Looking to Add All Flash Array to my environment
I am a NetApp Shop running Data On-Tap Mode-7. My SAN is about 85% full and I am starting to look at adding some All Flash Array to it. We are a small law firm of about 150 employees, running 90% plus virtual on-premise. Users have been complaining for some time about slowness. The NetApp serves up all the storage for my environment so I feel that there must be some contention between the VM's and the calls for all the shared files.
I running 2240 with a mix of Fast 15K disk for my VM's and high density disks for my file shares.
I want to augment my VM's from the fast disk aggregate to All Flash.
I have spoke to three different companies:
EMC is way to costly and the cost to add additional storage is even more costly. This one is out of the game. Solidfire looks great and allows for smaller chucks which is ideal, but not sure if I want to move to this. Then there is Netapp. I spoke to storage solution architect and they suggested that I stay with Netapp add their All Flash array and migrate over from Mode-7 to cDot.
I would like to know what some of the EE members take on this project is.
I running 2240 with a mix of Fast 15K disk for my VM's and high density disks for my file shares.
I want to augment my VM's from the fast disk aggregate to All Flash.
I have spoke to three different companies:
EMC: XtremIO
Solidfire:
NetApp:
Solidfire:
NetApp:
EMC is way to costly and the cost to add additional storage is even more costly. This one is out of the game. Solidfire looks great and allows for smaller chucks which is ideal, but not sure if I want to move to this. Then there is Netapp. I spoke to storage solution architect and they suggested that I stay with Netapp add their All Flash array and migrate over from Mode-7 to cDot.
I would like to know what some of the EE members take on this project is.
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Tegile is worth a look at!
They are out performing all solutions at present, and dominating the flash and hybrid flash storage markets, winning many awards.
They are out performing all solutions at present, and dominating the flash and hybrid flash storage markets, winning many awards.
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Thanks Larstr.
I do have about 40% available per server, but this was allocated for Hypervisor failure/maintenance in my cluster.
If I did try the 4th listed option and it works What would I need to do so I can get my system to take advantage of this technology without affecting my HA/Failover of my cluster?
I do have about 40% available per server, but this was allocated for Hypervisor failure/maintenance in my cluster.
If I did try the 4th listed option and it works What would I need to do so I can get my system to take advantage of this technology without affecting my HA/Failover of my cluster?
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@Andrew.
What has been your experience with FVP?
What has been your experience with FVP?
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Thanks Andrew.
I am going to leave this ticket open for the time being while I do my assessment.
I am going to leave this ticket open for the time being while I do my assessment.
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Another Question about the FVP when a server host fails and the machines start their vMotion does the cache data migrate over to the failover host?
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Still working on this.
no rush....no problems.
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I will be trying the FVP solution, but do not want to award the points just yet.
Have you look into Pure Storage?
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Note yet.
So far just dialogue with the various venders and engineers.
So far just dialogue with the various venders and engineers.
Remember, there are also about 15+ other flash cache software vendors, just like FVP!
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I have not tried anything yet, but I feel that you all deserve points for your contributions
You might also find real user reviews for all the aforementioned solutions, as well as all the other major enterprise flash array storage solutions on IT Central Station to be helpful: https://www.itcentralstation.com/categories/enterprise-flash-array-storage
HP 3PAR is currently ranked the #1 enterprise flash array storage solution among IT Central Station users. This R&D senior director writes, "The 3PAR solution...with dedup and the chunklet concept is a piece of technology that nobody else has, and is a great advantage to our data center." You can explore his full review here: https://www.itcentralstation.com/product_reviews/hpe-3par-flash-storage-review-34064-by-frederic-van-haren
HP 3PAR is currently ranked the #1 enterprise flash array storage solution among IT Central Station users. This R&D senior director writes, "The 3PAR solution...with dedup and the chunklet concept is a piece of technology that nobody else has, and is a great advantage to our data center." You can explore his full review here: https://www.itcentralstation.com/product_reviews/hpe-3par-flash-storage-review-34064-by-frederic-van-haren
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@Naomi Goldberg
Thanks for the reply. I have a question for you.
Do you have Flash Array in your environment?
If so can you give me your POV of your experience?
Thanks for the reply. I have a question for you.
Do you have Flash Array in your environment?
If so can you give me your POV of your experience?
@yo_bee, look at Tegile Systems, that's what we now use......excellent designs, support, brilliant for VDI.
created and designed from scratch, unlike most older vendors, just re-hashing their solutions to fit SSDs and flash Cache!
Also what's your budget ? Also if you already have a SAN, there is not really a need to replace it, just put FLASH before it, in he host near the CPU! e.g. FVP.
created and designed from scratch, unlike most older vendors, just re-hashing their solutions to fit SSDs and flash Cache!
Also what's your budget ? Also if you already have a SAN, there is not really a need to replace it, just put FLASH before it, in he host near the CPU! e.g. FVP.
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I was focused on PURE as my leading candidate.
I have HP NetApp, SolidFire prior to NetApp acquisition and EMC as other possible candidates as well.
I have HP NetApp, SolidFire prior to NetApp acquisition and EMC as other possible candidates as well.
So you've decided to rip and replace, and have the budget?
Compare Pure Storage with Tegile Systems!
Compare Pure Storage with Tegile Systems!
I work for IT Central Station, but you can see all our user reviews for All-Flash solutions here from our community members: https://www.itcentralstation.com/categories/enterprise-flash-array-storage#top_rated
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I know we are looking at 6 figure number for any solution.
Since my shelves are running out of space this is why I am open to revamping the infrastructure.
This is the second person that mention Tegile at the top of their list. I will look into them as well as your other suggestions.
Thanks