IBM Systems and Technology – XIV Media & Entertainment Netflix, Inc.–Supporting mission-critical business services with a grid-scale, hotspot-free enterprise storage platform 10x performance boost helps exceed SLAs for higher-quality service to the business 80% reduced physical footprint frees up valuable data center space The transformation: The Netflix storage team wanted to ensure that vital business services were always available, but its existing platform was unable to deliver the targeted service quality. Today, Netflix relies on IBM XIV to deliver 100 percent availability for business data with 10 times greater performance. No unplanned downtime for storage since the solution went live Client Name: Netflix, Inc. Case study Link: http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi- bin/ssialias?subtype=AB&infotype=PM&appname=STGE_TS_DO_USEN&htmlfid=TSC 03313USEN&attachment=TSC03313USEN.PDF Pull Quote: “IBM XIV has helped us to exceed practically all of our service-level agreements with the business.” —Jan Krivocheia, Senior Storage Architect at Netflix Company Background: Founded in 1997 in Los Gatos, California, Netflix, Inc. has grown to become one of the world’s leading internet subscription services for movies and TV shows, with more than 50 million streaming members. Solution components: Hardware IBM® XIV® Storage System Software Oracle database Vmware Business challenge: To reduce the risk of unplanned storage outages harming its business, Netflix targeted the highest levels of availability for mission-critical internal services. How could it achieve its goal? The benefit: Today, Netflix supports approximately 300,000 sub-millisecond database transactions per minute with no unplanned downtime—offering a seamless, high-quality service to the business. Solution components Hardware • IBM® XIV® Storage System Software • Oracle database • VMware “IBM XIV has helped us to exceed all of our service-level agreements with the business.” —Jan Krivocheia, Senior Storage Architect at Netflix TSP12931-USEN-00 1