DataCore Software with Cisco UCS Complete Unification of the Data Center Servers.

1. DataCore Software with Cisco
UCS
Complete Unification of the Data Center
Servers, Networking & Storage
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2. FABRIC COMPUTING
“A set of compute, storage, memory
and I/O components joined through a
fabric interconnect and the software
to configure and manage them.”
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The ability to reconfigure all system
components in sync
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Server, Network, STORAGE,
Specialty Engines
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The flexibility to provide resources within
the fabric to workloads as needed
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The capability to manage systems from a
more holistic standpoint
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3. THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL
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By delivering ViPR … we will provide our customers
with a lightweight, software-only approach to
storage management
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VMware’s software-defined storage strategy will
bring the same levels of abstraction and automation
to the storage infrastructure…
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We are a software defined storage company today.
While we are building storage systems out of
commodity disks, the value is in the software
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4. Disrupt Discrete IT Markets
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Before  Discrete IT
Components and Markets
Servers
$10.1Be
Future  Convergence
Components – Markets
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ES HDD
$55Be
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1.2%
ES SSD
4.3%
Today
Appliances
Virtualization
Unified Storage
Applications
$3.2Be
36.9%
Storage
Systems
PELS
$6.3Be
10.6%
$36Be
4.1%
Storage
Software
Integrated Infrastructure and Platforms
$15.7Be
CPU
5.8%
Networking
Future
PCIe
Ntwk
VMs
H/SDD
SDD
$11.8Be
6.1%
Hyper Converged Infrastructure
Sources: IDC Quarterly storage , PELS and server trackers/forecasters, HDD #243703, SSD #240871, Networking #241281
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5. Embed Storage Control
into Fabric Computing
truly Unified Data Center
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6. CISCO UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM
WITH STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY
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Revolutionizes the storage industry
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Accelerates the commoditization
of storage
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Abstracts storage management and
services from storage hardware
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Leverages a hardened software
platform on cutting edge
compute technology
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7. CISCO UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM
WITH STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY
BEYOND EFFICIENCY
MORE EFFECTIVE IT
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Cisco UCS with Storage
Virtualization Technology
breeds simplicity
Agile, flexible, high-performance,
self-integrating IT
Reduced staff costs
Increased uptime
Rapid return on investment
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8. The Path To aSoftware Defined DataCenter
Cisco UCS with
embedded storage
virtualization
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Introduce UCS based DataCore
virtual SANs
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Abstract storage software
from storage hardware
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Cisco UCS
Virtual SAN
Easily displace storage vendors
with high density UCS storage or
Whiptail appliances

9. CAPITALIZE ON SOFTWARE DEFINED
STORAGE
 DAS popular again
 Host-side flash for latency-sensitive apps
 SAN for bulk shared storage
 Value shift from storage arrays to layered software
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10. COMPETITIVE EDGE
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Integral storage control from
server, to cloud
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Bring continuous availability
Facilitate modernization
/ migration
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Assimilate diverse storage
equipment already in place
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Reduce admin effort through
extensive automation
Attain faster performance
from same assets
- Optimal use of CPUs/Memory/Channels
- Minimize back-end disk dependencies
Upgrade & expand
non-disruptively
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11. MARKET MOMENTUM
…it’s already begun…
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12. DataCore Software
 Global leader in softwaredefined storage
 Over 25,000 deployments
world-wide
 9th generation platform
 Privately held and profitable
for 15 years
 Cisco UCS Ready ISV Partner
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13. www.datacore.com
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14. N-WAY VIRTUAL SAN
 Pool total capacity
 Share across servers
 Thin provision space
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 Cache from DRAM
 Mirror between servers
 Auto-tier Flash/HDD
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15. 2-WAY CLUSTER (RETAIL STORES)
 Hot-hot nodes
 No single point of failure
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 Compact
 High-performance
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16. VIRTUAL DESKTOPS
 High user density
 No external SAN
 Small disk
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 Low-cost
 No need for flash
 Very responsive
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17. UNIFIED STORAGE (HA)
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18. TURBO-CHARGED CROSS-OVER
 Caching at host
 Shared redundant node
 Offload replicas to SAN
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19. N-WAY SAN STORAGE SERVERS
 Front-end I/O nodes
 Shared redundant node
 Offload replicas to SAN
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20. ARCHITECTURE SUMMARY
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