ESG Video Open Apps on NetApp E-Series_2015-06[1]
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- [Narrator] The
following is an ESG video.
(ambient music)
- Hi, my name is Brian Garrett,
and I'm the vice president of ESG Lab.
For the next few minutes,
we'll be exploring
how a growing number of organizations
are using NetApp E-Series
storage to reduce
the cost and risk associated with moving
open application frameworks,
like Hadoop and OpenStack,
from proof of concept to production.
ESG research indicates that
software-defined data center
and big data initiatives
are at the top of the CIO whiteboard.
With these goals in mind,
open application frameworks
that are gaining in popularity include
OpenStack and Ceph for the
software-defined data center,
and NoSQL and Hadoop for big data.
Insights here are where
organizations start moving
these open application frameworks
from proof-of-concept to production.
ESG research indicates that
the total cost of ownership
and the overall price of the solution
are the most important
purchasing criteria.
Service, support, reliability,
and ease of management
help drive down the TCO as well,
but are hard to ensure
with open-source frameworks
running on industry-standard
servers with internal storage.
Most open-source application
projects start with
a proof of concept that
runs on a cluster of
industry-standard servers
with internal storage.
This reduces the cost
of the proof of concept
and the time it takes
to get up and running,
but adds risk and complexity
when you move into production.
Switching from internal
storage to a purpose-built,
direct-attached storage system
reduces the risk and the cost
when you move into production.
NetApp E-Series
direct-attach storage systems
are ideally suited to meet the performance
and the capacity
challenges associated with
moving an open-application framework
from POC to production.
NetApp E-Series storage systems
provide an ideal balance
of features, performance,
reliability, and manageability.
And they're a direct drop-in
replacement for internal drives
and open-source frameworks
like Hadoop and OpenStack.
The NetApp E-Series provides significant
performance improvements
over internal storage
in open-application frameworks
like Hadoop and Ceph.
Up to 12 gigabytes per
second of throughput
and 650 thousand IOPS per
second can be achieved
with a single SAS-attached
NetApp E-Series system.
Using hardware RAID instead of
replicating over the network
improves performance even more.
We saw 62% more cluster throughput
with significantly less network
traffic and storage capacity
during ESG lab testing with Hadoop.
Centralized management, restful APIs,
online upgrades, and optional
drive-level encryption
also helped reduce the cost and the risk.
This video, and an ESG white paper
that's available on the NetApp website,
takes a look at the compelling benefits of
switching from internal storage
to direct-attached NetApp
E-Series storage systems
when moving an open application framework
from proof of concept to production.
No longer does a single
disk drive cripple a node
and impact overall
infrastructure performance.
Because data is externally protected,
additional performance and
efficiency gains can be realized.
Reducing the amount of
data being replicated
lightens the load on compute
and network resources,
and it also reduces the
amount of storage capacity
that you need to buy.
Recovery from disk failures
is dramatically improved
through centralized storage management.
And manual processes are
automated, which reduces
operating costs.
And the bottom-line TCO savings
and the reduction in risk
to the organization more than offset
the higher initial purchase price of
commercial external
direct-attach storage systems.
If you're a line-of-business
manager who's looking to
accelerate insight and
profitability for the business,
or an IET architect looking
to reap the benefits
of an open framework with better
performance and less risk,
or an IET administrator
who's looking to help
save some time and money,
ESG recommends that you
consider NetApp E-Series storage
for your next distributed
open application project.
Thanks for checking out
this ESG insight video.
If you'd like to learn
more, the ESG white paper
is available at NetApp.com.