The document outlines SolidFire's agile infrastructure approach designed to enable rapid cloud deployment within 90 minutes. It highlights the increasing cloud market growth, SolidFire's high performance and scalability, and the advantages of pre-validated converged infrastructure models. Key elements include an all-inclusive pricing model, automated deployment processes, and support for OpenStack, making it efficient and cost-effective for enterprises transitioning to cloud services.

1. SOLIDFIRE & AGILE
INFRASTRUCTURE
Taking you from Zero to Cloud in 90 minutes!

2. ① The
Cloud
has
Arrived
② SolidFire’s
Abili6es
③ The
Agile
Infrastructure
Approach
④ Going
from
0
to
Cloud
⑤ Ques6ons
DISCUSSION
TOPICS

3. Cloud
Market
Growth
–
Private/Hybrid
Cloud
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
REVENUE
($M)
SOURCE:
IDC,
WW
Cloud
Systems
Management
SoZware
2015-­‐2019
Forecast
$0
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
$3,000
$3,500
$4,000
$4,500
$5,000
$1,412
$1,833
$2,369
$2,985
$3,726
$4,482

4. Work Driving Cloud Adop1on
Workloads
Performance
Change,
Config,
Prob
Mgmt
KEY USE CASES REVENUE BY MARKET
Workloads
Performance
Change,
Config,
Prob
Mgmt
47% of Cloud purchases
are for workload usage
39% more revenue than
any other market
SOURCE: IDC, WW Cloud Systems Management Software 2015-2019 Forecast

5. An Expanding Cloud Landscape
OpenStack,
please!

6. HOW DOES SOLIDFIRE FIT IN?

7. We’re getting 4X the performance with SolidFire,
from 25,000 IOPS to 100,000 IOPS — with
RELIABLE PERFORMANCE and FAST, EASY RECOVERY.”
STEVEN
MAY
Senior
Director
of
Cloud
Opera6ons,
Ul6mate
SoZware

8. 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-­‐LEADING
HARDWARE
• 10
GigE
iSCSI,
16/8
Gb
FC
High Performance Storage Systems
Designed for Cloud & Large Scale Infrastructure

9. PlaDorm 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

10. • Real-Time Replication
• Integrated Backup and Restore
• Encryption at Rest
• Snapshots and Clones
• Native Multi-tenancy
• Cinder, VAAI, VASA, SIOC, Horizon View, and vCenter Plug-In
• Simultaneous Multiprotocol Support (FC / iSCSI)
All Inclusive Feature Set

11. AUTOMATED
AGILE INFRASTRUCTURE
Why
We
Did
It
Private
Cloud
IT
as
a
Service
SoZware
Defined
Data
Center
Infrastructure
2.0
Cloud
Compu^ng
Next-­‐Genera^on
Data
Center
PREDICTABLESCALABLEAGILE

12. Customers Have Choices
Convergence
brings
benefits,
and
choices…
Hyper-­‐
Converged
Reference
Architecture
Single
Vendor
Single
SKU

13. THE AGILE INFRASTRUCTURE
APPROACH

14. AGILE INFRASTRUCTURE
What
Is
It?
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 &
administrators
deploying a
functional cloud
infrastructure
Supported by
a complete
ecosystem of
vendors,
partners &
community

15. What’s
In
The
Stack?
Agile
Infrastructure
for
OpenStack
Agile
Infrastructure
for
OpenStack
The
AI
Advantage
AGILE
AUTOMATED
SCALABLE
PREDICTABLE
EFFICIENT

16. Modular
Design
Extreme
Density
Opera^onal
Efficiencies
AGILE INFRASTRUCTURE
The
Economics
Networking
(2) Dell s4810
(2) Dell s55
Storage
(5) SolidFire
SF2405 Storage
Nodes
Compute
(15) Dell R630
Storage
Scale Out
Compute
Scale Out
• 70
vCPUs
per
compute
node
• 15
compute
/
5
storage
nodes
• 1.5
CPU
over
subscrip6on
rate
• 40TB
capacity
/
250,000
guaranteed
IOPS
• 50%
lower
cost
• 80%
less
footprint
• 3.5X
IOPS
per
GB
• 100%
API-­‐enabled
• Na6ve
Mul6-­‐Tenancy
• Cloud-­‐Scale
• Rapidly
respond
to
business
needs
• Increase
infrastructure
agility
• Build
for
the
future!

17. Large
Scale
Web
Applica6ons
SoZware
Development
Lifecycle
Databases
Persistent
Block
Storage
AGILE INFRASTRUCTURE
Use
Cases

18. Vendor
Approved
AGILE INFRASTRUCTURE
Peace
of
Mind
Vendor
Cer6fied

19. Criteria
Reference
Designs
Converged
Hyper-­‐Converged
SolidFire
AI
Nimble
SmartStack
VCE
Vblock
FlexPod/VSPEX
Nutanix
Simplivity
#
of
Cores
360
360
360
360
360
360
Footprint
27U
29U
84U
(48U
used)
31U
12U
30U
Solu6on
OpenStack/VMware
Private
Cloud
VMware
Server
Virtualiza6on
VMware
Server
Virtualiza6on
VMware
Server
Virtualiza6on
General
Purpose
Virtualiza6on
General
Purpose
Virtualiza6on
IOPS/GB
4.2
0.63
1.6
0.13
0.97
0.69
Storage
Scaling
Scale
Out
Limited
Scale
Out
Scale
Up
Scale
Up
Scale
Out
Scale
Out
Cost
Rela6ve
to
AI
1
1.1
1.5X
1.5X
1.7X
2.2X
• Nimble SmartStack - CS260 + Cisco
• Vblock – V340, two cabinets, Cisco Nexus switching and UCS
Compute VNX 5500 RAID 6 mix of SSD and HDD
• Flexpod – FAS 3250 w/ Cisco Nexus switching and UCS compute,
Compe^^ve
Comparison
• Nutanix – 3000 series, 4 nodes per 2U chassis, 375K Random
IOPS per 50 nodes
• Simplivity – CN5000 24 Cores per chassis
Note: Cost does not include VMware software licensing
AGILE INFRASTRUCTURE

20. SO HOW DO YOU GO FROM
ZERO TO OPENSTACK CLOUD
IN 90 MINUTES?

21. Follow,
Deploy,
Repeat
1. Choose
your
plaqorm
2. Choose
your
storage
configura6on
3. Download
automa6on
scripts
4. Follow
the
reference
design
5. Deploy
AGILE INFRASTRUCTURE

22. Best-of-Breed
Design
True
Scale-Out
No
Lock-In
Accelerated
Time to Value
Guaranteed
Performance
AGILE INFRASTRUCTURE
Why
It
Wins

23. Summary
① OpenStack
adop6on
by
the
Enterprise
is
real
② SolidFire
was
built
with
the
Cloud
in
mind
③ Agile
Infrastructure
simplifies
OpenStack
cloud
deployments,
90
minutes
or
less
Agile
Infrastructure
allows
you
to
achieve
true
outcomes
of
consolida6on,
automa6on,
and
produc6vity
For
more
informa6on
visit
www.solidfire.com/AI
For
a
copy
of
the
Cisco
OpenStack
Reference
Architecture
visit
hrp://bit.ly/1GgsSFV