1. XLR8r FLASH-BASED STORAGE ARRAY

2. VDI’s DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
Each Virtual Desktop
NEEDS 20-40 IOs per user
Workload 80-90% WRITE
Problem not seen in POC (50-100 users)
HDD = 200 IOs per drive
5,000 Users = >200,000 IOs = 1,000 HDDs

3. DISK IS DEAD!!
• Can’t spin faster (200 IOPS/Drive)
• Can’t seek faster(6-8 ms latency)
• Only Performance Option is to
Overprovision
• Power, Cooling, & Rack-Space Waste

4. TCO-ROI | BROKEN
• $300 per user for storage
• Enormous Power, Cooling &
Rack Space Requirements
• Limited Random Write
Capabilities
• Overprovision Larger Servers

5. LONG LIVE SOLID STATE!!!
Performance (100x) Efficiency (95%)
• IOPS - (250,000/tray) • Zero Moving Parts
• Low Latency - (0.1 ms) • Less power - (180 watts)
• Throughput - (1.7 GB/s) • Less space - (99% less)

6. THREE CHALLENGES FOR SOLID STATE
COST WRITE SPEED ENDURANCE

7. 3 COMMON APPROACHES TO SSD
Add SSDs to an Existing Array
Tuned for HDD 1/5 Performance 5X the Cost
Use Solid State as a Cache
Doesn’t Solve Root Issue Expensive Poor Write Speed
Add SSDs Directly to Servers
Higher Cost Maintenance is Difficult Manageability?

8. SOLVING COST | MLC BASED APPLIANCE
MLC is the most cost-effective form of
solid-state storage
IP to ACCELERATE WRITES and
MANAGE WEAR across the array
Shared storage appliance is most
effective
Must be software-based IP

9. SOLVING WRITE SPEED & ENDURANCE
Patent-Pending Racerunner Operating System
makes MLC Enterprise Ready
Buffering 250,000 WRITE IOs
Linearization 7 Year Drive Endurance

10. WHIPTAIL XLR8r | SPECIFICATIONS

11. WHIPTAIL XLR8r | ADVANCED FEATURES
High Availability & Simple, Web-
Auto-Support
Disaster Recovery Based GUI
1M IOPS WhipTail Cluster
(coming soon) (coming soon)

12. TCO-ROI | FIXED
TRADITIONAL STORAGE RACKS
VIRTUAL DESKTOP XLR8r
vs.
1/10TH Cost Per User
250,000 IOPs WRITE
180 Watts
2U

13. THREE YEARS | CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
1,000 VDI Users 1,500 VDI Users
Virtualization
VDI & Server
200 VDI Users Virtualization
Database Acceleration
3,000 VDI Users
Microsoft SQL
VMware ESX - Deduplication
OLTP - 15 Million Hits Per Day
Microsoft SQL

14. WHIPTAIL XLR8r | Everyone’s Talking

15. WHIPTAIL XLR8r| STORAGE SUMMARY
100X 95% less power,
Performance cooling, & space
Racerunner Compelling Enterprise Enterprise
OS TCO Ready Class

16. WHIPTAIL XLR8r| NEXT STEPS
What’s Next?
Case
Qualification Studies, Refere
nce Calls
Remote Demo On-site Eval

17. THANK YOU!