STEC Solutions for NetApp Environments February 2013

A Comprehensive Enterprise Line-up ZeusRAM™ RAM based SSD S1100 Series PCIe Accelerators S800 Series Enterprise SAS SSD S600 Series Enterprise SATA SSD Embedded & Industrial FLASH Industrial, Military and Aerospace Enhance IO Caching Software

EnhanceIO Overview - What is it? SSD Agnostic Any connector Any Brand Plug & Play Easy to Install & Manage Application transparent Setup cache < 1 min Consistent in performance Provides latency reduction Provides throughput improvement Closest caching to the application, ensures max gain SSD agnostic Any physical connector – FC/SAS/SATA/PCIe Any brand – STEC, FusionIO, LSI Easy to install, manage and use Plug and play solution Works with all popular server environments – Windows, Linux, Vmware No complicated installation & management procedure, setup cache in less than a minute Transparent No need to change existing setup No need to change anything at application level, storage level, system level Seamless integration into existing infrastructure Server Caching Windows, Linux, & Vmware Minimal resources Reduced Latency Increased IOPS Transparent Seamless integration No infrastructure modification

EnhanceIO Overview – How it works? Installation & Operation Installs between OS & Storage Block based caching Easy to install & use Application Transparent GUI & CLI Key Features Cache Engine Intelligent cache algorithm Advanced Write-Back cache with data protection Profiler – The ‘Caching Consultant’ feature Identifies working dataset Recommends the size of SSD, write policy, cache parameters Manageability GUI Simple navigation Easy configuration of cache CLI Aligned with GUI and Scriptable Application File System SSD Storage Operating System Hardware

Best Price/Performance ~$USD14,000 ~$USD7,000

STEC EnhanceIO SSD Cache and NetApp Arrays Caching Software And PCIe Accelerator The SSD-based caching approach increases the available bandwidth in the NetApp storage array, increases the overall system throughput, and does not require significant investment in more storage. This approach does not impact NetApp’s suite of management utilities, so disaster recovery, availability and manageability remain unchanged. Multiple VMs can be individually enabled for caching as required. Two of the most time-consuming aspects of cache configuration are determining how much cache is required, and what files should be cached. Answers to these questions are automatically determined by the EnhanceIO Profiler application, making initial configuration and ongoing tuning efforts very simple to administer. The EnhanceIO application code base and management utility is consistent across Windows, Linux and VMware, further enhancing ease of use.