Exploding data capture, analysis and application performance scale with next gen storage from Xyratex

1. Expanding Adoption and Access to Next Generation
HPC Storage Utilizing Intel E5 Architecture
Michael K. Connolly
Partner and Alliances DevelopmentPartner and Alliances Development

2. Commercial Scientific and Engineering Computing
High resolution
simulation and
modeling of
Everything
•Exploding data capture, analysis and application performance scale
•Time critical commercial simulation and industrial modeling requires
• Faster job completion to attain significantly higher iteration rates
• More precise application insights with higher resolution accuracy
• Enhanced data throughput efficiency to overcome legacy barriers
• Scale beyond NFS (not suited to intensive simulation needs)
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3. •Massively parallel globally concurrent
access
• Thousands application clients - billions of
files
•Highest performance scalability, reliability,
availability and serviceability
• Single file system namespace in 10s
High Performance Applications
• Single file system namespace in 10s
petabytes usable capacity
• Linear file system scale-out performance in
100s of GB/s
•Integrated solution management
• End-to-end system visibility, provisioning,
manageability and diagnostics

4. OEM
Storage Solutions
HDD Capital
Equipment Solutions
Ultra-dense, high
performance and high-
availability data storage
enclosure & integrated
Fully automated disk drive test
solutions, servo-track writing
technology and disk processing
solutions for high-volume
manufacturing environments.
ClusterStor™
Storage Solutions
Fully integrated scale-out file
system solutions engineered to
meet HPC requirements in
research, government &
commercial applications.
enclosure & integrated
application platforms.

5. Leading Provider of Data Storage Solutions
HDD Capital
Equipment Solutions
~ 50% of w/w disk drives
are produced utilizing
Xyratex Technology*
Largest independent
supplier of Disk Drive
Capital Equipment
OEM
Storage Solutions
15%of w/w external storage capacity shipped in
2012*
> 3,000 Petabytes of
storage shipped in 2012
Largest OEM Disk
Storage System provider Capital EquipmentStorage System provider
ClusterStor™ HPC
Storage Solutions
Fastest Data Storage System in the World
~ 90PB ClusterStor capacity shipped in
2012
Powering research, energy, defense and
life science applications worldwide
*Source: Company estimates

6. Integrated File
System and Appliance Solutions
Embedded Storage Platforms
Storage Application Platform
Modular Enclosures
Storage Enclosures
Enterprise Storage Solutions: OneStor™ and ClusterStor™
Integrated Application
Platforms
Integrated
System Solutions
Storage Application Platform
Xyratex Storage Innovations
OneStor™ Software (USM)
Common Mgmt SW & Deep System
Diagnostics
Integrated System Testing
Proprietary Pre-Ship Testing Methods
& Automation
Metis™ Power Protection
UPS Alternative for Data
Protection
Reliability, Availability &
Serviceability
Enterprise Redundancy & Resiliency

7. Delivering Ultimate Scale-Out Storage for HPC and
Big Data
Optimized time to productivity
Efficiency, application availability, results
ClusterStor™ 6000
Industry Leading Performance at Massive Scale
Unmatched file system performance – Delivered!
Industry’s fastest just got two times faster
Highest reliability, availability
and serviceability
Enterprise level resiliency

8. ClusterStor – An Integrated Lustre® Storage Solution
Engineered for High Performance Computing
ClusterStor™ consolidates: controllers, storage, operating system, and the
Lustre file system creating a new optimal scale-out storage
Fully realized solution provides the industry’s best reliability, scalability,
superior performance and ease of management.
• Performance
• Scale-Out Capability
• Capacity and Density Scaling
• Ease of Management
• Ease of Deployment

9. ClusterStor - Dynamic Scaling
Traditional Scaling Approach
Network I/O Ports:
Dynamic Scaling Approach
(SSU) Overall Rack Amounts
Compute & RAM:
Balanced Performance
& ScalabilityUnbalanced Performance
Total HDDs:
Compute & RAM:
<25GB/sec
File System
Throughput
=
CS-6000
>42GB/sec
File System
Throughput
=

10. ClusterStorTM Scalable Storage Unit (SSU)
State of the Art Technology Highlights
Xyratex uses Intel Xeon® E5 processor family to power
ClusterStorTM 6000
• High-performance per watt processing power
• Advanced Storage Features
• Data Protection and Security
• Intel Integrated I/O
• Scalability• Scalability
ClusterStorTM 6000 Scalable Storage Unit provides 6GB/s file system
throughput in 5U high availability scale-out building block
• Expanded memory capacity, wider and faster memory bandwidth
• PCIe Gen3 faster and wider with more lanes, higher IO throughput
• FDR InfiniBand, lower latency, higher IO throughput
• No compromise high quality, high integrity Near Line (NL) SAS HDDs

11. ClusterStor™
Delivering the Ultimate in HPC Data Storage
Faster Data Throughput &
Capacity
Increased Compute
Capacity Enablement
Optimized time
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Higher Levels
of System Availability
Efficient Systems
Deployment & Management
Optimized time
to productivity

12. Integrated System Solution Management
Key Features
• Remediation Center
Intelligence-guided
remediation steps
• Expert system
Built into service
oriented architecture
• Health monitoring telemetry
Benefits
• Reduced service cost to manage large scale HPC data storage
• Modular end-to-end cluster-centric management solution
• Extensible framework to integrate with customer environments
• Reduced time to issue resolution, with automated real time cluster metric and inventory
analysis assisted by expert system
• Health monitoring telemetry
database API
Enables QoS analytics
export and repurposing

13. •Massively parallel globally concurrent
access
• Thousands application clients - billions of
files
•Highest performance scalability, reliability,
availability and serviceability
• Single file system namespace in 10s
High Performance Applications
• Single file system namespace in 10s
petabytes usable capacity
• Linear file system scale-out performance in
100s of GB/s
•Integrated solution management
• End-to-end system visibility, provisioning,
manageability and diagnostics

14. • Fundamentally overcomes the well
known “Storage I/O Bottleneck”
• Satisfies HPC and Big Data accelerated
pace for more compute and capacity
• Resolves legacy “cobbled together
ClusterStor Benefits
Increased Compute Capacity
Faster Data Throughput & Capacity
• Resolves legacy “cobbled together
systems” reliability and availability
issues
• Delivers fastest time to productivity
Higher Levels of System Availability
Efficient Deployment & Management

15. ClusterStor Benefits
Shrinking Budgets
Limited Power Resources
• Collapses and consolidates solution
into modular, easy to use building
blocks
• Savings in storage hardware resulting
in lower latencies, higher reliability and
reduced power and cooling costs
Datacenter Infrastructures
reduced power and cooling costs
• Reclaims resources for more compute,
performance and storage capacity
• Eliminates waste

16. Global Customer Relationships
Strategic relationships established with both market & technology leaders

17. Strategic Alliances and Technology Partners
Strategic Association Membership

18. Some ClusterStor Solution Success
Ken Atkinson
High Performance Computing, AWE
“All of the performance testing met or exceeded expectations.”
Jacques-Charles Lafoucriere
Department Leader, CEA
“The software stack provided with the system enabled us to install a working
Lustre environment within hours.”
Paul Calleja
Director of High Performance Computing, University of Cambridge
“With Lustre and the comprehensive storage management framework we
were able to easily configure and manage our cluster”

19. Come see more of us at Booth #364
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