In this presentation, learn how Agile Infrastructure for OpenStack enables you to quickly stand up a dynamic self-service cloud infrastructure so you can easily take advantage of the flexibility, scalability, and efficiency of OpenStack. You'll gain a better understanding of how Agile Infrastructure: * Extends the core values of cloud: scale, guaranteed performance, automation, high availability and efficiency * Ensures you deploy OpenStack using a process that's repeatable and error free * Allows you to run production and test/dev workloads on one storage platform * Provides higher utilization, better performance and more operational efficiency than legacy solutions

1. Accelerate your OpenStack Deployment
Quickly Embrace the Power of OpenStack with Agile Infrastructure

2. Hello
Jeramiah Dooley
Principal Architect, SolidFire
@jdooley_clt

3. The All-Flash Array for the
Next Generation Data Center

4. Why are OpenStack Deployments Slow?
• GOOD ANSWERS
• Different technology that requires different skillsets
• Responding to new consumption models takes planning
• Workload availability is important, risk is high
• Transformation is hard
• BAD ANSWERS
• It’s unstable
• It’s too complex, and requires us to own the PhDs
• There are no good examples to follow
• It’s too new

5. What SolidFire Sees In the Field
• About 40% of our pipeline, across both SP and Enterprise is
OpenStack related
• The OpenStack ecosystem has come a long way
• Real ecosystem: code contributors, project leaders,
champions
• ‘Fake’ ecosystem: usually hardware vendors who are just
writing drivers
• Deployment process is so (SO) much better than it has been
• Enterprises are seriously working to figure out how to integrate
OpenStack from an operational standpoint

6. What Do Customers Need?
1. Help understanding the operational impact of OpenStack
2. Help understanding which workloads are best suited for
OpenStack
3. Examples of what works and what doesn’t
For almost every enterprise we talk to evaluating OpenStack,
storage is a huge question mark!

7. Let’s Get Started!
• Overview of SolidFire storage solution
• Details on SolidFire Cinder driver capabilities
• Overview of Agile Infrastructure reference designs
• Best Practices and Lessons Learned

8. High performance storage systems designed for
large scale infrastructure
Industry Leading
Quality of Service (QoS)
Scale-Out Architecture
• 4 – 100 nodes
• 35TB – 3.4PB Usable Capacity
• 200k – 7.5M Controllable IOPS
Simple all inclusive
pricing model Direct Tier 3 Support
for every customer
Industry-standard hardware
• 10 GigE iSCSI, 16/8 Gb FC

9. All-flash storage platform
for the next generation data center.
Scale-Out
Infrastructure Agility
Guaranteed
Quality of Service
Complete
System Automation
In-Line Data
Reduction
Self Healing
High Availability

10. Scale-Out Agility
Performance
Capacity
200,000 IOPS35 TB

11. Scale-Out Agility
Performance
Capacity
43.6 TB 250,000 IOPS
200,000 IOPS35 TB
Guaranteed Compatibility
between all SolidFire storage nodes
• Future-Proof your storage investment
• Eliminate storage migrations and forklift upgrades
• Never wait 3 years for an upgrade
Linear Scale
of Performance and Capacity
Expand / Contract
without disruption or reconfiguration

12. Scale-Out Agility
Performance
Capacity
43.6 TB 250,000 IOPS
52.2 TB 300,000 IOPS
200,000 IOPS35 TB
Guaranteed Compatibility
between all SolidFire storage nodes
• Future-Proof your storage investment
• Eliminate storage migrations and forklift upgrades
• Never wait 3 years for an upgrade
Linear Scale
of Performance and Capacity
Expand / Contract
without disruption or reconfiguration

13. Scale-Out Agility
Performance
Capacity
43.6 TB 250,000 IOPS
60.8 TB 350,000 IOPS
52.2 TB 300,000 IOPS
200,000 IOPS35 TB
Guaranteed Compatibility
between all SolidFire storage nodes
• Future-Proof your storage investment
• Eliminate storage migrations and forklift upgrades
• Never wait 3 years for an upgrade
Linear Scale
of Performance and Capacity
Expand / Contract
without disruption or reconfiguration

14. SolidFire QoS Eliminates of traditional
performance related storage problems - ESG 2015
Guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS)
Dynamically Allocate, Manage and Guarantee
storage performance independent of capacity
Define / enforce Min, Max and Burst settings
for each application / volume

15. Capacity & Performance
SOLIDFIRE CLUSTER
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
CAPACITY
VIRTUALIZATION
(GB)
PERFORMANCE
VIRTUALIZATION
(IOPS)
68
TB
AVAILABLE
200
K
AVAILABLE
VOLUMES
Element
OS
|
G U A R A N T E E D
P E R F O R M A N C E

16. Capacity & Performance
SOLIDFIRE CLUSTER
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
CAPACITY
VIRTUALIZATION
(GB)
PERFORMANCE
VIRTUALIZATION
(IOPS)
VOLUMES
Element
OS
|
G U A R A N T E E D
P E R F O R M A N C E

17. Capacity & Performance
SOLIDFIRE CLUSTER
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
CAPACITY
VIRTUALIZATION
(GB)
PERFORMANCE
VIRTUALIZATION
(IOPS)
VOLUMES
Element
OS
|
G U A R A N T E E D
P E R F O R M A N C E

18. Capacity & Performance
SOLIDFIRE CLUSTER
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
17
TB
50k
IOPS
CAPACITY
VIRTUALIZATION
(GB)
PERFORMANCE
VIRTUALIZATION
(IOPS)
VOLUMES
Element
OS
|
G U A R A N T E E D
P E R F O R M A N C E

19. How QoS Works
VOLUME
Per
Volume
QoS
Se1ngs
Burst
2,000
Max
1,000
Min
100
APP BEHAVIOR
Burst
Max
Min
Element
OS
|
G U A R A N T E E D
P E R F O R M A N C E
CLUSTER

20. How QoS Works
VOLUME
Per
Volume
QoS
Se1ngs
Burst
2,000
Max
1,000
Min
100
APP BEHAVIOR
Burst
Max
Min
Element
OS
|
G U A R A N T E E D
P E R F O R M A N C E
CLUSTER

21. How QoS Works
VOLUME
Per
Volume
QoS
Se1ngs
Burst
2,000
Max
1,000
Min
100
APP BEHAVIOR
Burst
Max
Min
MIXED WORKLOAD ENVIRONMENT
100
Min
200
Max
300
Burst
Volume
3
1000
Min
1500
Max
2000
Burst
VOLUME
2
100
Min
500
Max
700
Burst
VOLUME
1
Element
OS
|
G U A R A N T E E D
P E R F O R M A N C E
CLUSTER

22. How QoS Works
VOLUME
Per
Volume
QoS
Se1ngs
Burst
2,000
Max
1,000
Min
100
APP BEHAVIOR
Burst
Max
Min
MIXED WORKLOAD ENVIRONMENT
100
Min
200
Max
300
Burst
Volume
3
1000
Min
1500
Max
2000
Burst
VOLUME
2
100
Min
500
Max
700
Burst
VOLUME
1
Element
OS
|
G U A R A N T E E D
P E R F O R M A N C E
CLUSTER

23. How QoS Works
VOLUME
Per
Volume
QoS
Se1ngs
Burst
2,000
Max
1,000
Min
100
APP BEHAVIOR
Burst
Max
Min
MIXED WORKLOAD ENVIRONMENT
100
Min
200
Max
300
Burst
Volume
3
1000
Min
1500
Max
2000
Burst
VOLUME
2
100
Min
500
Max
700
Burst
VOLUME
1
Element
OS
|
G U A R A N T E E D
P E R F O R M A N C E
CLUSTER

24. How QoS Works
VOLUME
Per
Volume
QoS
Se1ngs
Burst
2,000
Max
1,000
Min
100
APP BEHAVIOR
Burst
Max
Min
MIXED WORKLOAD ENVIRONMENT
100
Min
200
Max
300
Burst
Volume
3
1000
Min
1500
Max
2000
Burst
VOLUME
2
100
Min
500
Max
700
Burst
VOLUME
1
Element
OS
|
G U A R A N T E E D
P E R F O R M A N C E
CLUSTER

25. Empower Enterprise IT to deliver greater strategic value to the business
• Native REST-based API
• Deep integration with management & orchestration platforms
• Support development of user-facing storage controls
• Reduce risk of human error and associated with complex administrative tasks
• Enables rapid deployment of applications & services
Complete System Automation
“Spin up virtual machines up to 81% faster
than traditional storage” – ESG 2015
“SolidFire Automation helps lower
operating expenses by up to
– ESG 2015
Create
Volume
API
Call
{
"method":
"CreateVolume",
"params":
{
"name":
"<Volume
Name>",
"accountID":
1,
"totalSize":
10000,
"enable512e":
false,
"aLributes":
{},
"qos":
{
"minIOPS":
100,
"maxIOPS":
200,
"burstIOPS":
300
}
},
"id":
1
}

26. Simplified Management
API
CUSTOM
INTEGRATION
INTERFACES PLUG-INS TOOLS
Self-service
Portals
Homegrown Apps
User Interface
Active IQ
PowerShell
SDKs
VMware vCenter
OpenStack
CloudStack
Element OS | A U T O M A T E D M A N A G E M E N T

27. TIME YOUR BUSINESS
DESIGN
IniQal
size
(GB
or
IOPS)
INSTALLATION OPERATING
GB
and
IOPS
required
Account
CreaQon
SCALING
GB
and
IOPS
needed
UPGRADEDESIGN
IniQal
size
(GB
or
IOPS)
AnQcipated
growth
over
lifecycle
of
array
IOPS
required
lifeQme
of
product
Node
size
selecQon
RAID
type,
RAID
grouping
Drive
type
(FC,
NL,
Flash)
Drive
quanQQes
and
raQo
Cache
requirements
Drive
Sparing
Aggregate/CPG
MetaLUN
and
Bin
file
layout
INSTALLATION
Bin
File/RAID
Layout
Aggregate/MetaLUN
creaQon
Snapshot
spare
spacing
Vol0/quorum
drive
layout
Aggregate
snapshot
frequency
Snapshot
growth
limits
OPERATING
GB
and
IOPS
required
Account
CreaQon
Host
to
HBA
assignment
and
tracking
Host
iniQator
count
limits
RAID
type
required
Primary
Control
Node
assignment
IOPS
limitaQon
concerns
Snapshot
growth
policy
Thin
Provisioning
(or
not)
Aggregate/CPG
assignment
40%
CPU
limit
consideraQons
SCALING
GB
and
IOPS
needed
Drive
Shelves
required
Power/floor
space
restricQons
Control
node
limitaQons
(CPU
storage)
UPGRADE
HBA
compaQbility
list
CPU
uQlizaQon
on
control
nodes
Maintenance
window
MiQgate
risk
during
node
outage
Storage System Tasks
OTHER VENDORS
Element OS | A U T O M A T E D M A N A G E M E N T

28. DESIGN
IniQal
size
(GB
or
IOPS)
INSTALLATION OPERATING
GB
and
IOPS
required
Account
CreaQon
SCALING
GB
and
IOPS
needed
UPGRADE
Storage System Tasks
Element OS | A U T O M A T E D M A N A G E M E N T

29. • Performance tuning, caching or load balancing
• Tiering, prioritization or caching to manage
• Short Stroking or over provisioning
• RAID group or spare drive management
• Fire drills to replace failed disks, shelves, or controllers
• Generational upgrades or platform migrations
Complete System Automation
NO
MORE:

30. • Platform Compatibility Guarantee
– Ensures that all future software &
platforms from SolidFire will interoperate
with existing infrastructure
• Unlimited Drive Wear Guarantee
– Eliminate concerns around flash
endurance
– No restrictions on use-case or workload
Never Obsolete
Unparalleled
Investment Protection
No more forklift
upgrades

31. ▪ SolidFire Cinder driver enables all OpenStack
block storage features
▪ Ability to set and maintain true QoS levels
on a per-volume basis
▪ Create, snap, clone and manage SolidFire
volumes directly
▪ Run OpenStack instances on a SolidFire volume
▪ Eliminates arduous management layers between
OpenStack and the storage system
▪ SolidFire driver fully integrated into OpenStack -
no additional features / licenses required
Customer SuccessDeep OpenStack Integration Validated Interoperability
The Block Storage Choice for OpenStack

32. SolidFire Agile Infrastructure
▪ A series of pre-validated converged
infrastructure reference designs
▪ Modular design focus at all levels
▪ Built for dynamic IT-as-a-Service
consumption model
▪ Accelerating time-to-value for operators and
administrators deploying a functional cloud
infrastructure
▪ Supported by a complete ecosystem of
vendors, partners and community
Compute
/
Networking
Cloud
Management
Stack
OrchestraQon
Layer
ApplicaQons

33. SolidFire Agile Infrastructure
for for
Compute
/
Networking
Cloud
Management
Stack
OrchestraQon
Layer
ApplicaQons

34. Software Defined pools of compute, networking & storage
Operational Benefits of AI
Agile
<30 minutes to provision from bare metal to OS
<30 minutes to install and configure OpenStack
Automated
Linear Scalability of compute & storage nodesScalable
Maintain consistent performance via guaranteed QoSPredictable
Integrated Efficiency with cluster wide dedupe & compression
27U rack footprint - 360 cores, ~1000 vCPUs, 250k IOPS, 40TBs
Efficient

35. AI for OpenStack
Logical Framework
▪ Modularity at every level
▪ Built on vendor and
community best
practices
▪ Deep integration up the
management stack
▪ Support for 3rd Party
Tools

36. 5 Networks to segregate traffic
and provide security:
• Administrative Network
• Data Center Network
• OpenStack Service Network
• Storage Network
• Private network
AI for OpenStack Network Topology

37. Physical Network Layout to
Allow Scalability in Any Vector
• Add OpenStack Nodes
• Add SolidFire Nodes
• Add Upstream Bandwidth
• Add Racks
• Add Data Centers
AI for OpenStack Network Topology

38. Optimized for Mixed Workloads
Software Development Lifecycle • Test / Development
• QA, Staging, Production
• 3-Tier Apps
• Example: LAMP stacks
Large Scale Web Applications
Persistent Block Storage
Databases
• On Premise Versions of Amazon Elastic Block Storage
• Provisioned IOPS (e.g. pIOPS)
• Database Consolidation
• Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS)
Sample Use Cases Examples

39. • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Certification Test Suite
• Tempest Test
• Deployment
– Provision from bare metal to operating system 17 nodes within 30 minutes
– Install and configure OpenStack on the same 17 nodes in less than 30 minutes
• Scalability
– Verify the ability to scale block storage and compute instances
– Dynamically add compute nodes into the environment
• Resource Agility
– Time to deploy 1000 Instances: 2.5 hours
– Time to delete 1000 Instances: 11 minutes
– Time to boot 1000 volumes as new Instances: 2.25 hours
– Time to delete 1000 instances and volumes: 17 minutes
Validated and Tested Use Cases

40. • Quality of Service (QoS)
– Demonstrate the QoS merits of the SolidFire storage system by showing multiple
applications running in parallel on the same shared storage infrastructure
• database
• file/web server
• general operating system IO
• readonly
• writeonly
• 80/20 mixed read/write
– Allow users to specify the IO requirements for a volume at create time
Validated and Tested Use Cases (Cont.)

41. General OpenStack Best Practices and Lessons Learned
• Really understand what you want to accomplish
• Storage choices are complex and critical
• Use a trusted distro to cover your weaknesses
• OpenStack is not a VMware replacement.
Seriously!
• Think big, start small: stick with defcore, graduate
into Big Tent
• Don’t roll beta/dev/test into production. Please?
• What are you leaving for the next guy?

42. • For more on building an OpenStack-powered cloud
infrastructure visit SolidFire.com/OpenStack
• For more on accelerating your OpenStack adoption with Agile
Infrastructure visit Solidfire.com/AI
• To see OpenStack and SolidFire in action, request a demo --
SolidFire.com/Get-Started
Want to learn more?

43. Powering the World’s Most Demanding Data Centers
Sales, Marketing, and Support :
• Over 320 Employees
• HQ: Boulder, Colorado
• North America
• EMEA
• APJ
Global
Enabling Customer Success
• Founded 2010
• Funding $150M, Series D
• GA Product since Nov 2012
• Over 2500 nodes shipped
• More than 45PB under mgt
• Fueling over 58,000 business
Proven
Updated 1/30/15
#1 ALL-FLASH ARRAY
CC 2014
#1 ALL-FLASH ARRAY
CC 2015
The Most Complete AFA Feature Set
• Scale-out Architecture
• Self Healing High Availability
• Guaranteed QoS
• Complete System Automation
• In-line Data Reduction
• 3 Replication Options
• 3rd Generation of Hardware
• 8th Generation of Software
Innovative

44. • Real-Time Replication
• Integrated Backup and Restore
• Encryption at Rest
• Snapshots and Clones
• Consistency Group Snapshots
• VLAN tagging / Multi-tenant Networking
• SNMP Monitoring
• Simultaneous Multiprotocol Support (FC / iSCSI)
All Inclusive Feature Set

45. Platform Building Blocks
2405 • 8.6TB effective capacity
• 50,000 guaranteed IOPS
4805 • 17TB effective capacity
• 50,000 guaranteed IOPS
9605 • 35TB effective capacity
• 50,000 guaranteed IOPS
9010 • 35TB effective capacity
• 75,000 guaranteed IOPS

47. Thank You