Nytro™ Application Acceleration Architecture
Intelligent Solid-state Storage Solutions for Acceleration Datacenter Applications
With Nytro™ Products, LSI delivers smarter, faster application acceleration solutions by combining SSDs with intelligent software that analyzes data hot spots to determine which data is best processed in Flash and which is best stored in HDDs, enabling you to select the right amount of flash for the price and performance you need. It’s fast, smart, and easy.
FAST. Up to 12x in database transactions improvement, Up to 10x latency reduction for SAN connected storage. Powered by the LSI SandForce flash storage processor.
SMART. Right-sized solutions provide a choice rather than one-size fits all. Intelligently use flash and hard drives together for to achieve the optimal price/performance. Seamless caching and acceleration software analyzes data hot spots.
EASY. LSI solid-state storage solutions just plain work. No tuning, no rewrites, no hand-placing data. Transparent and seamless application acceleration with minimal impact to existing IT infrastructure, and extensive OS support. A breadth of product portfolio so solutions can be cost-effectively tailored.
Nytro™ Product Family
The Nytro™ Product Family is the most comprehensive, trustworthy, and highest-performance portfolio of enterprise solid-state storage solutions for customers who seek to unlock unparalleled application acceleration and reduced TCO. Because LSI technologies are so widely deployed within the datacenter and undergo rigorous internal and external qualification testing, Nytro™ products deliver ease of implementation, seamless integration, extensive OS support, reliability and future-proof scalability. That’s the smarter way to faster.
Lsi Nytro flash ssd PCIe controllers product training value proposition and key terms
1. LSI Nytro Flash Storage
Kent Abendroth – West Var channel manager
425-417-5245
July 2012
2. Agenda topics to address
LSI Nytro Value Proposition
• Who and Why LSI as a channel storage partner
• Nytro product differences vs. competition.
How does LSI Nytro address Latency issues?
How to differentiate LSI with end users quickly?
How do I get paid.. opportunity registration
How do I get support? Pre and post
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3. LSI Silicon and Software Offerings
Server & Storage
Networking HDD Flash
Connectivity
Axxia™Standard
Product Family
SAS HBAs
Custom Silicon PCIe® Flash
MegaRAID HBAs Adapters
Software Software Software
Delivering Advancing server Industry’s Enabling application
deterministic storage leading LDPC performance with
performance to performance and SAS teams flash storage
mobile and through SAS and processors, PCIe
enterprise data protection solutions
networks leadership
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4. Why LSI? – Flash SSD
Accelerated Storage Division
SandForce acquisition complete in Jan. 2012
Defined leadership product lines and roadmap
Built new flash, card level validation labs
Won major designs at leading companies:
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5. What is LSI Nytro™ Value Proposition? End User message
FAST • World’s best flash management
• Leading application workload performance
• Maximum available CPU, memory for app work
SMART
• Optimal price/performance via caching
• Buy only what you need – WarpDrive, XD, MegaRAID
• From a trusted partner
• It just works: no tuning, rewrites, or hand placing data
EASY
• Tools for simplified analysis
• Broad flash capacity points, extensive OS support
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6. The Coming Evolution of Enterprise Flash Solutions
2015 TAM Flash Segment
Nytro
$500M
High capacity, PCIe flash
for primary storage
WarpDrive
High Capacity flash with
Nytro XD
Seamless Caching /
$1.4B Acceleration Software
Nytro
Additional
Growth
Low capacity flash with
Seamless Caching / MegaRAID
Opportunity Acceleration Software
LSI has products and
technologies to address
all segments
Source: IDC 2012
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7. LSI Nytro Application Acceleration Architecture
Pure Flash DAS: SAN/DAS caching: Hybrid DAS:
Nytro WarpDrive Nytro XD Nytro MegaRAID
Application I/O
Operating System
Nytro XD Software I/O
I/O
App Data
Cold Data
Hot Data
Intelligent
Caching
Cold Data
Stores
Hot Data
SAS • FC • iSCSI
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8. LSI Nytro™ Predictor
SW tool for profiling workload requirements
Software tool that
analyzes application
workloads
Recommend best Nytro
products to accelerate
applications
Understand
performance benefits
before purchase
Enables customers to
choose the right Nytro solutions
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9. LSI Nytro™ WarpDrive vs. Fusion IO comparison
Mainstream Enterprise Database Workload
Nytro WarpDrive 70/30 R/W 8K Random IOPs, 32QD
Nytro WarpDrive
250% Fusion-io ioDrive-2
239%
1. Higher sustained performance 200%
with real -world workloads
2. Broad driver support
187%
• Inbox drivers with major OS’s 150%
• Open Source 149%
• Bootable device 100% 100% 100% 100%
3. Low host resource utilization to
manage flash
50%
• Instantaneous recovery from
power failure
• Orders of magnitude lower 0%
memory footprint Incompressible 10% Compression 50% Compression
• Consistent performance over
time
Performance & Endurance Upside with
Real-World Database Workloads
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10. LSI Nytro™ WarpDrive and XD SKUs
Ordering
LSI Product Part Product Description MSRP
Number
The Nytro NWD-WLP4-200, low profile, small
Nytro NWD-WLP4-200 LSI00323 6,595.00
form factor PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card
The Nytro NWD-WLP4-400, low profile, small
Nytro NWD-WLP4-400 LSI00324 12,195.00
form factor PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card
The NWD-BLP4-400, low profile, small form factor
Nytro NWD-BLP4-400 LSI00318 5,945.00
PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card
The Nytro NWD-BLP4-800, low profile, small form
Nytro NWD-BLP4-800 LSI00319 10,895.00
factor PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card
The Nytro NWD-BLP4-1600, low profile, small
Nytro NWD-BLP4-1600 LSI00320 20,795.00
form factor PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card
The NXD-BLP4-400, low profile, small form factor
Nytro NXD-BLP4-400 LSI00325 PCIe 2.0 enterprise NAND flash card and 10,695.00
caching software
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11. Nytro™ MegaRAID SKUs
SKUs* PCIe Flash Capacity Schedule
NMR8100-4i x8 PCIe 3.0 128GB
Sampling:
July 2012
NMR8110-4i x8 PCIe 3.0 256GB
Production/GA:
August 2012
NMR8120-4i x8 PCIe 3.0 1024GB
Notes: * Part numbers are subject to change before product release
* -4e versions will be available in 4Q’12
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13. Why LSI Nytro™ Value Proposition
Proven-Trusted Partner
For over 30 years, LSI has been at the forefront of innovative datacenter technology
LSI delivers an unmatched portfolio of proven storage technology
LSI is the market leader in…SAS, enterprise RAID, and application acceleration.
LSI Enables the Entire Storage Ecosystem
Datacenter, public cloud, and on-premise server environments
Increase performance while lowering total cost of ownership
All major server and storage OEMs use LSI Storage Technology
Nytro™ Products Deliver
Higher sustained performance
Low host resource utilization to manage flash – Low Latency
Broad driver support
Ease of implementation
Future-proof scalability - buy what you need for today’s business problems
Nytro™ - WarpDrive, XD, MegaRAID, Predictor SW
That’s…. the Smarter way to Faster.com
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14. LSI – Resources and Contacts
• Kent Abendroth – LSI Channel Sales Manager 425-417-5245
- Dedicated to LSI channel products and programs
- Sales Tools and product support information
• LSI VSP VAR Channel program
• Opportunity Registration
• Lead generation
• MDF
• Meet Comp Pricing
• Product samples and evaluations
• LSI Technical support : 1-800-633-4545
• LSI RMA program
- Contact LSI tech support
- Cross ship overnight is available on request
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LSI Proprietary
15. LSI Nytro WarpDrive PCIe Flash Adapter for Servers
Fast
• 2X Performance of the
Previous Generation
• Latency reduction &
transactional improvement
Smart
• DuraWrite Technology Product Values LSI Comp
• Accelerates writes Built with industry standard
LSI SAS drivers
• Extends data life
• Embedded Processor In box drivers for major OSes ✔ ✖
• Frees host CPU and OEM integrated management ✔ ✖
memory to run applications Bootable ✔ ✖
• R.A.I.S.E. technology Embedded, offloaded multi-core
Flash Storage Processors
Consistently low server CPU
✔ ✖
& DRAM usage over life
Stable performance over life ✔ ✖
Easy
Consistent performance
• In the box drivers for most across CPU GHz
✔ ✖
operating systems Fast recovery from power fail ✔ ✖
• Preconfigured for max Max capacity (FHHL) 3.2TB 2.4TB
performance, endurance Max capacity (HHHL) 1.6TB 1.2TB
and usable capacity
• Wide range of storage
capacities The Easy, Affordable Flash Upgrade
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16. LSI Nytro XD – Accelerate Your SAN
SAN Acceleration Solution
Fast • Bundled Nytro WarpDrive
Up to 10x
and caching software
Transactions / second
Performance
Improvement solution
• Transparent infrastructure
and lowered TCO
0
iSCSI SAN Nytro XD
Smart w/iSCSI SAN
• Simplified configuration and
Intelligently
caches data
management
onto Nytro
WarpDrive
TPC-C
Response Time (ms)
Easy
Seamless
0
integration with
iSCSI SAN Nytro XD
existing storage w/iSCSI SAN
Nytro XD transparently accelerates SAN or DAS arrays
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17. Nytro MegaRAID Accelerate Your DAS
Key Features
• Integrated with the MegaRAID and runs
locally on the controller
• Limited CPU and memory overhead
• Compatible with existing MSM
management interfaces
Fast Smart Easy
• 10X performance • Migrates “hot” data from • Automatic self-starting and
improvement over HDDs disk to flash self-configuring
only • Combines flash for • Zero administrative
• Improved rebuild times performance and disk for overhead
capacity • Transparent to
• Supports read caching Applications, File system,
OS and device drivers
Seamless, Plug-n-Play Flash Acceleration for DAS
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