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Clustered iSCSI SANs Powered by SAN/iQ

Clustered iSCSI SANs Powered by SAN/iQ. LeftHand Networks Overview. Leader in Open iSCSI SANs Pioneer in the IP SAN market, founded in 1999 150% + growth over 4 years 10,000+ installations VMware Technology Alliance Partner since 2004 VMware SAN/Storage HCL listed We Provide:

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Clustered iSCSI SANs Powered by SAN/iQ

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  1. Clustered iSCSI SANs Powered by SAN/iQ

  2. LeftHand Networks Overview Leader in Open iSCSI SANs • Pioneer in the IP SAN market, founded in 1999 • 150% + growth over 4 years • 10,000+ installations • VMware Technology Alliance Partner since 2004 • VMware SAN/Storage HCL listed We Provide: • Easy-to-Manage, Easy-to-Grow Solutions • Scalable Performance • High Availability • Integrated Enterprise Class Feature Set

  3. Healthcare 3000+ Satisfied Customers & Growing… Media/Communications Manufacturing/ Transportation Education Financial Government NORAD

  4. The Value of iSCSI SAN Architecture • Installation and Management • Build dedicated GigE Subnet • Load iSCSI Initiator on Server • Install/Configure Network Storage Modules • Install Centralized Management Console • Mount and format volumes

  5. Typical Storage Array Architecture Scale-up Storage • Monolithic Array • Not scalable • Controller head Becomes bottleneck • Scales capacity only • Single point of failure • Forklift upgrades

  6. The LeftHand DifferenceEnterprise class features that are all-inclusive, and effortless to administer Storage Clustering Software

  7. SAN/iQ Storage ClusteringTrue clustering brings reliability, performance, and ease of management Storage Cluster Aggregates all components for performance Data is load balanced across all nodes Predictable scalability Grow on Your Terms Non-disruptive scalability No forklift upgrades Scale everything Throttle Bandwidth Create Tiers of Storage Create a tiered environment for different performance requirements Online Volume Migration Simple Centralized Management Provisioning Monitoring Security SAS SATA Centralized Management Console

  8. SAN/iQ Network RAIDIntegrates Synchronous Replication with Automated Failover and Failback Beyond Component Redundancy Protects data from array failure Synchronous Replication Configure on a per-volume basis Change RAID level on-the-fly High Availability Multiple disks, controllers, or arrays Zero disruption of data access Ensures “high availability” for data SAN/iQ Cluster A D A D A B A B C B C B C D C D

  9. Campus SAN – Physical Cluster Protection DATA DATA D A A B B C C D Data remains available in site failure

  10. SAN/iQ Multi-Site SAN and VMware ESX Cluster SAN/iQ Cluster is configured with equal storage in each site SAN/iQ Network RAID replicates data between sites synchronously ESX cluster is configured with equal hosts in each site In the event of a site failure SAN/iQ keeps volumes available ESX High Availability boots up virtual machines lost at the failed site When the failed site comes back online ESX rebalances virtual machines (DRS) VMware ESX HA Cluster D B C A F E SAN/iQ Cluster A A E E F F B B C C D D Virtual Volume / LUN Up to 80 miles!

  11. Auto Grow Auto Grow Auto Grow Stranded Storage 50 GB Actual Capacity 30 GB Volume Size (Virtual Capacity) Make Efficient Use of Existing Capacity LeftHand Networks Thin Provisioning Traditional Provisioning • Next Generation Thin Provisioning • Eliminate stranded storage • Allocate storage based on current need • Auto Grow Volumes • Allows volumes to grow on demand 100 GB

  12. SAN/iQ SnapshotsPoint-in-time, space-efficient snapshots for backup, recovery and temporary use Simplified Backup and Recovery Point-in-time volume copies Scheduled, Ad Hoc or Scripted Functional Volume rollback Recover granular data Backup Integration Microsoft VSS VMware VCB Space Efficient Thin provisioned always Delta changes only No snap reservation SAN/iQCluster 1:00 1:00 2:00 3:00

  13. SAN/iQ Remote CopyTime and space-efficient asynchronous replication for disaster recovery and backups Remote Copy Asynchronous Replication Per volume basis Scheduled or manual Thin provisioned Simple to Manage Bandwidth management Failover / Failback Wizard Recovery Server SAN 1 Vol_1 (Primary) SAN 2 Vol_1 (Remote) Vol_1 (Primary) 1:00 1:00 Baseline Copy 2:00 2:00 Incremental Copy 3:00 3:00 Incremental Copy

  14. Full Featured Virtual SAN SAN/iQ within an ESX virtual machine Virtualizes an ESX server’s internal disk resources Significant storage footprint (up to 2TB) Only SAN appliance on VMware SAN/Storage HCL VSA VSA VSA Virtual SAN Appliance for VMwareESXHigh Availability for Server & Storage For Remote/Branch Offices • SAN/iQ cluster within ESX • Highly Available storage across multiple ESX systems • Shared storage for VMs • In the event of an ESX failure: • SAN/iQ keeps volume online • VMware HA will failover VMs

  15. VSA as Remote Office / Branch Office Replication Client VSA VSA VSA VSA SAN/iQ Cluster VSA Cluster VSA Cluster Cost effective DR solution • Provide HA for stranded sites • Replicate data with SAN/iQ Remote Copy to central data center

  16. Matching Virtualization Features

  17. Network Storage Modules

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