LSI Nytro Flash Storage

Kent Abendroth – West Var channel manager

425-417-5245

July 2012

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Agenda topics to address

LSI Nytro Value Proposition

• Who and Why LSI as a channel storage partner

• Nytro product differences vs. competition.

How does LSI Nytro address Latency issues?

How to differentiate LSI with end users quickly?

How do I get paid.. opportunity registration

How do I get support? Pre and post

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LSI Silicon and Software Offerings

HDD

Flash

PCIe® Flash

Adapters

Software

Networking

Axxia™Standard

Product Family

Custom Silicon

Software

Server & Storage Connectivity

SAS HBAs

MegaRAID HBAs

Software

Enabling application

performance with

flash storage

processors, PCIe

solutions

Industry’s

leading LDPC

and SAS teams

Advancing server

storage

performance

through SAS and

data protection

leadership

Delivering

deterministic

performance to

mobile and

enterprise

networks

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Why LSI? – Flash SSD Accelerated Storage Division

SandForce acquisition complete in Jan. 2012

Defined leadership product lines and roadmap

Built new flash, card level validation labs

Won major designs at leading companies:

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What is LSI Nytro™ Value Proposition? End User message

• World’s best flash management

• Leading application workload performance

• Maximum available CPU, memory for app work FA

ST

• Optimal price/performance via caching

• Buy only what you need – WarpDrive, XD, MegaRAID

• From a trusted partner SM

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• It just works: no tuning, rewrites, or hand placing data

• Tools for simplified analysis

• Broad flash capacity points, extensive OS support EA

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The Coming Evolution of Enterprise Flash Solutions

$500M

$1.4B

Flash Segment

High capacity, PCIe flash for primary storage

High Capacity flash with Seamless Caching /

Acceleration Software

2015 TAM

Additional Growth Opportunity

Source: IDC 2012

Low capacity flash with Seamless Caching /

Acceleration Software

LSI has products and

technologies to address

all segments

Nytro

WarpDrive

Nytro XD

Nytro

MegaRAID

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SAN/DAS caching:

Nytro XD

Pure Flash DAS:

Nytro WarpDrive

Hybrid DAS:

Nytro MegaRAID

LSI Nytro Application Acceleration Architecture

SAS • FC • iSCSI

Application

Operating System Nytro XD Software

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LSI Nytro™ Predictor SW tool for profiling workload requirements

Software tool that

analyzes application

workloads

Recommend best Nytro

products to accelerate

applications

Understand

performance benefits

before purchase

Enables customers to

choose the right Nytro solutions

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LSI Nytro™ WarpDrive vs. Fusion IO comparison

Performance & Endurance Upside with Real-World Database Workloads

Mainstream Enterprise Database Workload 70/30 R/W 8K Random IOPs, 32QD

Nytro WarpDrive

Fusion-io ioDrive-2

0%

50%

100%

150%

200%

250%

Incompressible 10% Compression 50% Compression

149%

187%

239%

100% 100% 100%

Nytro WarpDrive

1. Higher sustained performance with real -world workloads

2. Broad driver support

• Inbox drivers with major OS’s

• Open Source

• Bootable device

3. Low host resource utilization to manage flash

• Instantaneous recovery from power failure

• Orders of magnitude lower memory footprint

• Consistent performance over time

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LSI Nytro™ WarpDrive and XD SKUs

LSI Product

Ordering

Part

Number

Product Description MSRP

Nytro NWD-WLP4-200 LSI00323 The Nytro NWD-WLP4-200, low profile, small

form factor PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card 6,595.00

Nytro NWD-WLP4-400 LSI00324 The Nytro NWD-WLP4-400, low profile, small

form factor PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card

12,195.00

Nytro NWD-BLP4-400 LSI00318 The NWD-BLP4-400, low profile, small form factor

PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card

5,945.00

Nytro NWD-BLP4-800 LSI00319 The Nytro NWD-BLP4-800, low profile, small form

factor PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card 10,895.00

Nytro NWD-BLP4-1600 LSI00320 The Nytro NWD-BLP4-1600, low profile, small

form factor PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card 20,795.00

Nytro NXD-BLP4-400 LSI00325

The NXD-BLP4-400, low profile, small form factor

PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card and

caching software

10,695.00

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Nytro™ MegaRAID SKUs

SKUs* PCIe Flash Capacity Schedule

NMR8100-4i x8 PCIe 3.0 128GB Sampling:

July 2012

Production/GA:

August 2012

NMR8110-4i x8 PCIe 3.0 256GB

NMR8120-4i x8 PCIe 3.0 1024GB

Notes: * Part numbers are subject to change before product release

* -4e versions will be available in 4Q’12

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LSI Channel Opportunity Registration

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Why LSI Nytro™ Value Proposition

Proven-Trusted Partner

For over 30 years, LSI has been at the forefront of innovative datacenter technology

LSI delivers an unmatched portfolio of proven storage technology

LSI is the market leader in…SAS, enterprise RAID, and application acceleration.

LSI Enables the Entire Storage Ecosystem

Datacenter, public cloud, and on-premise server environments

Increase performance while lowering total cost of ownership

All major server and storage OEMs use LSI Storage Technology

Nytro™ Products Deliver

Higher sustained performance

Low host resource utilization to manage flash – Low Latency

Broad driver support

Ease of implementation

Future-proof scalability - buy what you need for today’s business problems

Nytro™ - WarpDrive, XD, MegaRAID, Predictor SW

That’s…. the Smarter way to Faster.com

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LSI Proprietary

LSI – Resources and Contacts

• Kent Abendroth – LSI Channel Sales Manager 425-417-5245

- Dedicated to LSI channel products and programs

- Sales Tools and product support information

• LSI VSP VAR Channel program

• Opportunity Registration

• Lead generation

• MDF

• Meet Comp Pricing

• Product samples and evaluations

• LSI Technical support : 1-800-633-4545

• LSI RMA program

- Contact LSI tech support

- Cross ship overnight is available on request

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LSI Nytro WarpDrive PCIe Flash Adapter for Servers

Fast • 2X Performance of the

Previous Generation

• Latency reduction &

transactional improvement

The Easy, Affordable Flash Upgrade

Smart • DuraWrite Technology

• Accelerates writes

• Extends data life

• Embedded Processor

• Frees host CPU and

memory to run applications

• R.A.I.S.E. technology

Easy • In the box drivers for most

operating systems

• Preconfigured for max

performance, endurance

and usable capacity

• Wide range of storage

capacities

Product Values LSI Comp

Built with industry standard

LSI SAS drivers

In box drivers for major OSes ✔ ✖

OEM integrated management ✔ ✖

Bootable ✔ ✖

Embedded, offloaded multi-core

Flash Storage Processors

Consistently low server CPU

& DRAM usage over life ✔ ✖

Stable performance over life ✔ ✖

Consistent performance

across CPU GHz ✔ ✖

Fast recovery from power fail ✔ ✖

Max capacity (FHHL) 3.2TB 2.4TB

Max capacity (HHHL) 1.6TB 1.2TB

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iSCSI SAN Nytro XD w/iSCSI SAN

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LSI Nytro XD – Accelerate Your SAN

Nytro XD transparently accelerates SAN or DAS arrays

Fast

Up to 10x

Performance

Improvement

Smart

Intelligently

caches data

onto Nytro

WarpDrive

Easy

Seamless

integration with

existing storage

iSCSI SAN Nytro XD w/iSCSI SAN

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SAN Acceleration Solution • Bundled Nytro WarpDrive

and caching software

solution

• Transparent infrastructure

and lowered TCO

• Simplified configuration and

management

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Nytro MegaRAID Accelerate Your DAS

Key Features

• Integrated with the MegaRAID and runs

locally on the controller

• Limited CPU and memory overhead

• Compatible with existing MSM

management interfaces

Seamless, Plug-n-Play Flash Acceleration for DAS

Fast

• 10X performance

improvement over HDDs

only

• Improved rebuild times

Smart

• Migrates “hot” data from

disk to flash

• Combines flash for

performance and disk for

capacity

• Supports read caching

Easy

• Automatic self-starting and

self-configuring

• Zero administrative

overhead

• Transparent to

Applications, File system,

OS and device drivers