SMA - Nutanix X Tour
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SMA Solar Technology AG is a leading global specialist in photovoltaic systems. They have over 3,000 employees in 20 countries working to advance decentralized and renewable energy solutions. SMA has been using Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure to improve the performance and scalability of their Sunny Portal platform. Key benefits of Nutanix include reduced latency, doubled I/O performance, support for multiple hypervisors, and independent scaling of compute and storage resources. SMA plans to further expand their use of Nutanix technologies like Acropolis file services and hypervisor as well as tools for automation, networking, and visibility.
SMA - Nutanix X Tour
- 1. JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger SMA PORTAL DEVOPS – ENTERING THE NEXT LEVEL WITH NUTANIX SMA Solar Technology AG
- 2. SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG 2 Energy That Changes As a leading global specialist in photovoltaic system technology, SMA is setting the standards today for the decentralized, digital and renewable energy supply of tomorrow. More than 3,000 SMA employees in 20 countries have devoted themselves to this task. Our innovative solutions for every type of photovoltaic application offer people and companies worldwide greater independence in meeting their energy needs. In collaboration with our partners and customers, we are helping people transition to a self-sufficient, decentralized and renewable energy supply. FACTS AND FIGURES Headquarters: Niestetal, Germany Global presence: sales and service companies in 20 countries Founded: 1981 Number of employees: over 3,000 2016 sales: about 1 billion euros JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 3. DEPARTMENT 3 10+ Years of prooven experience Development + Operations = 1 Team Complete independent infrastructure 15x7 operating 24x7 availability Plan, build & run Internet Solutions JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 4. INTERNET SOLUTIONS - EXAMPLE 4JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 5. INFRASTRUCTURE - FACTS 5 18.500.000.000 Monitored Events per month 4,3 TB Log Volume per month 500 TB Storage Capacity 3 Datacenters 99,5 % Virtualization Ratio 6.500.000 e-Mails processed per Month JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 6. SUNNY PORTAL – FACTS 6 290.000 registered Plants 30 TB online Database Volume 16.500.000 data files per day 85.000 User Logins per day 2 TB Raw value volume per day 55 new registred Users per day JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 7. CHALLENGES 7JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger Availabilit y 24x7x365 Costs Scalability Manageability Complexit y Security Flexibili ty Performanc e Growth Compliance Capacity Automation XaaS
- 8. SUNNY PORTAL – IMPORT 1 PERFORMANCE 8 51 80 68 22 19 127 152 171 126 108 222 312 274 70 64 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 January February March April May June July August September October November December ms 2016 Plantlog 2016 Parameter 2016 Incubator 2017 Plantlog 2017 Parameter 2017 Incubator (Monthly average vs. previous year) 2 Blocks Nutanix (09/2016)4 Blocks Nutanix (04/2017) 6 Blocks Nutanix (05/2017) JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 9. START SMALL – THINK BIG 9 Physical Server Direct Attached Storage 2014 2017 Past Future 700 VMs 40 ESX Hosts 300 TB SAN July 2016 Physical Server Blade Systems Storage Area Network Virtual Servers ESX Server Storage Area Network Enterprise Cloud 1.0 Hyperconverged Architecture Enterprise Cloud 2.0 Hybrid Cloud Hyperconverged Architecture On Premise & Off Premise JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 10. REQUIREMENTS > Support of different hypervisors (VMware, MS Hyper V, KVM) > Support of Container Architecture > Independent scaling of Storage Performance, Storage Capacity and Compute Power > Integration of GPU Units > Cloud Ready / Cloud connection to different provider (MS Azure, AWS) > Integration in existing VMware environment > Platform-integrated Backup and Replications capabilities > One Management Tool for the whole infrastructure > Integrated Monitoring, Performance Analytics, Trending and Reporting > Ease-of-Use > Self-Service Option > Commodity x86 Hardware > Support of different Hardware vendors > Own Hardware (One Support) 10JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 11. PERFORMANCE MS SQL DATENBANK 11 Disk Latency improved by factor 2 Nutanix SAN JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 12. PERFORMANCE SPLUNK INDEXER 12 approx. 2x Disk I/O Nutanix SAN JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger Disk Latency improved by factor 5
- 13. CURRENT STATUS NUTANIX 13 > June 2017 > 34 ESX Hosts (24 Nutanix) > 800 VMs (Compared to the previous year an increase of 15%) > 200 TB Storage Capacity on Nutanix > 160 TB SAN Capacity > 140 TB Backup Capacity > Two Nutanix Cluster (each with 3 Blocks, 12 Nodes) in two Datacenter > Async DR Snapshots; local and remote on the other Cluster > approx. 60% of the total workload on Nutanix (100% of SQL and Splunk workload) > KPIs improved with factor 2,5 > 6 ESX Hosts removed (License savings) > approx. 20% more Storage > Part of SAN infrastructure dismounted JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 14. CURRENT STATUS – CLUSTER 1 14JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 15. CURRENT STATUS – CLUSTER 2 15JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 16. NEXT STEPS NUTANIX 16 > Acropolis File Service (AFS) > Replace current SAN-based solution > High volume (500 Mio.) of small files (5 to 30k) > Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) > Replace existing Hypervisor VMware > Evaluation in our Dev environment started > Network Micro Segmentation > Re-Design of network security concept (Zero-Trust Model) > Visibility and controll of East-West-Traffic > Nutanix Calm > Extend existing automation capabilities > Optimize current deployment tools and strategie (Build from scratch) JUNE 2017, Martin Jaeger
- 18. DISCLAIMER IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE This presentation does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, an offer or invitation to subscribe for, underwrite or otherwise acquire, any securities of SMA Solar Technology AG (the "Company") or any present or future subsidiary of the Company (together with the Company, the "SMA Group") nor should it or any part of it form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any contract to purchase or subscribe for any securities in the Company or any member of the SMA Group or commitment whatsoever. All information contained herein has been carefully prepared. Nevertheless, we do not guarantee its accuracy or completeness and nothing herein shall be construed to be a representation of such guarantee. The information contained in this presentation is subject to amendment, revision and updating. Certain statements contained in this presentation may be statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on the management's current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from those in such statements as a result of, among others, factors, changing business or other market conditions and the prospects for growth anticipated by the management of the Company. These and other factors could adversely affect the outcome and financial effects of the plans and events described herein. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date of this presentation. This presentation is for information purposes only and may not be further distributed or passed on to any party which is not the addressee of this presentation. No part of this presentation must be copied, reproduced or cited by the addressees hereof other than for the purpose for which it has been provided to the addressee. This document is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States of America. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 as amended. 18