d a t a s h e e t

essentials• Simplestoragemanagement,

designedforeaseofuse

• Massivescalabilitywitheasy,grow-as-you-goflexibility

• World’sfastestperformingNAS

• Unmatchedefficiencytoreducecosts

• Automatedtieredstoragetooptimizeresources

• Multi-protocolsupporttomaximizeoperationalflexibility

• Robustdataprotectionforahighlyresilientenvironment

EMC ISILON SCALE-OUT STORAGE PRODUCT FAMILY

Storage made simple

it’s nOt JUst data, it’s YOUR BUsiness.EMC®Isilon®scale-outstoragesolutionsaredesignedforenterprisesthatwanttomanagetheirdata,nottheirstorage.Ourstoragesystemsarepowerfulyetsimpletoinstall,manageandscale,atvirtuallyanysize.And,unliketraditionalenterprisestorage,Isilonsolutionsstaysimplenomatterhowmuchstoragecapacityisadded,howmuchperformanceisrequiredorhowbusinessneedschangeinthefuture.We’rechallengingenterprisestothinkdifferentlyabouttheirstorage,becausewhentheydo,they’llrecognizethere’sabetter,simplerway—withIsilon.

expand it... simplYWithEMCIsilonscale-outnetworkattachedstorage(NAS),youcanhaveunimaginableroomforgrowth—withover15petabytesofcapacitypercluster.Goahead.Takeonmoreprojects,performmorein-depthresearch,andserveupmoredata.Youcanscalebothcapacityandperformancealmostinstantlytomeetyourspecificbusinessneed—allwithoutanyadditionalITburden.

acceleRate it... simplY EMCIsilonstorageprovidesyouwiththetoolstodramaticallyincreaseworkflowproductivityandmaximizethevalueofyourenterpriseapplicationsandBigDataassets—allowingyoutoaccelerateyourbusinessthroughfastertime-to-moneyandnewrevenueopportunities.

pROtect it... simplY Youdon’tentrustyourmostvaluableassetstojustanyone.EMCIsilonstoragesolutionsprovidethehighestlevelsofreliability,availability,andserviceabilityintheindustry.Forfastandefficientdatabackupandrecovery,youcanschedulesnapshotsasfrequentlyasneededtomeetyourspecificrecoverypointobjectives.Forreliabledisasterrecoveryprotection,ourstoragesolutionsprovideextremelyfastdatareplicationalongwithpush-buttonfailoverandfailbacksimplicitytofurtherincreaseavailabilityofyourdataformission-criticalapplications.

secURe it... simplYTheneedtomeetregulatorycomplianceandcorporategovernancerequirementsisafactoflifeformostorganizationstoday.Isilonstoragesolutionshelpyoutoaddresstheseneedsbyprovidingflexiblesecurityoptionstosafeguardyourdataassets.WeofferWORMdataprotectiontopreventaccidentalormaliciousalterationordeletiontohelpyoumeetapplicableregulatoryrequirements—includingstringentSEC17a-4requirementsifneeded.WithIsilon,youcanalsoprovidesecureroleseparationbetweenstorageadministrationandfilesystemaccessaswellasAuthenticationZonestocreatesecure,isolatedstoragepoolsforspecificdepartmentswithinyourorganization.

OneFs OpeRatinG sYstem: the enGine that pOWeRs emc isilOn scale-OUt stORaGe sOlUtiOnsTheEMCIsilonOneFS®operatingsystemprovidestheintelligencebehindallIsilonscale-outstoragesolutions.ThroughthefusionofOneFS,state-of-the-artengineering,andenterpriseindustry-standardhardware,EMCIsilonprovideshighlyscalable,ultra-highperformance,modularstoragearchitecturethatcangroweasilywithyourbusiness.OneFScanhelpyouaccelerateprocessesandworkflowswhilescalingeasilytohandlemassivegrowthandprovidingthehighestlevelsofdataprotectionavailable.Allofthisinastoragesolutionthatisdesignedforunmatchedeaseofuse.

Hardware Platforms: S-Series, X-Series,

and NL-Series

PerformanceExtension

Nodes

Enterprise Data Protection and Management Software

OneFS® Operating System

EMCIsilonscale-outstoragesolutions,poweredbytheOneFSoperatingsystem,provideuserswithabroadrangeofoptionstomeettheirspecificstorageneeds.

Unmatched aGilitY and peRFORmanceChangeisinevitable;that’swhyeveryEMCIsilonsystemisbuilttorapidlyandsimplyadapt.OneFSallowsastoragesystemtogrowsymmetricallyorindependentlyasmorespaceorprocessingpowerisrequired—providingatruegrow-as-you-goapproachandtheabilitytoscale-outasbusinessneedsdictate.Within60seconds,youcanaddcapacityandperformancetoover15petabytesandrecord-breakingperformanceofover1.6millionSPECsfs2008CIFSfileoperationspersecond,withover100gigabytespersecond(GBps)ofaggregatethroughput—allfromasinglefilesystem.

eFFiciencY and cOst saVinGsOrchestratedbyOneFS,allcomponentsinanIsilonclusterworkinconcerttocreateaunifiedpoolofhighly-efficientstorage—withastorageutilizationrateofover80percent.TheunmatchedefficiencyofIsilonstoragesystemsmeanslessphysicalstorageandspaceisrequiredtohousethesameamountofdata—reducingbothinitialcapitaloutlayandongoingcosts.And,withtheOneFSAutobalance™feature,youcanquicklyandeasilyaddnodeswithoutdowntime,manualdatamigration,orapplicationlogicreconfiguration,savingpreciousITresources.AndbecauseIsilonstorageissoeasytomanage,fewerITresourcesarerequiredforstorageadministrationthantraditionalstoragesystems,furtherreducingoveralloperatingcosts.

“ As part of a complete production environment transformation, we deployed EMC

Isilon to take our video storage capabilities into the next generation. Now we

don’t have to compromise capacity for performance—we can grow both at the

same time. With EMC Isilon we’ve made content access much faster for our

clients, and we’re gaining a competitive advantage over other content providers.”

dOn meRRicK,stORaGe and BacKUp seRVices manaGeR, assOciated pRess

simple inteROpeRaBilitYWithIsilon,youcanstreamlineyourstorageinfrastructurebyconsolidatinglarge-scalefileandunstructureddataassets,eliminatingsilosofstorage.EMCIsilonscale-outNASincludesintegratedsupportforawiderangeofindustry-standardprotocols,includingNFS,SMB,HTTP,FTPandnativeHadoopHDFStosimplifyyourbusinessanalyticsinitiatives,simplifyandconsolidateworkflows,increaseflexibility,andgetmorevaluefromyourenterpriseapplicationsanddata.OursolutionsalsoreadilyintegratewithyourVMwareenvironmentandincorporateVMwareVAAIandVASAAPIstoincreasevirtualizationperformanceandtosimplifymanagementofyourvirtualizedITenvironment.Theselevelsofinteroperabilityhelpyouleverageyourlargedataassetsmoreflexiblywithabroadrangeofapplicationsandworkloads,andacrossadiverseITinfrastructureenvironment.

enteRpRise data pROtectiOn and manaGement sOFtWaReMassivestoresofdatapresentuniquemanagementchallengesincludingdisasterrecovery,quotamanagement,andoff-sitereplication.EMCIsilondataprotectionandmanagementsoftwareprovidesyouwithpowerfultoolstohelpyouprotectyourdataassets,controlcostsandoptimizestorageresourcesandsystemperformanceforyourbigdataenvironment.

InsightIQ™ PerformanceManagement

MaximizeperformanceofyourIsilonscale-outstoragesystemwithinnovativeperformancemonitoringandreportingtools

SmartPools™ ResourceManagement

Implementahighlyefficient,automatedtieredstoragestrategytooptimizestorageperformanceandcosts

SmartQuotas™ DataManagementAssignandmanagequotasthatseamlesslypartitionandthinprovisionstorageintoeasilymanagedsegmentsatthecluster,directory,sub-directory,user,andgrouplevels

SmartConnect™ DataAccessEnableclientconnectionloadbalancinganddynamicNFSfailoverandfailbackofclientconnectionsacrossstoragenodestooptimizeuseofclusterresources

SnapshotIQ™ DataProtection

Protectdataefficientlyandreliablywithsecure,nearinstantaneoussnapshotswhileincurringlittletonoperformanceoverheadandspeedrecoveryofcriticaldatawithnear-immediateon-demandsnapshotrestores

Isilon for vCenter DataManagement ManageIsilonfunctionsfromvCenter

SyncIQ™ DataReplication

Replicateanddistributelarge,mission-criticaldatasetstomultiplesharedstoragesystemsinmultiplesitesforreliabledisasterrecoverycapabilityandusepush-buttonfailoverandfailbacksimplicitytoincreaseavailabilityofmission-criticaldata

SmartLock™ DataRetention

Protectyourcriticaldataagainstaccidental,prematureormaliciousalterationordeletionwithoursoftware-basedapproachtoWriteOnceReadMany(WORM)andmeetstringentcomplianceandgovernanceneedssuchasSEC17a-4requirements

Aspera for Isilon™ ContentDelivery High-performancewideareafileandcontentdelivery

“ With Isilon, we’ve been able to grow a single file system to nearly a petabyte in

less than a year, while still maintaining the data throughput necessary to power

our workflow and advance our research.”

mattheW tRUnnell, manaGeR OF ReseaRch cOmpUtinG, BROad institUte

emc isilOn haRdWaRe platFORm: thRee FlexiBle pROdUct linesEMCIsilonoffershighly-flexiblescale-outstoragesolutionswithpreciselytherightstorageona“grow-as-you-go”basiseliminatingtheneedforforecastingorover-provisioning.EMCIsilonhardwareplatformsarebuiltontheinnovativeIsilonscale-outstoragearchitecture—designedforsimplicity,value,best-in-classperformanceandunmatchedreliability.Ourplatformofferingsincludethreeflexibleproductlinesthatcanbecombinedinasinglefilesystemandvolumeprovidingapplicationconsolidationtailoredforyourspecificbusinessneeds.

s-seRiesTheanswerforultra-performanceprimarystorage,purposebuiltforhigh-transactionalandIOPS-intensiveapplications.TheEMCIsilonS-SeriescombinesunmatchedIOPSperformancewithhighefficiencyandanultra-lowoverheadscale-outNASpackage.WithSSDtechnologyforfile-systemmetadataandfile-basedstorageworkflows,theS-Seriesdeliversadditionalperformancegainsformetadataintensiveoperationswhileimprovingoveralllatency.

Current Products S200

Cluster Capacity* 21.6TBto3.11PB

Density* 7.2TB,14.4TB,or21.6TBpernode

Use cases•Design & Simulation:simulation,verification,andanalysisofelectronicandmechanical

systems,designformanufacturability,andanalysisrequiringfastscratchstorage•Digital Media:broadcast,real-timestreaming,rendering,andpostproduction•Web 2.0:Web-baseddatabaseandemail

x-seRiesTheEMCIsilonX-Series,ourmostflexibleandcomprehensivestorageproductline,strikestherightbalancebetweenlargecapacityandhigh-performancestorage.ThehighlyversatileX-Seriesisanidealsolutionforhighthroughputandhighconcurrencyapplications.WithSSDtechnologyforfile-systemmetadataandfile-basedstorageworkflows,theEMCIsilonX-Seriessignificantlyacceleratesnamespaceintensiveoperations.

Current Products X200,X400

Cluster Capacity* 18TBtoover15PB

Density* X200–6TB,12TB,24TB,36TBpernodeX400–36TB,72TB,or108TBpernode

Use cases•Business Analytics:Hadoopworkflows•Large-Scale Home Directories:Windows,LinuxandUnixdataenvironments•Virtualized Infrastructure Environments:tier3andtier4workloads•Healthcare:PACSmedicalimaging•Life Sciences:geneticsequencingandlarge-scalemicroscopyenvironments•Digital Media:broadcast,postproduction,andDI(digitalintermediate)•Internet/Web 2.0:onlinevideo,audio,andimageserving;Webanalytics•Electronic Design Automation:designteamcollaboration,designlibraries,toolscripts,

anddesignimplementationdatabases

*Basedonnon-SSDconfiguration

nl-seRiesTheNL-Seriesisdesignedtoprovidecost-effective,highly-scalablenearlinestorage.Toachievethis,theNL-Seriescombineshighdensityandefficiency,withmassivecapacitycapabilities.Theresultisahighlyeconomicalscale-outstoragesolutionatanextremelyattractivepriceperTBofcapacityandlowoverallTCO.

Current Products NL400

Cluster Capacity 108TBtoover15PB

Density 36TB,72TB,or108TBpernode

Use cases•File Archives:foreconomicalstorageandrapiddisk-basedaccesstoreferencedatato

meetbusinessandlegalrequirements.Specificexamplesincludefinancialservices,insurance,emailandgeneralfiledataarchiving.

•Disaster Recovery:whencombinedwithIsilonSyncIQ™replicationsoftware,aprovensolutionfororganizationswhosemulti-sitereplicationstrategyrequiresaneconomical,high-capacitystoragedevicetobelocatedremotely.

•Disk-to-Disk Backup:canbecombinedwithde-duplicationtechnologyfromotherindustryproviderstodeliverahighlyscalable,reliable,easy-to-manageandeconomicaldisk-basedbackuptarget.

peRFORmance extensiOn nOdesEMCIsilonPerformanceExtensionnodesallowyoutoeasilyscaleperformancetomeetthespecificneedsofyourbusiness.

EMC Isilon Performance Accelerator–ByaddingtheIsilonPerformanceAcceleratortoanexistingEMCIsiloncluster,youcanquicklyaddmorethan400MBpersecondofsingle-streamthroughputandupto700MBpersecondofconcurrentthroughputforthemosttransactionalaccesspatterns.

EMC Isilon Backup Accelerator–TheIsilonBackupAcceleratorcanbeseamlesslyaddedtoanyexistingEMCIsilonclustertodeliverupto480MB/secondofperformanceacrossfourconcurrentstreams,speedingback-upoperationsandreducingtheriskofbusiness-criticaldataloss.

“ Despite the fact that we have nearly one petabyte of data, the EMC Isilon OneFS

operating system is so easy to manage, we don’t need a dedicated storage

administrator. Aside from the cost savings, we’re able to free up our IT people to

focus on other initiatives, such as our virtualization infrastructure.”

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EMC2,EMC,theEMClogo,Isilon,OneFS,AutoBalance,FlexProtect,InsightIQ,SmartCache,SmartConnect,SmartLock,SmartPools,SmartQuotas,SnapshotIQ,SyncIQ,andTrueScaleareregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofEMCCorporationintheUnitedStatesandothercountries.VMwareisaregisteredtrademarkortrademarkofVMware,Inc.,intheUnitedStatesandotherjurisdictions.Allothertrademarksusedhereinarethepropertyoftheirrespectiveowners.©Copyright2012EMCCorporation.Allrightsreserved.PublishedintheUSA.08/12DataSheetH10541.3

EMC Corporationhopkinton, massachusetts 01748-9103 1-508-435-1000 in north america 1-866-464-7381 www.emc.com

cOntact UsTolearnmoreabouthowEMCIsilonproducts,services,andsolutionshelpsolveyourbusinessandITchallengescontactyourlocalrepresentativeorauthorizedreseller—orvisitusatwww.EMC.com/Isilon

EMC Isilon Storage Divisionseattle, Washington 98104 1-206-315-7500www.emc.com/isilon

emc WORld-class sUppORt seRVices maximiZe the ValUe OF YOUR inVestmentFeelconfident.Weknowthatoutstandingsupportisessentialtoensuringthecontinuedsuccessofyourbusiness.That’swhyaninvestmentinanIsilonscale-outstoragesolutionisbackedbyaglobalteamofsupportexpertsthatarereadytorespondtoanydisruptiontoyourstorageenvironment.

Weunderstandthatrespondingtoproblemsaftertheyoccurisnolongerenough.Potentialissuesmustbeanticipatedandpreventedtoensurethehighestpossibleperformance,dataavailability,andoperationalefficiency.That’stheroleofEMCSupportServices.We’rehereforyouevenbeforeyouneedus.

cOmpRehensiVe, BReaKthROUGh stORaGe sOlUtiOnsThroughthewinningcombinationoftheEMCIsilongroundbreakingOneFSoperatingsystem,high-performanceindustry-standardhardware,andpowerfuldataandstoragemanagementsoftware,EMCIsilonprovidesacompleteportfolioofinnovativestoragesolutionsthatdrivebusinessvalueforcustomersbyoptimizingmission-criticalapplications,workflows,andprocesses.Isilonstorageenablesenterprisesandresearchorganizationsworldwidetomanagelargeandrapidlygrowingamountsofdatainahighly-scalable,easy-to-manage,andcost-effectiveway.

Ourinnovativescale-outstoragesolutions—builtforagility,simplicity,andvalue—providebothatieredstorageapproachforspecializedneedsandtheabilitytounifydigitalworkflowsintoasingle,high-performance,highlyscalablesharedpoolofstorage.Everyeasy-to-manageIsilonsolutionisdesignedtoaccelerateworkflowproductivityandreducecapitalandoperationalexpenditureswhileseamlesslyscalingstorageinlockstepwiththegrowthofmission-criticaldata.