Questions Asked by Attendee Q: Storagecenter B can be an active storage infrastructure supporting other application correct?

the Live Volume is simply data space on the Storage center. A: That is correct, it can be bi-directional if need be. Q: Is that T1 R10 or T1 R5 or a combination? A: --unanswered-Q: Do the Storagecenters have to be of same configuration? Drive types, Tiers etc. A: no, they do not have to. Q: I can't hear anything A: We will be starting in a few minutes Q: 15000 IOPS A: --unanswered-Q: It appears cache is where it is due to a 32bit restriction. A: --unanswered-Q: t3 A: --unanswered-Q: a b c3 d e2 A: --unanswered-Q: Can I write in at a lower tier and then have it migrated up. For example if I had an SSD tier. I would like to write into 15K and then have heavy reads move up to SSD. I don't want to waste my limited SSD on getting all data written into it. A: Yes you can. Q: t1r10 A: --unanswered-Q: t1 r5 A: --unanswered-Q: T1R5 A: --unanswered-Q: 5500 A: --unanswered-Q: a b c4 d e3 A: --unanswered-Q: a b c1 d e A: very good! Q: On RAID10 how many drives does it spread the blocks across? I get 5/5 and 5/9 A: technically, 4. but we concatenate RAID strips under the covers so that we stripe across all the spindles. Q: 8500 A: --unanswered-Q: a b c2 d e1 A: --unanswered--

Q: Tim, I have a customer with 115000 IOPS requirement + 200TB of data... If I consider only 15k disks I almost reach out the storage hard limit. Any comments ? A: Marcelo, I would break out their workload over 2 systems. But we would need to align their applications / capacity / IOPS to make sure to spread the workload evenly as possible. This is Johnny, let's talk about this oppty. I know it's the RFP coming up in September Q: thanks a lot A: my pleasure Q: Hello Marcelo Camargo from BRazil A: --unanswered-Q: Tim, I am facing a lot of questions regarding cache. What is your speech regarding this subject ? A: --unanswered-Q: What is the main difference between Replay and Copy-on-write ? In terms of storage CPU usage how much Replay is more efficient than COW ? A: --unanswered-Q: Do we have a dedicated ASIC for RAID5/6 calculation ? A: No Q: Also it is supposed to be used in a sincronous way less than 10km is it right ? A: not synchronous today, only async today. Q: Using SSDs with 15k disks + NL-SAS create a 3 tiers storage. Is it possible to share the writes between tier 2 (15k) and Tier 1 (SSD) and still keep the whole Data Progression benefits ? A: currently writes have to go to a single tier first, over time that data will be progressed to 15k then 7.2k as it ages and is less frequently accessed. so reads will potentially be coming from all tiers at some point Q: What is the Data Progression weight over production ? A: full deference to Production. DP will pause if all available resources are required by production. Q: The ack from secondary volume to the server is given after the data is written through the primary volume ? A: --unanswered-Q: Tier1 A: --unanswered-Q: to be filled by the customer A: perfect, lets jump on a conference call once they fill it out. i just sent you a follow up e-mail. Q: thank you very much... great explanation A: --unanswered-Q: Tim we dont consider any cache benefits in HD performance ? Some vendors consider a 220 IOPS for 15k disks. A: no, we are a bit conservative, we also do not enable cache on the local drive. Q: yes... our Federal Reserve Bank... I already sent the Design spreadsheet A: --unanswered--, i am Biju from India Techsupport Q: Good morning A: --unanswered-Q: What is DIR ? A: --unanswered-Q: Thank you A: you are quite welcome Q: May i know why is RAID 1 not supported in Compellent ? A: --unanswered-Q: Thank you A: --unanswered--

Q: ABC1DE A: very good! Q: thank you! A: --unanswered-Q: assuming high ROC A: --unanswered-Q: Do we do 95 percentile or Peak IOPs. A: Typically we have always done 99th percentile to be conservative. Peak is typically over kill because it's usually coming out of cache. Q: can the iscsi link between the pods be routable for live volume? A: --unanswered-Q: Tier 1 A: --unanswered-Q: Does the system automatically classify the tier type based on the drive type? ie if the customer installs a new 15K SAS drive does the system automatically add it to tier 1 or is the drive assignment to a tier manual? A: There are defaults but it can also be manually configured. Q: what is the metadata overhead when sizing the system? A: Less than 2/10 of one percent of the system capacity. Q: 15000 iops A: --unanswered-Q: if you take many replays and you run out of T1 R10 space, will the system then write changes to T1R5? A: --unanswered-Q: Tier 1 R10 A: --unanswered-Q: When you are NOT using the recommended storage profile and you assign a tier 3 volume to a server. Will the incoming writes be written as R10 on Tier 3 and then progress to R6 on Tier 3 or are they written directly to R6? A: --unanswered-Q: sorry.. can the link go through layer3 or must it be layer2 for live volume A: needs to go through layer 2 via iSCSI or FC or FCoE Q: T1 R5 A: --unanswered-Q: Does the Sever with MPIO need to be rebooted or is there any distruption when a volume is changed from a tradiotional/regulard volume to a live volume? A: --unanswered-Q: OK,, Thank you A: --unanswered-Q: Would it be possible to disable data progression on a specific volume(for eg. a specific volume to be hosted on 3rd tier always) ?? A: Yes. For all the automation that we offer, you still do have manual control if you want it. Q: |Hi this is Babu A: --unanswered--

Q: a,b,c3,d,e2 A: --unanswered-Q: 99th percent tile A: --unanswered-Q: a,b,c4,d,e3 A: --unanswered-Q: Tier1 R10 A: --unanswered-Q: Where can we get the tools to crunch the customers data A: There are on the portal Q: t1 R10 A: --unanswered-Q: wouldn't it use the C block for reads? A: --unanswered-Q: 15000 A: --unanswered-Q: Where can we get the tools to crunch the customers data A: and salesedge Q: t1 r5 A: --unanswered-Q: a,b,c2,d,e1 A: --unanswered-Q: T1 5-9 A: --unanswered-Q: T1R5 A: --unanswered-Q: what about the antivirus protection for data on it A: We manage the data far below the filesystem. Viruses happen at a filesystem level. Virus protection should be protected by the OS running said filesystem. Q: Tiers 1,2,3 is it in one box or across multiple boxes A: What do you mean by box? Q: Do i have to backup the data while changing the RAID A: It is non-disruptive Q: Number of enclosures? A: Yes, all of the Enclosures are managed in a single Virtual pool. All tiers are available to all Volumes. Q: The data on tire 3 if not used for long time can i take it to offline media, like tapes or DVD? so that i could save space. A: Currently that capability is not supported

Q: A B C4 D E3 A: --unanswered-Q: Tier 3 Raid 5 ? A: --unanswered-Q: Raid 10 Tier 1 A: --unanswered-Q: Thanks Johnny & Tim :) A: --unanswered-Q: Thanks. This is Andy Liew (andy_liew@dell.com) A: --unanswered-Q: I am ready. I can hear your audio just now. A: Great. Can everyone else hear me as well? Q: A B C2 D E1 A: --unanswered-Q: Tier 1 Raid 10 A: --unanswered-Q: where do we go to find the final test for the top gun certificate? A: There will be an e-mail sent letting you know that the exam is available for you to take. Q: I can not hear audio. I see this panel states "muted" but cannot seem to change it A: --unanswered-Q: please explain where folks are seeing the questions / answers. Just now a questions was asked, but i see no place to provide response to the questions A: --unanswered-Q: whoops...never mind. i see you're answering it! A: --unanswered--

Q: How can we be included to this list? A: send an e-mail to cml-tech@dell.com and ask to be added. Q: a b s3 d e2 A: --unanswered-Q: a b c4 d e3 A: --unanswered-Q: Tier 3 raid 6 ** A: --unanswered-Q: Tier 4 Raid 6 A: --unanswered-Q: Raid 10 A: --unanswered-Q: Tier 1 raid 10 A: --unanswered-Q: Tier 1 Raid 5 A: --unanswered-Q: Tier1 A: --unanswered-Q: Still in Tier1, raid 10 A: --unanswered-Q: How is it decided when the data will be moved to the outer disk tracks? Is the algorith similar to the one of data progression? A: Yes, it is controlled by Data Progression Q: a b c2 d e1 A: --unanswered-Q: How is it decided when the data will be moved to the outer disk disk? A: Based on Activity

Q: are we going to be on cml-tech distro automatically? A: --unanswered-Q: raid 10 A: --unanswered-Q: who owns the cml-tech distro? A: --unanswered-Q: Will we take a break midway thru? A: --unanswered-Q: in this scenario, are both pods controlled by one enterprise manager or two EM? A: --unanswered-Q: ABC4DE3 A: --unanswered-Q: ABC3DE2 A: --unanswered-Q: Can you be more specific on which switches? A: Not at this time, but current plans include the powerconnect series Q: tier 3 A: --unanswered-Q: Are the powerconnect 8024, 7000, 5500 Layer2/3 switches being validated? Currently the PC6224 is the only one supported. A: We are qualifying additional swicthes. Q: tier 1 raid 5 A: --unanswered-Q: tier 3 A: --unanswered-Q: tier 1 A: --unanswered-Q: ABC2DE1 A: --unanswered-Q: tier 3 A: --unanswered-Q: If the volume is already be replicated (RIM), does that cut down on the time it takes to move the volume? A: --unanswered--

Q: T1R1 A: --unanswered-Q: a+b+c1+d+e A: very good! Q: I was actually a bit trepedatious about this session - but it's great! really enjoying it A: --unanswered-Q: a bellcurve would (help) btw A: --unanswered-Q: A+B+C3+d+E2 A: --unanswered-Q: cache is almost the most power intensive thing you can run in an array (AFAIK) A: --unanswered-Q: clarify - number of arrays involved (say three arrays and three sites) A: currently we support only 2 arrays / 2 sites Q: a+b+c4+d+e3 A: --unanswered-Q: a bellcurve would btw A: --unanswered-Q: so this is a direct Netapp Metrocluster killer :) A: yes and no. yes, it is like Metrocluster, but no because it doesn't support automatic failover in the event that an array goes down. Q: a+b+c2+d+e1 (active) A: --unanswered-Q: Is there a limit to the number of live volumes replicating to each other? A: no limit Q: SIMILAR TO BLOCK LEVEL DEDUPE A: Yes, but Pre-Dupe rather than DeDupe Q: provided the array supports the function A: correct, live volume needs to be licensed on both arrays/systems Q: A+b+d T1R5 A: --unanswered-Q: ask if the other vendors will gaurantee IO? A: good comment Q: btw- Ithe presenter could do a mean Jack Black impersonation... Yes am hearing you A: --unanswered--

Q: RAID5 tier 1 A: --unanswered-Q: A, B, C2, D, E1 A: --unanswered-Q: A,B,C4D,E3 A: --unanswered-Q: tier1 r10 A: --unanswered-Q: Tier 3 R6 A: --unanswered-Q: 23k iops A: --unanswered-Q: tierr r6 A: --unanswered-Q: A, B, C1, D, E A: very good! Q: tier 1 r10 A: --unanswered-Q: Good evening! A: Hello Al, glad to see you were able to get on :-) Welcome! Q: when is series 50 and sixty coming out... What of Dell server will the head be.. R710? R910? A: That is yet to be determined. There are not any hard dates for the next generation on Compellent Storage Center Controllers. Q: We look forward to receiving the slide deck. Thank you and have a good night! A: --unanswered-Q: Thanks for the help. A: You are very welcome. Q: yes A: --unanswered-Q: Thanks A: --unanswered-Q: raids 10 tier 1 A: --unanswered-Q: okay I have been having trouble with my laptop so I thiugh I lost the session A: no worries. you're good Q: still on tier 1 A: --unanswered-Q: can you put your email up please' A: feel free to email youa.thao@compellent.com or training@compellent.com for any questions regarding your training Q: I have a white page telling me to call in. I am on the phone A: just pausing for second. we will start the live volume portion shortly

Q: Do you have any formulas for design? A: --unanswered-Q: Thanks A: --unanswered-Q: what kind od BW is required? A: it really depends on the amount of latency required to keep an application up and running. this typically yeilds a high bandwidth connection. Q: what about multiple FC cards? A: --unanswered-Q: Hi this Moe A: --unanswered-Q: for max A: --unanswered-Q: a, b.c2.d.e1 A: --unanswered-Q: tire 1 raid 5 A: --unanswered-Q: if we dont have any SSD, is there any tire one with other types of drvies? A: Yes, if you only have one tier, that will be Tier 1. Q: tire 3 A: --unanswered-Q: a b c2 d e1 A: --unanswered-Q: Thank you very much. A: --unanswered-Q: hello,I am ready. I can hear your audio just now. A: --unanswered-Q: Yes, i can A: --unanswered-Q: Hi. My name is Percy. Is anyone here? A: --unanswered-Q: t1 A: --unanswered--

Q: a, b, c2, d, e1 A: --unanswered-Q: are those read or write IOPS? A: average 50/50 read/writes Q: a, b, c3, d, e2 A: --unanswered-Q: a, b, c4, d, e3 A: --unanswered-Q: question regarding quizzes. I logged in to the test site earlier to see if the final was available, but now it's saying I have to take all 10 module quizzes over again. I think I clicked something wrong. Who can help fix this? A: send an e-mail to training@compellent.com Q: what colors to which tier? he went too fast A: Blue T1R10 Green T1R5 YellowT3R6 Q: t3 A: --unanswered-Q: c1 = t1, r10 A: --unanswered-Q: i think i missed it, but for the primary site, would he go with one controller or two? i heard him say one controller for DR. A: Dual for the primary based on the redundancy recommendation of the customer Q: a, b, c1, d, e A: very good Q: how well does Compellent work in multi-tenant environments, such as a hosting or cloud provider, where one customer cannot impact another? A: --unanswered-Q: Thanks A: --unanswered-Q: A B C4 D E3 A: --unanswered-Q: 2/5 A: --unanswered-Q: A B C2 D E1 A: --unanswered-Q: Tier 2 A: --unanswered-Q: Tier 1 A: --unanswered-Q: would this compare to emc's recoverpoint? A: Live volume would be a value add on top of replication. EMC's recovery point would be an equivalent to our Remote Instant Replay. Q: Hi. My name is Steve Adebayo. Is anyone here? A: Yes. We are waiting for others to dial in before we go live. Welcome. Q: Tier 1 raid 5-9 A: --unanswered--

Q: Would share the training deck to us? A: Yes, the Session 11 deck will be distributed to everyone that joined today. Q: Do we can offer SAS SSD HD now? A: not yet, they will be available in the next 30-60 days