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NetApp HPC Update
28th HPC User Forum
April 2008
Norfolk, Virginia
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NetApp at a Glance
Worldwide, enterprise customersBroad portfolio of innovative storage
and data management solutions Industry-leading partnersComprehensive professional
servicesGlobal supportCustomer success fuels our growth
~7000+ Employees
Fortune 1000
Offices in over 110 countries
NASDAQ 100 S&P 500
FY07:$2.8 Billion
070605040302
$1B
$2.0B
$3.0B
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What NetApp Sees in Storage Adoption
NetApp acquired Spinnaker in Feb 2004HPC Storage was niche marketLittle Infiniband, no 10GigE
MarketAdoption
Cycles
Direct-AttachedStorage
NetworkedStorage
Scale-Out
2004
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Faster Scale-Out Compute and Storage Adoption
Compute clusters adopted more broadlyHPC storage adoption acceleratingMuch faster pipes
MarketAdoption
Cycles
Direct-AttachedStorage
NetworkedStorage
Scale-Out
2008
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Broader Adoption of ONTAP GX
Rapid GX Sales Growth– Oil & gas, semiconductors
– Entertainment (DCC)
– Financial services, manufacturingBeyond Traditional HPC environmentsWindows-powered compute clustersDigital archive environments
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Data ONTAP® GX Scales As Needed
Simple to manage
Linear Scaling
Transparent data movement
Highly reliable
Fully integrated
Windows®
Global Namespace, File and Directory Striping
FC SATAFC FCSATA SATA
Linux® Cluster UNIX®
Data ONTAP GX System
Complete Solution for Scale-out and Digital Media
Scalable FlexCache Acceleration Layer
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What’s New in ONTAP GX
Wider platform supportMore disk optionsInfiniband support (gateway)More scalable CIFSEasier to manageSupport for front-end caching
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What’s Next for NetApp HPC Storage?
NFS v4.1, pNFS, and RDMA– NetApp contributing to standards
– See Storage panel on TuesdayMore scalability, speed and capacityMore enterprise features
– Better data protection
– Manageability
– Services & Training
– Data cloning and deduplication
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Thank you
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