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The document discusses the fall 2014 performance announcement of FlexPod by Cisco and NetApp, highlighting its recognition as a leader in integrated systems according to Gartner's Magic Quadrant. It also outlines new innovations, including validated designs with NetApp all-flash arrays and the extension of application profiles using Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI). Additionally, it mentions customer success stories demonstrating cost savings and improved performance through FlexPod implementations.
FlexPod-Performance-Fall2014-slideshare
- 1. Fall “Performance” Announcement Mike Harding September 24, 2014 Cisco and NetApp Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Do Not Distribute. © 2014 Cisco and NetApp. All rights reserved.
- 2. FlexPod: Integrated Systems Leader Callout Example Magic Quadrant For Integrated Systems Source: Gartner, Inc. June 2014 Andrew Butler, George J. Weiss, Philip Dawson This Magic Quadrant was published as part of a larger research note and should be evaluated in the context of the entire report. The full report is available here. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose © 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp 2 Proprietary – Limited Use Only
- 3. FlexPod: Growing Analyst Validation • Gartner – FlexPod a Leader in Integrated Systems Magic Quadrant, June 2014 • IDC – 300+ IT managers and execs ranked FlexPod #1 out of 17 vendors • Forrester –Total Economic Impact analysis calculated FlexPod ROI of 120%, payback in 9 months • The Edison Group – Total Cost analysis proves FlexPod has TCO 37% lower than VSPEX, 26% lower than Vblock • ESG Group – FlexPod is an ideal platform for private cloud • Current Analysis, Inc – FlexPod is a force to be reckoned with 3
- 4. What’s New for FlexPod? © 2014 Cisco and NetApp. All rights reserved. 4
- 5. 5 Evolution of FlexPod – Fall 2014 From Cost Savings to Cutting Edge Components Converged Cutting Edge Energy limitations Virtualization Risk aversion Time Complexity Cost constraints IT Org flattening © 2014 Cisco and NetApp. All rights reserved. All-Flash Arrays ACI
- 6. FlexPod Fall Announcement • “FlexPod Performance” - Validated designs with All-Flash arrays let customers experience the benefits of integrated infrastructure, now with the optimal level of performance - Growing portfolio of ACI designs expand ability to realize the software-defined datacenter © 2013 Cisco and NetApp. All rights reserved. 6
- 7. FlexPod with NetApp All-Flash Arrays • Validated designs using the latest NetApp All- Flash Arrays - Designs use both All-Flash FAS8000 and EF550 arrays • Benefits: Increased performance for FlexPod solutions - Ultralow latency, extreme IOPS and throughput - Ideal for performance-driven apps such as virtual desktops and databases • Specific workload validations for: - Citrix XD, VMware View, and Oracle RAC 7
- 8. NetApp Flash Differentiation Customers Optimize their Price/Performance All-Flash for Latency-sensitive workloads • Transactional workloads (OLTP) • Analytics (OLAP) • Decision-making systems • Reservation/customer service systems • VDI • Web services • Technical computing Hybrid provides the best mix of $/IOPS and $/GB • Speed of flash plus capacity of disks • Perfect for most workloads and shared storage environments • Flash efficiency affects performance and costs • Correctly sizing your flash is key to consistent performance © 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 8
- 9. FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Extending Application Profiles into the Network ACI Fabric / Nexus 9000 Spine / Leaf • Validated designs using the new Cisco ACI software and APIC server APIC • Benefits: Automation and management through a Software Defined Datacenter approach • Based on the new Cisco Nexus 9000 series switch • Design w/ UCS-Director next qtr
- 10. FlexPod Fall Announcement – Designs Workload Reference Designs/Solutions /Category VMware FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere and Nexus 9000 FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 5.5 and NetApp All-Flash FAS8000 Storage FlexPod Datacenter with VMware Horizon View Express FlexPod Express with VMware vSphere & Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V Cisco ACI FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and Microsoft Sharepoint FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and Microsoft Exchange Citrix FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop and NetApp All-Flash FAS8000 Storage FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix Desktop as a Service FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop and NVIDIA GRID HDX 3D Pro Select FlexPod Select High Performance for Oracle RAC Flash ACI © 2013 Cisco and NetApp. All rights reserved. 10
- 11. Program Enhancements and Promotional Highlights © 2014 Cisco and NetApp. All rights reserved. 11
- 12. Newest Cooperative Support Partner Red Hat • Extending simplified support for more ISVs, now including Red Hat • Supports previous RHEL, RHEV, SMT designs, OpenStack, future design refresh • To be added to joint escalation procedures • Becoming part of RTP Cooperative Support Lab FlexPod® Green = Cooperative Support Blue = Coordination via TSANET.org © 2013 Cisco and NetApp. All rights reserved. 12
- 13. FlexPod Powered Partner Solutions – Fall ’14 Complementary Technologies that Enhance FlexPod 13 Immersive Partner Solutions provides a SaaS platform for resellers to continuously validate and monitor customer FlexPods Schneider Electric provides intelligent enclosures and energy management solutions for FlexPod Datacenter and FlexPod Express ScienceLogic monitors FlexPod, visualizing the architecture and mapping relationships across the data center and into the cloud Symantec Data Insight improves data governance for applications like Microsoft SharePoint and File Sharing on FlexPod © 2014 Cisco and NetApp. All rights reserved.
- 14. Latest FlexPod Customer Successes Now over 100 Published Stories! • Univ. of São Paulo created a cloud on FlexPod and realized cost savings of close to $100k per IT project, reduced energy consumption and improved overall performance, availability and security • Deployed FlexPod in primary and secondary DCs, accelerating app performance, provided 24/7 app availability, and improved business continuity by recovering data in just minutes from snapshots • Built IT infrastructure on FlexPod at 3 DCs, realizing 2X faster setup and config, achieved a 15-min RTO, avoided $70k in annual costs, and reduced admin time and storage capacity required both by 75% • Consolidated servers onto FlexPod to support greater scalability – increased data access speeds, improved website performance and uptime, and are ontrack to meet donation & business growth objectives • Deployed FlexPod to improve DR – now meets 4-hr RTO and RPOs, maintains 100% backup and restore success, and accelerated time to market with improved performance for business-critical workloads • Indonesian Telco Lintasarta deployed virtualized cloud services on FlexPod, improving scalability, efficiency, BC/DR, and realizing IT cost savings © 2014 Cisco and NetApp. All rights reserved. 14
- 15. FlexPod Fall Announcement Summary FlexPod Performance • Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant • New solutions that extend innovation - NetApp All-flash arrays, Cisco ACI • New programs that increase competitiveness - Red Hat joining Cooperative Support • For more information - NetApp.com/FlexPod • Join the conversation - ConvergedCommunity.com 15 © 2014 Cisco and NetApp. All rights reserved.
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