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Transforming your Datacenter with Nimble Storage Charlie Whitfield [email protected] Systems Engineering Director, EMEA @cawnimble


Company Snapshot

§  Founded in January 2008; started shipping in August 2010 §  Headquartered in San Jose, CA; operations in US, Canada, Europe, and Australia §  Over 200 employees

Rapidly growing installed base of over 600 customers and 1100 deployments

Partner eco-system expanding quickly, with over 200 VARs

Strong alliances with Cisco, Citrix, CommVault, Microsoft and VMware

Leadership team brings deep industry expertise and business building experience


Flash Addresses Datacenter IO Bottlenecks

Neither effective or ineffective

8%

Extremely effective

16%

Effective

76%

Source: Enterprise Strategy Group, 2011

How effective has solid-state storage been at alleviating the IO bottlenecks caused by your organization’s server virtualization environment?


Optimal Use of New Tech

§  Architected to use disk only; overlaying flash on top results in partial solution

Today’s Storage Architectures

Purpose-built, Performance Hybrid §  Designed from the ground up to

leverage the best of flash and disk §  Eliminates compromise between

performance, capacity, and data management


Hybrid systems marry flash and disk to deliver the best of both

Random IOPS / $

Component Flash Disk

Sequential IO / $

Capacity / $

Reliability experience

1x

1x

Early

1x

Mature

30-100x

3x

20x

Mature

30-100x

3x

20x

Mature

But Flash Alone Is Not the Solution


Cloud

Hybrid Flash-Optimized

MODERN

Flash in Server All-Flash Arrays

Transformation in Storage Models with Flash

Efficient hybrid systems that grow flexibly can address all mainstream needs

Tape, High- Capacity Disk

Modular

Monolithic

LEGACY

Archives

OLTP SQL Server Exchange

VDI SharePoint

Web/File/Print

Mainstream Applications

Real-Time Analytics

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Engineered for Efficiency

§  High capacity disk §  Always-on compression §  High ratio of usable

to raw capacity

2-5x More Usable Capacity/$ §  Responsive flash cache

accelerates reads with no RAID overhead

§  Serialized writes eliminate need for high RPM spindles

2-5x More Performance/$

§  Thin snapshots with no performance penalty

§  Retention for months, not days §  WAN-efficient replication §  Backups always stored on the

correct media

Instant Backups & Restores

§  Scale just performance, just capacity, or both

§  Scale-out cluster eliminates storage silos

§  Scale with zero downtime

Scaling at the Lowest Incremental Cost

CASL


Storage Challenges Today

Meeting Performance and Capacity Demands §  Traditional storage systems optimized for one or the other §  Inflexible scaling increases cost, risk

Protecting Higher Volumes of Data §  Traditional backup/restores unable to scale to meet

protection demands §  DR too expensive and complex

Managing Silos of Infrastructure §  Administration of primary storage, backup,

and DR is complex

BACKUP & DR

Capacity Tier

Performance Tier

Apps

PRIMARY

Today


Storage Challenges Today

Nimble Storage

Accelerate

Protect

Simplify

Legacy

BACKUP & DR

Apps

PRIMARY Capacity

Tier Performance

Tier


Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL)


Inline Compression

DRAM

Universal Compression: §  Variable-size blocks enable

fast inline compression, saving 30-75%

§  Elimination of read-modify-write penalty allows compression of all applications

NIMBLE ARRAY

Flash-Enabled Architecture Accelerate Protect Empower

NVR

AM

NVR

AM


High-Capacity Disk Storage

All Data

Flash-Enabled Architecture Protect Empower

NIMBLE ARRAY

Inline Compression

Accelerate

Write Optimized Layout: §  Random writes always

organized into large sequential full-stripe writes

§  Permits use of low-cost, high-density HDDs coupled with compression to lower costs substantially

DRAM

NVR

AM

NVR

AM


DRAM

Large Adaptive Flash Cache

NVR

AM

NVR

AM

Cache-worthy Data

Flash-Enabled Architecture Accelerate Protect Empower

Inline Compression Smart Caching: §  MLC flash: Converting random

writes to sequential writes minimizes “write amplification”, allowing the use of MLC SSDs

§  No RAID overhead: Using flash as a read cache avoids the overhead of RAID protection

§  Compression: Data on flash is compressed, saving space

§  Metadata in cache accelerates all reads

NIMBLE ARRAY

High-Capacity Disk Storage

All Data


Accelerating Applications with CASL Accelerate Protect Simplify

ü  2-5x better performance / $ ü  2-5x better capacity / $ ü  ~ 4x reduction in footprint, power and cooling

UNIVERSAL COMPRESSION: 30-75% SAVINGS §  Variable-size blocks enable

fast inline compression

§  Elimination of read-modify-write penalty allows compression of all applications

WRITE-OPTIMIZED LAYOUT: 100x FASTER WRITES §  Guaranteed coalescing of random

writes to sequential stripes; eliminates dependency on spindle speed

§  Coalesced writes to flash increase lifespan by 500%

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§  Cache populated intelligently on first write, instantly on cache miss

§  Metadata in cache accelerates all accesses

DYNAMIC CACHING: 50x FASTER READS


Gain High Performance and Capacity Savings

Actual results across all Nimble customers deploying ESX workloads

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Faster Performance…

AVERAGE READ LATENCY

AVERAGE WRITE LATENCY

Actual results across all Nimble customers

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1-4 ms

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“In an IOmeter test of the CS220, the Nimble out-

performed EMC by a factor of 7 to 10 in IOPS, latency, and Mbps”

Community “With inline compression

alone, we’ve freed up 7.48TB of space. Imagine what we can do with that.”

– Calvin Levy, Florida Blood Services

AVERAGE COMPRESSION

Actual results across all Nimble customers deploying SQL server workloads

1.98X

…without Sacrificing Capacity Accelerate Protect Simplify

“The IOPS we’re achieving with the Nimble array has proven game-changing for our development team.” – Ethan Erchinger, VP of Operations, Plaxo


Disks are NOT for IOPS

Compellent SC30 Equallogic PS6500X

NetApp FAS3140

10,000 Mailboxes

10,000 Mailboxes

12,000 Mailboxes

72 disks

48 disks

64 disks

Nimble CS240

20,000 Mailboxes

12 disks

IOPS / Disk: 11–19x higher

Microsoft Exchange 2010 Jetstress benchmark testing


Disks are NOT for IOPS

Compellent SC30 Equallogic PS6500X

NetApp FAS3140

10,000 Mailboxes

10,000 Mailboxes

12,000 Mailboxes

72 disks

48 disks

64 disks

Nimble CS440

40,000 Mailboxes

12 disks

2 x IOPS via Controller Upgrade

Microsoft Exchange 2010 Jetstress benchmark testing


Nimble Snapshot Efficiency Advantage

§  Redirect-on-write snapshots consume little space with no performance penalty

§  Enables frequent recovery points

§  Allows for longer retention periods of 30–120 days

Production Exchange 2010 deployment; 20GB Exchange Infostor Used DAG to mirror database to EqualLogic and Nimble CS-Series Captured daily snapshots on both systems for ten days

Accelerate Protect Simplify

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20

40

60

80

100

120 Snapshot Space Usage:

2.9 GB

102.1 GB

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Nimble Competitor

30x Less space with Nimble

“Most recoveries are for data which is less than a month old, often a granular file or object level and where recovery time is paramount, making disk-based protection mechanisms the right choice for almost everyone.”

– Jason Buffington, ESG


Consistent Backup and Replication

§  Cost-effective, WAN-efficient replication

§  Flexible retention schedules §  VM and application consistent

Hypervisor

SharePoint, Exchange, SQL Server, Hyper-V, VMware


SNAPSHOT

SNAPSHOT

SNAPSHOT

“A major advantage of snapshots over backup software is that they scale very well. No data movement means near instant application recoveries.”

– Dave Russell, Gartner


Simplify Backups, Protect More Accelerate Protect Simplify

Actual results across all Nimble customers running SQL workloads

63%

Protect More Often

CUSTOMERS WITH HOURLY RPOs



Protect More

WORKLOADS REPLICATED FOR DR

51%

10% Industry Average (Source: IDC)

CUSTOMERS RETAINING SNAPSHOTS MORE THAN 1 MONTH

47%

Actual results across all Nimble customers running SQL workloads

Protect Longer

“The Nimble backups are extremely fast and non-disruptive – they don’t impact our application or storage performance at all.”

– Steve Tuscher, Director of Information Technology, Grocery Outlet

“With Nimble it takes, literally, a couple clicks of the mouse to establish a backup schedule and meet our data retention policy.”

– Mike Brester, System Administrator, Mulvanny G2 Architecture

“When you compare Nimble with other disaster recovery products, it’s very effective and very competitive in terms of pricing, and it’s so easy to use.”

– Jared Call, Director of IT, Imagine Learning


Simplify and Go Beyond Accelerate Protect Simplify

PERCENT OF SUPPORT CASES RESOLVED WITH AUTOMATED SYSTEM


70%

Easy to Maintain

2 Line Items

NUMBER OF LINE ITEMS PER QUOTE

Easy to Purchase

3 PAGES

Easy to Upgrade PERCENT OF SYSTEMS UPGRADED WITHOUT DOWNTIME

99.9%


“It was really refreshing to see Nimble’s quote was one line item on my purchase order. It just all came bundled in there. All the things I needed and then some.”

–Mariyah Epich Serratos, City of Cupertino

“This isn't hard enough! I need thick manuals, on-site field

engineers, a complicated support web site, a-la-carte licensing charges, complicated spreadsheets to document configurations, maybe even a storage specialist! Something is very wrong here." –Russell Roberts, Premier Medical Group

“Just ran the firmware update. It could not have possibly gone smoother. One click to download, one click to update. Watched a live VM during the 8-minute process which never disconnected.” –Kenneth Libeson, Meritage Group


Gain Peace of Mind and More Accelerate Protect Simplify

SECURE REMOTE SUPPORT Nimble

Support PROACTIVE WELLNESS

PUSH-BUTTON DEPLOYMENT

§  5-minute heartbeats and detailed daily telemetry ensure arrays are in top condition

§  Real-time analysis of entire environment with automated case creation before failure occurs

§  All-inclusive features

§  Built-in application profiles eliminate manual tuning

§  Extensive integration with hypervisors and applications

§  Non-disruptive software upgrades

§  Secure tunnel enables fast and easy triage and problem resolution


Nimble Scale to Fit


Traditional Storage

Head unit + Disk Shelves

+  Low cost capacity upgrade -  Must forecast needs up front -  Scaling limited; storage silos -  Data migration is a nightmare

Scaling Today

Scale-Out Storage

CAPACITY PERFORMANCE

Scale-Out Cluster

+  Low upfront cost, simplified management -  Expensive expansion -  Must purchase performance and capacity together


Future-proof your Investments with Nimble

§  Buy the smallest brick you need today §  Add exactly what you need,

when you need it –  Simply –  Non-disruptively –  Cost-effectively


Scale To Fit: Optimised for You Accelerate Protect Simplify

SCALE COMPUTE/CACHE

§  Scale IOPS and reduce latency by scaling cache and/or compute

SCALE CAPACITY

§  Scale capacity alone using expansion shelves

SCALE-OUT CLUSTER

§  Scale performance and capacity by adding nodes while managing centrally

Scale flexibly and non-disruptively at the lowest incremental cost.


Scale Cache, Compute, Capacity, Nodes

ADD FLASH

OR CPU

SCALE CACHE, COMPUTE

PE

RFO

RM

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+ DISK

SCALE CAPACITY

CAPACITY

Flexible. Non-disruptive. Cost-effective.

+ NODES


Nimble Scaling for Mainstream Applications


PE

RFO

RM

AN

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CAPACITY


Nimble Scaling for Mainstream Applications


PE

RFO

RM

AN

CE

CAPACITY

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Real-time Analytics

VDI

SQL Server

Exchange

Backup, DR

Archival, Cheap and Deep

SharePoint

Oracle


Flexible, Non-disruptive Scaling

Scale Capacity, Cache, Compute, and Nodes

Industry leading granular scalability: §  To scale performance, swap with higher density SSDs and/or faster controllers

§  To scale capacity, add shelves

§  To scale performance and capacity further, cluster additional arrays

Controllers Head Shelf

Expansion Shelves

Denser SSDs

Expansion Shelves

Controllers Faster Controllers


Scale Performance Linearly

§  Create one or more storage pools in a scale-out cluster

–  Data is striped and automatically rebalanced across the arrays in a pool

–  Data can be non-disruptively migrated across pools

Storage pool: A pool with one or more arrays across which data is stored (striped)

Pool Pool

Volume

Volume

Volume

Volume

Volume Volume


Grow and Shrink Storage Non-disruptively

§  Add an array to a cluster to scale performance and capacity

–  Data is automatically rebalanced within each pool

§  Remove an array non-disruptively

–  Data is first migrated off the array without disruption and array is removed

MS Exchange+VDI SQL Server SQL Server MS Exchange SQL Server


Simplify Storage Management

§  Manage the scale-out cluster from a single console

–  Add and remove storage arrays –  Get status and view performance

and capacity reports –  Create and manage storage

pools and volumes §  Manage host connectivity

to the scale-out cluster –  Automatic MPIO configuration

and connection management –  Discover/add data IP through

a single connection


VDI VDI Exchange + SQL Server VDI

Repurpose older array for Disaster Recovery

Keep Applications Running – No Disruptions

§  Add or remove arrays non-disruptively

–  Add an array to a pool and the system automatically rebalances data

–  Remove an array non-disruptively §  Upgrade storage controllers

and add storage shelves without any downtime

–  Allow volumes to be migrated to change hardware without disruption


Connecting Scale-out Storage to the Host

§  Host directs reads and writes to correct array avoiding forwarding delays

–  Nimble Connection Manager for Windows –  Nimble PSP plug-in for VMware

§  Automatic MPIO configuration and path management– eliminates manual connection setup to individual arrays

Host based SW

Nimble Connection Manager or PSP plug-in


Nimble Storage Products


Nimble Storage CS-Series Controller Shelf

§  Consolidate 4x more–high perf and efficiency –  Compact 3U chassis

§  Instant snapshot and restore –  1000’s of efficient snapshots & VSS / VMware integration –  WAN-efficient replication

§  Scale-to-fit architecture –  Scale-up/scale-capacity/scale-out as needed

§  All-inclusive enterprise features –  Cloning, thin provisioning, replication, etc. –  Simple management for storage, backup, DR

CS210 CS220/G CS240/G CS260/G CS420/G CS440/G CS460/G Base Raw

capacity 8TB 12TB 24TB 36TB 12TB 24TB 36TB

Effective Capacity 4-9TB 8 – 16TB 17 – 33TB 25 – 50TB 8 – 16TB 17 – 33TB 25 – 50TB

Flash 160GB 320GB 640GB 1200GB 640GB 640GB 1200GB Network 4 x 1GbE 6 x 1GbE or 2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE (G models)

Controllers Dual hot-swappable controllers in active-passive configurations with mirrored NVRAM


Nimble Storage ES1-Series External Storage Shelf

§  Add additional storage with an external storage shelf –  Compact 3U chassis

§  Connect up to three (3) additional shelves –  Scale storage capacity non-disruptively

§  Uses 6Gb SAS connectivity from controller to shelf –  Support multipathing from controller to shelves

§  Each shelf is its own RAID Group

§  Spares assigned for each shelf

ES1-H25 ES1-H45 ES1-H65

Raw Capacity 15 TB 30 TB 45 TB

Effective Capacity (w/ 0x-2x compression) 11 – 22 TB 23 – 45 TB 34 – 68 TB

Flash 160 GB 300 GB 600 GB Connectivity 2x 6Gb SAS / IO module

IO Modules Dual hot-swappable SAS controllers


Solutions for VDI


Nimble with VMware

§  Deep collaboration across the lifecycle from pre-release development to go-to-market

§  All products certified with ESX and listed on VMware Hardware Compatibility List

§  SmartStack reference architecture for VMware VDI deployments §  One of a small list of VDI solutions certified under the VMware

Rapid Desktop Program

R E A D Y


VMware vCenter Server

VMware + Nimble = Better Performance, Management

§  vCenter Plug-ins to Manage Storage –  Create datastores/clones –  Manage snapshots/replication/restores –  Manage performance and capacity

§  vStorage API integrations to improve performance, management

–  Provision VMs, offload clone/copy –  Set capacity threshold alerts –  Better error handling –  VMFS performance improvements

§  VMware tools integration to improve protection

§  Quiesce/recover VMs with VM/app consistency

VMware vSphere

Servers

Nimble vCenter plug-ins

vStorage APIs

VM-consistent B/R

R E A D Y


VMware vSphere

VMware + Nimble = Better Multi-pathing Management

§  Automatic MPIO configuration and management for Nimble clusters


VMware vSphere

Servers

Nimble PSP

R E A D Y


Site Recovery Manager

VMware + Nimble = DR Automation and Testing

Site A (Primary) Site B (Recovery) VMware

vCenter Server

VMware vSphere

Servers

Site Recovery Manager


VMware vSphere

Servers

Storage Replication

R E A D Y


VDI Challenges and Stresses

§  VDI benefits –  Easy, centralized management –  Improved security –  Reduced maintenance, easy OS upgrades –  Fast provisioning –  Go green: reduced resource consumption –  Storage and backup consolidation –  More capable of handling peak loads

§  But… Get Storage wrong and VDI can fail “Storage costs can consume 40% to 50% of a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) project's overall costs.” – Jeff Byrne, Taneja Group


VDI Demands Responsive Storage

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12000

14000

IOP

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Writes

Reads

Boot Storm

Workday

AV Scans and Patches

VDI Storage Requirements for Hundreds of Desktops

9:00 AM 6:00 PM 10:00 PM


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 compression, high density drives –  Thin provisioning –  Zero-copy snapshots and clones –  50-90% space savings





§  Huge storage savings –  50% inline compression –  Thin provisioning –  Zero-copy clones for master Versioning –  Result: 50-90% space savings

§  Certified Reference Architectures –  Citrix and VMware certified –  SmartStack reference architectures –  Result: Instant deployment, peace of mind

OFFSITE

ONSITE


VMware View Rapid Desktop Program

§  Offers pre-configured, validated, orderable View VDI solutions on VMware Hardware Compatibility List

§  Self-cert process for channel partners, at no cost

§  Accelerate or eliminate VDI Proof of Concepts and deploy Pilots directly

§  Email [email protected] for more information


Nimble + VMware for Mobile Devices


Integrated Scalable Infrastructure for VDI and More

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§  Pre-validated infrastructure stack –  Includes best of breed storage, server,

networking and software §  Integrated platform scales to fit many

environments and mix of workloads including VDI

–  Add applications, and workloads –  Scale up and out as needed

§  Simplified management, repeatable deployment –  Make possible with design and sizing

guides

VMware View or Citrix XenDesktop with VMware vSphere + vCenter

UCS B-Series & C-Series Servers with UCS Manager

Cisco Nexus & Catalyst Ethernet Switches

Nimble Storage CS-Series

Cisco, Citrix, Nimble Storage and VMware together deliver the foundation for simple, cost effective and scalable VDI – support 1000’s of users in a single 3U system.


SmartStack for VDI

Nimble Storage CS220G-X2 (3RU)

Cisco UCS B-Class Blade Servers

VMware View

§  SmartStack: end-to-end reference architecture endorsed by Cisco, Nimble and VMware

–  Efficiently deliver cost-effective virtual desktops without a large upfront investment

–  Lower risk of deployments and improve probability of success

–  Scale to fit VDI needs by scaling performance and capacity independently

§  1000-User Configuration –  Cisco 8x UCS B230 M2 Servers with FEX –  Nimble Storage CS220G-X2 (12TB of disks with

640GB of Flash) –  VMware View 5.1 and vSphere 5.0


Nimble + CommVault = Comprehensive Backup Management

§  1st partner/charter member certified through the CommVault IntelliSnap Connect Program

§  Extensive integrations of hardware snapshots with SnapProtect §  Benefits:

–  Centralized management of backups –  Support for long-term retention and compliance –  Integrated catalog across primary, secondary, and other forms of media –  Granular recoveries of snapshots, application objects, files, VMs, and volumes –  Frequent recovery points irrespective of the volume of data to be protected –  Rapid restores that require no data movement –  Support for app and VM consistent recoveries

speeding up application and VM restore times


Nimble with Microsoft

§  Nimble is a Microsoft Premier Partner

§  Collaboration across development and support – dedicated TAM for Nimble support

§  Nimble storage arrays are Windows logo’ed

§  Support for MSFT iSCSI initiator, MPIO, VSS

Windows Storage Stack

Servers

Nimble VSS Hardware Provider

Nimble MPIO DSM


Nimble with Citrix XenDesktop


Customer Case Studies


§  Gain higher performance and capacity

§  Scale to fit unpredictable application needs

Accelerate

The Nimble Value

§  Back up and restore instantly

§  DR - protect more applications

§  Deploy with the push of a button

§  Get proactive wellness & predictive management


Protect

Simplify

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