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Thursday 31st March 2016

8am PST / 11am ESTFollow today’s conversation #Hyperconvergence

Is Hyperconvergence a Viable Alternative to the Public

Cloud?

© 2016 Evaluator Group, Inc.

Speakers Eric Slack

Analyst, Evaluator Group

Rich Kucharski

VP Solutions Architecture, Simplivity

Host – Stephen Worn

CTO, DatacenterDynamics


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Pre-registration surveys

67%

22%

12%

Are you planning a hyperconverged implementation?

No, not at this time

Yes, we are in the exploring phase

Yes, we are in the planning phase


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Pre-registration surveys

31%

26%

18%

25%

Are you considering a move to the cloud in place of on-premises infrastructure?

No

Undecided

Yes, for all workloads

Yes, for specific workloads


TCO Comparison: Hyperconverged vs

CloudEric Slack, Sr. Analyst

Evaluator Group


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The Cloud

Now – things have changed• Hyper-scale tech • Cloud is now an option for IT

Dot.com era• Clouds weren’t really viable• Bandwidth unavailable• Infrastructure $$$ for providers


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Cloud EconomicsNow the cloud does make sense• An option IT didn’t have a dozen+ years ago• A tool for a lot of applications• An easy choice - but has to be economical,

compared to on-site alternatives

When companies look at new alternatives, like the cloud, one of the tools they use is a TCO comparison


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Total Cost of OwnershipTCO is a method to calculate cost of complex systems, like IT infrastructures, where the cost of procurement (visible cost), by itself, is not accurate enough.

It was (and is) used by companies to determine viability of the cloud option.


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Total Cost of OwnershipTCO incorporates actual implementation costs – not just purchase price

• System Design – incl component choices• Evaluation - bake off• Installation – put it in• Integration – make it work• Training – make it work for users• OPEX – operational costs (incl updates,

expansion, ‘care and feeding’)


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Cloud AssumptionIt’s easy to see the cloud as default IT solution

It is the default technology for: email, DR, file sharing, etc.

But does that mean it’s the best solution for everything?

The cloudcosts less!


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Hyperconverged AppliancesHyper-scalers changed the technology baseline for cloud infrastructures.

Now, Hyperconverged Appliances have changed what on-site infrastructure looks like

- and transformed the cost model as well


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Hyperconverged AppliancesWhat is a Hyperconverged Appliance?


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Hyperconverged AppliancesHyperconverged infrastructures change the traditional TCO calculations that have been used to justify cloud decisions. Specifically:

• Greatly simplify the design process• “Plug and play” = very little implementation • Integration with hypervisor management simplifies

operation • VM-level focus simplifies storage-related tasks• Scale-out architecture = incremental growth


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Hyperconverged vs Cloud TCO Model

OmniCube CN-3400 Hyperconverged Appliance• 3-node cluster using N+1 redundancy• 36-month one-time cost amortization• Committed to 99.999% (“3 9s”) uptime

Amazon EC2 cloud compute service• HA configuration (99.9 % uptime)• 3-year “All Up Front, Reserved” pricing• Initial fees amortized over 36 mos


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Amazon EC2 Service (US-East)• Compute: “M3.medium” instance, 1 vCPU, 3.7GB

memory, 100% utilized • EBS Volumes*: 100GB of “General Purpose SSD” storage • EBS IOPS*: 300 IOPS for this 100GB • EBS Snapshots*: 10% daily change, 30-day retention • AWS Data Transfer In: 0.5TB per month, per 103 VMs• AWS Data Transfer Out: 4.5TB per month, per 103 VMs• AWS Support: Business Support for all AWS

services * for each instance


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SimpliVity Cluster• 3-node cluster supporting 206 VMs = 2 active nodes

(103 VMs each), one redundant node• Cluster could be expanded by adding more active nodes

to support up to 515 VMs• 3-year lifespan for infrastructure – typical for IT systems• OmniCube acquisition price – the list price, less a

standard discount, for three SimpliVity CN-3400 nodes required for an N+1 configuration.


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SimpliVity Cluster• OmniCube maintenance – the 3-year maintenance cost

for these nodes• vSphere licenses – the 3-year cost of a hypervisor license

for each 2-CPU node, assuming a 10% discount off list• vSphere support – the cost of hypervisor support for

licenses required for a given configuration• Power, cooling and rack space – the 3-year data center

facility cost assuming $100 per node, per month


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IT Administrative OverheadCalculation to arrive at cost for running each OmniCube node:

Hourly cost of fully burdened employee: ($150,000 per year = $75/hour)

* 1 hour per week (each node) * 52 weeks * 3 years


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Cost for Baseline Configuration


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Scaling the Infrastructure


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Cumulative Savings

$885K

$1.14M

$1.74M

AWS

SimpliVity

SimpliVity TCO 22% to 49% Less Than AWS Over 3 Years


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Why Hyperconverged TCO is LowerCapital expenditures• Converge server, storage functions• Commodity hardware• Simplify design, implementation• Efficiency features

Operating expenses• Integrated management• VM-centric operation• Simplified expansion


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ConclusionCloud Assumption is out of date HCAs changed the cost environment

• Baseline costs are close• Scale-out costs are not close

Cloud is still a viable option for some applications – but economics are not a given, compared with HCAs


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Poll QuestionWhich of the following is the most important for considering a move to the public cloud?

• Self-service provisioning• Elasticity/scale resources up or down as needed• Utility service model• Agility• Cost/TCO


Bringing Cloud Agility and Economics to Your Data Center

Rich KucharskiVP Solutions Architecture


Servers + VMware

Storage Switch

HA Shared Storage

SSD Array

Backup Appliance

WAN OptimizationCloud Gateway

Storage Caching

Backup Apps

Legacy Stack

Evolution of Convergence


Servers + VMware

Storage Switch

HA Shared Storage

SSD Array

Backup Appliance


Storage Caching

Backup Apps

Legacy Stack Convergence 1.0Integrated Systems

Pre-integrated storage and server


Enterprise Capabilities

1. Data protection2. Data efficiency3. Performance4. Global Unified

Management

Tier-1 use cases


Cloud Economics

1. Simplicity2. Low cost3. Agility and

elasticity

Servers + VMware

Storage Switch

HA Shared Storage

SSD Array

Backup Appliance


Storage Caching

Backup Apps

Legacy Stack Convergence 2.0Partial Convergence

Converge only storage and server

Convergence 1.0Integrated Systems





Management

VDI, Tier-2/3 Tier-1 use cases


Servers + VMware

Storage Switch

HA Shared Storage

SSD Array

Backup Appliance


Storage Caching

Backup Apps

Legacy Stack Convergence 2.0Partial Convergence

Converge only storage and server

Convergence 3.0Hyperconvergence

The Best ofBoth Worlds

Hyperconverge entire stack

Convergence 1.0Integrated Systems





Management

Cloud Economics

1. Simplicity2. Low cost3. Agility and

elasticity

VDI, Tier-2/3 Tier-1 use cases


Vision

Servers

Storage switch

HA shared storage

Cloud gateway

SSD array

Management

Orchestration

Hypervisor

Legacy IT Infrastructure

Storage caching

Backup appliance

WAN optimization

Data Protection Applications


Vision

Servers

Storage switch

HA shared storage

Cloud gateway

SSD array

Management

Orchestration

Hypervisor

The Future

All IT infrastructure below the hypervisor

Anywhere: Public Cloud, Private Cloud, ROBO


Powered by

OmniStack Data Virtualization Platform

Storage caching

Backup appliance

WAN optimization


Any x86 Platform


Vision

Servers

Storage switch

HA shared storage

Cloud gateway

SSD array

Management

Orchestration

Hypervisor

The Future

All IT infrastructure below the hypervisor

Anywhere: Public Cloud, Private Cloud, ROBO


3x TCO Reduction

Powered by

OmniStack Data Virtualization Platform

Storage caching

Backup appliance

WAN optimization


The Best of Both Worlds:Enterprise Capabilities with Cloud Economics

Any x86 Platform


SimpliVity’s Architecture: OmniStack Data Virtualization Platform

Simple, click-driven interface No LUNS, shares, or volumes Single view of all data centers Eliminates need for specialists Saves time and labor Simplifies ROBOs and distributed

deployments

Global Unified Management

Instant VM recovery Improves RTOs and RPOs Full logical backups at speed of

snapshots Simplified disaster recovery

between data centers

Built-in Data Protection

Global inline dedupe across all storage tiers, once and forever

Shared resource pooling 40:1 average data efficiency Saves on storage and bandwidth Increases performance by

eliminating IOPS

Accelerated Data Efficiency


About SimpliVity


Founded in 2009: 3.5 years of development: all code purpose built and “home grown”

Mission: Simplify IT Infrastructure

Indirect Global Channel

Top tier investors: $276M raised

SimpliVity Introduction

1. Data Protection2. Data Efficiency3. Performance4. Global Unified

Management

Best of BreedEnterprise

Capabilities1. Simplicity2. Low-cost3. Agility &

elasticity

Cloud Economics

The Best ofBoth Worlds

Revenue Units Shipped by Quarter


Our Customers

> 4,000 Systems shipped … globally, across all customer segments

OtherGlobal 2000 Healthcare Financial Services

Consumer

Leading Luxury Brand

Top 5 Global Consumer Electronics

Government and Higher Education

Leading Indian Bank

Top 5 US Government Agency

Leading Consulting Firm


>1/3 with

>100:1 Data Efficiency

SimpliVity Enables Dramatic Efficiency Benefits

Greater than 300:1: 7%200:1 to 300:1 9%100:1 to 200:1: 19%50:1 to 100:1: 30%Up to 50:1: 35%

Customer Results

>1/2 see

>50% Performance

Improvements

SimpliVity Provides Dramatic Application Performance

Improvements

Greater than 75%: 17%

50% to 75%: 33%

25% to 50%: 38%

Up to 25%: 12%

65% midmarket customers run

100% of virtualized workloadson SimpliVity

Hyperconverged Infrastructurefor Business Applications

Which application types are you running or planning to run on SimpliVity?

24%

50%

79%

39%

12%

41%

48%

14%

21%

Oracle

Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SharePoint

SAP

Industry-specific application (e.g., 911 system, healthcare

application, legal case management, CAD/CAM, etc.)

E-Commerce

Other

Note: this is a multiple-choice question – response percentages may not add up to 100

VDI

Source: TechValidate and internal research


Bringing Cloud Agility and Economics to Your Data Center


Traditional Model Cloud Model

Predictable performance

Data privacy & protection

Governance and control

Lower cost

Flexibility for changing demand

Fast, simple deployment

IT Providers IT Consumers

Perceived Tradeoffs and Historic Tensions


What is Cloud?

1) Self-service provisioning• Cloud consumers choose and deploy resources from a defined menu of options

2) Elastic infrastructure• Agility to respond to changing business needs

3) Service-driven operating model• Usage metering, chargebacks, and menu pricing (dollars per VM per month)

4) Location• On-premises (private), off-premises (public), or both (hybrid)


• Application owners request and manage VMs directly

• Supported by policy-driven orchestration & automation

• Extends full management of data to application owners

Accelerate service delivery

Self-Service Provisioning

Enterprise Application Owner

1. Request VMs

2. Clone VMs3. Backup/ restore

4. Test DR


Initial Pilot Production Rollout

Expanded Rollout

250 VMs

500 VMs

1000 VMs

Rapid deployment of hyperconverged building blocks

Elastic Infrastructure


Consistent linear scale as nodes and VMs are added

Predictable Performance With Scale

Source: ESG Independent Lab Validation

Average Response Time

Response Time Threshold


Enterprise-class resilience

Maximizing Uptime

Node-level

Hardware RAID

Component-level redundancy & protection

Data Center

Instant VM recovery

Data replication

High availability

Federation

Site-to-site DR

Remote backup & recovery


Native backup and bandwidth-efficient replication.

Preventing Data Loss

Of customers reduced recovery time from days or hours to minutes57%

HyperProtected Guarantee60 seconds or less on average for local backup or restore of a 1TB VM


Economics of Public Cloud

SimpliVity • Hardware and maintenance• VMware licensing and support• Power, cooling, rack-space• FTE labor allocation

Amazon Web Services• Pricing as of January 2016• M3.Medium instance• 100GB SSD, Fully Utilized• Daily backup schedule (10%),

retained for 30 days• 9TB Transfer Out per 206 VMs (~30

Mbps per VM)

Independent 3-Year TCO


Choice of Private, Public, and Hybrid Clouds

Enabling Cloud Choice

Private Cloud

• Cloud economics and simplicity onsite

• Seamless integration and movement of workloads

Service Provider Cloud

• DR as a service (DRaaS)

• Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

• Desktops as a service (DaaS)


Challenging Perceived Tradeoffs: On-Premises vs. Public Cloud

On-Premises Public Cloud

Predictable performance

Data privacy and protection

Governance and control

Lower cost

Flexibility for changing demand

Fast and simple deployment


Roundtable Debate

Eric Slack

Analyst, Evaluator Group

Rich Kucharski

VP Solutions Architecture, Simplivity

Stephen Worn

CTO, DatacenterDynamics


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