Scale-to-Fit
Scale Up, Deep, or Out, Seamlessly and Cost Effectively
Achieve independent, seamless scaling of storage resources that eliminates
forklift upgrades.
Unlike other storage solutions, the Nimble Scale-to-Fit™ architecture enables IT
staff to cost-effectively and non-disruptively scale storage to fit the enterprise’s
ever-changing needs for higher performance and/or capacity. Scale-to-Fit enables
applications and users to be added on the fly, and dramatically simplifies storage
infrastructure management.
Scale up or scale deep: Leverage the Nimble Predictive Flash platform’s OS —
engineered as a flash-optimized file system — to upgrade performance and
capacity, independently.
Scale out: Extend capacity and performance beyond the physical limitations of a single
array, to a storage cluster of up to four of any type of Nimble Storage Predictive arrays.
Scale to Fit:
Simple, seamless scalability
1. Scale Performance and Capacity, Independently
Scale up performance across the entire Nimble Storage product portfolio by performing
a non-disruptive upgrade to a controller with higher performance CPUs. Expand cache to
up to 32TB per node for consistent and low-latency read performance.
Scale array capacity with the easy addition of disk expansion shelves. The Nimble
Storage InfoSight™ cloud-connected management engine projects future capacity
needs based on current utilization patterns, providing rational guidance for incremental
capacity scaling.
2. Scale Out Beyond the Array, to a Storage Cluster
Extend beyond the physical limitations of a single array. Cluster together as many as four
Nimble All Flash and Adaptive arrays — in any combination — to consolidate multiple
applications on one storage infrastructure. The result: performance and capacity that
scales to 1.2M IOPS and over 8PB capacity.
3. Simplify Your Storage Operations and Management
Scaling Nimble Storage from the most basic array to the largest clustered configuration
brings high operational efficiency to the data center. Scaling up or deep is simple and
non-disruptive with interchangeable upgrades or adding shelves. Scaling out enables
all storage hardware resources to be managed as a single entity, without the need for
specialized storage expertise. Nimble Storage expertly automates cluster networking and
data management, freeing up your staff time for other IT projects.
4. Scale at Low Incremental Cost; Protect Your Investments
Without Forklift Upgrades
The flexibility of Nimble Storage at the heart of the data center offers an enterprise much
more value than the usual “scalable” storage promise. Nimble performance and capacity
upgrades take up to 90% less time to execute successfully than upgrades of competing
storage solutions, according to a recent ESG Research study. The Nimble Scale-to-Fit
architecture enables IT teams to easily and non-disruptively meet SLAs for a wide variety
of performance and capacity requirements — with maximum cost-efficiency and ROI.
Learn more about Scale-to-Fit at www.nimblestorage.com
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