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Infinio is a small startup that provides a server-side I/O optimization layer that brings storage performance closer to applications without requiring new hardware. It uses a globally deduplicated read cache across an ESXi cluster's aggregated RAM to improve latency by 10x and reduce reads from storage by 65-85%. Infinio was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. It has raised $24 million in funding and competes with companies like Quantum, StorMagic, and PernixData in the I/O optimization market.
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- 1. Analysis of INFINIO By, Anupam Chatterjee
- 2. WHAT IS INFINIO ?? • It is a small startup, vendor • AIM: To separate storage performance from storage capacity • HOW: By providing a sever side I/O optimization layer that brings I/O closer to the application • Bring storage performance closer to virtual machines • 10X improvement in latency • SSD-class performance with no new hardware • Lower storage cost with server-side resources • Non-disruptive, 30-minute installation
- 3. TIMELINE OF INFINIO 2015: Version 2.0 of the accelerator released 2015 : bring development work to market 2014 : product development, promotion and sales 2013 : Version 1.0 of accelerator delivered 2011 : Infinio established
- 4. PRODUCTS 4 • ACCELERATOR PRODUCT Bring together a user-configurable amount of RAM across VMware ESX cluster Present this shareable read cache across all servers HOW?? 4KB BLOCK LEVEL DEDUPLICATION CREATION OF EFFECTIVE CACHE SIZES
- 5. Infinio’s storage acceleration platform • Globally deduplicated • Operationally transparent • Simple to evaluate, implement, and use Software-based performance layer; optimized for RAM “We noticed the results almost instantly, with a visible reduction of storage latency on the VDI desktops and decreased workload on our filers.” --Nathan Manzi, Systems Engineer at Minara Resources
- 6. INFINIO ARCHITECTURE - How it works? LAYER FOR STORAGE ACCELERATION
- 7. FINANCIAL REVIEW • HEADQUARTERS : Cambridge, MA • FOUNDED : 2011 • DESCRIPTION : Infinio provides downloadable storage performance solutions for virtual environments. • FOUNDERS : Arun Agarwal, Vishal Misra • CATEORIES : Software • Infinio has received Fundings of $24 Million in 3 Rounds from 7 Investors • $12M / Series B Dec 16, 2013 Investors: Osage University Partners , Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners • $10M / Series A Feb 12, 2013 Investors: Highland Capital Partners , Bessemer Venture Partners • $2M / Seed Jan 1, 2012 Investors : Raj Sandhu,Lightspeed Venture Partners,NYC Seed,Founder Collective
- 8. STRENGTHS • Aggregated RAM across VMware leads to accelerated performance • Cache sizes up to 3-6 times of physical aggregated RAM created • Rapid installation less than 30 minutes • No additional hardware required as existing memory is used • All VMware services are supported • Large amounts of memory not required to offload 65-85% or read I/O from storage arrays WEAKNESSES • Only read caching • NFS support only
- 9. CHALLENGES • Product currently offers only NFS support • It is restricted to VMware environments which restricts its total addressable market • It is a small startup vendor trying to compete in a fast moving I/O optimization market that has several emerging vendors HOW TO OVERCOME?? • Adding solid-state support • Adding write-cache support would expand market • Expanding awareness and routes to market will lead to more adoption of the product
- 10. IT’S COMPETITORS… QUANTUM STORMAGIC PERNIXDATA 1290 Not enough data 150 $553.1M $2.5M $1M $428.8K Not enough data $6.7K Estimated No of Employees Estimated revenue Revenue per employee
- 11. Decoupled Infrastructure All-flash arrays Hyper-converged (Software-defined) VM VM VM VM Hypervisor Server SSDs Controller software VM VM VM VM Hypervisor Server SSDs HDDs Controller VM/software HDDs Hybrid arrays VM VM VM VM Hypervisor Server HDDs Write log / Read cache Disk pool Controller software SSDs I/O Optimization Storage-side processing Server-side processing STORAGE IN 2015
- 12. Simple to evaluate, deploy, and manage Accelerate a new datastore Install to results in 30 minutes Change the cache size
- 13. What’s new in Infinio version 2 • Extension of award-winning storage acceleration platform into SAN environments to support Fibre Channel and iSCSI. • Cache Advisor for smart sizing of memory. • VM-level statistics for a granular view into performance; choose specific applications to accelerate • Continued innovation for VDI Continued operational transparency, with no changes to storage tools, backup or reporting scripts; complete integration with VMware VAAI Easily see performance improvements for up to two weeks of history Note the benefit of deduplication with effective cache size *v2.1
- 14. CONCLUSION Learn more about Infinio today 14 • Accelerate response time by 10X • Reduce reads 65-85% from storage • Achieve better user experience from applications • Extend life for storage systems
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