HPE Nimble Storage SF100
Secondary Flash Arrays Put Your Backup Data to Work

Features and Benefits:

Instantly Restore and Recover

Near-Instant Snapshot-Based Backup

No more backup windows. Zero impact to host.

Near-Instant Restore

Access files, VMs, applications or entire systems directly on the Secondary Flash array or rapidly copy them back to the Primary Flash array

Run Applications on the Secondary Flash Array

Rather than restore, run production workload with flash performance directly on the Secondary Flash array

Cloud Ready

Nimble arrays are Cloud Ready, giving you the flexibility to create a multicloud environment. Easily migrate data between on-premise flash arrays and the public cloud with Nimble Cloud Volumes.

Flash Performance with Inline Deduplication

Clone and Run

Instant cloning lets you take space-efficient copies and run real workloads with flash performance. It's perfect for Dev/Test, QA, and analytics

Store More Data

Always-on inline deduplication and compression with zero performance impact

Fast Backup Verification

Frequently and easily test backups for peace of mind

Dramatic Data Center Footprint and TCO Reduction

Radical Simplicity

Converge & Standardize Devices

Standardize your Backup, Disaster Recovery and Secondary Storage onto a single storage system

Highly Available Secondary Storage

InfoSight predictive analytics anticipates and prevents issues for trouble-free operations, and 99.9999% measured availability

Simplified Data Management

Deep integration with Veeam and other data-protection software simplifies the data management lifecycle.

Manage Backup Within a Multicloud Flash Fabric

For Nimble environments, easily manage both Primary and Secondary storage arrays within a single Multicloud Flash Fabric. Execute thousands of zero-impact snapshots on Primary storage and natively replicate to the Secondary Flash array.

CASL Architecture:

HPE Nimble Storage solutions are built on its patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture. CASL leverages the unique properties of flash and disk to deliver high performance and capacity - all within a dramatically small footprint.CASL and InfoSight form the foundation of the Adaptive Flash platform, which allows for the dynamic and intelligent deployment of storage resources to meet the growing demands of business-critical applications.

CASL and InfoSight form the foundation of the Adaptive Flash platform, which allows for the dynamic and intelligent deployment of storage resources to meet the growing demands of business-critical applications.

Watch CASL Architecture Deep Dive
Storage architect Devin Hamilton provides an in-depth look at Nimble's core architecture. (74:45)

Key Innovations from CASL

• Flexible Flash Scaling
  Flexibly scale flash to satisfy the changing performance demands of today's business-critical applications.
• Adaptive Flash Service Levels
  Tailor the amount of flash allocated to workloads on a per-volume basis. Assign one of three flash service levels (All Flash, Auto Flash and No Flash) to accommodate latency-sensitive critical applications to capacity-optimized applications, for management efficiency and optimal TCO.
• Dynamic Flash-Based Read Caching
  CASL caches "hot" active data onto SSD in real time-without the need to set complex policies. This way it can instantly respond to read requests-as much as 10X faster than traditional bolt-on or tiered approach to flash.
• Write-Optimized Data Layout:
  CASL collects or coalesces random writes, compresses them, and writes them sequentially to disks. This results in write operations that are as much as 100x faster than traditional disk-based storage.
• Inline Compression
  CASL compresses data as it is written to the array with no performance impact. It takes advantage of efficient variable block compression and multicore processors. A recent measurement of our installed base shows average compression rates from 30 to 75 percent for a variety of workloads.
• Scale-to-Fit Flexibility
  CASL allows for the non-disruptive and independent scaling of performance and capacity. This is accomplished by either upgrading the storage controller (compute) for higher throughput, moving to larger flash SSD (cache) to accommodate more active data, or by adding storage shelves to boost capacity. This flexible scaling eliminates the need for disruptive forklift upgrades.
• Scale Out
  Scale capacity and performance beyond the physical limitations of a single array by seamlessly clustering any combination of HPE Nimble Storage hybrid arrays. Eliminate capacity silos and performance hotspots, and easily manage all hardware resources across the cluster as a single storage entity.
• Snapshots and Integrated Data Protection
  CASL can take thousands of point-in-time instant snapshots of volumes by creating a copy of the volumes' indices. Any updates to existing data or new data written to a volume are redirected to free space (optimized by CASL's unique data layout). This means there is no performance impact due to snapshots and snapshots take little incremental space as only changes are maintained. This also simplifies restoring snapshots, as no data needs to be copied.
• Efficient Replication
  HPE Nimble Storage efficiently replicates data to another array by transferring compressed, block-level changes only. These remote copies can be made active if the primary array becomes unavailable. This makes deploying disaster data recovery easy and affordable - especially over a WAN to a remote array where bandwidth is limited.
• Zero-Copy Clones
  HPE Nimble Storage arrays can create snapshot-based read/writeable clones of existing volumes instantly. These clones benefit from fast read and write performance, making them ideal for demanding applications such as VDI or test/development.

Specifications:

Notes:

1. SF100 and SF300 support scale up to any model within the SF family
2. All SF Series models consists of up to 21 HDD drives and 3 DFCs (holding up to 6 SSDs)
3. Raw, usable, and effective capacities are shown in TB (1012 bytes) and TiB (240 bytes). Usable and effective capacities take into account space used for parity, spares, SSD cache, and system overhead
4. Effective capacity is a range from minimum in the base array to maximum in the array plus expansion shelves. Assumes data reduction of 18:1 (18X) from compression and dedupe
5. Each array controller has 2x 10 GbE ports built in. Optional ports are 1GbaseT, 10GbaseT or 10GbE SFP+iSCSI, along with 8Gb or 16Gb Fibre Channel

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Operational Services

• HPE Flexible Capacity is a new consumption model to manage on-demand capacity, combining the agility and economics of public cloud with the security and performance of on-premises IT.
• HPE Datacenter Care offers a tailored operational support solution built on core deliverables. It includes hardware and software support, a team of experts to help personalize deliverables and share best practices, as well as optional building blocks to address specific IT and business needs.
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• HPE Foundation Care helps when there is a hardware or software problem offering several response levels dependent on IT and business requirements.

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Advisory Services includes design, strategy, road map, and other services to help enable the digital transformation journey, tuned to IT and business needs. Advisory Services helps customers on their journey to Hybrid IT, Big Data, and the Intelligent Edge.

Professional Services

Professional Services helps integrate the new solution with project management, installation and startup, relocation services, and more. We help mitigate risk to the business so there is no interruption when new technology is being integrated in the existing IT environment.

Documentation:

Download HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Array Datasheet (PDF).

Download HPE Nimble Storage Product Brief Datasheet (PDF).

Download HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash with Veeam Software Brief Datasheet (PDF).

Download HPE Nimble Storage Technology & Features Primer Datasheet (PDF).

Download White Paper: Redefining Flash Storage (PDF).

Download White Paper: Scale-to-Fit Storage (PDF).