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Introducing CACHEfxScalable Caching Appliances

January 2008


Current Trends Creating I/O Bottlenecks

Current trends driving Current trends driving painful storage problemspainful storage problems

Storage bottleneck trendsStorage bottleneck trends• Shared I/O applicationsShared I/O applications• File-content explosionFile-content explosion• Server virtualizationServer virtualization• Web-scale applicationsWeb-scale applications• Oracle on NFS/DirectNFSOracle on NFS/DirectNFS

Traditional solutions are no longer effective• Disk over provisioning• Server or subsystem caching


A New Approach: Centralized Storage Caching

» Dramatically increase performance

• IOPS, low latency, throughput

» Reduce over-provisioning• Less power, space,

cooling

» Guarantee service levels» Install seamlessly

• Maintain storage processes (snapshots, mirroring, archive)

» Scale as a shared network resource

Cached data servedCached data served10-50x faster from memory10-50x faster from memory

Clustered File SystemGear6Scalable Caching Appliance


Introducing CACHEfx Scalable Caching Appliances

Use high-speed memory to overcome disk-based IOPS and latency limitations

Accelerate data center systems and applications by seamlessly eliminating I/O bottlenecks

» Fit existing infrastructure» Initial focus on NAS/NFS» Support clustered file systems

» Deliver true performance» Low latency» High IOPS» and high throughput

» Support thousands of clients

» Scale to multiple terabytes

» Close the performance gap

ScalableCachingAppliances


Delivering Results for Production Customers!

3xIncrease in project capacity withno additional storage hardware

5x Application performance increase

85%Reduction in filer load(IOPS and throughput)

100% Client utilization achieved, up from 60%


VirtualizationVirtualization

DatabasesDatabases

File-centric data storesFile-centric data stores

Shared I/O ApplicationsShared I/O Applications

Electronic designElectronic designAnimationAnimationFinancial analyticsFinancial analyticsEnergyEnergyMedia deliveryMedia deliveryBiotechnologyBiotechnology

Positive Impact of Centralized Storage Caching

New virtual machinesNew virtual machines

Concurrent clientsConcurrent clients

Random accessRandom access

Transaction intensiveTransaction intensive

Large data setsLarge data sets

Peak loads with SLAsPeak loads with SLAs

Performance and Performance and accelerationacceleration

Reduce over-Reduce over-provisioningprovisioning

Quality of ServiceQuality of Service

Investment protectionInvestment protection

Broad Market Applicability

Pervasive Data Center Trends

Consistent Benefits


CACHEfx Appliance and Reflex OS

Reflex OS™» Coherent memory aggregation» Parallel I/O and real time response

for scalable I/O bandwidth» Intelligent cache services

Appliance Performance» From 250,000 to millions of IOPS» Microsecond response time» Scales linearly

Network» From 1.6 Gigabytes per second» 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity

Capacity» Starting at ¼ TB. More capacity via

real time compression. Scale to 5TB

Supported Protocols» NFS and clustered file systems» Other protocols planned

VirtualizationVirtualization

PerformancePerformance

Cache ServicesCache Services

Reflex OSReflex OS


Deployment Use Cases

Problems» I/O constraints» Poor utilization» Varied service levels

Solutions» Application acceleration» Efficient performance» Guaranteed storage quality of

service

Benefits» Shorten processing times» Simplify configurations» Easily manage peak loads» No infrastructure change» Supercharge all NAS/NFS and

clustered file systems

Performance Performance and and

AccelerationAcceleration

CACHEfx™

Reduce Over-Reduce Over-provisioningprovisioning

Quality of Quality of ServiceService

NFSServers/Storage(clustered file systems)

NFSClients

Applicationand DatabaseServers

Ethernet/IPNetwork

Direct data path available anytime


What Customers Are Saying About Gear6


Accelerating storage for real time application performance

“The CACHEfx appliance was very simple to deploy and we quickly saw performance jump through the roof.

»Sony Pictures Imageworks

CACHEfx appliances greatly simplify data management and allow us to do things with network attached storage that we could not do before.

»GX Technology

The scalability and fault tolerant design of the CACHEfx appliance were very attractive features for us, and it was straightforward to integrate the system into our complex environment.

»D.E. Shaw

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Caching and Namespace Performance

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Current Ineffective Performance Approaches

Latency and IOPS limited by disk

» New hardware, file system, storage software

» Great for capacity,not performance

Scarce memory resources

» Limited capacity» Difficult to scale and

share» Architecturally complex

Latency and IOPS limited by disk

» Over-provision for performance

» Frequent “Hot Spots”» High CAPEX and OPEX

Parallel / Clustered File Systems

Device CachingTraditional NAS