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© 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice HP StorageWorks LeftHand update Marcus Thompson
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LeftHand Networks Background Technology leader −Founded in 1999 as LeftHand Networks −215 employees, HQ in Boulder, Colorado −A recognized leader in iSCSI SANs −Ranked as “Visionary” Gartner’s Magic Quadrant −Long relation with HP as the HW supplier for the LeftHand Network appliance −More than 11,000 installations −Over 3,000 customers −Channel driven business HP Confidential - Restricted to HP and HP partners2
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Market driver I - Server virtualization Server Virtualization driving the need for a “new” storage solution −Need for a new cost effective storage solution with enterprise features −Requirement for flexible and scalable storage to address constant change −Virtualization & consolidation driven requirement for high availability −75% of virtualization users plan to purchase new storage in the next 24 months* 3HP Confidential - Restricted to HP and HP partners XenServer * ESG, “The Impact of Server Virtualization on Storage”, Dec 2007
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Market driver II - iSCSI iSCSI entering mainstream −Fastest growing interconnect −Affordable cost leveraging common infrastructure −No dedicated staff or special expertise required −10Gbit Ethernet introduction providing performance boost iSCSI is #1 interconnect for Server Virtualization environments −52% plan to use iSCSI (NAS 36%, FC 27%).* 4HP Confidential - Restricted to HP and HP partners * ESG, “The Impact of Server Virtualization on Storage”, Dec 2007
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iSCSI SANs-VMware positioning iSCSI is a key technology that delivers scalable, cost-effective, high-performance virtualized SAN environments. In a Fibre Channel SAN, changes with the infrastructure are time-consuming and error- prone, because the devices are attached to the network via a physical port address, specifically assigned and encoded within the device’s hardware. iSCSI support broadens the potential for full VMware deployments in both small and medium businesses by eliminating the cost and complexity of Fibre Channel SANs 16 July 201516 July 201516 July 201516 July 2015 HP internal use5
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Virtualization exposes storage pains 6HP Confidential - Restricted to HP and HP partners Highly Available Virtualization is a simple, cost effective way to implement beyond the box high availability and disaster recovery. Traditional storage can limit implementations. Scalability and Flexibility Virtualization enables quick response to new business needs. Storage needs provide flexibility to scale with changing application demands. Performance Virtualization exposes performance bottlenecks. By increasing the utilization of your servers they demand more from the infrastructure and bottlenecks are exposed. Manageability Virtual server sprawl leads to a complex storage environment and requires configuration flexibility. Solving performance issues become more difficult. Cost Customers can spend all of the money they’ve just saved with virtualization on expensive, inefficient SAN storage.
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HP LeftHand SAN solutions A new Storage Architecture Scalable SAN solutions based on a clustered architecture with integrated replication capabilities and enterprise feature set. HP Confidential - Restricted to HP and HP partners Storage Clustering Scalable performance and capacity Network RAID Availability beyond the box iSCSI Networking Flexibility with common infrastructure at affordable cost Thin Provisioning Reduce costs, increase capacity utilization Local & Remote Copy Efficient backup and disaster tolerance 7
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How HP LeftHand addresses today storage requirements 8HP Confidential - Restricted to HP and HP partners Highly Available Highly available beyond the nodes Multi-Site transparent failover/failback Disaster recovery included (local and remote) Scalability and Flexibility Buy only what you need today, scale capacity and performance linearly online Migrate data online between different tiers Upgrade undisruptively Performance Clustered Storage architecture and tiering Scalable performance 10 Gig support Manageability Simple to install and administer Manage multiple central and remote SANs from one interface Cost All inclusive software feature-set iSCSI as interconnect Start small but scale and upgrade undisruptive
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LeftHand SANs Cost effective storage for virtualisation, easy to implement Starter SANvirtualisation SANMulti Site SANAla Carte (NSMs) £23,549£40,365£77,365~ TargetWindows server consolidation, moving away from DAS Server virtualisation projects for mid-range environments (50-150 VMs) Multi site or campus environments that require synchronous replication HA Specific configurations, customers that require specific disk drive types and form factors Key Benefits −Non-disruptive scalability beyond 240 disk drives −Enterprise class feature set −SAN/iQ training included −Integrated replication −Non-disruptive scalable performance −Online configuration changes −Remote office DR with no HW −Cost effective, simplified high availability −Data stays online during a site failure −Single interface, multiple subnet mgmt, geographic IO preferencing −Remote office DR with no HW −Flexibility −Compatibility Remote Office Solution Pack Optional10 SAN/iQ licenses for replication Optional
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