NexGen Storage

NexGen Overview

Founded in 2010

NexGen delivers next generation hybrid storage systems– Designed for affordable, high performance virtual infrastructure– Lowest combined $/IOPS AND $/GB– Storage QoS guarantees application performance

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Company Overview

“Enterprise customers are challenged to deliver the quality of service and performance required in many business critical applications.”

Jeff Janukowicz, IDCResearch Director for Solid-state

“Storage systems can be a major stumbling block to achieve best practice virtualization. Solid-state helps, but it’s the storage management software that really matters. ”

Neil Carson, Fusion-ioCTO

“NexGen Storage is lightning fast, I can actually work now.”

Jim GunnarsonIT Manager, KMK

SANs for virtualization

Enable production VMs• Simple scalability• All-inclusive features

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The next generation hybrid

NexGen hybridUnlocks solid-state potential• Designed for solid-state• Provision performance• Prioritize workloads

DiskSSDDisk SSD

Hybrid 1.0 All-SSD

2006 - 2008 2008 - today

Architectural RoadblocksLegacy hybrid: SAS/SATA backplane redesign

All-SSD: Expensive $/GB and data migration

Legacy hybrid AND all-SSD

Add incremental performance• Accelerate virtualization• Reduce capacity footprint

New Customer ProblemEveryone: Delivering consistent performance

NVME Work Group– “The goal is to enable the broad adoption of SSDs using the PCIe interface.” more

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The future of solid-state

EMC Press Release– “Putting Flash drives (SSD’s) into the storage array achieved… faster data access than 15K HDD.”– “Now, placing Flash technology on a PCIe card can accelerate performance up-to… 4000X faster data access than 15K

HDD.” more

Gary Kotzur, Distinguished Engineer, NGCS Storage Advanced Engineering, Dell– “PCIe versus SAS SSD: 4X to 5X more bandwidth, 3X to 6X more IOPs, 2X to 3X lower latency.” more– “SAS/SATA solid-state device performance can be limited by the latency and bottlenecks inherent in the driver stack.”– “Close proximity and direct connection to the processor provides an access mechanism with much lower latency.”

Dell Solid-State Solutions

Jim Handy, Director of Market Research, Objective Analysis– "Some companies are cobbling something together that combines an HBA or RAID controller with a couple of off-the

shelf SATA SSDs on the same board, that works and brings a lot of speed, but it isn't as good as PCIe SSD.“ more– The key to the higher performance of a PCIe SSD lies in the number of channels a vendor is able to run data through.

According to Handy, the fastest SATA-based SSD is Intel's 10-channel controller. Meanwhile, Fusion-io's PCIe SSD devices have 25 internal channels

NVMe Working Member List

Working Members

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Product overview

NexGen delivers iSCSI hybrid SANs

Purpose-built for QoS

integrated with disk

Enterprise, active-active architecture

Phased Data Reduction

Data Protection

Dynamic Data Placement

Service Levels

Quality of Service

ACCELERATE application workloads

CONTROL storage performance

GUARANTEE solid-state ROI

NexGen n5 Storage SystemsIOPS: 50,000 – 300,000

System Capacity*: 16 TB – 192 TB raw

PCIe Solid-state: 2X or 4X per n5

HDD: 16X NL SAS in 2X RAID6 sets

Rack Units: 3U (base units)

Software: Included, no add-ons

Connectivity: iSCSI

Data Ports: (4) 10GbE, (8) 1GbE

Mgmt Ports: (4) 1GbE

Support: Base unit covers all future expansions

*Data reduction improves utilization

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ACCELERATE: The need for speed

New, demanding workloadsVDI spikes will impact other workloads

Database consolidation needs extreme random I/O

Business intelligence/analytics require high throughput and high random I/O

"Storage performance remains the biggest obstacle to wide scale server virtualization deployments. Retrofitting old architectures won't work as a long term solution.”

Steve Duplessie, ESGFounder and Senior Analyst

Higher VM density leads to storage sprawlAdding more disk drives means:– Excess capacity consumes more rack space

– Higher power and cooling expenses

– Higher maintenance costs

Higher maintenance costs consume budget

NexGen uses Fusion-io to accelerate workloadsSolid-state at computer bus speeds

HDD slots are not wasted on SSD means more capacity

Customers achieve 85% lower OPEX

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ACCELERATE: Faster AND lower cost

Active-active means resources aren’t idleRead/Write solid-state delivers high performance for all workloads

Active-Active for always-on performance

50% lower $/IOPS from more efficient resource utilization

“The high performance NexGen SAN requires only 3U of rack space compared to the 20U required for the previous SAN, improving power, cooling, and rack space efficiency by 85%.”

Kamran QamarIT Manager, WJ Deutsch

“NexGen’s raw performance along with QoS capabilities gave us the confidence that NexGen could not only handle the VDI workload spikes, but deliver consistent performance to other application workloads simultaneously.”

David BlaisdellIT Director, Colby-Sawyer College

Storage system performance is configured, not managedSystem performance defined by system configuration

All workloads contend for performance resources

System performance is always unpredictable

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CONTROL: The performance management gap

All workloads are treated equallyWhen one application spikes, all others are impacted

Low priority workloads impact high priority ones

Performance is a free-for-all

“Enterprise customers are challenged to deliver the quality of service and performance required in many business critical applications.”

Jeff Janukowicz, IDCResearch Director for Solid-state

Guarantee minimum levels of performance with QoSProvision performance just like capacity

Understand how much performance is available

Know exactly when to scale and by how much

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CONTROL: Take ioControl

Prioritize mission-critical workloads with Service LevelsDefine outcomes before they occur

Guarantee high priority applications get required performance

Eliminate user complaints with predictable application performance

“We liked the performance boost that comes with NexGen’s PCIe solid-state architecture. The QoS capabilities and the ability to allocate IOPS per volume was also a big selling point for us.”

Chris LuersenIT Admin, Whitely Penn

“A well-known competitor took 16U to provide the number of spindles I needed for just my VDI deployment. The name brand offered 7,500 IOPS for the same price as NexGen’s 100,000 IOPS. That’s over a 10x performance improvement for the same price.”

Brian MichalskiIT Admin, ROCORI School District

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ioControl: How it works

Capacity 250 GB 500 GB 900 GB

Performance 30,000 IOPS 20,000 IOPS 5,000 IOPS

GuaranteedMinimum

Performance

Non-CriticalFloor

Business-CriticalFloor

Mission-CriticalFloor

Quality of ServiceSet QoS based on each application’s need

TOTAL SYSTEM100,000 IOPS

REMAINING100,000 IOPS

5,000 IOPS

20,000 IOPS

30,000 IOPS

REMAINING70,000 IOPS

REMAINING50,000 IOPS

REMAINING45,000 IOPS

Business- Critical

Non-Critical

Mission- Critical

COMPONENT FAILURE!SYSTEM UPGRADE!REBUILD PROCESS!

Performance

Service LevelsPrioritized performance during degraded mode operation

Predictable PerformanceMission Critical and Business Critical applications performance maintained

Even during a VDI boot storm

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ioControl: In action

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QoS manages all ioControl features

Data moves real-time between solid-state and disk

Data written is reduced w/out impacting performance

Dynamic Data Placement Phased Data Reduction

ioControl Quality of Service EngineTM

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GUARANTEE: Dealing with storage uncertainty

Is the architecture purpose-built for solid-state?Will it accommodate emerging solid-state standards?

Are you getting locked in to a dated design?

Most vendors can’t commit to solid-state performance levels.

Is your storage investment protected?Do you have the right features needed for future projects?

What type of components make up the system?

Are you exposed to rip and replace upgrades?

Can you scale performance and capacity independently?

“The problem of too much choice has started to appear in the disk storage market, especially when customers need to purchase primary storage arrays.”

Valdis Filks, Stanley ZaffosGartner, Inc. , September 2011, “How Much and What Type of Disk Storage Do IT Departments Need?”

Ready for the next generation of solid-state todayDesigned for PCIe solid-state

No re-architecture required

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GUARANTEE: NexGen’s approach

Guaranteed faster performance3X more performance per rack U than any other hybrid

If not, NexGen pays for a performance upgrade

Guaranteed investment protectionScale capacity and performance independently

No rip and replace upgrades

Enterprise-class components “The QoS feature guarantees IOPS to volumes based on the importance to our business. When we added in their performance in a virtualized environment and the extremely clean and efficient UI, we made the decision to go with the N5 storage system.

Kevin SmithDirector Systems Administration, IHM

“NexGen’s use of PCIe solid-state has optimized their implementation. During our evaluation, we were also impress with the ability to guarantee performance of our priority applications with QoS.”

Jim GunnarsonIT Manager, KMK

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The NexGen hybrid…

NexGen hybrid Legacy hybrid All-SSD

Fusion-io (PCIe based SSD) SAS/SATA bottlenecks

Affordable entry price $100,000s

Active-active 50% idle (some)

Read/write solid-state Read-only Provision & prioritize performance Workload contention

Guarantee performance Uncertainty

Seamless capacity upgrades Forced to buy performance

Seamless performance upgrades Rip-and-replace solid state

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NexGen n5 Storage Systems

n5 Series

Models: n5-50, n5-100, n5-150

Solid-state Capacity: 730 GB - 4,800 GB

Raw Capacity: 16 TB -192 TB (RAID 6)

Performance Rating: 50,000 – 300,000 IOPS

Scalability Performance packs; 730 GB, 1,570 GB, 2,400 GBCapacity packs; 16 TB, 48 TB

Storage Processors: Dual Active-Active

RAM: 48 - 96 GB

Network Interfaces: Data: (4) 10GbE iSCSI + (8) 1 GbE iSCSI Management: (4) 1GbE HTTP

Hardware Availability:

Redundant Storage ProcessorsRedundant FansRedundant Power SuppliesRedundant Network ConnectionsDual Port SAS drives

Included Features

Quality of Service

Service Levels

Dynamic Data Placement

Phased Data Reduction

Data Protection

Support

Features: • Software updates• All future hardware upgrades included• Proactive phone-home monitoring• Single support contract• White glove storage engineer service

Offerings: • 7 day x 24 hour phone support with onsite parts

• 7 day x 24 hour phone support with next business day parts

• 5 day x 9 hour phone support with next business day parts

The lowest support TCO in the industryAs low as 1% of MSRP per year

Support contract for base unit covers all future hardware upgrades

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Customers

Health Care/SLEDManufacturing Services Cloud ProvidersConsumer/Media

Fed/Energy

Industry Analysts

Editor’s Choice Award Cloud Storage Virtualization Review

Chosen over:Nimble StorageTegileWhiptailPure Storage

Endorsed by both analysts and customers

Enterprise Storage Product of the Year SearchStorage.com

Chosen over:Nimble StorageTintriPure StorageWhiptailEMCNetApp

On ROI“The lowest $/IOPS and $/GB on the market to date.”

James Gunnarson Systems Administrator, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL VMworld Blog 1/31/2013

On Control“The QoS feature guarantees IOPS to volumes based

on their importance to our business”Kevin Smith

Director of IT, Institute for Health MetricsNexGen Case Study Blog 12/31/2012

NexGen Customers

On performance“We liked the performance boost that comes with

NexGen’s PCIe solid-state architecture”Chris Luersen

IT Administrator, Whitley PennNexGen Case Study Blog 12/20/2012

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Introducing ioControl 2.1

End-to-end virtual infrastructure quality of service with world-class performance intelligence, storage QoS for VMware data stores, and efficiency reports.

World-class performance intelligence• Block size, queue depth, system response time• Per volume, QoS policy, service level• Block size and latency histograms

Storage QoS for VMware data stores• Managed in VMware vCenter• QoS policy and provisioning• Data store to virtual machine mapping

Dashboard efficiency reports• Enhanced capacity reporting• I/O efficiency, SSD usage• View I/O from each tier

Additional Features

• QoS managed snapshots

• Phone home support

• Improved performance

• Windows CLI

• 770 GB, 1.2 TB perf packs

• 48 TB capacity packs

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Spend less on storageLowest combined $/IOPS & $/GB

Avoid rip and replace upgrades

85% lower OPEX

Guarantee datastore performanceProvision datastore performance with QoS

Prioritize datastore performance with Service Levels

Happy, satisfied end users

Eliminate storage sprawl5X more performance in 80% less rack space

100s of TB’s in less than 12U

Best-in-class VM density

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Virtualize more with NexGen

"Our virtual machines are running much better sitting on the NexGen SAN. Microsoft Exchange is much faster and more responsive. I've also reduced my backup window from 5 hours down to 1.5 hours.

Eli JaramilloIT Manager, Granada Hills Charter Schools

Consolidate virtual and physical infrastructure with QoS.

Improve the desktop experience81% faster client boot operations

Solid-state performance for reads AND writes

End users prefer VDI on NexGen over PC/laptops

Reduce storage cost per user30X more IOPS per rack U

Lowest $/desktop for 100s - 1,000s of desktops

$28 storage cost per desktop

Avoid VDI storage silosProvision performance for boot storms/virus scans

Eliminate impacts on other applications

Consolidate VDI with other applications

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Justify VDI with NexGen

“NexGen’s raw performance along with QoS capabilities gave us the confidence that NexGen could not only handle the VDI workload spikes, but deliver consistent performance to other application workloads simultaneously.”

David BlaisdellIT Director, Colby-Sawyer College

Run VDI on the same SAN as mission-critical apps with QoS.

Accelerate database applicationsPCI-e solid-state delivers 22X more IO than SSD drives

Solid-state on the PCIe bus means 50% less latency

Reduce processing time for reports

Control impact on other workloadsPrioritize each database with Service Levels

Consolidate mixed workloads with confidence

Simplify infrastructure management

Guarantee end user satisfactionAlways online and accessible

Consistent end user experience

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Streamline business intelligence with NexGen

“The high performance NexGen SAN requires only 3U of rack space compared to the 20U required for the previous SAN, improving power, cooling, and rack space efficiency by 85%.”

Kamran QamarIT Manager, WJ Deutsch

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The NexGen hybrid

ACCELERATE application workloads

CONTROL storage performance

GUARANTEE solid-state ROI

Virtualize more

Justify VDIStreamline Business Intelligence

THANK YOUQuestions?

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Modern Data Protection For Virtual Infrastructure

Ari Saperstein, VCP, MCITP, VMTSP

Senior Systems Engineer, NYC Metroari.saperstein@veeam.com

Twitter: @arisaperstein

It’s not about backup, it’s about recoveryBackup is easy, recovery is hard

Backup Features

Agentless De-Duplication and Compression Change Block Tracking (CBT) Microsoft VSS Linux Pre-freeze/Post-Thaw scripts Traditional & Reverse-Incremental Backups Enterprise Scalability Real-Time & Historical Job Monitoring E-mail & SNMP Job Notification

vPower NFS

Recovery Features

Instant VM Recovery SureBackup Verification Virtual Labs Item Level Recovery Explorer for SAN Snapshot Instant File-Level Restore

Replication

SSL Encryption WAN Acceleration Re-IP and Network Re-map VM’s at DR ready for Power-On Storage Agnostic Failback

Veeam Cloud Edition

Copy backups to the Cloud

Thank You

Ari SapersteinSenior Systems Engineer, NYC MetroVeeam Softwareari.saperstein@veeam.comTwitter: @arisaperstein

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