Leveraging the Benefits of SDS, Software Defined Storage Technology Off-the-Shelf Solutions with Proprietary System Performance

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1 Leveraging the Benefits of SDS, Software Defined Storage Technology Off-the-Shelf Solutions with Proprietary System Performance

2 Agenda Presenters Niso Levitas Aberdeen R&D Manager Yuval Bymel Aberdeen R&D Engineer Eric Cho Nexenta Director of Sales Engineering Chaz Stevens Aberdeen Director of Marketing Aberdeen Nexenta History AberSAN Series with SDS Plus VMware and Nexenta Certifications SDS Plus Aberdeen Advantage Solutions Customer Success Interactive Web GUI Demo Applications Aberdeen Key Messaging Q&A

3 Our History with SDS and Nexenta For over 25 years Aberdeen has been developing and manufacturing custom server and storage solutions. For the past six years, Aberdeen has worked with our partners like Nexenta to develop SDS solutions that provide the highest quality state-of-the-art technology at the greatest value. Flexible and affordable solutions Early adopter of Latest generation of powerful, offthe-shelf solutions Highly stable and durable solution with a focus on ease of deployment Design, implementation, and configuration are optimized for top level performance

4 AberSAN Series with SDS Plus The Aberdeen AberSAN Series and Petarack combined with Nexenta s enterprise-grade, unified block level and file level SDS software are prime examples of the new trend known as Software Defined Storage (SDS). SAN Enterprise Storage Features: Shared pools of storage from any combination of storage hardware Unlimited snapshots and clones Unlimited file size Block and file based replication End to end data integrity Integrated search Hybrid storage pools via automated use of SSDs In-line deduplication Multi-user write (file-level or block-level access) Inherent virtualization enabling thin provisioning and I/O pooling iscsi Target FC Target capable

5 VMware Certifications Features and Benefits of VMware Certified Storage: Full Aberdeen SDS storage line has passed rigorous VMware File and iscsi Storage tests and is certified Affordable and highly scalable Out of band, Web based, OS independent management and administration Zero downtime clustered and redundant solutions Industry-leading 5 Year warranty

6 Nexenta Certification Aberdeen is a certified Nexenta Partner with the ability to offer solutions based on our customers needs by certifying our solutions. The Aberdeen solutions listed below have completed this process for the latest version of. List of Aberdeen Nexenta Certified Storage: AberSANZ23 AberSANZ33 AberSANZ43 AberSAN ZXP4 AberSAN ZXP4 HA AberSAN Petarack

7 SDS Plus Aberdeen Advantage In developing the SDS Plus offering, Aberdeen has leveraged the process of matched and paired ultra-high-performance storage appliances with Nexenta s flagship software. Highest quality, off-the-shelf, default firmware Enterprise level helium drives No proprietary firmware or drives that are sold with big premiums and only bought from us 5 Year Warranty including hard drives Fully implemented SDS Plus solutions with Aberdeen storage products at all storage capacity levels. Perfect for big data by providing a flexible architecture for large data banks where critical data can be transformed into valuable business intelligence with lightning speed. SDS Plus can help you integrate SDS into your existing networks and data centers regardless of their size or scope.

8 PETARACK SDS Plus In Action The Aberdeen AberSAN Series and our Petarack combined with Nexenta s enterprise-grade, unified block level and file level SDS software are prime examples of the continuing trend of Software Defined Storage. One petabyte, expandable to 5.4PB of raw data storage, in a single rack High availability with no single point of failure RAID-Z advanced storage technology 180 x 6TB Enterprise SAS drives Enterprise level iscsi target built-in; fibre channel target ready High availability with no single point of failure Dual Head units, dual controller JBODs, redundant PS and fans on each unit Memory is upgradeable to 1TB on each unit Enterprise level 10GbE iscsi target built-in; fibre channel target optional Cloud and virtualization ready Can be scaled to multiple petabytes with additional racks

9 SDS Plus In Action Aberdeen s complete AberSAN Series including our Petarack combined with Nexenta s enterprisegrade, unified block level and file level SDS software are prime examples of the continuing trend of Software Defined Storage. Z23 Z33 Z43 ZXP4 ZXP4-HA 2U/12HDD ZFS SAN Server Up to 120TB 12G SAS Storage 3U/16HDD ZFS SAN Server Up to 160TB 12G SAS Storage 4U/36HDD ZFS SAN Server Up to 360TB 12G SAS Storage 2U Head Unit & JBOD Expandable SAN, Enables the Most Flexible SAN Environment Growth, RAID-Z Advanced Storage Technology, and Expandable 12G SAS storage beyond 1PB Dual 2U Head Unit & JBOD Expandable SAN, High Availability with the Most Flexible Growth SAN, RAID-Z Advanced Storage Technology, Expandable HA 12G SAS Storage beyond 1PB

10 SDS Plus Customer Success Aberdeen and Nexenta have provided solutions that have been installed by IT departments in many of the world s largest organizations.

11 Aberdeen-Nexenta Web GUI Aberdeen developed a truly custom graphic user interface (GUI) that delivers a big benefit to users of SDS Plus. Aberdeen s custom GUI gives you the facility to click on a simple toggle, which then illuminates the failed drive in the correct chassis. You never have to worry about pulling the wrong drive and potentially losing data. Node1: Node2: Virtual IP: To manage and share the cluster

12 : High Performance Unified Block and File Unified block & file storage services Deployed on bare metal x86 servers with SAS connected storage File: 10GbE NFSv3 / NFSv4 / CIFS / SMB 2.1 Block: 8Gbps, 16Gbps FC / 10GbE iscsi Features & Benefits 2 node active / passive cluster From 10s of TBs to 5PB (raw) 128-bit zetabyte-scale file system Unlimited space optimized snapshots and clones Inline data reduction Software based RAID 1, RAID N+1, RAID N+2 and RAID N+3 Periodic Asynch Replication for DR VMware integration, OpenStack Cinder & Manila Target Use Cases Cloud backend Scalable, high performance NFS Generic File Share & Home Directories Scalable CIFS / SMB Business Continuity & Near Line Archive Scalable NFS Block & File

13 Typical Customer Adoption Scenario: From Archive to Primary Storage Use cases depend more on customer comfort-level with SDS than on the product capabilities Entry points tend to be Archive Higher openness to new things Higher cost pressures Lower availability / perf requirements Customers then realize that: is reliable delivers great performance has full set of features Expand from Archive to primary storage Hybrid and All Flash configurations High performance and async replication Site A Scheduled Backup 2 way replication Site B Scheduled Backup Backup Target Array

14 : Target Use Cases & Product Positioning Transactional Enterprise Apps Generic Virtual Machines Generic File Servers NFS / Block Backup & Archive Highest IOPS Small Capacity (10 s TBs) All-Flash High IOPS Large Capacity (100 s TBs) Hybrid SLOG, L2ARC, Mirrors Balanced $/GB & $/IOPS Large Capacity (100 s TBs) All HDD Large Disks raidz2 / raidz3 Lowest $/GB Highest Capacity (PB s) $2.5/GB Sub $2/GB $1/GB to $0.7/GB $0.6/GB to $0.4/GB ESTIMATED $/GB is list and includes HW, SW and 3 years gold support. Price may range based on region, hardware platform, and other portions of the overall solution

15 Warranty and Support o o o o

16 FREE 30 Day Trial Assessment We re pleased to introduce you to our revolutionary server and storage, 30 day, risk free evaluation program. Under the Aberdeen Custom Assembled Rackmount Evaluation Service or CARES Program, we will provide a completely configured server and/or storage free for a 30 day trial assessment for qualified customers.

17 Summary SDS Plus was conceived, designed, and built with the single focus of making SDS a rapidly deployable, extremely cost effective storage solution. It can be purchased off-the-shelf in highly customized configurations. You receive the benefit of top performance and incredible value in a highly reliable solution, thanks to the partnership, teamwork, and expertise of Aberdeen and Nexenta.

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