This presentation discusses Tulip Ltd's deployment of a Nimble Storage flash-optimized storage solution. Some key points covered include: - Wayne Fairhurst of Tulip Ltd presents on why they deployed Nimble Storage - Tulip is a leading UK food producer with 8,000 employees across 20 sites and annual product sales of 330,000 tonnes - Benchmark testing showed the Nimble Storage solution significantly outperformed their existing Equallogic storage in areas like IOPS, storage of snapshots, data compression ratios, and latency. - The improved performance and capabilities of Nimble Storage will provide business value through enhanced service level agreements, better business continuity and disaster recovery, data consolidation, and future

1. Why Tulip Deployed Presentation By:
Wayne Fairhurst
Nimble Storage Flash- Tulip Ltd
IT Infrastructure Services Manager
Optimised Solution @ResponseData
@NimbleStorage

2. TULIP: Page Title Here
Insert A Few Facts About Us…
• We are a leading food producer in the UK
• Our primary markets are retail and food service
• Parent company Danish Crown
• 4-fold turnover in 10 years
• 330,000 tonnes product sales
• 8,000 employees (including contractual labour)
• 20 sites are located throughout England
• Head Office located in Warwick

3. TULIP: Page Title Here
Insert Strategic Brands…
• We are proud to have a number
of well known brands within our
portfolio covering:
• Bacon
• Gammon
• Pork
• Sausages
• Savoury snacks
• Cooked meats
• Canned meats

4. Strategic Partnerships
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5. Our Challenges… Here
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6. Benchmarking Here
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How did Nimble perform
against our current
storage solution?

7. Test Results (IOPS)
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16000
14000
12000
10000 IOPS - Sequential
8000 IOPS - Random
6000
4000
2000
0
Equallogic Nimble (CS220)
(PS6000)

8. Test Results (Snapshots)
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100
90
80
70
60 Storage Req (TB)
50 Qty Snapshots
40
30
20
10 *10TB Volume, 4TB Used
0 Granularity = 3 hours
Equallogic Nimble (CS220)
(PS6000)

9. Test Results (Compression)
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3
2.5
2
1.5 Compression (x)
1
0.5
0
Files & SQL Virtual
Documents Databases Machines

10. Test Results (Latency)
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10
8
6 Latency (ms)
4
2
0
Equallogic (PS6000) Nimble (CS220)

11. Summary: Business Value
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• Enhanced SLA’s
• Integral to BCP/ DR Capabilities
• Supports Consolidation Activities
• Future Expansion
• Service Transformation

12. QUESTIONS? Contact:
Response Data
Communications Ltd
T: 020 7871 0800
E: dalida.moger@rdc.uk.com
W: rdc.uk.com
@ResponseData
@NimbleStorage
W: nimblestorage.com