1. FlashSystem family 2014 © 2014 IBM Corporation IBM® FlashSystem™ V840 Product Overview

2. © 2014 IBM Corporation 2 IBM FlashSystem V840 A fully featured and scalable all- flash architecture that performs at up to 2.5M IOPS with IBM MicroLatency™ and up to 1.6PB effective capacity Delivers better acquisition costs than high performance spinning disk for the same effective capacity while achieving 5x the performance With IBM’s Real-time Compression™ technology IBM FlashSystem V840 further extends the economic value of all-flash systems IBM Flash has reached the tipping point and is now cheaper than disk.

3. © 2014 IBM Corporation 3 IBM FlashSystem V840 Extreme Performance Macro Efficiency Enterprise Reliability Scalable to 2.5 million IOPS Scalable to 19.2 GB/s Mixed Workload Consolidation Advanced Data Services Copy Services, mirroring, replication, external virtualization, VAAI Concurrent code load Hot swappable architecture AES 256, HW-based encryption Fully redundant controllers Scale up to 40TB usable and up to 200TB effective capacity in only 6U Scale up to 320TB usable and up to 1.6PB effective capacity in only 36U Effective capacity possible with optional Real-time Compression IBM Real-time Compression IBM Easy Tier® Thin provisioning Copy services Data Virtualization Highly available configuration Accelerate applications with enterprise-class, advanced storage capabilities IBM MicroLatency™ 200 µs response time Flash-optimized design

4. © 2014 IBM Corporation 4 Fixed Building Block (entry-level) Scalable Building Block (Plan for growth) IBM FlashSystem V840 Scale-out (add capacity and performance) Scale-up (add capacity) Scale-up and Scale-out Configuration Maximum Performance – Fixed Build Block (100% Read, Cache Miss) Latency (4K)200µs IOPS (4K)526,000 Bandwidth (128K)6.2 GB/s Maximum Performance – Scaled Out (100% Read, 4 Building Blocks) * Latency (4K)200µs IOPS (4K)2,520,000 Bandwidth (128K)19.2 GB/s Maximum Performance – Scalable Build Block (100% Read, Cache Miss) Latency (4K)200µs IOPS (4K)630,000 Bandwidth (128K)6.2 GB/s

5. © 2014 IBM Corporation 5 IBM FlashSystem V840 Flash for Less Than Disk Enable Mixed Workload Consolidation Scale-up & Scale-out Improve What You Have IBM & non-IBM Drive New Business Opportunities Software Defined Services Deep Application Integration

6. © 2014 IBM Corporation 6 Thin provisioning Purchase only the storage you need Dynamic growth Software Defined Storage Services High availability configurations Enable continuous data availability Copy Services Eliminate application downtime for backup Test disaster recovery plans Validate business continuity strategy Software Defined Services

7. © 2014 IBM Corporation 7 FlashSystem V840 Enables Mixed Workload Consolidation Enables Mixed Workload Consolidation 99 percent reduction in average query response 66 percent reduction in SAP ERP response times

8. © 2014 IBM Corporation 8 CPU Utilization & App. Efficiency 4% Total Application Processing Time 5,200us (5.2ms) 5,000us (5ms) 200us (.2ms) Application Processing Time Time Waiting for I/0 (Waiting for Array) Time Processing Data (Server CPU) Disk/Hybrid SW-Based SSD HW-Based Solutions CPU Utilization & App. Efficiency 50% Total Application Processing Time 400us (.4ms) 200us (.2ms) What will you do with the Extra Time? FlashSystem V840 Makes Applications Faster Enable Mixed Workload Consolidation

9. © 2014 IBM Corporation 9 Flash for Less Than the Cost of Disk Tipping Point Economics Low latency with high IOPS flash replaces shelves of HDD and enables server consolidation Decrease storage TCO with lower space, power and cooling costs Thin Provisioning Purchase only the storage you need Dynamic growth Real-time Compression Store up to 5X more data with less flash Flash for Less Than Disk

10. © 2014 IBM Corporation 10 FlashSystem V840 and VMware®: an ideal fit Driving efficiency, performance, flexibility & scale in virtualized environments Redefine Tier 1 performance for workloads with diverse I/O patterns Optimize your data tier with thin provisioning, snapshots, and real-time compression Deep Application Integration

11. © 2014 IBM Corporation 11 FlashSystem V840 and VDI Reduces Risk and Cost Deep Application Integration Cuts CAPEX and OPEX Costs –Up to 20x more users on IBM FlashSystem Better-than-PC User Experience –Faster-than-PC boot time –< 1 second app launches –Near-instant email/desktop searches Lower project risks –Scales to tens of thousands of virtual desktops –Consistent better-than-PC performance –No hidden storage costs overruns Fast Provisioning and Better Management at scale –Automated deployment with HA and DR Hypervisor IBM FlashSystem Atlantis ILIO VM Virtual Desktops FlashSystem for VDI

12. © 2014 IBM Corporation 12 FlashSystem V840 is Scalable with Flexible Deployments Grow capacity and performance as needed Toggle compression on specific data sets Customize automated tiering options on data sets Extend advanced software functions to third party storage Performance Capacity Scale-up & Scale-out

13. © 2014 IBM Corporation 13 FlashSystem V840 Virtualizes IBM and Third Party Storage Preserve your existing investment in storage Manage Tier Protect Compress with Real-time Compression Optimized performance at lower overall cost IBM Easy Tier ® flash storage management Improve What You Have IBM & non-IBM Flash HDDs

14. © 2014 IBM Corporation 14 FlashSystem V840 Improves Your Business Drive new business opportunities with IBM FlashSystem Accelerate Infrastructure Lower the Cost of Flash Protect your Investment Simplified Management Enable Datacenter Consolidation Run Mixed Workloads Accelerate Applications Improve Workforce Productivity Drive New Business Opportunities

15. © 2014 IBM Corporation 15 For More Information and Education  Product Pages: –IBM FlashSystem 840IBM FlashSystem 840 –IBM FlashSystem V840IBM FlashSystem V840 –IBM FlashSystem EcoSystemIBM FlashSystem EcoSystem  Resources: ibm.com/storage/flash/resourcesibm.com/storage/flash/resources  Workload Estimator Tool: http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/tools/estimator http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/tools/estimator  Energy Estimator Tool: http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/tools/estimator/energy. http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/tools/estimator/energy. Twitter: #FlashSystem, #IBMFlash Website: ibm.com/storage/flash/ ibm.com/storage/flash/