Dell Storage Operating and Management System

Dell Storage Operating and Management System
Product Management Note: Deck contains slides with animation and is best viewed in presentation mode.

Agenda: SCOS 7.1/DSM 2016 R2 – KC/GA*: 8/9 and 8/15
SCOS 7.0/DSM 2016 R1 – KC:4/29 and 5/13 Anchor Feature SC7020 launch Improvements Live Volume Auto Failover in Microsoft Environment Federation – Live Migrate Enhancements T-10 PI SAS Front End Direct Connect 4Kn support for Spinning drives 32Gb FC I/O Card Limit increases Anchor features Dedupe & Compression VVOLs Cross Platform Replication QoS Enhancements iSCSI DCB Encryption: re-key functionality iPV6 Dell Storage Manager Cross-replication with SC Series Common management for D2D tasks Application/3rd Party integration APM for Oracle in Linux environment *GA for DSM and SCOS 7.1 for SC7020 and FE SAS. SCOS 7.1 GA for non-SCv2K series platforms, targeted for end-Q3 FY17. SCOS 7.1 GA for SCv2K series platforms, targeted for mid-Q4 FY17.

Storage Center Journey
SCOS SCOS 6.5 SCOS 6.6 SCOS 6.7 SCOS 7.0 SCOS 7.1 SC8000 launch SC200/SC220 expansion 64-bit OS Performance multi-core processes SC4020 Launch SC8000 Updates Data at rest encryption Compression Live Volume Increased capacity Security & bandwidth management Single Sign On Multi-VLAN tag Tier 1 RI SSD Data Progression enhancement SCv2000 launch SC100/SC120/ SC180 launch iSCSI & FC protocol support SC4020 Updates Increased to 192 hard drives SC280 support Mixed iSCSI & FC protocol support Compression SC9000 launch SC400/SC420 expansion SC8000/SC4020 Updates LV AFO Enhanced Compression Thin Import from PS Series Application Protection Manager for Oracle IBM-AIX Azure Site Recovery SSD SED support Anchor features Dedupe & Compression VVOLs Cross Platform Replication QoS Enhancements iSCSI DCB Encryption: re-key functionality APM for Oracle in Linux Dell Storage Manager (DSM 2016 R1) PS Series Day-today Mgmt Web UI – Phase I SC7020 launch Anchor features Live Volume AFO for MS Federation – Live Migrate Enhancements T-10 PI (Protection Info) 4K HDD support SC4020 SAS FE Direct Connect Limit increases Dell Storage Manager (DSM 2016 R2) SCOS 6.4 SC280 launch Flash-optimized configurations New read intensive drives Storage Center has come a long way in the past few years. If you look back a few years ago there was essentially 1 product the SC Since then we have added a portfolio covering entry to enterprise with the launch of the mid range SC4020 in SCOS 6.5, the Launch of the SCv2000 and Compression in 6.6, SC9000 in 6.7, the new SC7020 coming in 7.1 and our biggest feature release ever in SCOS 7.0. *SCOS 7.1 GA for SC7K and SC4020 DAS.

SCOS 7: [Your launch pad to] Future-Ready Storage
Position Statement SCOS 7 is a ground-breaking leap forward in the evolution of Dell’s SC platform, offering diverse customers the ideal access point to a uniquely adaptable, future-ready storage solution. Revolutionary Flash Leadership Changing the business meaning of flash Now even lower cost AFAs and hybrid storage – make your storage a competitive advantage w/headroom to respond to tomorrow’s needs Deeper intelligence and efficiency: Drives real savings you can reinvest in your business “Flash forward” SC architecture assimilates new technologies, helps you thrive on change Market is voting: “SC flash revenue growing at 6X the speed of market” Greater Flexibility, Virtualization & Control Manage storage at the datacenter level – Be ready for hassle- free growth from Day 1 (multi-array federation now included) Map resources to business priorities. Boost performance of your most critical workloads, granular control at volume or VM-level Virtualize more of your environment – enhanced support for VMware, cloud, multi-tenancy + business continuity enhancements One Dell Storage Ecosystem Unprecedented investment protection – PS and SC now coexist – buy either with confidence. (Easy replication, plus day-to-day management from a single interface) Illustrates Dell’s competence at synthesizing/orchestrating both acquired and developed technology Illustrates Dell’s commitment to smooth customer’s evolutionary path, make today’s storage choices less limiting/intimidating. Messaging Categories Supporting features Intelligent Dedupe Intelligent Compression Enhancements Also available on SEDs (Security + Efficiency) Live Migrate multi-array federation QoS, VVOLs, LV-AFO for MS New DSM: Unified management Cross-Platform Replication

SCOS 7.x - Game-changing innovation
NEW - Dell Storage Manager One Dell Storage Ecosystem = Investment Protection FS Series DSM PS Series SC Series Unified Management Replication NEW - SCOS 7.x Enhancements More efficiency, greater control Intelligent Deduplication $0.45/GB for flash, $0.10/GB for HDD QoS Meet cloud SLAs, prioritize workloads VVOLs VMware scalability, efficiency and control Federation – Live Migrate Seamless data mobility among arrays ~ 2 minutes Very excited about what’s coming at the end of Q1 SCOS 7.0 with Dell Storage Manager: A single GUI for both SC and PS arrays: Simplifies management for customers who have both PS and SC, It includes replications between the two solutions: Now both PS and SC can co-exist in the same environment Both platforms future-proofed This really addresses two key customer bases: For our PS installed base – as promised – Cross platform replication PS and SC interoperability (replication between both PS and SC) Future-proofs our PS customers (stay or shift when they want to) For existing SC and storage acquisition customers: Greater efficiency and greater control of their storage environment: Deduplication QoS VVols

Engage the PS install base
Now more options than ever to help your PS customers: Customer need Recommendation What to highlight Completely refreshed product line EqualLoyalty program continues in Q1 Dell is committed to PS/EqualLogic Add capacity to current workload Continue to sell PS 1 Unified management with 7.0 EqualLoyalty program continues in Q1 Software-enabled safe passage to SC Add SC, start transition 2 Add a new workload SC, PS or XC could work – engage specialist EqualLoyalty program Good time to embrace SC Replace a PS array or group 3 Depends … ~ 2 minutes Key focal area #2 is to Engage your PS install base As I just mentioned in the upcoming 7.0 features – we’re delivering what we promised to your EqualLogic/PS customers – a seamless migration path to the next generation Dell Storage SC platform – if/when they want to Let’s look at the general recommendations for different PS customer scenarios (summarize slide details) Cheat sheet – EqualLoyalty: Through wk9 in NA, we have $44M in NEW Storage revenue from roughly 10K targeted accounts; Roughly evenly split between EQL (36%) and CML (43%) and there is also some PV revenue (21%) Rolling out in EMEA and APJ as well More info to come

SCOS 7.1 DSM 2016 R2

Live Volume Auto-Failover VMware & Microsoft
Site 1 Site 2 New pRDM Support for: Microsoft Server and clustering running on VMware hosts Live Volume is 100% in sync on separate arrays Sync LUN LUN New support for: Windows Server 2012, 2012R2 or Hyper-V 2012, 2012R2 and newer Auto-failover Read/write to either array Built-in SC Series solution – no extra HW/SW required Live Volume Host mappings are virtualized Fail-over in either direction Third site - replication support with Live Volume Managed Replication Hosts perceive multiple paths to a single volume (MPIO) Failed VMs restored on new physical servers without losing their storage mappings. Stretch Cluster support ZERO workload downtime during unplanned outages In SCOS 6.7/EM 2015R2 we released support for Live Volume AutoFailover for VMware Environments, 7.1/DSM 2016 R2 will include support for Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2 for Physical Clustering and now support VMware pRDMs used mainly for Windows In-Guest Clustering of Windows server on top of ESX hypervisors. Question from Co-Presenter: When will Linux and Oracle be supported? We believe the work we did for SCSI reservation mirroring in 7.1 will be capable of support linux and other operating systems and hope to test and formally support sometime post 7.1 release. Note: Live Volume is supported on Server 2008/R2 and Hyper-V 2008 R2

Even minor storage changes require host reconfiguration
Old Way: Poor data mobility Array-specific mappings create inflexible, costly data centers Even minor storage changes require host reconfiguration Identify workload performance issue, decide which volumes should move Determine workload owners, schedule meeting with application and server teams Determine migration method (replication, manual copy or external HW/SW), based on uptime requirements and capabilities Buy/deploy any necessary SW/HW ($$$) Schedule maintenance window(s) Create destination volumes on other arrays Copy workloads via determined method Remap hosts, change app settings for new address (may require downtime) Clean up mappings, remove original copies Migrations may take days or weeks to accomplish Servers Mistakes = downtime X Need to rebalance or upgrade? Array 1 (over capacity) Difficult to move data Array 2 (different LUNs) 100s of LUN-specific host mappings must be recreated for each array OLD WAY: Each array may support hundreds of LUN-specific host mappings. Migrations can involve coordination of multiple teams – storage team, server team, app team, even network.

SC Series Federation Live Migrate– go beyond
SC platform lets you harness the combined capacity and performance of multiple arrays ` Abstract/separate data from hardware 6PB 1PB 3PB 5PB 4PB LUN Transparent volume mobility Volume Advisor monitors federated arrays, suggests best data placement Balance workloads on demand Move volumes/workloads between arrays with ZERO downtime, no impact to snapshots or replication protection Intuitive, unified management, global reporting and alerts Heterogeneous federations (SC9000, SC8000, SC7020, SC4020) What is Live Migrate? Migrate volume from one SC array to another Live Migrate does not require Live Volume or Replication License, included in base Simple workflow Integrated into Volume Advisor to kick off Live Migrate workflow Migrate volumes between SC4000, SC7000, SC8000, and SC9000 Platforms, No SCv2000 support Can federate multiple system such as 10 x SC9000 under a single UI, and federation domain to scale environments to 60PB(Raw) and 40,000 volumes This allows us to tell a federation story without having to discuss Live Volume. Live Volume will morph into a DR/HA solution, where Federation is more about movement and balancing of workload in a datacenter. I think of this more as a vMotion is synonymous with Live Migrate, where Live Volume is more synonymous with High Availability and Disaster recovery. --Josh [3/16/ :55 PM] Shirley, John: Live Volume is a built in disaster recovery and disaster avoidance solution that enables always available storage with no disruption to workloads and no loss of data in the event of unplanned outages and disasters Live Migrate is a solution built into SCOS that enables multi-system federation across SC arrays allowing for the online migration of workloads with zero downtime or disruption to the host

Data movement within federation does NOT affect workloads
Live Migrate: Multi-array federation Manage storage at the data center level Federated cluster Data movement within federation does NOT affect workloads Volume Advisor sends alert Start Live Migrate wizard, accept recommendations Click “complete migration” Rebalance your data center arrays in minutes! * LUN presentation virtualized across arrays LUN Standard SC Series feature 100% storage-side control – no need to involve server/app teams Offer a consistent, highly-available storage service for your IT clients Volume Advisor Monitors cluster, recommends ideal load balancing Live Migrate Move volumes anywhere without remapping hosts * Available on SC9000, SC8000, SC7020 and SC4020 arrays. Federation may include like or unlike models.

Start a Live Migrate Right Click Volume and select Live Migrate Volume
Multiple volumes can be selected and migrated to the same destination storage center with the same settings, including the mapped server.

Alerts - Thresholds Hyperlink on the Threshold Alert – Recommended Storage Center dialog: The hyperlink will only be shown if the source SC and the recommended SC are 7.0 or greater The live migrate hyperlink will only be shown if the source SC and the recommended SC are 7.0 or greater and both are licensed for Live Migration, otherwise the default LV hyperlink one will be shown

Live Migrate Attributes
The “Replicate Storage To Lowest Tier” option will only be shown if the user preference to show it is enabled. The default value will be false. The ability to select an existing destination Volume will be offered The current name of the source Volume will be used as the name of the destination Volume by default

Swap Roles A dialogue to swap roles for a migration is offered.
A dialogue to cancel a swap roles for a migration is offered. The swap may be at a point of no return on the platform.

Complete This dialog is used to complete the Live Migration. A new tab is added to the Replications & Live Volumes page to view and monitor the state all the Live Migrations A new tab is added to the QoS Nodes Summary panel to show Live Migrations

Enhancements

SCOS 7.1 Additional Enhancements
Front End SAS for SC4020 Like SCv2000, FE SAS for SC4020 T-10 PI - Protection Information HDD/SSD (Back-end only) Formerly T10-DIF Requires 4Kn drives and Requires 12GB BE HBAs 4K Native Drive Support 2X ECC block, provides 97% sectorized efficiency SCv2000, SC4020, SC7020, SC8000, SC9000 32Gb FC I/O Card Limited to SC9000 APOS only. T-10 PI Stands for Protection Information formerly known as T10-DIF (Data Integrity Field)T10-PI Improves fault isolation by allowing each device in the data path to understand the protection scheme Increased interoperability between standardized initiator and target devices. This is not T10 end of end, this is just T10-PI within the array Requires 4Kn drives and BE 12GB HBAs 4K native drives – Something we need to do to future proof Storage. The larger 4K sector in the Advanced Format standard approximately doubles the size of the ECC block from 50 bytes to 100 bytes, providing a much needed improvement in error correction efficiency and robustness against particles and media defects especially as drive capacities get larger and larger. The Advanced Format standard uses the same number of bytes for Gap, Sync and Address Mark, but increases the ECC field to 100 bytes. This yields a sectorized format efficiency of 97 percent (4096/( )), almost a 10 percent improvement over 512-byte. iSCSI DCB Convergence of applications and networks (SAN, LAN, etc.) to use a single infrastructure (10Gb+ Ethernet) Priority-Based Flow Control: IEEE 802.1Qbb Creates “virtual links” that can be paused independently without affecting the other “virtual links”or physical link Enhanced Transmission Selection: IEEE 802.1Qaz Provides prioritized, resulting in per-group traffic class allocation Congestion Notification: IEEE 802.1Qauprocessing based on bandwidth allocation, low latency, or best effort Traffic management system that pushes congestion to the edge of the network by instructing rate limiters to shape the traffic causing the congestion - actively manages traffic flows to avoid traffic jams Need graphic

Limit increases SCOS 7.0 SC9000 SCOS 7.1 SC7020, SC8000, SC9000
Snapshots 16,000 32,000 Replications 500 1,000 SC7020, SC8000, SC9000 Consistency Group 40 100 Dedupe ingest data 256TB 1PB SC4020, SC7020, SC8000, SC9000 Disk Folders 10 50

Support Tools

SC Calculator Updates Inputs Outputs
System Selection: SC4K – SC8K – SC9K Ave IO: 1K – 2M T1: 200GB – 3.8TB (WI/RI) T3: None – 600GB – 6TB (HDDs) T1/T3 spares: 1- 1/encl. Capacity: (TB) IOPS: Read/Write split: 0-100 Enhancements: System Selection: SC4K – SC7K – SC8K – SC9K – SCv2K Feature Selection: Dedupe – Compression Workload Selection: VMWare – Hyper V – SQL – VDI – File T1 Performance: T1 IOPS, given Peak Values split T1 Capacity: Raw – Usable – Remaining T3 Capacity: Usable and IOPS Tools: T1/T3/Total: Drives/Spares ratio – Total Usable Capacity - %split between T1/T3 Enhancements: Disclaimers Assumptions explained PDF output Capacity Savings arising from Features selected

SC Calculator – Phase I

SupportAssist (formerly known as PhoneHome) Automated diagnostic technology
FREE!!! Using SupportAssist (Phone Home) enables: Security updates Software updates Proactive requests and real-time troubleshooting Support case creation based on event alerting Automatic Health Checks Information collected: System State (connectivity, array feature status) System Configuration (Names of Volumes, addresses, ACL, N/W and Host/Server config, HW inventory) Diagnostic & Performance (System Log files and Events) Storage use and growth Information NOT collected: Customer data/files stored on the device System passwords Customer application data

Collateral Support Tool Support Feature Collateral Support Federation
White paper, Feature brief, Live Volume AFO in MS Video, Storage Center Synchronous Replication and Live Volume, Feature brief SAS FE DC SAS Solutions Guide (VMware and HyperV) Tool Support Feature Collateral Support Sizing Tool Dell Storage Center Design & Scalability Guide, SupportAssist Video, Solution Guide, Feature brief, SupportAssist (PH)-FAQ,

Licensing Considerations

Summary: License feature availability by platform
SCv2000 SC4020 S-40 SC7020 SC8000 SC9000 License requirement Addressable capacity 450TB 700TB 500TB 2PB No charge Max Drives 168 192 960 500 Enterprise Cap NA 96 150 200 Dedupe & Compression  VVOLs, QoS, XPR*, DSM No XPR DSM Live Migrate iSCSI DCB, iPV6 No charge (Chelsio T-520) Multi-VLAN Tagging LDP/Data Instant Replay LDP Read Intensive SSD in Tier 1 Data Progression Raid tiering Data progression license Replication Async Remote Instant Replay Chargeback Chargeback license APM Suite (incl. Replay Manager) APM Suite license (array based) FastTrack FastTrack License Live Volume & LV w/ Auto Failover Live Volume license Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) Encryption license (array based) Drives carry premium * Replication License is needed for SC series. Licenses don’t transfer between PS and SC series. They will need to be purchased separately.

SCOS 7.0

SCOS 7.0 Anchor features Cross Platform Replication
Dedupe and Compression Cross Platform Replication T1 T2 RI SSDs WI SSDs T3 HDDs PS Volume SC Volume Replication Dell Storage Manager (DSM) Block-level deduplication Compression on lowest tier of disk type Support for replication between Dell PS (Equalogic) and Dell SC arrays DSM Virtual Volumes (VVOLs) Quality-of-Service (QoS) Single UI (DC Mgr, EM Client & APM) D2D* Mgmt of PS series (*Day-to-Day) Web UI (Phase I) Support for Block only Support for VMware VASA 2.0 & VVOL 1.0 Per Volume or Volume Group Storage Quality-of-Service (QoS)

Deduplication & Compression

Automated efficiency methods work together to maximize your savings
Intelligent Deduplication on SC Series Continuing Dell’s goal to drive down the cost of enterprise storage Automated efficiency methods work together to maximize your savings Already offering industry’s lowest $/GB AFA SC Series now adds the most comprehensive data reduction Patented methods designed for performance Targets the “right data” within each volume 10:1 reduction, full-speed writes Better cache utilization Cost-reduce ANY array SSD tiers – AFAs now under $0.45/GB HDD tiers (Exclusive dedupe advantage!*) – Hard disk solutions under $0.10/GB Hybrid solutions combine both advantages! Platform efficiency Data reduction RAID tiering Auto-tiering Thin methods Intelligent Deduplication Intelligent Compression New! Enhance d Lowers cost of performance Lowers cost of capacity 3PAR: no compression. HDS: Dedupe on flash pools only IBM: no dedupe NetApp: Does not remove duplicates from snapshots. Can't compress volumes on HDD that require defragmented performance AFA vendors disqualified for lack of HDD… (duh Nimble: No dedupe on HDD * SC Series is the only tiered architecture combining dedupe and compression on HDDs and SSDs.

On Demand Data Progression
Dedupe Block-level deduplication and/or compression on lowest tier of disk type Lowest Tier of Flash Lowest Tier of Spinning Dedupe designed for Flash Tier(s) – optimize capacity of Flash Existing all HDD (spinning) array would require minimum addition of 6 SSDs Compression enhancement: Option to compress only inaccessible pages Active Data On Demand Data Progression Dedupe | Compress R R5|5 Frozen Accessible Pages Active Data DP RAID 6|6 DP Compress RAID 6|6 Frozen Accessible Pages Note: Dedupe on SC4020 limited to 256TB. 1PB for SC9000, SC8000 and SC7020 Frozen Inaccessible Pages

Dedupe & Compression: Built for Scalability
Dedupe with Compression Compression only Scenario 5 C only T1 – HDD T2 – HDD T3 – HDD Scenario 1 D/C T1 – Flash Scenario 3 D/C T1 – Flash T2 – HDD T3 – HDD Scenario 6 C only T1 – HDD T2 – HDD Scenario 2 D/C T1 – Flash T2 – HDD Scenario 4 D/C T1 – Flash T2 – Flash T3 – HDD Scenario 7 C only T1 – HDD

Cross Platform Replication

Cross Platform Replication
- Single UI to manage Replications between PS and SC - Replication can be configured in two different directions. - Full DR Failover and Recovery capabilities in both directions Dell Storage Manager Replicate/Failback Asynchronous Asynchronous SC4020 SC8000 SC9000 SC4020 SC8000 SC9000 PS4000 PS6000 Synchronous PS4000 PS6000 Asynchronous Synchronous Failback/Replicate PS Groups SC Series Replication allows an Admin to Create a replication to copy a volume from one Storage Array to another Storage Array to safeguard data against local or regional data threats. For this XPR solution, we have a Single UI….. No significant changes to either platform from a customer viewpoint: * EQL<->EQL and SC<->SC replication can continue to use the existing interfaces EQL and SC can view replication status as if it were native * Support multiple recovery points If there are no iSCSI connections configured between the Storage Center and the PS Group, a wizard will be displayed (network type, NAT only for SC, Remote ports) Supported on SC4020, SC7020, SC8000 and SC9000.

Cross Platform Replication between SC and PS arrays
PS Series Firmware v9 SCOS v7+ DSM 2016 R1+ Storage Center EqualLogic SC4020 SC7020 SC8000 SC9000 PS4000  PS4100 PS4110 PS-M4110 PS4210 PS60x0 PS61x0 PS62x0 PS65x0 PS6610 Investment protection for EQL customers Use existing EQL as DR/BC array Based on OS version: SCOS 7.0+ EqualLogic 9.0+ release 4K Series 6K Series 6+K Series

Cross-Platform Replication – Asynchronous
PS Series Group SC Series Array Max Volume size is 15TB Replication to SC # Of Replicas/Replications Supported PS Groups SC4020 SC7020-SC8000-SC9000 with PS6xxx / PS4xxx Source 256 500 Target 232* 2000* Source (outbound) Target (inbound) 1024* With PS4xxx only 32 512* PS Volumes SC Volumes PS Replicas PS Series Group SC Series Array Replication to PS Series Group PS Volumes SC Volumes SC Replays * Represents the max limit which is inclusive of the # of Volumes configured on the PS or SC as well. The “technology” for XPR was developed specifically for this purpose. Either or both products ***could*** use it as their standard replication engine but AFAIK, the XPR replication processes/APIs are unique to XPR (PS originally was planning to use XPR protocols for the internal process also, but engineering changed its mind).

Cross-Platform Replication Support
Supported: PS Series Firmware v9.0 SCOS v7.0 DSM 2016 R1 Point in time replication (Async) Not Supported: Live Volume Replication Synchronous Replication Active Replay Replication Cascade mode with EQL PS Group Application integration (i.e. HIT support) with replicas Replication of volume collections NAS replication Compression of replicated data Encryption of replicated data Multi-Hop Replication

Cross Platform Replications: Use Cases
ROBO – Replicate to ROBO – Replicate from SC4020 Minneapolis SC4020 Rochester SC4020 Minneapolis SC4020 Rochester iSCSI network iSCSI network iSCSI network iSCSI network PS4000 Fargo SC4020 Duluth PS4000 Fargo SC4020 Duluth EQL PS Group Eden Prairie EQL PS Group Eden Prairie On-Campus (Edge) /Off-Campus (DR) SC8000 Corporate Main EQL PS Array Marketing EQL PS Array Manufacturing iSCSI Network EQL PS Array DR Site #1 EQL PS Array DR Site #2

Array unaware of VMs – locks each into identical services
VVols Support Apply SC services to individual VMs: improve workload efficiency/performance Old way With VVols Array unaware of VMs – locks each into identical services C: D: E: QoS VM admin uses familiar VSphere tools to choose SC Series policies per VM Com Pin to Tier3 QoS + Dedup Encryp- tion Enc VM VM VM VM VM Each workload gets precisely the services it needs No trade-offs, compromises Easy, quick modifications, globally or per VM Servers VM-aware array Storage One size fits all policy? Datastore treated as one volume Storage profile Snapshots Dedupe/Comp Encryption QoS VVol Storage admin simply defines menu of policies available to VM admin VFMS Datastore Applies policies per VVol Supported on SC4020, SC7020, SC8000, SC9000 and SCv2000 series.

VVOLs support: VM-centric policy based storage management
Supports pre-defined capabilities: Snapshots (Replays), SC Storage Profiles Compression Encryption Deduplication Volume(s) QoS Note: Number of VVOL volumes same as that of SC Platform

Policy-Driven Management and Automation for VM-Aware Storage
Storage Today Storage with vSphere 6.0 Storage Policy Policy-Driven Automation Data services controlled at the hypervisor Leverage existing array capabilities Single control plane that works across heterogeneous storage Deliver a new control plane on VM-aware storage Virtual Disk Virtual Volumes transforms storage by enabling for the first time VM-awareness on storage arrays with an industry wide approach With Virtual Volumes we get away with the rigid constraints of LUNs and Volumes and we can now manage storage on a per VM basis using a more flexible policy based approach VVol is based on T10 industry standard that makes it non disruptive to your data path This is truly remarkable innovation that enables unique integration between vSphere and our storage ecosystem that drastically improves the efficiency and agility with how you manage your storage

Each VM Gets The Resources Needed – No Less, No More
Storage Today VVOL-Enabled Storage DB App Web DB App Web No trade-off No overprovisioning Precise delivery of service levels according to VM requirements ? VVOL Datastore

SCOS Virtual Volumes Benefits EQ VVOLs Hands-on Labs:
Simplifies Storage Operations Separation of provisioning and consumption of storage Improves Resource Utilization Flexible consumption at the logical level via Virtual Datastores Finer control at the VM level via storage policies Simplifies Delivery of Storage Service Levels Policy-driven automation Ability to dynamically adapt to changing application and business requirements DSM Types of VVOLs per VM Config Swap Data Snapshot EQ VVOLs Hands-on Labs: VMware Hands-on Labs - HOL-PRT-1467 VMware Hands-on Labs - HOL-SDC-1429 Minimum = 3

SCOS Virtual Volumes - Limitations
Replication Live Volume Site 1 Site 2 Async & Sync Replication LUN LUN NOTE: Will be supported when VVOLs 2.0 becomes available

Volume(s) QoS

Define resource limits for individual volumes or groups of volumes
QoS (Quality of Service) Map storage resources to match your business priorities Ensure top performance for your most important workloads Set relative priorities among volumes Eliminate “noisy neighbor” problems Easy to customize and apply User-defined alerts Scriptable via REST Include in Storage Profiles QoS reporting Track impact of QoS settings over time Ideal for enterprise departments, private cloud, multi-tenancy (service providers) Define resource limits for individual volumes or groups of volumes Mission- critical workload Other workloads 5,000 IOPS 10,000 IOPS Prioritize by IOPS, MB/s or Latency Works on standard volumes or VVols Dell - Restricted - Confidential Supported on SC4020, SC7020, SC8000, SC9000 and SCv2000 series.

Storage QoS: Use Cases Supports both the enterprise and multi-tenant use cases Solves the noisy neighbor problem in both the enterprise and multi-tenant environment Helps manage traffic for Service provider Enables more important volumes get more bandwidth during congestion Provides feedback on the impact of the QoS settings

Volume(s) QoS Profile Group of Volumes
Profiles will be used to set up and manage hard limits for both individual Volumes and Group(s) of Volumes Profile 1 V1 Profile IOPS MB/s Resource Balancing V2 Profile 2 Hard Limits Parameters V3 Profile 3 V4 Latency Alerts Provide “alerts” that the Volume(s) is exceeding latency threshold V5 Used to perform dynamic balancing (similar to ESXi – SIOC) V6 Group of Volumes (V3+V4+V5)

QoS Configuration Options
Ability to limit a volume’s IOPS or bandwidth To solve the noisy neighbor problem Ability to limit a group of volumes to a total IOPS or bandwidth To limit a tenet from consuming too many IOPS or too much bandwidth User can also limit specific volumes in a group, to solve the noisy neighbor problem within a tenant Ability to set a volume’s “latency alert threshold” Provides feedback if the QoS parameters are set correctly (overly aggressive QoS settings can increase latency in some cases) Ability to set a volume’s relative priority Enables the user to give more IO opportunity to important volumes during congestion Ability to set a average system latency threshold for declaring “congested” A trigger to start using volume relative priority settings Volume QoS Reporting User can view the impact and correctness of QoS settings over time

Creating a QoS Profile Here we are showing how to create a QoS Profile. Creating requires the following items: Profile Name Profile Type Priority (if a profile type of volume is specified) Latency Threshold (if a profile type of volume is specified) Limit values by IOPS or bandwidth or both. If no value is entered, it will be assumed to be unlimited (or unrestricted)

Assign a profile to a volume Sample chart showing QoS
Once a volume is selected in the Dell Storage Client, the ability to assign a particular profile to the volume would look like this dialog. As shown, the default profile is created by the system and has unlimited IOPS/Bandwidth values.

Enhancements

Enhancements Available on SC9000
iSCSI Data Center Bridging (DCB) – Enhancements provide for lossless traffic classes, bandwidth allocation and congestion management. iSCSI IPv6 Support – IPv6 on iSCSI Available on SCv2000, SC4020, SC7020, SC8000, SC9000 APM for Oracle in Linux – Application Protection Manager for Oracle Linux environment Encryption Rekey Support – Rekey (not on SCv2000)

IPv6 Chelsio (T520) is a hardware-offload HBA, so hardware support is required for IPv6 Previous generation Chelsio T3 (T320) does not support IPv6 Current generation Chelsio T5 (T520) supports IPv6 QRQ driver supports IPv6 on Intel HBAs in software. Qlogic (FC) HBA drivers do not support IPv6 (even though the HBA hardware may).

iSCSI Data Center Bridging (DCB)
Convergence of applications and networks (SAN, LAN, etc.) to use a single infrastructure (10Gb+ Ethernet) Priority-Based Flow Control: IEEE 802.1Qbb Creates “virtual links” that can be paused independently without affecting the other “virtual links "or physical link Enhanced Transmission Selection: IEEE 802.1Qaz Provides prioritized processing based on bandwidth allocation, low latency, or best effort, resulting in per-group traffic class allocation Congestion Notification: IEEE 802.1Qau Traffic management system that pushes congestion to the edge of the network by instructing rate limiters to shape the traffic causing the congestion - actively manages traffic flows to avoid traffic jams Enhancements provide for lossless traffic classes, bandwidth allocation and congestion management

Application Protection Manager Suite
Application consistent snapshots for Oracle, Microsoft and VMware Oracle: Application Protection Manager Microsoft: Replay Manager VMware: Replay Manager Now support for – OEL (Oracle Enterprise Linux) Expose to cluster with disks of same name Oracle OneNode

Dell Storage Manager DSM 2016 R1

Dell Storage Manager: What is it?
DSM is the next generation storage management platform for Dell Storage products: Enterprise Manager Compellent Storage Center Management of EQL PS Groups Dell SC Series Storage Dell Storage Manager (DSM) VMware/Oracle Integrations Fluid FS (NAS) Appliance Windows/Linux Integrations Note: DSM is now the sole UI for all SC platforms. SC GUI ceases to exist for all platforms (in SC7.0 +). The Goal of DSM is to provide a common landing spot for our SC and EQL storage products, evolve EM but also bring new functionality and value to entice the market to adopt DSM as part of their storage purchase decision. DSM is the engine that will drive common management for current and future Dell Storage products - Current Dell Storage SC Series Current Dell Storage PS Series Future Dell Storage Products DSM is based on the current Dell Storage Enterprise Manager software * Similar workflows but expanded architecture (plug-in modules), scalability, modernized UI (Web HTML5) - Incorporate a plug-in architecture to allow for independent development, packaging, shipment, installations and updates. Part of that’s to ensure we don’t leave features/functionality on the table waiting for an annual release. * Make it PS-Ready: PS Day to Day management and XPR integrated into existing EM client, Link and launch to EQL Group Manager - Would include managing Volumes, performance monitoring, hardware/network status, managing snapshots, provisioning replications. All about the ‘ease of use’ aspect of converting EQL PS users. SC Web GUI goes away for all platforms with SC7.0 - DSM (EM) will be the UI

Dell Storage Manager 2016 R1 - PS Management
PS Group Management PS Volume Management PS Snapshot Management Replication Management Event, Alerts, ACL and Statistic Display ACL & Super ACL Create, Modify, Delete, Add, Remove, Volume to Access Group Space Statistics Summary tab details Create, Delete, Modify, Resize Online/Offline Statistics and Size Thin Provision Volume Clones Recycle Bin Manual or Scheduled Create, Modify, Delete, Display Online/Offline toggle Restore Volume from Snapshot SC PS Provisioning Current: Volume, Partner, Status, Started, Transferred History: Started, Volume, Partner, Duration, Data Size, Speed, Transferred Setup Events and Alarms ACL/SuperACL management, Create, Modify, Apply, Display Storage Pool listing and Statistics ACL in DSM2016 R1 Group-Level: Display ACLs and Super ACLs Create/Modify/Delete/Add Volume/Remove Volume to Access Policy Group Create/Modify/Delete/Add Volume/Remove Volume to Access Policy Volume- Level Create/Modify/Delete Basic Access Points Add/Remove Access Policies Add/Remove Access Policy Groups Not in DSM 2016 R1 (future release) Volume Templates/Thin Clone Volume Collections SAN HQ Reports/UI Sync Replications Snapshot Collections Volume Tags Group Member Management Listing/Details/Statistics Operations Storage Pool Management Create/Manage Trigger failover/failback (PS<->PS replications) Provision Replications (PS<->PS) Move existing replications from (PS<->PS) to (PS<->SC)

DSM: Management of EQL PS Groups
Not planned for support in DSM Single Group Management (users, network, etc) and configure Group Date and Time DCB Configuration Search Operations on Volume/Folder Configure Management NW MTU Configuration/Self encrypting devices RAID Policy/ Pool Policy Configurations Create/Delete/Modify/Merge Storage pools Group Security configurations Create/Modify/Delete Admin accounts Add/Remove AD Authentications using RADIUS SNMP Setting to access Group Managing VDS/VSS Authentication and control policies Volume Security configurations iSNS Configuration Multihost snapshot access control VVOLs Storage containers Protocol endpoints EQL installation EQL NAS

DSM 2016 R1: Management of EQL PS Groups
New folder will contain PS Groups. These elements will only be shown when PS Groups are present in the system. New table will contain PS Groups.

DSM 2016 R1: Management of EQL PS Groups
Statistics and Reports: Via SAN HQ (required) Capacity Volumes, Snapshots Performance Hardware status Network status Supported: PS Series Firmware v7.0, v8.0, v9.0 DSM 2016 R1 8 EQL PS Groups per DSM Data Collector 16 Members per Group Group Manager Link & Launch You can right click on any PS Group and launch to the Group Manager where you’ll insert your credentials to provide access into that tool.

DSM 2016 R1: PS-PS Replication Monitoring
Outbound / Inbound Replication Displays all volumes on the group configured for replication (outbound). Displays all replica sets stored in the group from all partners replicating to this group (inbound) Replication History Displays history of all outbound replication. The feature is to support PS Group to PS Group monitoring in EM. The feature is divided logically into these three sub futures as shown in below table. The monitoring data remains same as in the Group manager. Outbound Replication Displays all volumes on the group configured for replication. The following outbound monitoring data will be show Volume, Partner, Status, Started, Transferred Inbound Replication Displays all replica sets stored in the group from all partners replicating to this group. The following inbound monitoring data will be shown. Volume, Partner, Status, Started Outbound Replication History Display history of all outbound replication. The following outbound replication history data will be shown Started, Volume, Partner, Duration, Data Size, Speed, Transferred NOT SUPPORTED IN THE DSM 2016 R1 RELEASE: Viewing Delegated Space & Free Delegated Space details Viewing Replica reserve & Local Reserve details Viewing number of replicas & list of replicas

DSM 2016 R1: ACL / Super ACL Management
Basic ACL Create , Delete, Modify Basic Access Point List the Basic ACL associated to a Volume Super ACL (Access Policy) Create , Delete, Modify Access Policy Create, Delete, Modify Extended Access Point Add or Remove Access point to a Access Policy Add or Remove a Access Policy to a Volume Access Group Create , Delete, Modify Access Group Add or Remove Access policy to a Access Group Add or Remove a Access Group to a Volume CHAP Manage Local CHAP Manage Mutual CHAP Group-Level: Display ACLs and Super ACLs Create/Modify/Delete/Add Volume/Remove Volume to Access Policy Group Create/Modify/Delete/Add Volume/Remove Volume to Access Policy Volume- Level Create/Modify/Delete Basic Access Points Add/Remove Access Policies Add/Remove Access Policy Groups ACL – Access Control List CHAP – Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

DSM 2016 R1: Group Summary for PS customer

DSM 2016 R1: Storage Charts for PS customers

DSM 2016 R1: Volume Space and Snapshots

DSM – Web UI and Virtual Appliance (VA)

DSM Web UI Single UI (DC Manager, EM Client, and APM)
The Future Old Way Single UI (DC Manager, EM Client, and APM) Written in HTML5; No Java JRE installed No separate download, install, or upgrade required Accessible from anywhere Efficient Navigation Efficient Navigation - : bookmarks, recently used objects, simplified access from point A to all related data, etc.

DSM – Web UI 3 Phase Approach – DSM 2016 R1 (Phase I): DSM 2016 R1
Not a replacement for DSM Client Production ready fully supported Customer feedback button in UI Features supported in Phase I SC Series Only (Generalist View) Core UI Framework & Widgets Data Collector Manager Data/Volume Management, Access & Charting Local Data Protection (Snaps/Schedule) Basic Monitoring (Dashboard, Alarms/Events) Phase I SC Data Management & Monitoring FFS & PS Phase II Parity with complete DSM functionality Phase III DSM 2016 R1 DSM 2017 DSM 20xx

Enterprise Orchestrator
Web UI: Use Cases IT Generalist Simplicity of Web UI fits entry-level and SMB environments Single UI Accessible from anywhere Direct, single management Quick, clean configuration Storage Specialist Perfect for mid-level Storage Admins Customized dashboards Quick performance Streamlined navigations Good fit with Virtualized Appliance (DSM DC) Enterprise Orchestrator Don’t typically use UI Tools RESTful APIs are utilized for massive scripting and automation Web UI for quick monitoring checks

Phase I: Welcome to the Future!
Streamlined Navigation: Hyperlinks Breadcrumbs Faster ! Quick view stats: Capacity Storage Hardware Customer Feedback button Performance: Data point ‘hover’ Faster stats ! Streamlined navigation: hyperlinks, bookmarks, breadcrumbs, recently used objects Clean interface, customized dashboard, customer feedback button, data ‘bubble hover’

DSM: Virtual Appliance
VMWare Packaged as a virtual machine for easy customer deployment VMware OVA, Internal DB, Web based DCM, Linux CentOS 7.x Database: SC historical stats can be stored on the Virtual Appliance (VA) instead of in an independent database (optional) Ability to backup and restore this information Import/Export DSM Configuration Information Easier to uninstall/re-install/convert to VA (both VA and non-VA) No need to stand up a Windows Server to run management if you don’t want to Windows Install will remain available as well though Dell Storage Client may be used with both Windows and DSM VA

Competition

SCOS 7.0 Competitive Benefits
Industry’s most comprehensive dedupe and compression – Works for flash and HDD Applies to snapshots, active data and inactive data Can use both dedupe and compression on the same volume Best flash economic efficiency: Industry leading claim for under $0.45/GB Dell is the only storage vendor to offer native cross-replication across product lines Other New offerings – Quality of Service (QoS) controls to protect against noisy neighbors – key feature for service providers Support VMware VVOLs for per-VM storage-level operations Provision-snap-clone-tier We now have the industry’s most comprehensive storage data reduction: Both dedupe and compression (Many have one but not the other) Works for flash and HDD (Unlike AFA’s, 3PAR dedupe, HDS G-series compression) Applies to snapshots and live data (Unlike NetApp) Can be used for active data and cold data (although not for the hottest data) (VNX is for relatively inactive) Can use both dedupe and compression on the same volume (Unlike VNX) We offer the best flash economic efficiency: most user data stored for the least 5-year purchase/support cost We expect our planned under-$0.45.GB claim will be industry-leading when we make it We seem priced well below the competition, although NetApp is getting closer, as is HDS with G-200 We now offer Quality of Service (QoS) controls Protects from noisy neighbors and provides some basic resource rationing if the system is still too busy Advantaged over NetApp FAS, IBM Storwize, HDS. SCOS 7.0/1 trails 3PAR, VNX, SolidFire and Tintri We now support VMware VVols for per-VM storage-level operations (provision, snap, clone, tier) Close gaps with competitors and with VM-centric solutions like Tintri VNX to add Vvols 2Q HP StoreVirtual likely to add Vvol support soon also. 3PAR can’t tier per VVol.

SC Series leads the pack with Data Reduction
Feature – Dell SC HP 3PAR Net App FAS IBM Storwize HDS G Series Huawei Pure Nimble Compression Post None In-line or post In-line Flash only Restricted** Block Dedupe Yes No Flash pools only Effective Capacity 2PB 2PB (AFA) 7.6PB 4PB (flash) 16PB 4 ctrlr pairs 400TB 192TB (flash) Predictive saving tool Apparently not Dedupe size 4K 16K No dedupe 64K default 4K min. 512byte Variable 4K-32K Dedupe on/off granularity Volume Always on Net usable street $/GB for flash $0.45 $3.00 ~$0.63 ~$2.00 ~$ $1.50 No price data ~$1.50 ~$1.00 All-flash ** Huawei OceanStor currently cannot snapshot, replicate, clone, migrate, or tier data that had reduction enabled.

Collateral Support

SCOS 7.0 Resources Feature Support Data Reduction-dedupe/comp
Solutions Guide, Feature brief, Quotes, Claims, ESG validation, White board video and Demo video Cross Platform Replication Solutions Guide, Feature brief, Quotes, Claims, IDC positioning paper & Video VVOLS Best Practices Guide, Feature brief, Quotes and Video QoS DSM D2D Management video/Lab, DSM Demo, Feature brief iSCSI DCB Best Practices Guide , Video and Feature brief PS/SC Promo Base promo, PS to SC Series Terminology Dictionary, EqualLoyalty Program Training – Field, Customer, Channel Customer/Channel Presentation, SCOS and DSM Training. GL&D, Regions, Webinars Social Media Plan Blogs SC, PS, SCOS-DSM, Define Tomorrow, Krome. Tweets and re-tweets etc. Platform specific Web pages Dell Storage SC9000,Dell Compellent SC8000, Dell Storage SC4020, Dell Storage SCv2000 Series Product Source Guides and FAQs Storage Center 7.x Product Source Guide, Dell Storage Manager 2016 R1 Product Source Guide , Storage Integrations Product Source Guide, Sales FAQs, PS FW9.0 FAQs Spec sheets – SW & Platform specific Dell Storage SC Software Spec Sheet, Dell Storage SC Management Spec Sheet SC9000, SC8000, SC4020, SCv2000 Series. Competitive Competitive Paper

Claims Dedupe-Compression Effective Capacity
Dell SC Series provides the most comprehensive data reduction SC Series intelligent dedupe and compression offer up to 90% capacity savings in VMware environments. SC Series’ intelligent dedupe and compression features offer over 10:1 capacity savings. Effective Capacity Dell now offers all-flash arrays as low as $0.45/GB net effective capacity. Dell now offers HDD arrays as low as $0.10/GB net effective capacity. Cross Platform Replication Dell is the only storage vendor to offer native cross-replication across product lines

Quotes – Deduplication
“We’ve tested the Deduplication feature in Dell Storage SCOS 7.0 with a dataset of over 500 virtual servers. We saw a data reduction ratio of 3:1, which translates to approximately 70 percent capacity and cost savings. With those impressive results, we can’t wait to enable it in some of our much larger environments.” “We’ve looked at various solutions from many of the flash storage vendors listed in Gartner’s Solid State Array Magic Quadrant. We found the deduplication and thin provisioning features of the Dell Storage SCOS 7.0 to offer the best efficiency and performance. On top of that, it’s easier to use.” – Samuel Nadeau, IT Director, Infrastructure and Cloud Services, SherWeb

Quotes – Deduplication
“Utilizing Deduplication on an all-flash array with Dell Storage SCOS 7.0 allows us to pack more data into our storage arrays while maintaining the performance our customers expect on our cloud platform” – Kevin Meyer, Storage Architect, Expedient “With the Dell Storage SC Series, we can sell to our customers based on the fact that our cloud is based on an all-flash array. Performance degradation is a thing of the past, and they’ll be able to get the IOPs their applications require.” – Andrew Fisher, Director of Product Engineering, Expedient “We saw a compression and data reduction ratio of 50 percent using the Deduplication feature in Dell Storage SCOS 7.0, which is very good. Without Deduplication I would be forced to buy more drives every 12 months. With it I will have enough available space to accommodate our customers’ projected growth for the next months.” –Hans de Jongh, Director/Owner, IT Creation

Quotes – VVOLs and QoS “With the Dell Storage SCOS 7.0 VVols feature, I see a big upside in visibility and control, and the operational efficiency of not having to waste very large data stores. “The VVols feature in Dell Storage SCOS 7.0 gives me greater visibility into which machines and applications are driving my storage needs, which gives me better flexibility and control in managing my storage resources. - Robert Wideman, Consultant, Delta College “We might have one customer doing something heavily I/O intensive and another customer not doing that, so having the QoS feature in Dell Storage SCOS 7.0 gives us the ability to limit or cap the one noisy neighbor at a specific IOP. At the same time, doing that won’t affect the other customers sharing the same storage. QoS is another knob we can turn to provide the best performance and reliability to our customers.” - Andrew Fisher, Director of Product Engineering, Expedient

Quotes – Cross Platform Replication
“With Dell Storage Manager and SCOS 7.0, I like the fact that I finally have my Dell Storage PS Series and my Dell Storage SC Series arrays on one environment, with a single pane of management.” –Hans de Jongh, Director/Owner, IT Creation “Even for people like me who are totally Dell Storage PS–based, Cross-Platform Replication in Dell Storage SCOS 7.0 is such a solid, easy-to-use feature that I feel like I will be able to easily step into a Dell Storage SC Series environment from day one. It gives me more confidence to bring Dell Storage SC arrays into our environment and start to integrate them into our world.“ – Chuck Patterson, IT Facilities Manager, SAM, LLC

Appendix

SCOS 7.0 Data Reduction Highlights
SSD Tier 1 Raid 10 Process repeated when data progression moves data from Tier1 to Tier3 Compression Windows moved to raid tiering destination Unique data is put into a compression window of up to 64K and compressed If matching hash found, perform byte compare with stored 4K slice If data matches then update dedupe metadata and remove slice Page copied into optimized storage memory Slices Hashed with Murmer-3 hash Hashes comparied with Dictionary Page sliced into 4K slices # # # # # # # Page SSD Tier 1 Raid 5 Dedupe Metadata Dedupe Dictionary # ########### Tier 3 Raid 6 HDD

Flash price with data reduction bottom line
Vendor/product “As low as” per GB Key points Dell SC Series Under $0.45 claim for SSD The most comprehensive data reduction: Compression and dedupe for HDD and SSD and snapshots. Price is before thin provisioning savings HPE 3PAR $1.50/$3.00 claim $2.25* possible $1.50 claim is really $3.00 post-dedupe times a 2x benefit attributed to thin, without support $. No compression. No HDD dedupe NetApp $1.25 claim $0.46* Includes “OS enablement” charge that is higher than the h/w price. Dedupe doesn’t free up duplicates within snapshots. Price slashed April 6 IBM Storwize $4.50* Costly flash; no dedupe. h/w compression accelerator in controller HDS G-Series A-Series $1.25* $2.70* G-200 has low flash price, No dedupe in G-Series yet. In-line h/w accelerated compression in flash module. A series (All-flash) high price Pure $1.50 claim $2.18* $1.50 claim does not include support. Always on reduction *flash expansion usable capacity, 5 year support, net of 2.5x compression and 2.0x dedupe if available, ignoring any use restrictions, estimated using 3rd party price and discount data

SC Series leads in total net storage economic efficiency
Does your Storage provide – Dell SC Series HP 3PAR Net App FAS Block Compression for active data Yes No compression Block Dedupe Flash only does not apply to duplicates in snapshots RAID tiering (space + performance) No No* SSD-SSD tiering (TCO of read & write) No tiering; just caching** Claimed net usable street $/GB for flash expansion not counting thin provisioning savings Under $0.45 claim $3.00 ($1.50 claim includes 2:1 for thin. Summer 2015) $1.25 claimed via The451 article Nov 2015 *Claimed high write performance direct to RAID “DP” (RAID 6) but not as fast as RAID 10 **Compared to tiering, the capacities are limited, the ability to keep the Friday working set in flash through Monday AM is reduced, SSD failure can kick data out of read cache.

SC Series leads in total net storage economic efficiency
Does your Storage provide – Dell SC Series IBM Storwize HDS G Series A Series AFA Pure Nimble Block Compression for active data Yes Yes except HDD, no performance penalty (h/w in flash module) Yes, always on Block Dedupe No Yes. always on Yes, all-flash system only RAID tiering (space + perform) Not needed SSD-SSD tiering (TCO of read & write) Net usable street $/GB for flash expansion not counting thin provisioning savings Under $0.45 Claim No claim $1.50 $1.00 w/ future 8TB SSD ~$1.00 All-flash claim

QoS comparison Primary SAN competitors
Control Dell SC 7.0 NetApp FAS SolidFire HPE 3PAR IBM Storwize HDS G-Series Caps/throttles Yes MB/sec or IOPS but not both CMD line Yes, only if array busy Proportional Rationing* Basic No Advanced Ensured min.* Scheduler Latency threshold- exceeded alerts*** Probably not Probably *Advanced proportional rationing: Different trigger thresholds for different objects, or control which volumes are proportionally rationed first (before others are slowed at all), or exempt volumes from being throttled below a minimum rate. ** The “minimum” setting in most vendors solution is used for proportional rationing, with no way to know for sure the array can simultaneously meet all the minimums. *** Please let the competitive team know if you get answers from the competitors on whether they provide alerts

QoS comparison Control Dell SC 7.0 Nimble Pure Tintri* Caps/throttles
Yes No QoS QoS promised for 2016 Proportional Rationing** Basic No Ensured min.*** Yes (flash IOPS only) Scheduler Latency threshold- exceeded alerts *Note: Tintri has advanced reporting, showing per VM how much latency is due to host, network, in-storage queue, storage media and how much latency QoS controls adds to slow down a volume, that last part is also shown by SC Series. **Advanced proportional rationing: Different trigger thresholds for different objects, or control which volumes are proportionally rationed first (before others are slowed at all), or exempt volumes from being throttled below a minimum rate. *** Unlike most vendor, Tintri tracks what % of system resources are committed, so that as long as you don’t oversubscribe, the system ensures that the volume can always meet that minimum under normal operations.

SC Series VVols Does your Storage provide – Dell SC Series HP 3PAR
Net App FAS Protocols supported SAN SAN and NAS Max VVols Counts toward the # of LUN limit Claimed “very many”, no details Likely very many (NAS) Per-VVol replication* No Per VVol Tiering policies** Yes VVol data can’t be auto-tiered: you select one tier for a VVol No tiering; just caching, enable or not per VVol All functions via GUI Probably *Note: VMware VVols doesn’t offer integration of replication until rev 2, Fall 2016 **Those not offering this would claim that it’s best to not tier per-volume but instead let the pool move whichever blocks are most hitting the HDD’s into flash

SC Series VVols Does your Storage provide – Dell SC Series
IBM StorWize HDS G Series Pure Protocols supported SAN SAN (near future – demoed Aug 2015) Max VVols Counts toward the LUN count limit 680 We don’t know Unknown, likely very many Per-VVol replication* No Per VVol Tiering policies** Yes No tiering All functions via GUI Probably *Note: VMware VVols doesn’t offer integration of replication until rev 2, Fall 2016 **Those not offering this would claim that it’s best to not tier per-volume but instead let the pool move whichever blocks are most hitting the HDD’s into flash Please tell the storage competitive team if you have answers to the unknowns

More data reduction details
Does your Storage provide – Dell SC Series IBM Storwize HDG G Series Pure Nimble Block Compression Post In-line In-line Flash only In-line (no HDD in system) Best to use on hottest data No Yes Yes except streaming Best to use on “active” data Block Dedupe AF only, in-line N/A Best to use on active data RAID tiering (space + perform) Not needed SSD-SSD tiering Thin clones (snap a snap, no dupe) Reduced WAN bandwidth to replic. We don’t know

More data reduction details
Does your Storage provide – Dell SC Series HP 3PAR Net App FAS Block Compression Post None In-line or post Best to use on hottest data No N/A Yes Best to use on “active” data Block Dedupe In-line Flash only Post, except in-line for in-memory data* Yes if system headroom Best to use on active data RAID tiering (space + performance) Not needed but not fast** SSD-SSD tiering (TCO of read & write) No tiering; just caching Thin clones (snap a snap – no duping) Reduced WAN bandwidth to replicate Seems not *Claimed self-throttling for minimal performance impact, claimed 1TB savings on 1000 VM’s during patch update vs. post-process **All writes sequentialzed: efficient writes to RAID 6, but over-all performance limited (metadata and fragmentation issues)

DSM Web UI Single UI (DC Manager, EM Client, and APM)
Written in HTML5; No Java JRE installed No separate download, install, or upgrade required Accessible from anywhere Efficient Navigation: bookmarks, recently used objects, simplified access from point A to all related data, etc.

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