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Why Tintrí Top 10 Reasons to Deploy Tintrí Storage for Virtualized Server Applications Tintrí is reinventing storage for the virtual enterprise with simplified, intelligent storage that transforms datacenter economics. Designed from the ground up for virtualization, Tintrí’s VM-aware storage platform delivers agility, intuitive management and assured performance for virtual environments.
1. Purpose-built for Virtualization ✔ Storage designed specifically for virtualization ✔ Direct, native integration with VMware ✔ Mix various server applications and workloads on a single storage platform The Tintrí storage platform was invented specifically to address the complexity and performance issues that plague storage in virtualized environments. Designed from the ground up to natively use flash as first-class storage, with VMs and virtual disks as management constructs, Tintrí VMstore™ enables data centers to virtualize more workloads and benefit from the agility of a fully-virtualized infrastructure.
2. Simple to Deploy ✔ Up and running in minutes ✔ No complicated network or SAN configuration ✔ Proven in hundreds of customer sites Packaged as an appliance, Tintrí VMstore goes from box to rack to running VMs in a matter of minutes. Assign an IP address, connect to the hypervisor management tools and start moving VMs. It’s that simple.
3. Zero Tuning ✔ Auto-alignment guarantees that every VM receives optimal performance ✔ 99% of all VM I/O are served from flash ✔ Per-VM and vDisk performance monitoring simplifies performance troubleshooting
The Tintrí VMstore presents itself as a single datastore to the hypervisor, making configuration simple and avoiding complicated storage provisioning with LUNs, volumes, tiers, etc. VMstore enables management operations natively at the VM or vDisk level, eliminating any special tuning for virtualized workloads. Simply start moving VMs to Tintrí VMstore and the system will automatically deliver the needed performance, even for mixed server and desktop workloads.
Top 10 Reasons to Deploy Tintrí Storage for Virtualized Server Applications 4. Industry-best VM Density ✔ Hundreds of virtual servers from a single 3U Tintrí VMstore ✔ Only storage platform to support both server workloads and virtual desktops simultaneously ✔ Lowest cost solution for production server applications
With its intelligent use of flash and disk, a single Tintrí VMstore storage node can support hundreds of server VMs, all with high performance and consistent low latency. Inline deduplication and compression ensure both performance and capacity for dense VM deployments.
5. Eliminate Storage Over-provisioning ✔ Deliver high, consistent latency performance for server performance without compromise or over-provisioning ✔ Eliminate storage waste ✔ Eliminate any special performance tuning required Moving to a virtual infrastructure is often attempted with legacy physical storage – resulting in performance issues and the deployment of excess capacity in an attempt to meet high and random IOPS demands. Tintrí’s flash-first architecture is built from the ground up to leverage flash capacity efficiently for delivering high, consistent performance in a small form factor, making over-provisioning capacity for performance unnecessary. Utilize all of your investment in storage and spend less to do the same workload.
6. Per-VM Data Management ✔ Per-VM advanced snapshots ✔ Per-VM space-efficient clones ✔ Per-vDisk QoS and auto-alignment eliminates need for manual tuning Tintrí invented a VM-aware file system that natively provides data management at a VM or vDisk level. Scalable, per-VM, space-efficient snapshots have no performance impact and custom schedules allow users to meet their specific data protection needs. Per-VM, high-performance, space-efficient clones provide granular control and enable efficient operations. The VM-aware file system monitors and controls I/O for each vDisk, providing automatic alignment, performance isolation, and QoS at the VM and vDisk level.
7. Instant Bottleneck Visualization ✔ Instantly troubleshoot VM performance issues ✔ Real-time display of performance and latency statistics ✔ Visibility into performance and capacity utilization Tintrí VMstore monitors every I/O request at the vDisk level and can determine where latency is occurring across the datacenter infrastructure. On a per-VM and per-vDisk basis, Tintrí VMstore provides instant visualization of where potential performance issues may exist, including statistics on the host, network and storage resources.
Top 10 Reasons to Deploy Tintrí Storage for Virtualized Server Applications 8. Proven Workload Advantages ✔ Proven deployments for a range of server workloads ✔ Easily mix applications with different performance needs on the same storage without performance impact on any application
VDI
Exchange & Sharepoint
SQL
✔ Best price/performance for any virtual server storage platform Because Tintrí provides QoS and performance isolation on a per-VM and per-vDisk basis, workloads with different performance needs can be run on the same storage platform without the possibility that one busy or large application, such as a throughout-oriented database, will impact the performance or availability of other applications, such as a latency-sensitive VDI desktops, running at the same time. Tintrí has been successfully deployed at hundreds of customer sites for applications ranging from test & development, ERP systems, Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and SQL Server, Oracle, and VDI.
9. Plug & Play Scalability ✔ Easily scale a deployment by adding additional Tintrí VMstore nodes when needed ✔ No complicated clustering; each Tintrí VMstore is seen as an additional datastore ✔ Grow only as needed – no wasted time or money
With Tintrí, scaling a system to support hundreds of virtual machines is simple and cost-effective. When the resources of a Tintrí VMstore are fully utilized, just add additional VMstore nodes as needed. Each Tintrí VMstore presents itself as an additional datastore to the hypervisor infrastructure.
10. Lower Capital and Operational Costs ✔ Reduce storage sprawl with Tintrí VMstore ✔ Tintrí delivers the industry’s best cost per workload ✔ Tintrí enables administrators to be more productive and efficient Tintrí is the leading next-generation storage platform for a reason: Tintrí is fundamentally changing the economics of storage for virtual environments. With industry-leading VM density and data management functionality, Tintrí delivers the best cost-per-workload metric of any storage platform. Tintrí’s flash-based performance enables the highest VM density, saving both capital and operating costs.
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