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The Intelligent, Automated IT Infrastructure

The Intelligent, Automated IT Infrastructure. TM. EQUALLOGIC IS CHANGING THE WAY PEOPLE EXPERIENCE STORAGE. By delivering dynamic virtual storage solutions that enable IT organizations to address changing business needs in real time at a reasonable cost.

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The Intelligent, Automated IT Infrastructure

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  1. The Intelligent, Automated IT Infrastructure

  2. TM EQUALLOGIC IS CHANGING THE WAY PEOPLE EXPERIENCE STORAGE By delivering dynamic virtual storagesolutions that enable IT organizations to address changing business needs in real timeat a reasonablecost

  3. PS Series Comprehensive Data ManagementAll-Inclusive with NO Additional Costs BASESOFTWARE FEATURES Advancedsoftware features Management • Instant on ‘set-up’ manager • Group manager • Rapid provisioning • Roles-based management Data Protection and Availability • RAID 5, 10, and 50 • Automatic RAID placement • Multi-path / IO support Maintenance • Phone home • Enclosure monitoring system • Performance monitoring Storage Virtualization • Complete SAN virtualization • Thin provisioning • Auto-load balancing • Automatic storage pools & tiering • Array evacuation Data Protection and Recovery • Writeable snapshots • Multi-volume snapshots • Instant restore / cloning • Multi-way replication for disaster recovery • Server Management Integration • VSS and VDS Providers • Automatic MPIO Connection Management • Auto-Snapshot Manager/ Microsoft Edition • Exchange , SQL Server and Windows file systems data • Auto-Snapshot Manager/ VMware Edition • Hypervisor-aware SAN-based snapshots and rapid recovery • VMware SRM Storage Adapter • Automated DR for thevirtual data center New 3

  4. Single-View ManagementSingle SAN Manager – Any Size, Any Form Group Manager — Simple Intuitive GUI Storage Configuration Assistant — best practice hints and clues SAN Virtualizer System Load Balancer Multiple Storage Pool Creation — online volume movement between pools Volume Manager Enclosure Monitoring System — in-depthSAN reporting Data Replication Control • Instant Volume Creation • Name • Size • Snapshot size • Security • Online Volume Modification • Clones • Snapshot • Replication • Volume expansion

  5. SAN economics IP SAN Fibre Channel HBA (x2): $ 2,000 NIC (x2): $ 250 SAN Port (x2): $ 2,000 SAN Port (x2): $ 200 MPIO: $ 500 MPIO: $ 0 Total: Total: $ 450 $ 4,500

  6. Conventional architecture iSCSI Snapshots Replication Storage Processor Capacity Performance Free Space Free Space

  7. PS5000 virtualizationFrameless architecture PeerStorage™ GROUP Unified “Virtual Array” Unified Storage Pool Switch

  8. VirtualizationOptimizedStorage

  9. Virtualization key driver of NEW storage landscape • Advanced features dependent on networked storage • Changing server infrastructure drives need and desire to rethink storage • New abstraction layer create new opportunities and new challenges • Storage infrastructure becomes barrier to reducing complexity SAN Fabric

  10. Dell storage in 2008 Growing fast in growth markets • #1 in iSCSI units • #1 in Windows/Linux storage • Growing 67% faster than the overall storage market • Growing 92% faster than the Windows/Linux storage market …with respected products EqualLogic PS5000 Series Uniquely simple virtualized iSCSI SANs Dell | EMC CX3/4 SAN family Industry leader in Fibre Channel SANs Dell PowerVault family Affordable, flexible storage for SMBs Data Source: Gartner Qstats May 2008

  11. Simplifies Networked Storage Uses more affordable hardware and existing infrastructure Leverages ubiquitous networking knowledge Enhances Consolidation ROI Simplifies virtual server deployments Reduces acquisition, deployment, and ongoing management costs Enables a Simple Virtualized Storage Architecture Natively supports virtualization primitives Allows scalable, flexible networked storage grid implementations Load balances across all SAN resources WHY iSCSI IS IMPORTANT TO VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURES iSCSI SAN IDC's Top Storage Predictions for 2008: Virtual servers will emerge as the killer application for iSCSI

  12. DELL EQUALLOGIC PS SERIES Intelligent, seamlessly expandable virtualized iSCSI SAN Innovative virtualized architecture enables: • Just-in-time scalability • Seamless scaling of both performance and capacity • Hands-free management • Intelligent and automated management that allows you to “set it and forget it” • Perpetual self-optimization • Automated load balancing across disks, RAID sets, connections, cache and controllers • All inclusive functionality • Advanced software capabilities included, no hidden costs iSCSI SAN of the Year “For virtualization implementations, you can't do better than a PS3800XV [now PS5000XV]"

  13. INDUSTRY TREND: VIRTUAL SERVERS MEET VIRTUAL STORAGE An Extendable, Scalable, and Resilient Infrastructure for Both Servers and Storage Ethernet Fabric Physical Infrastructure Virtualized Assets

  14. High density PS5500E SCALes PS SERIES GROUP capacity by 3x 48 drives per array 576 TBs 16 drives per array 192 TBs New 3X Capacity

  15. COMING SOON TO A DATA CENTER NEAR YOU • Fully virtualized storage pools > petabytes in size • Intelligent, heuristically defined data layouts • Perpetual self-optimization across storage tiers • Fully integrated into the virtualized server, network, client infrastructure SSD SSD SSD 10GbE/ Data Center Ethernet SAS SAS SAS SATA SATA SATA

  16. Advanced SAN Integration Through VSTORAGE API’s GOAL: Leverage the SAN to optimize storage functions CHALLENGE: Coordinate between ESX and Storage Arrays • Available today for Dell EqualLogic • VMware Site Recovery Manager Adapter • Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition • Advanced engineering • SAN data copy offload • Higher performance, lower overhead • Thin provisioning • Protect VM’s from running out of thinly provisioned space • Advanced multi-pathing • Optimally exploit scale-out, multi-controller EqualLogic architecture Group Manager Virtual Center SAN Fabric API’s

  17. Equallogicstorage adapter for VMware site recovery manager Streamlining disaster recovery management and automation • Affordable enterprise disaster protection and recovery • Auto-Replication coordinates directly with SRM Server • Seamless integration of virtualized iSCSI SAN further simplifies the virtual data center • All-inclusive feature of PS Series arrays Group Manager Group Manager Ethernet Network Ethernet Network Production Site Recovery Site Wide Area R2 R3 R4 R1 R1 R3 R2 R4 EqualLogic Auto-Replication

  18. New AUTO-SNAPSHOT MANAGER / VMWARE EDITIONBUNDLED DATA PROTECTION WITH EQUALLOGIC PS SERIES SANS Automated, Consolidated VM Backup and Recovery • High performance, space-efficient online data protection • Hypervisor-aware, scalable SAN-based solution • Reduced space overhead & enhanced ESX performance • Fast recovery of VMs and VMFS DataStores • Easy to navigate GUI with SAN & VMware-centric views • Snapshot policies logically assigned to VM hierarchies “With ASM/VE, I can automate the virtual machine backup process and recover a lot faster with a simple, integrated feature.” Cody Page, IT Director Peterson Sullivan PLLC CPA

  19. How ASM/VE works PLAY DEMO To take a snapshot of all VM’s in a VMFS • Query VC to identify all VMs in VMFS • Query VC to identify SAN volume VMFS is based on • For each VM, command VC to take a VM snapshot (i.e., put each VM in snapshot mode) • Command EQL to take SAN-based snapshot of VMFS volume • For each VM, command VC to delete VM snapshots ESX Server Virtual Center SAN Fabric vmdk1 VMFS-1 vmdk1

  20. SAN Data Copy oFFLOADExample: Storage VMOTION Without vStorage Integration • Data must be read from SAN into server, then written back to SAN • Inefficient data copy with significant CPU and network overhead SAN Fabric VMFS-1 VMFS-2 vmdk1

  21. SAN Data Copy oFFLOADExample: Storage VMOTION PLAY DEMO With vStorage Integration • Optimized data movement within the SAN • Significantly lower CPU and network overhead • Additional ProvisioningUse Cases: • Clone From Template • Clone VM SAN Fabric VMFS-1 VMFS-2 vmdk1

  22. Equallogic VMware focus greater automation, intelligence, advanced integration • Core Technology • Native 10GbE • Data Center Ethernet • Solid State Disk arrays • Enhanced load balancing • across tiers • Advanced Integration • Linked clones/deduplication • - Thin provisioning • Custom multipathing • SAN data copy offload • Core TechnologySAN Scalability • Advanced Integration • - Site Recovery Manager • Auto-Snapshot Manager/ • VMware Edition • Core Technology • - iSCSI • - Virtualized SAN • Advanced Integration • - HCL • Auto-Snapshot Manager/ • Microsoft Edition 2006 2008 Future

  23. sUMMARY: Architecting the Dynamic Data Center • Automated, Policy-Driven Management Based on Real-time Intelligence • Strategic Alignment Of Technology Suppliers • Advanced Integration Across Multiple Layers of Infrastructure • Virtualized Resource Pools • Platforms Optimized for Virtualization

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