critical Lenovo servers, when combined with Lenovo committed repair service offerings.(Source: Internal Study according to Lenovo internal
repair action statistics.)
Modular server design for seamless upgrades and operational savings.
(Source: ITIC 2016–2017 Global Server Hardware/OS
Reliability Survey.)
(Source: ITIC 2016–2017 Global Server Hardware/OS
Reliability Survey.)
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