webinar: all-flash in 2018 - what you need to know
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The State of All Flash in 2018
What You Need To Know!
In this webinar you will learn:
● How NVMe Flash and NVMe over Fabrics promise
to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and
low latency
● How Ultra High-Density flash pledges to open up
new opportunities like flash for big data, secondary
storage and even archive
● The role of hard disk and tape in a flash dominant
data centerFor audio playback and Q&A go to:
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Our Speakers
Rob Commins has been instrumental in the success of some of the storage industry's most
interesting companies over the past twenty years including HP/3PAR, Pillar Data Systems,
and StorageWay. At Tegile, he leads the company's marketing strategy, product marketing,
press/analyst activities, as well as competitive analysis.
George Crump is the founder of Storage Switzerland, the leading storage analyst focused on
the subjects of big data, solid state storage, virtualization, cloud computing and data
protection. He is widely recognized for his articles, white papers, and videos on such current
approaches as all-flash arrays, deduplication, SSDs, software-defined storage, backup
appliances, and storage networking. He has over 25 years of experience designing storage
solutions for data centers across the US.
The State of Flash
Media
● Ultra High Capacity Flash
(50TB’s + announced)
● NVMe Interconnect
● Supply vs. Demand
The State of Flash
Systems
● Hybrid (flash and HDD) in decline
● All-Flash
○ Density boost (UHD Flash)
○ Performance boost (NVMe)
● Software
○ Deduplication and compression
tablestakes
○ Feature parity with traditional
enterprise systems
Planning for Flash in 2018
Dealing with Dense
Systems
● Intelligent data movement
becomes important again
○ No longer flash to HDD but
flash to flash
● IT needs to pay attention to failure
domains
Planning for NVMe
● First step is NVMe internal to system
● Flash to flash data movement
important
● Next step is NVMe Over Fabrics
What is NVMe Over
Fabrics
● Extends NVMe Protocol to the network
● Why does direct attached performance
matter with flash?
● Network has seen similar improvements as
storage
● NVMe Over Fabric allows the network to
reach full potential
● Result should be direct attached
performance for shared storage
NVMe Over Fabrics
Rollout
● Stage 1 is likely interconnect
of storage systems
○ Redefines scale-out
● Stage 2 is host to storage
interconnect
Planning a Scale-Out
Strategy
● Scale-up vs. Scale-out
● Loosely Coupled Cluster vs.
Tightly Coupled Cluster
What About Hard Disk
and Tape?
● Hard disk will continue to have a role
in archive / object storage
● Tape’s primary role will be to
maintain a disconnected copy of data
Summary
● 2018 will be the year that all-flash
supplants hard disk and hybrid in
primary storage
● NVMe internal to the flash array
should be standard in 2018
● NVMe Over Fabrics will eliminate the
advantage of direct attached storage
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Data Center Systems
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Accelerating the Speed of Business
& Disrupting the Economics of Data
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From the Clean Room to the Cloud …
Vertical Integration
Storage Platforms
NVMe, All-Flash & Hybrid Arrays
Systems & Software
Enterprise & Cloud Storage
Storage Devices
NVMe, SSD, HDD
Components
NAND, Disk, Head
Vertical Innovation
StorageDevices
NVMe, All-Flash & Hybrid Arrays
Systems & Software
NVMe, SSD, HDD
Storage Platforms
Design &Optimization
Enterprise & Cloud Storage
Massive Economies of Scale
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Client Solutions
Client Devices
Data CenterDevices
Data Center Systems
Broadest Storage Leadership and Family of Brands
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Diverse and Connected Data TypesNew demands and challenges in storing, protecting and accessing data
Fast Data
High Performance
Big Data
High Capacity
Transaction Processing
Simulation & Modeling
SmartMachines
Insight
Prediction
Prescription
BatchAnalytics
Real-timeAnalytics
ArtificialIntelligence
MachineLearning
DataAggregation
Modeling
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Our MissionEnabling Customers to Transform their Business
Real-timeAnalytics
ArtificialIntelligence
MachineLearning
DataAggregation
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Disrupting the Economics of Data
Accelerating the Speed of BusinessBatch
Analytics
Modeling
Fast DataBig Data
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MULTI-TIERED FLASH ARRAYS
HD2040 HD2080
Tegile Product Portfolio
HYBRIDARRAYS
T4100 T4200T4x30 T4x60
ALL-FLASH ARRAYS
T4500 T4600T4700 T4800
NVMe ARRAYS
N5200 N5800
CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE
IntelliStack
INTELLICARE
CLOUDMANAGEMENT
INTELLIFLASH
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
Density Performance ManageabilityDurabilityCapacity Integrity
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Run Every Workload @ the Speed of Memory
Performance Tier
Capacity Tier
▪ Get the affordable capacity you need for your business-critical applications
▪ Get the high IOPS and low latency you need for your top-tier applications
NVDIMM
FlashMemory
Dense Flash orHDD
100s of Microsecond Response Times
10x-20x FASTERTHAN LEGACY STORAGE
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Fast Data Acceleration
60% FLASH30% FLASH
10% FLASH 100% FLASH
FAST D
ATA
ONE Operating System | ONE Feature Set | ONE User Experience
WA
RM
DA
TA
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IntelliFlash™ Operating SystemDelivering Comprehensive Data Management
Inline CompressionInstant Snapshots
Instant Clones AsynchronousReplication
Inline Deduplication & Compaction
EncryptionEnd-to-end Data Integrity Metadata Acceleration
Automated Data Placement
Multi-Parity RAID
Thin ProvisioningPer-VM
ManagementHigh Availability
Multiprotocol Data Access
Storage Pooling
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Get Predictive Analytics in the Cloud
BIG DATAANALYTICS
ARRAYTELEMETRY
AUTOMATED REMEDIATION
MACHINE LEARNING& MODELING
SELF-SERVICE PORTAL
GLOBAL MONITORING
PREDICT & PREVENT ISSUES
MODEL & RECOMMEND
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The State of All Flash in 2018
What You Need To Know!
For complete Audio and Q&A please register for the On Demand Version at:
http://bit.ly/AllFlash2018