Zophar Sante Product Management Nexsan Technologies Inc. 555 St. Charles Drive Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

1. Nexsan iSeries™ Complete iSCSI SAN Zophar Sante Product Management Nexsan Technologies Inc. 555 St. Charles Drive Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

2. What is Nexsan iSeries™ Complete iSCSI SAN for Storage Consolidation and Virtualization • Nexsan iSeries™ • Includes enterprise-class storage services • High reliability and performance • High density, scalable to 1PB with Nexsan Storage • Nexsan “GREEN” AutoMAID • Includes: • Storage consolidation, tiering and virtualization • Snapshots, mirroring and replication • Redundancy and multi-pathing • Suitable for: • Server Virtualization (VMware Certified) • Exchange, SQL, Oracle, other databases • Storage and data consolidation iSCSI Storage Area Network Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

3. Nexsan iSeries™ Includes • Nexsan iSeries Appliance (s) • Nexsan iSeries Storage Services • Nexsan Storage (New or Existing) • Integrated into a single iSCSI SAN Enterprise SMB Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

4. Nexsan iSeries™ A Truly Enterprise Class iSCSI SAN • High Speed iSeries Appliance • High speed, low latency - bus, OS and chip set • Address multiple applications simultaneously • Address high performance requirements • High Connectivity • Support small to large environments • Up to 200 servers per iSCSI SAN • Create 1000’s of unique volumes • High Availability • Nexsan iSeries™ Clustering and Multi-pathing • Ensure continuous data access • Protects against connection, network or system outage • Fault tolerant and hot-swappable • Enterprise Class Nexsan Storage • High performance, reliability and scalability • Over 21,000 units installed in 60+ countries • Independent performance engine – RAID and Cache • Create storage tiers using Nexsan SAS and SATA • Scale capacity to 1PB (petabyte) iSeries Appliance Nexsan Storage Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

5. Nexsan iSeries™ Storage Services • Storage Virtualization • Create virtual volumes from any storage tier • Create any size volume to precisely meet application needs • Increase volume size while online • Recycle capacity from obsolete volumes • Storage Tiering • Create different storage tiers • Use SAS for performance, SATA for capacity, or create a very green tier for backup/archive - All within the same SAN • Match different tiers with different applications • Scale from SMB to Enterprise • Support small to large environments • Support up to 200 servers • Create 1000’s of virtual volumes • Scale individual volume size to 64TB iSCSI Server Network Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

6. Instant Volume Creation • Create and use a volume in seconds • Give it a volume name • Select the storage tier • Determine the size • That’s it – you’re done • Like RAID types are pooled into a single storage tiers • The volume is automatically created from the selected pool • iSeries load balancing assigns the volume to the least used iSeries host port • Volume is automatically exposed to the iSCSI SAN network • Volume is ready to be used by the server Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

7. New iSeries Feature - QoS – bandwidth management for iSeries tiered storage environments • Ensure bandwidth for demanding high performance applications • Applications using SAS storage can be given priority over applications using SATA storage to ensure optimum performance and responsiveness. • The user can configure iSeries bandwidth and control how much bandwidth is given to SAS based applications as opposed to SATA based applications • If SAS is not being accessed – bandwidth is given 100% to SATA until SAS bandwidth is required • Databases • email • VMware • Hyper-V • OLTP • Print servers • Web servers • Backup • Archive • Home directories Limited MAX • Example shows SATA bandwidth limited to 50MBs • Applications using SAS will have full use of the remaining bandwidth (approx. 220 MBs) SAS Pool SATA Pool Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

8. Nexsan iSeries™ Automated Storage Services • Windows SQL and Exchange Setup Wizards • Meets Microsoft best practices requirements • Automatically creates separate volumes for LOGs and DATA • Automatically configures iSeries bandwidth mangers • Automatic storage pooling • All storage resources with the same drive and RAID type can be placed into a single “POOL” • When volumes are created, iSeries will automatically select the best resource within the pool to deliver optimal performance Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A 8

9. Nexsan iSeries™ Data Protection • Data Mirroring • Mirror data across multiple storage systems, locally or to another location using FC • Stay in production – even if a storage system goes offline • Protect data if your main site is damaged • Snapshots • Multiple snapshots per volume • Eliminate the backup window, backup from snapshots and remain on line • Eliminate need for incremental tape backups • Integrated with Microsoft VSS for live database backup (SQL, Exchange) • Quickly recovery any volume • Convert snapshots to read and/or write for data mining and testing A A A A-S1 A-S2 A-S3 A-S4 Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

10. Automatic Snapshot Scheduler • Create and Schedule Snapshots inSeconds • Select the size • Select the frequency • Decide how many you want to keep • That’s it – you’re done • Snapshots are created on a per volume basis • Snapshot volumes are automatically created and recycled Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

11. Nexsan iSeries™ Storage Services • Online Data Migration • Migrate data between storage systems • Reduce per TB costs by moving volumes to lower cost storage tiers • Move volumes to more green storage • Replace old storage systems with new storage systems while remaining online • Migrate volumes off 3rd party, legacy or obsolete storage systems to Nexsan iSeries • Data Striping • Stripe data across multiple storage systems • Increase read and write performance A- OLD A -NEW AA AB AC Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

12. Nexsan iSeries™ Remote Data Replication and Disaster Recovery • Asynchronous or Synchronous remote data replication • Reduce or eliminate tape backup – dramatically reduce recovery time • Failover services to another site in the event of disaster • Agent and server free, non-disruptive - done in the background • Replicate only block changes to maximize connection bandwidth • Use consistency groups for multi-volume applications like databases • Use remote snapshots to test DR functionality without disrupting replication or production volumes • Keep it simple with wizard and policy based management IP – LAN, MAN, WAN Primary Volume A-1 Secondary Volume A-2 Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A 12

13. Nexsan iSeries™ Data Replication Topologies Multiple Sites Topologies • Back to Back • Two production sites – each replicating data to the other for disaster recovery • Any to Any • Replicate to any other Nexsan iSeries site • Many to One • Multiple sites can replicated to and use a single site for disaster recovery Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A 13

14. Nexsan iSeries™Simple to Deploy, Learn and Manage • Centralized and unified management (Nexsan iSeries™ Management) • Simple wizard based setup and administration • Administer local and remote systems with a single interface • Centrally manage volumes, snapshots, replication, mirroring and data migration • SNMP and email alerts Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

15. Nexsan iSeries ™Expandable RAID Architecture • iSeries Appliances • High speed, highly responsive – hyper transport bus, real-time OS and enterprise-class network chip set • Nexsan iSeries expandable RAID architecture • Leverages iSeries Appliance performance • Increase capacity and performance each time you add another storage system • Each Nexsan storage system within the iSeries SAN has its own performance engine independent from the iSeries appliance. • Each performance engine includes up to 4GB of cache and 4 RAID engines. • Every time you add another storage system – you increase iSeries performance • Use iSeries expandable RAID architecture to maximize performance across all available 1Gb iSCSI host network ports iSeries Appliances Nexsan iSeries expandable RAID architecture with Nexsan RAID storage Independent Performance Engine RAID and Cache Independent Performance Engine RAID and Cache Independent Performance Engine RAID and Cache Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

16. Nexsan iSeries™– Highly Scalable • Expand Nexsan iSeries capacity with Nexsan enterprise-class RAID storage • Expand capacity using Nexsan Boy and Beast • Expand capacity independent of the iSeries appliance • No Capacity Keys - No Server Keys – unlimited growth without restrictions • Fully redundant, multi-pathed enterprise class reliability • Scale capacity while remaining online • Tier storage using Nexsan SAS and SATA • Scale from a few TBs, 100’s TBs to 1PB (petabyte) 112TB Higher 14TB 46TB Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

17. Speed with Green, Nexsan iSeries™ “Ultra-Green” iSCSI Storage Green Energy Efficiency Worst Best Highest Performance Performance Other iSCSI Systems Low Performance Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

18. Nexsan iSeries™ - Ultra-Green Storage Less Power – Less Cooling • Next Generation Green Storage • Speed with Green • Green without impacting application performance • Reduce power by up to 52% • (The StorageIO Group – MAID Jan. 2008) • Nexsan storage supports AutoMAID • Nexsan Green means less electricity • Nexsan Green means less cooling • Nexsan Green means more TB/s per shelf. • Nexsan Green means LOWER COSTS! 18 Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

19. Virtualization Partners • VMware Hardware Compatibility List Certified • VMware Technology Alliance Partner • Microsoft Hyper-V Integrated • Microsoft Windows Certified (WHQL) • Virtual Iron Certified • Xen Server Certified Nexsan iSeries™ Competitive Overview GA010810-A

20. Unique iSeries Metro Cluster HA Architecture for HA Virtual Server Environments Site A Site B Guests IP Network Virtual Server Host Heart-beat iSCSI Failover Data Path iSCSI Data Path Heart-beat Nexsan iSeries FC Mirror/ failover Path FC Connection FC Data Path Production IO Nexsan FC Storage Nexsan iSeries™ Competitive Overview GA010810-A

21. Unique iSeries Metro Cluster – Site Outage HA Architecture for HA Virtual Server Environments Site A Site B IP Network Heart-beat Heart-beat FC Connection Production IO Dropped Paths Nexsan iSeries™ Competitive Overview GA010810-A

22. Why iSeries for Server Virtualization • Speed, Reliability and Scalability • Scale capacity and performance • Non-disruptive – no need to move server connections or data • SAS and SATA • Much lower latency than EQ or LH • More responsive to virtual / guest machines • Real-time / low latency support for HA environments • Support VMware and Hyper-V HA Nexsan iSeries™ Competitive Overview GA010810-A

23. Nexsan iSeries – Competitive EdgeBetter Than Any Other iSCSI SAN Nexsan iSeries™ Competitive Overview GA010810-A

24. Nexsan iSeries™ Family Shown with 3 Nexsan Storage Systems - Support up to 200 Nexsan Storage Systems Shown with 1 Nexsan Storage System – Supports up to 100 Nexsan Storage Systems Small to Mid-range Enterprise, Department, Remote Office Mid-range to Large Enterprise Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A 24

25. Conclusion – Nexsan iSeries™ iSCSI SAN for storage consolidation and virtualization • Complete enterprise class iSCSI SAN • Includes all storage services • Storage tiering, virtualization, data migration • Snapshots, mirroring, replication • Scale to 1PB with Nexsan SAS and SATA storage • High reliability, fault tolerance and expandable RAID performance • Nexsan “Ultra-Green Storage” energy saving • Tier 1 storage at Tier 2 prices Designed to meet all your storage consolidation and virtualization needs Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

26. Nexsan iSeries™ Complete iSCSI SAN Zophar Sante Product Management Nexsan Technologies Inc. 555 St. Charles Drive Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 Nexsan iSeries™ General Product PPT GA010810-A

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