SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE IN ACTION

SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE IN ACTION Anne Tarantino VP Sales- Velocity Tech Solutions Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 1

Introducing SANsymphony -V10 Cross-device Storage Services Define Your Storage 10 th generation product Runs on standard x86 servers Most comprehensive hardware agnostic storage stack in the industry 25,000+ deployments worldwide Auto-tiering Async Replication Virtual SAN Storage Pooling Storage Load Balancing Centralized Management Analysis & Reporting Sync Mirroring Adaptive Caching Thin Provisioning Data Migration Snapshots Continuous Data Protection NAS/SAN (Unified Storage) Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 3

Benefits at a Glance Surveyed DataCore Customers Report Up To: 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 www.techvalidate.com Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 4

Use Cases for SANsymphony-V10 Virtualize your existing storage hardware Create virtual SANs with server-attached storage Integrate Flash/SSDs with existing storage Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 5

Solution Overview Virtualize your existing storage hardware Create virtual SANs with server-attached storage Integrate Flash/SSDs with existing storage Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 6

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 Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 7

Auto-tiering Dynamically Optimizes Resources Create up to 15 tiers of storage Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier n Hot Warm Cold Archive Above average moves up a tier Below average moves down a tier Evaluates data at the block level so data from a single application can reside on multiple storage tiers Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 8

10x performance on existing storage 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 Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 9

Cross-Device Synchronous Mirroring Data is synchronously mirrored between unlike storage systems Replicate, failover and failback between unlike devices Seamlessly move data from one device to another Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 10

Transform DAS, Flash & SSDs into a Virtual SAN Runs as a virtual machine on any application server Pools local storage resources for all to share Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 13

Full feature functionality with Virtual SAN Dramatically increase performance Share Flash cards between application servers Auto-tier between DRAM, flash and disk Share capacity across cluster of servers Speed up apps with DRAM caching Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 14

Low Cost Storage at Remote Sites and Branch Offices Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Virtual SAN No need to buy expensive external storage Virtual SAN Scales up to 1000 s! Runs on any standard server hardware Virtual SAN Data Center Central SAN Virtual SAN Increases application performance Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 15

Common Challenges With Flash Storage INTEGRATION AND MANAGEMENT How do I integrate this new technology with my existing environment? What new processes do I need to manage this investment? 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? Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 18

The Premier Software Stack for Flash One Software Platform for any Storage Hardware Cross-device Storage Services Flash - SSD and Arrays Flash/HDD Hybrid Auto-tiering Async Replication Virtual SAN Storage Pooling Storage Load Balancing Centralized Management Analysis & Reporting Sync Mirroring Adaptive Caching Thin Provisioning Data Migration Snapshots Continuous Data Protection NAS/SAN (Unified Storage) Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 19

Easy Integration and Sharing of Flash Storage Flash Cards in Virtual SAN Flash Cards in DataCore nodes Flash Arrays in storage pool 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 Flash environments Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 20

Federate Virtual SAN with Physical SAN Expand beyond limits of application servers 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 Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 22

Centrally Managed Environment Branch Office [Virtual SAN] Disaster Recovery Site [Virtual SAN] Cloud Storage Major Data Centers [Central SANs] Branch Office [Virtual SAN] Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 23

When to get started with SDS 10 11 12 1 2 9 3 8 7 6 5 4 Before your next storage purchase Using or considering flash/ssds Expanding Server/Desktop Virtualization Developing your Business Continuity Plan Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 24

Founded 1998 Privately owned Investors Flagship Ventures Updata Partners Insight Venture Partners 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) Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 25

QUESTIONS? Contact: info@datacore.com www.datacore.com 2014 DataCore Software Corporation. All Rights Reserved. DataCore, the DataCore logo and SANsymphony are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved.