Subject Number Introducing Quantum DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance Software MA01816A-v01
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Introducing DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance
In this announcement… Product Description ... 2 Product Positioning ... 2 Competitive Positioning ... 2 Performance ... 3 Platform Support ... 3 Upgrade Path ... 3 Documentation ... 3 Sales Tools ... 3 Availability ... 3 Shipping Information ... 3 Warranty ... 3 Installation ... 4 Service ... 4
About Quantum Marketing Announcements ... 4
Conclusion ... 4
Model Numbers and Pricing ... 5
Introduction
Quantum introduces the Quantum DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance that com-bines the power of deduplication functionality with the simplicity and flexible deployment model of virtual machines to provide backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) protection for distributed sites, small businesses and cloud deployments.
The DXi V4000 is a DXi delivered as a software-based virtual appliance that uses a cus-tomer’s own virtual machine infrastructure. As with all other Quantum DXi’s, the DXi V4000 works with any backup software to protect both physical and virtual systems, and provides off-site protection through replication to other Quantum DXi systems and Q-Cloud.
The DXi V4000 is scalable from 4TB to 24TB of usable capacity in 1TB Capacity Up-grades increments. The product includes all licensed functionality for one price. Gold and Silver Software Support, sold separately, contracts provide access to updates and tech-nical support, and are must be purchased along with associated licenses.
Key Messages
The most important things to know about the DXi V4000 product are:
All-virtual deployment allows seamlessly integration into any existing backup envi-ronment for physical or virtual system protection
Provides flexible single-unit capacity of 4TB to 24TB with capacity-on-demand li-censing for easy expansion
Ideal for edge-to-core deployments or centralized replication target use
Provides all features in the purchase price including Deduplication, NAS, OST, DXi Accent, and ReplicationField Action
Field personnel and channel partners looking to position Quantum DXi technology into edge environments, data centers, or who want to take advantage of cloud computing technology should position the DXi V4000 as a solution for data protection problems. This announcement includes worldwide end-user list pricing. Channel partners should refer to separate region/channel pricing-only announcements for partner pricing. Pricing can also be found online now in online quoting tools.
Special Considerations
The Quantum DXi V4000 is a software virtual appliance and requires that the customer provides their own hardware and VMware infrastructure. Customer-observed perfor-mance is directly related to the platform utilized. Please see the section Platform Support on page 3 for more information on minimum system requirements.
Product Description
Overview
The DXi V4000 extends that expertise in deduplication virtual appliances that Quantum established with the award winning DXi V1000 in a new, higher performance, larger capacity offer-ing.
Key Features
The DXi V4000 includes the following key features:
Seamlessly deploys into any existing backupenviron-ment for physical or virtual system protection
Provides flexible single-unit capacity of up to 24TB with capacity-on-demand licensing for easy expansion
Ideal for edge-to-core deployments or centralizedrepli-cation target use
Provides all features in the purchase price including Deduplication, NAS, OST, DXi Accent, and ReplicationSeamless Virtual Appliance
Deployment
The DXi V4000 is a virtual appliance software product that can be readily deployed using a template into any VMware ESX/ESXi 5.0 or greater environment. Because the DXi V4000 is a virtual appliance, customers may take advantage of VMware’s flexible networking, live migration of workloads for load balancing, high availability failover and vCloud deploy-ments for hybrid cloud computing models.
Because the DXi V4000 provides a full range of tested com-patibility with third party ISVs, customers may protect both traditional physical systems and virtual infrastructures. Com-bining the flexible virtual infrastructure deployment of the DXi V4000 with the ability to protect both physical and virtual sys-tems is a winning combination for customers.
Capacity-on-Demand from 4TB to
24TB of Deduplicated Data
The DXi V4000 allows customers to more easily add storage through the use of capacity-on-demand licensing. The DXi V4000 can be expanded from a base of 4TB to 24TB of usa-ble, deduplicated capacity, in 1TB increments through a simple installation of a capacity license key. Additional capacity is made immediately available, without any downtime or reboot required. The DXi V4000 checks Quantum’s centralized licens-ing server daily for new capacity licenses and will install them automatically if available. Customers may also manually enter the capacity license key for immediate availability.
The capacity-on-demand licensing in small 1TB increments allows DXi V4000 customers to match their storage investment with their data rate growth. Customers are encouraged to use thin provisioned storage so that the DXi V4000 will consume the minimum disk space required. Additionally, 1TB capacity expansions are priced the same, no matter the capacity. This allows customers more predictability for their capacity expan-sion costs.
As with all Quantum DXi products, the licensed capacity is the usable capacity of deduplicated data. Assuming a 15-to-1 data reduction ratio, the DXi V4000 can effectively store between 60TB (4TB license) to 360TB (24TB license) of customer data.
Note that customers should have available up to 0.5TB (512GB) of disk space in addition to their licensed capacity. This allow for the growth of log files and metadata.
Edge-to-Core Deployments
The DXi V4000 fits well into customer deployments where the use of an additional physical system may not be possible or desirable. The use of an existing virtual infrastructure means that the DXi V4000 can be rapidly deployed, even to remote locations.
Additionally, because of the wide capacity range, the DXi V4000 is a great choice for use in a central IT data center-- either as a primary backup target device or as a centralized replication target device from other Quantum DXi systems. The DXi V4000 supports up to 10 inbound replication systems, though this number may be adjusted, with assistance from Quantum Service, up to 20 depending on the customer de-ployment.
All DXi Features Included
The DXi V4000 provides all of the DXi features for a NAS-based target device in the base license. Each DXi V4000 fea-tures:
Patented Quantum DXi variable-length deduplication technology for maximum storage efficiency
NFS, CIFS (SMB), OST, DXi Accent ingest support
Secure Web and CLI administrative interface
DXi Advanced Reporting for usage reporting and trend analysis
Encrypted, WAN-efficient Replication compatible with all other DXi 2.x systemsThe DXi V4000 is also fully supported for use by Quantum Vision software. Vision provides trend analysis and a central-ized point of administration for all of Quantum’s DXi deduplication appliances, vmPRO data protection software and Scalar tape libraries.
Product Positioning
The DXi V4000 fits into the Quantum DXi line as an entry-level system. There are some unique means for identifying the use cases and customers that are best suited to the DXi V4000:
Customers highly invested in a VMware infrastructure who leverage its high availability, flexible storage and possibly multi-tenant capability
Customers willing to utilize a fairly powerful server to run the V4000
Those with remote deployment models or geographically diverse sites in which they can not deploy a physical ap-pliance
Internal private cloud providers or Managed Service Providers who are interested in a flexible data protection productCompetitive Positioning
The closest competitor to the DXi V4000 is the HP StoreOnce VSA, which is a virtual appliance offering for target-based deduplication. Compared to that product, the DXi V4000 offers:
Significantly faster performance of up to 3.9TB/hr (OST) verses HP’s 500GB/hr
Broader support for replication with up to 20 inbound targets verses one for the HP product
Broader single-appliance range of up to 24TB for the DXi V4000 verses 10TB maximum for the HP product
Support for CIFS, NFS, OST and DXi Accent verseslim-ited NAS, VTL and no OST for the HP product
For additional information, please see HP VSA FAQJune 2013 (FAQ00108A) on Quantum iQ
Performance
The DXi V4000 is designed to be a relatively high performance virtual appliance implementation of the DXi platform. As with the DXi V1000 and vmPRO products, the platform provided by the customer will greatly determine the overall level of perfor-mance achieved.
For general guidance, assuming that the customer provides a system that meets the requirements stated in the section
Plat-form Support on page 3, the following elements will impact
performance of the DXi V4000:
Type and number of underlying storage provided. Multi-ple VMware datastores, each rated at 300MB/s are rec-ommended for maximum number of simultaneous connections to the DXi V4000
Higher performance 10GbE Ethernet NICs can be mapped to one or more of the DXi V4000’s four virtual NICs
CPU access. The DXi V4000 requires eight virtual cores for execution. A host system running many other VMs or tasks may not be able to provide sufficient resources Quantum has conducted its own performance testing of the DXi V4000. This information is being provided for your refer-ence:
VMware platform: ESXi 5.1, Update 1
Server platform:o Server: Dell R910 o CPU: 2 x Intel E7540
o Physical RAM: 128GB (48GB allocated to the DXi V4000)
o 1GbE NIC: Intel 82576
o 10GbE NIC: Broadcom BCM57711 o 8Gb FC HBA: 2 x QLogic QLE2562
o 14 VMware datastores using 10 LSI E4600 storage system with LSI Model 4980 controllers. Each with 16 x 1TB 7200RPM drives
o RAID6 configuration
Maximum of 50 concurrent streams per protocol Protocol Ingest (MB/s) Read (MB/s)NFS-Sync 417 777
CIFS 849 615
OST 899 773
DXi Accent 1371 (Effective) 743 (Effective)
Platform Support
The DXi V4000 has the following platform support require-ments:
VMware ESXi 5.0 or 5.1
Multi-core Intel processor (AMD not supported)o Eight virtual CPU cores required for execution
Minimum 4.5TB of thinly provisioned disk capacity
0.5TB (512GB) of disk capacity in addition to licensedcapacity (i.e., 24.5TB for a 24TB license)
48GB of RAM allocated to the DXi V4000
The DXi V4000 will use less than 48GB of RAM depend-ing upon connections and capacity in useUpgrade Path
The DXi V4000 base license (WDV4K-FLVN-004A) provides a 4TB capacity license. Customers may either add 1TB capacity increments at the time of initial purchase using (WDV4K-FLVU-001A) or they may purchase a 1TB Field Upgrade (WDV4K-ULVU-001A).
As a note, there is no software upgrade path from the DXi V1000 product. Customers wanting to move between these platforms should use DXi Replication technology to move data to the DXi V4000 from the DXi V1000.
Documentation
Software and documentation is available from the Quan-tum.com Web site for licensed customers.
Sales Tools
Updates Sales Tools will be provided for the DXi V4000 by the end of August, 2013. This information will be available on the Quantum iQ Web site. Partners can access this at
http://iq.quantum.com or by clicking the "Quantum iQ" link in Quantum Alliance. Quantum employees may use the same URL or should click “iQ” to the right of “Sls/Mktg” in the upper left of the myQ home page.
Availability
Products described in this announcement may be ordered immediately. Normal lead time for orders is two (2) days.
Shipping Information
The DXi V4000 is distributed via software download only; there is no physical CD/DVD available for distribution.
The physical media kit includes license keys, serial numbers and download instructions. This kit is shipped to a customer, Emailed to a customer, or stocked by a distributor. By default, printed media kits are shipped to the customer. Quantum Or-der Management personnel may request that such a kit NOT be delivered if the order will be Emailed to the customer, or partner, instead. Please see the Model Numbers and Pricing on page 5 for dimensions and weights.
Warranty
Quantum warrants that for a period of ninety (90) days follow-ing the purchase of the DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appli-ance Software (the “Warranty Period”), Quantum will use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve programming errors in the Software to make the Software function in material con-formity with the end-user documentation supplied by Quantum;
provided, that the Software is operated in accordance with the documentation.
Upon the purchase of a License, Customer must purchase an initial one-year of either Silver Software Support or Gold Software Support maintenance and support services for the software as described online at Quantum.com. Note that the one-year Software Support commences with the purchase of the software, not after the 90-day warranty.
Installation
Customers and resellers who are familiar with VMware can easily install the software. A Quick Start Guide that provides step-by-step instructions is available to licensed customers. Installation assistance is available as a part of the Gold or Silver Software Support contract the customer purchases with the software.
Note that there is no on-site Installation Service provided for this product.
Service
Customers are required to purchase one year of either Gold Software Support or Silver Software Support for both the Initial License and for each 1TB of Capacity Upgrade for the DXi V4000.
If a customer purchases 1TB Capacity Upgrades, they are required to match the service level of their base unit.
Service pricing is listed in the section Model Numbers and
Pricing on page 5.
About Quantum Marketing
Announcements
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Conclusion
The Quantum DXi V4000 deduplication virtual appliance rep-resents a significant new level of capacity and performance in Quantum’s V-Series of products. It’s an ideal fit for customers invested in virtualization who are looking for a flexible data protection solution.
Model Numbers and Pricing
This master product announcement includes worldwide list pricing. Refer to separate pricing-only Marketing Announcements or the Quantum Marketplace for regional/partner pricing.
Model Number Description Shipping
Dimensions WxHxD, in (cm) Shipping Weight, lbs (kg) UPC End-User List Price (USD) WDV4K-FLVN-004A Quantum DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance, Enterprise Edition, 4TB Initial License, with Dedupe, NAS, Replication,
OST, DXi Accent and DXi Advanced Reporting
Provides the DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance software with a base capacity of 4TB of deduplicated storage. Capacity may be expanded by ordering additional 1TB upgrades (WDV4K-FLVU-001A if ordered at the same time as this item or WDV4K-ULVU-001A after initial purchase) up to a maximum of 24TB total deduplication capacity. Includes deduplication, DXi Accent, replication with encryption, NAS and OST licenses. Runs as a virtual appliance on top of customer-supplied VMware vSphere 5 infrastructure software. This product uses thinly provisioned storage, and requires 0.5TB additional storage beyond the licensed capacity for ongoing use of the product. Customers MUST purchase one year of DXi V4000 Silver Software Support (SDV4K-SVA4-SL10) or Gold Software Support (SDV4K-SVA4-GL10).
8.9x0.2x11.5
(22.7x0.4x29.1) 0.3 (0.2) 80379-60 7-6826- $7,000
WDV4K-FLVU-001A Quantum DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance, Enterprise Edition, 1TB Capacity Upgrade License, initial sale
Provides a 1TB capacity increase up to a maximum of 24TB for DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance software. Requires DXi V4000 Enterprise Edition 4TB Initial License (WDV4K-FLVN-004A) to be installed before installation of this license. Customers need to ensure that 1TB of additional disk space is available for use within their VMware environment before installing this license. Customers MUST purchase one year of DXi V4000 Silver Software Support (SDV4K-SVE1-SL10) or Gold Software Support (SDV4K-SVE1-GL10) for every Capacity Upgrade purchased. This license is only applicable at time of initial sale.
0 0 $1,000
WDV4K-ULVU-001A Quantum DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance, Enterprise Edition, 1TB Capacity Upgrade License, field upgrade
Provides a 1TB capacity increase up to a maximum of 24TB for DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance software. Requires DXi V4000 Enterprise Edition 4TB Initial License (WDV4K-FLVN-004A) to be installed before installation of this license. Customers need to ensure that 1TB of additional disk space is available for use within their VMware environment before installing this license. Customers MUST purchase one year of DXi V4000 Silver Software Support (SDV4K-SVE1-SL10) or Gold Software Support (SDV4K-SVE1-GL10) for every Capacity Upgrade purchased. This license is only applicable as a field upgrade after initial sale.
8.9x0.2x11.5
(22.7x0.4x29.1) 0.3 (0.2) 80379-53 7-6826- $1,000
SDV4K-SVA4-SL10 Quantum DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance, Silver Software Support Plan, for Initial 4TB License, annual, all zones 0 0 $1,050 SDV4K-SVA4-GL10 Quantum DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance, Gold Software Support Plan, for Initial 4TB License, annual, all zones 0 0 $1,400 SDV4K-SVE1-SL10 Quantum DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance, Silver Software Support Plan, per 1TB Capacity Expansion, annual, all
zones
0 0 $150
SDV4K-SVE1-GL10 Quantum DXi V4000 Deduplication Virtual Appliance, Gold Software Support Plan, per 1TB Capacity Expansion, annual, all zones
