This webcast is the first in a monthly series on why I/O is strategic for the data center. Emulex will present findings from a global survey of more than 1,500 IT professionals that demonstrate the strategic importance of I/O in the data center across four key technology trends: virtualization, cloud, big data and convergence.

1. The Strategic I/O Survey
Shaun Walsh
SVP of Corporate Marketing
and Development
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2. Industry Trends
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3. Key IT Trends
Virtualization Global Cloud Big Data Converged Caching
Delivery Analytics Networking Storage
Pervasive server The mobility of Disparate data Growth of 10GbE SSD/Flash
and storage the data center, characterized by will drive will change I/O at
virtualization are application and increased velocity, consolidation of IP every tier of the
improving hardware device will drive variety & volume traffic evolving to data center &
utilization, speeding global cloud will be converted convergence of IP drive optimized
deployment, implementation into actionable & Fibre Channel cloud delivery
delivering IT agility & consumption information, driving delivering
and laying the profits simplicity,
foundation for manageability and
cloud computing TCO savings
Networking is the Foundation for Global Information
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4. The Bandwidth Big Bang
Growth in
8 Zettabytes
8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
2X East-West
Data
Traffic
Storage Expanding by 3X by 20141 33% CAGR in data networking2
78% CAGR in Mobile Data3 Virtual Machine Density
Web
90% Video &
Pictures1 3X on „Romley‟
Servers4
Sources: 1:IDC Predictions 2012: Competing for 2020 (#231720, December 2011), 2:Cisco Global Cloud Index: Forecast
and Methodology, 2010–2015, 3:Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, February 4
2012 , 4: Enterprise Strategy Group: Data Center Networking Trends, January 2012 and 2016

5. I/O Industry Roadmap
2012 2013 2014 2015
Key Industry SRIOV RDMA (RoCE)
PCIe 3.0 MR-IOV PCIe 4.0
Technologies Overlay Networks
High Performance 10Gb
40Gb 100Gb
Networking Kernel Bypass
Converged
10Gb 40Gb 100Gb
Networking
10GbE
10Gb 40Gb 100Gb
NIC/iSCSI
Universal 40Gb 40Gb
10Gb
LOM & Modular LOM Blade LOM Rack LOM
Fibre Channel 8Gb 16Gb 32Gb
Multi-Fabric 8FC & 1GbE 16FC & 10GbE 32FC & 40/100GbE
Adapters
InfiniBand FDR (56Gb) EDR (100Gb)
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6. Survey Results
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7. The Strategic I/O Survey
August 2012 survey of 1,529 IT
staffers across North America and
Europe
Explored the state of data center
networks and the strategic
networking mission of IT
departments
Understand the rate of adoption of
key networking and IT technologies
Understand the key challenges
facing IT managers between now
and 2016
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8. Key Findings of Survey
said growing demand believe storage
81% 78%
for increased network and data networks
bandwidth is one of will inevitably
the most critical converge into a
issues facing data single unified
centers today network
Network I/O Is Strategic Convergence Is Happening
Critical to Data Center Growth Bandwidth Will Grow to 100Gb
believe network I/O said their
76% is the most critical
potential bottleneck
in the data center 54% networks will
operate at
100Gbps
by 2016
Source: Emulex IT Survey 8

9. From 1 to 100GbE by 2016
100Gb
54% of IT managers
expect to have
deployed some
100GbE by 2016
10Gb
1Gb
2008 2012 2016
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10. The Drivers for Increased I/O
Server Network Cloud Big
Virtualization Convergence Computing Data
85% 45% 43% 30%
 Server virtualization  45% of classified  43% said the same  30% cited big data
is the #1 trend the convergence of of cloud adoption as a “very
driving the need for storage and data  BYOD & application significant” or
increased I/O in the networks as a “very” transitions to the “extremely
data center or “extremely cloud are driving this significant” catalyst
 69% rating it “very” significant” factor in trend for increased
or “extremely” the need for I/O in the data
significant” increased I/O center
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11. VM Density Growing by 4X Over Next 4 Years
100VMs
100
VMs driving I/O
and network
75
demands per
physical server
50
24VMs
25
10VMs
2008* 2012* 2016
Sources : *Enterprise Strategy Group: Data Center Networking Trends, January 2012 and 2016
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12. Go East-West Young Man…
East-West Traffic North-South Traffic
Faster Growing Use of Biggest Volume Use of
Bandwidth in Data Centers Bandwidth in Data Centers
Server Virtualization Application to Application
vMotion Network Convergence
Big Data NAS and iSCSI
HPC Cloud and BYOD
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13. Cloud Networking Growth
53% See Cloud Demand
A majority of respondents (53%) indicated
that adoption of the cloud had driven the
need for additional network bandwidth in
the corporate data center
40% See Over 25% Growth
40% indicated that migration to the cloud
brought with it a need for at least 25%
more network capacity in the data center
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14. Cost Savings Are the #1 Driver of Cloud Adoption
What are the primary drivers for adoption of the cloud in your organization? – Nearly half (45%) of
survey respondents
said cost savings was
45% 45% a driver of cloud
40%
adoption in their
organization, making it
35% the #1 reason
31% organizations are
30% 30% 30% 29% moving to the cloud
25% 26%
– Scalability and speed
20% of deployment were
the #2 and #3 cloud
15% 16%
catalysts, being cited
10% by 31% and 30% of
respondents
5%
respectively
0%
Cost Dynamic Speed of Data Reduced IT Improved Security
Reduction Scalability Deployment Protection Burden Uptime
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15. Big Data Is Driving Bandwidth
50% 58% 19%
Say Say Say
50%+ 50%+ 100%+
Increase in Bandwidth Increase in Storage Increase in Storage in
in Next 2 Years in Next 2 Years Next 2 Years
Big Data Is Driving Both Networking and Storage
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16. Big Data Not Just for the Cloud
What is the nature of the big data applications
within your organization?
Search Engine
Applications Other – Big data applications
5% 1%
Social Media Analytics are dominated by
Retail Analytics 6%
Scientific Applications business intelligence
5%
11% (24%), financial
Financial Applications
(18%), security
Website Analytics 18% (11%), and scientific
11%
applications (11%)
Medical Applications
8%
Business Intelligence
Security Applications 24%
11%
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17. Convergence Is Inevitable…
10GbE Network Storage
Romley and VMs Virtualization Growth
– 10GbE on Blades – Fabric-based – IP Driven via
– Growth in 10GbE on Computing Networks NAS, iSCSI and Big
Racks – 10GbE is the Network Data
– VM Density of Choice – FCoE Growing with
– 10/40/100GbE Co-exist 10GbE Market
– VDI & BYOD
78% Inevitably Will Converge Networking and Storage
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18. Network Convergence
68% 64%
say that managing a of IT organizations have
converged network is either moved to a single
simpler than maintaining converged network for
separate storage and data and storage, or
data networks have plans to converge
66% 47%
say that the “pros” of Say politics or
consolidating disparate organizational structure
data and storage is preventing them from
networks into a single moving to a converged
converged network network
outweigh the “cons”
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19. Final Thoughts
More Data, Users and Bandwidth Is Inevitable
Globalization of Data and Delivery
Convergence Is Continuing
Use the Right Tools for the Job
I/O Continues to Be Strategic to Business
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20. QUESTIONS
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