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2008 CLARii. ON Family Complete Range of Affordable and Easy-to-Use Storage Platforms CLARii. ON CX 3 Ultra. Scale Series CLARii. ON AX 4 CX 3 -10 CX 3 -20 CX 3 -40 CX 3 -80 Proven software functionality © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 2

Today’s Challenges Business is growing, and applications must stay online 50 percent annual information growth commands more effective storage management Environments are becoming increasingly more complex due to additional servers, new applications, and virtualization VMware deployments require networked storage for optimal performance Traditional backup approaches are no longer satisfactory © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 33

Customer Requirements for Networked Storage Affordable Budgets aren’t all flexible Easy to use Not everyone is a storage specialist Highly available Everyone’s applications are critical Clear growth path Requirements will change © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 44

CLARii. ON AX 4 Entry-Level i. SCSI Storage System for Small-to-Medium Businesses Simple, highly available storage system Unmatched comprehensive suite of software is included Ideal growth path for customers consolidating for the first time Optional software functionality and services allow growing environments to evolve Designed to enable key elements of VMware environments © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 5

CLARii. ON AX 4 Storage Systems 60 TB* 600 GB SCALABLE, ENTRY-LEVEL STORAGE Entry-level storage consolidation Highly available i. SCSI or Fibre Channel storage High-growth environment with advanced requirements Scales from 4 to 60 drives (up to 60 TB*) Mix serial-attached SCSI (SAS) and serial ATA (SATA) drives – SAS for I/O-intensive applications – SATA for cost-effective high capacity Comprehensive suite of included management software and functionality Optional EMC value-added software Choice of “Enhanced” or 2008 *1 TB SATA drives available in March“Premium” © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. support options 6

CLARii. ON AX 4 Architecture Single or dual storage controllers One Intel Xeon processor per Storage Processor Affordable, Simple, and Scalable Networked Storage 1 GB cache memory per Storage Processor Intermix SAS and SATA within same disk array enclosure Connectivity 64 high-availability hosts (physical or virtual) Two front-end 1 Gb/s i. SCSI ports per SP or two frontend 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel ports per SP SAS back-end expansion—one port per SP Virtual LUN technology enables tiering within the system Scalability Up to 512 LUNs Ideal for: Entry-level storage consolidation VMware environments Department and branch office requirements From 4 to 60 drives – 146 GB and 300 GB 15 K rpm SAS drives – 400 GB 10 K rpm SAS drives – 750 GB and 1 TB* SATA drives * Available in March 2008 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 7

Comprehensive Suite of Included Software Web-based management via EMC Navisphere Express – Manage and monitor from anywhere – Create, expand, and move volumes dynamically Array-based snapshot capabilities – Simplify online backup without impacting server performance Path management and failover ensure consistent application availability Virtual LUN technology – Move data nondisruptively between different drive types and RAID Groups – Alter performance characteristics of VMware virtual machines with applications online © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 8

Optional, EMC Value-Added Software Navisphere Manager for centralized management of multiple CLARii. ON systems Snap. View for nondisruptive backup and fast operational recovery from disk Replication Manager for integration with Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle Array-based and host-based remote replication for disaster recovery Navisphere Analyzer for performance analysis © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 9

Integrated VMware and CLARii. ON AX 4 Extends and Accelerates Benefits of Virtualized Information Infrastructure Cost-Effective i. SCSI High Availability Simple Scalability Advanced Recovery Leverage IP skills and infrastructure for costeffective server virtualization deployments VMware technology (High Availability, VMotion) with proven CLARii. ON reliability and availability Scale infrastructure and provision storage instantly with meta. LUN and virtual LUN technologies VMware Site Recovery Manager integration with EMC Mirror. View automates and simplifies advanced recovery CLARii. ON AX 4 SAN INFRASTRUCTURE VMware VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 10

Meta. LUN Technology: Efficient Storage Provisioning Real-time LUN expansion allows quick creation of new virtual machines New capacity immediately available to VMware ESX Server No reboot necessary – Raw device mapping (RDM) and virtual machine file system (VMFS) support Efficient use of IT resources Virtual Machines APP APP OS OS VMware ESX Server Meta. LUN Technology CLARii. ON AX 4 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 11

Virtual LUN Technology: Enable ILM for VMware Tier virtual machines within CLARii. ON AX 4 Alter performance characteristic of virtual machine file systems Nondisruptive to virtual machines and applications Virtual Machines APP APP OS OS VMware ESX Server Virtual LUN Technology SAS SAS FC FC FC APP APP SATA SATA OS OS OS CLARii. ON AX 4 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 12

Leverage Existing Ethernet Expertise CLARii. ON AX 4 with i. SCSI Connectivity Centralize your information + Protect it + Without CLARii. ON AX 4 Simplify its management + Virtualize your servers = Achieve a lower TCO With CLARii. ON AX 4 IP network © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 13

CLARii. ON AX 4 in Remote Offices Web-based management console Central Data Center Remote Offices CLARii. ON AX 4 WAN CLARii. ON AX 4 CLARii. ON CX 3 Centralized management with Navisphere Manager Replication Manager to manage protection for Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server, and Oracle © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. CLARii. ON AX 4 Advanced software functionality for disaster recovery, centralized backup, and data mobility 14

Why CLARii. ON AX 4? High availability and reliability Based on CLARii. ON technology with proven Five 9 s (99. 999 percent) availability Ease of use Simplicity that allows the IT generalist to act like a storage specialist Scalability Capacity, connectivity, and software functionality to support current and future needs Comprehensive interoperability support EMC E-Lab qualification and support for most popular operating environments Most capable and affordable entry-level SAN for VMware Enable and support new VMware functionality, such as VMotion, Site Recovery Manager, and High Availability © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Cache destage to disk End-to-end data integrity checking Simple, wizard-based installation process Intuitive, Web-based management from anywhere on the network Nondisruptive data movement between drive types and RAID Groups More capacity and more than three times the host connectivity Add-on software for local backup, recovery, and remote disaster recovery Windows, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Netware, VMware Cooperative support agreements with all server vendors 15

CLARii. ON AX 4 Support Options Three-Year "Enhanced" Warranty Included with CLARii. ON AX 4 Feature Enhanced Premium Remote technical support 7 x 24 5 x 9, next business day 7 x 24 Parts delivery Next business day 4 hours Parts replacement responsibility Customer EMC Secure remote support, proactive response for systems equipped with dial-home Hardware onsite coverage and response Installation of platform operating system, software updates Initial platform installation Comprehensive Powerlink support tools Critical-case escalation management and emergency response © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 16

Comprehensive CLARii. ON AX 4 Documentation and Support Complete product documentation Online help Step-by-step “Getting Started” guide CLARii. ON AX 4 support website – Planning tools – User-customized documentation Customer Powerlink access for product registration and the latest software www. emc. com/ax 4 support © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 17

Overviews of EMC’s Optional Value-Added Software © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 18

Navisphere Manager Simple, intuitive interface for array management and optional CLARii. ONplatform software – Replication software: Replication Manager, Snap. View, Mirror. View, SAN Copy, and Repli. Stor – Navisphere Analyzer Security via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and strong user authentication for confidentiality and access control Supports host connections, LUN masking, and automation via scripting with a CLI With the CLARii. ON AX 4, Navisphere Manager customers can: – Manage, configure, and monitor multiple CLARii. ON arrays from a single console – Create domains with multiple CLARii. ON AX 4 s and other CLARii. ON arrays © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 19

Snap. View Accelerate Data Protection with Local Replication Provide near-instant recovery Reduce backup windows – Minimize/eliminate effect on application Backup copy Increase application availability while reducing downtime – Improve recovery-time objectives and recovery-point objectives Enable parallel processing for: – – Data-warehouse refreshes Decision support Database-recovery “checkpoints” Application development and testing © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Recovery copy Production data Test and dev. copy DB checkpoint copy 20

Replication Manager Benefits Automation Easy to use Single-console access to all replicas Broad support of platforms, operating systems, and applications Applications Oracle Exchange 2000/2003/2007 SQL Server 2000/2005 DB 2 UDB Operating System Windows 2000, 2003 Sun Solaris HP-UX IBM AIX Red Hat Linux Oracle Unbreakable Linux File Systems and Volume Managers UFS, HFS, JFS Vx. VM, Vx. FS NTFS Linux ext 3 HP LVM IBM AIX LVM Oracle ASM, LVM Replication Technology For Symmetrix Time. Finder/Mirror Time. Finder/Clone Time. Finder/Snap Recover. Point CDP For CLARii. ON Snap. View SAN Copy Recover. Point CDP Clusters MSCS VCS IBM HACMP Sun Cluster HP MC/Service Guard Oracle ASM with RAC Virtualization Technology VMware environments with Celerra for i. SCSI CLARii. ON Symmetrix For i. SCSI Celerra systems Celerra Snap. Sure i. SCSI Celerra Replicator Invista clones © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 21

Repli. Stor Host-based replication for Windows in physical and virtual environments – Real-time asynchronous replication over unlimited distances – Protects Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, and Windows File System data – Automated failover during server outage IP Network 2 Asynchronous Replication Ideal for VMware infrastructure – Physical Virtual, Virtual Physical – Flexible licensing allows unlimited virtual machines per physical server 1 Easy to use – – Centralized management GUI Configuration wizards Scheduling, user rights, and security options Remote installation and upgrade Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) integration for multiple consistent copies © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 3 Unlimited distance Primary Site Secondary Site Repli. Stor observes data written to storage Repli. Stor replicates changes to target Repli. Stor writes changes at secondary site 22

Mirror. View/Synchronous RPO: Zero seconds • Both images identical • Limited distance • High network bandwidth • One primary to one or two secondaries 1 2 Limited distance 4 3 Primary Secondary Mirror. View/Asynchronous RPO: 30 minutes to hours • Target updated periodically • Unlimited distance • Restartable copy on secondary if session fails • Optimized for low network bandwidth (consumes 100 Mb/s maximum) • One primary to one secondary © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 1 2 4 Unlimited distance 3 5 Primary Secondary 23

SAN Copy Control Volume Replication from CLARii. ON AX 4 Arrays Enhance volume-replication capabilities: “Push” copies to larger CLARii. ON arrays running full SAN Copy – Simplifies data consolidation from edge to core – Timely backup – Reporting Provides enhanced mobility and protection for CLARii. ON AX 4 -based data CLARii. ON AX 4 without SAN Copy Source Pull Destination Push Source Destination Pull CLARii. ON AX 4 with SAN Copy CLARii. ON CX 3 Ultra. Scale series © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 24

Navisphere Analyzer CLARii. ON Trend Analysis, Reporting, and System-Capacity Management Provides real-time and historical CLARii. ON-performance data Pinpoints performance bottlenecks Easy, one-step access to charts and reports Provides the flexibility to customize the analytical focus by time period, elements, and metrics © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 25