1. STEC Solutions for NetApp Environments
February 2013

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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.