Simplivity - anyone use them?
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I see this as a relic from companies that come down market. In the enterprise space there's a lot of negotiation. Big companies are paying not so much for the service, as for being the #1 priority when it comes to support and development. The fact that two companies can pay vastly different amounts for what is essentially the same kit, means that one of them is going to get a lot more attention when the rubber hits the road. When vendors who are used to that model try to come down into the SMB space where things are more commoditized, then they don't realize the damage they are doing.
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Guys,
I am an SA for SimpliVity in the Chicago area and I'm sorry to see the unhappiness around the presentation. I was unable to attend, but I would be happy to answer some of these items.
Dell was actually the first platform, we added Cisco and Lenovo.
The nodes run from the mid 20k to 150k,
We have a higher density per node than most. One node is the minimum, 2 provides full HA for both the compute and storage.We actually started with an SMB focus and began moving up channel. Again, very unfortunate that the messaging felt off.
Feel free to email me and I'm happy to jump on a webex to deep dive the tech and clear up anything else.
Cheers,
Rick
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@virtualrick said in Simplivity - anyone use them?:
Dell was actually the first platform, we added Cisco and Lenovo.
That's great, you should have the website show that Dell is an option. Currently only Lenovo (not acceptable to many for ethical reasons, they are often a show stopper from the beginning) and Cisco (questionable quality) are shown as options on the site. A lot of potential customers would stop there and not take the time to ask why there aren't any enterprise options available. If none were shown it would be fine, or if all were, but only those two is quite problematic.
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@virtualrick said in Simplivity - anyone use them?:
We have a higher density per node than most. One node is the minimum, 2 provides full HA for both the compute and storage.
That's very interesting in the SMB space, that's often a missing feature set.
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@virtualrick said in Simplivity - anyone use them?:
We have a higher density per node than most.
What provides the deeper per-node density?
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We can hit 44 physical cores, 1.4tb ram, and 20 tb useable before the dedupe and compression.
Because we can avoid redundant writes we can provide better performance than traditional storage.
Additionally our data virtualization platform is unique and gives us some capabilities that others struggle to provide.
I would love to coordinate a redo webex, no sales just technical with anyone who's interested.
Apologies for the way this webt, but I am passionate about the technology, and I understand the customer side better than most as I was one just a year and a half ago.
I ran SimpliVity as a client before working for them and I would be happy to share perspectives. -
@scottalanmiller I will forward your feedback to our Marketing team. This is valuable to us, as we are clearly not messaging our platform correctly.
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@virtualrick said in Simplivity - anyone use them?:
We can hit 44 physical cores, 1.4tb ram, and 20 tb useable before the dedupe and compression.
In a single node? Wow.
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@virtualrick said in Simplivity - anyone use them?:
We can hit 44 physical cores, 1.4tb ram, and 20 tb useable before the dedupe and compression.
What is the total core count per single host?
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@DustinB3403 That is in a single host. Dual 22 core v4 Intel.
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@scottalanmiller yessir
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@virtualrick said in Simplivity - anyone use them?:
@DustinB3403 That is in a single host. Dual 22 core v4 Intel.
And then there is some custom hardware as well involved, right? Some of the clustering work is offloaded to that?
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@virtualrick said in Simplivity - anyone use them?:
@DustinB3403 That is in a single host. Dual 22 core v4 Intel.
Ah ok... I was under the impression of 44 CPU's with however many cores per CPU.
Not 22 CPU's and 44 cores.
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@scottalanmiller said in Simplivity - anyone use them?:
@DustinB3403 said in Simplivity - anyone use them?:
Not 22 CPU's and 44 cores.
Dual CPU, 44 cores.
Thank you, so 2x22 (core).
I was about to ask for more clarification.
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@scottalanmiller Yes Purpose build accelerator card. This handles the Deduplication, Compression and Serialization of all data at inception across all tiers for the life of the data. I would love to deep dive as I have a very good presentation (I think) that I can share with you.
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@virtualrick said in Simplivity - anyone use them?:
I would love to deep dive as I have a very good presentation (I think) that I can share with you.
Maybe at MangoCon?
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When and where?
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@virtualrick said in Simplivity - anyone use them?:
When and where?
@Minion-Queen should be able to get you all of the details, the website is here. It's a tech conference being held in Rochester NY next month.
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Holiday Inn DownTown Rochester, NY Sept 14-16th (17th is fun day).
