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April 2014

Customer Success Stories. April 2014. Boot times reduced 18X; from 9m to 30s. Reduced power consumption by up to 40%. Challenge High storage performance (100,000+ IOPS) in a VDI environment Excessive power consumption, constrained power and cooling budget

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April 2014

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  1. Customer Success Stories April 2014

  2. Boot times reduced 18X; from 9m to 30s Reduced power consumption by up to 40% • Challenge • High storage performance (100,000+ IOPS) in a VDI environment • Excessive power consumption, constrained power and cooling budget • Disaster recovery and resilience an issue in VDI “Feedback from our students and Student Union has been excellent. Our architecture has allowed speedy additions of new software such as Adobe Dreamweaver. We have also realized potential software license savings where software can be licensed on a concurrent basis rather than a ‘per seat’ basis.” GregorWaddell, Assistant Director • Applications • VMware vSphere • Windows 7, Office 10 • Solution • Violin Flash Array • HP Blade servers • 10Gbit network • Results • Savings of up to 40% in power consumption, per user • Boot times reduced 18X, to 30 seconds down from 9 minutes • Ability to deliver any software to any student, anywhere, at lower cost • Indistinguishable user experience to that provided by traditional PC

  3. Nightly reports reduced >7X; 50m from 6hr Report generation down to 14.5 hours from 56 hours • Challenge • Their SAP app runs the IP rights management system for a major part of the organization, used to calculate royalties for its authors. • Nightly and monthly batch processing runs frequently overran, delaying other mission-critical processes “Most importantly we’ve removed the daily impact and the pressing risk to our month end close caused by the ever-lengthening batch processing times required as the data-set grew.” Mark Harwood, SAP Lifecycle • Solution • Violin Flash Array • Applications • SAP IPM • Results • Dramatically reduced nightly sales load processing >7X; 50m from 6 hours • Key preparation for financial, month-end reports dropped to 14.5 hours from 56 hours • Month-end billing run completes in 12.5 hours, versus 36.5 hours • Reduced average dialog response time by 30% – the time it takes from the first dialog request to the presentation of the final data

  4. 3X performance increase in OLTP/Batch Reports Accelerated apps without modifying existing environment • Challenges • SAP ERP AIX platform and Oracle database was suffering delays in daily transaction and nightly batch jobs were taking too long. • Need a high-performance, yet compatible solution with existing environment • Accelerate OLTP transactions (POS, billing, oil card value re-charge)during business hours day time • Accelerate nightly batch jobs (account settlement/reporting) • Solution • Violin Flash Array • AIX5.3 | HP XP 24000 • Applications • SAP ERP • Oracle 9.2.0.6 • Results • OLTP applications ran faster by 3X • Batch job time shortened from 23000 to 6700 second.  • No application modification or infrastructure changes required

  5. Virtualizing trading applications with ease 4X performance increase in transactions throughput • Challenge • Limited technology was preventing GFI from launching a new trading application The switch from Savvis to Equinix DC required a reduction in hops and needed the best latency storage solution • Needed to build a new storage tier to support the IO blender challenge that a VDI deployment would have faced • “We looked to increase the speed, capacity, and density of our shared data storage platform and turned to Violin Memory to assist us. By embracing this new technology, our clients will benefit from faster transaction speeds and a highly scalable electronic trading infrastructure.” • Jerry Dobner, CTO • Applications • Oracle EBS • Solution • 2 Violin Flash Arrays • VMware ESX • Results • 4X performance increase from 1,000 transactions per second to over 4,000 transactions per second • Virtualizing all applications gives them a competitive advantage to the market, faster and with greater services

  6. Accelerating trading applications with flash Accelerated trading apps bring competitive advantage • Challenges • Korean Stock Exchange was at risk of missing SLAs • Latency was a major issue from existing storage hardware • Solution • 15 Violin Flash Arrays • Applications • Trading platform/OLTP Applications • Equity trading • Ko-Stock • Bond trading • Derivative trading • Results • Violin Flash Arrays delivered a latency of 120 microseconds in comparison to EMC storage latency of 8 milliseconds • Enhanced trading platform performance provides KRX with a competitive advantage

  7. Reduced batch jobs to 90m from 5hrs Query run times down to 9m from 40m • Challenge • Lending Department couldn’t complete loan bookings because the nightly batch runs started during business hours halted data processing for the business day • Batch processing times included month-end processing, which began to spill over into the next business day, conflicting with real-time transactions • Service levels were suffering due to slow applications/storage • “The test times for the Violin flash Memory Array were unbelievable. Batch reports that took five hours now run in 90 minutes. Upload jobs that used to run in 90 minutes now take 15 minutes.” • Mike Glogowski, Assistant VP • Solution • Violin Flash Array • Applications • Oracle database • Results • Reduced job times to 90 minutes from 7 hours • Re-utilize third shift because all processing is done by midnight • The tremendous performance increase allows them to go lights out on the third shift.

  8. Over 50% reduction in report generation times 1000% improvement in SQL DB performance • Challenge • Microsoft SQL database batch jobs took 4.5 hours to complete, with ~20ms latency • Analytics and backup unable to match pace of explosive data growth • Slow storage was slowing down business • “We are the leaders in the automotive flooring market because we focus on providing the right services at the right time. Violin’s storage not only accelerated our services to very demanding automotive dealers, but we see it as an insurance policy for maintaining that lead in the future.” • Chris Brady, CIO • Solution • Violin Flash Array • Applications • Microsoft SQL • Mix of physical hosts for MS SQL and Hyper-V for Exchange, File, APP, AD, DNS • Results • 1000% improvement in SQL database performance • Over 50% reduction in run time of day-time analytics and nightly backup jobs • Met reliability demands for 24x7x365 uptime • With tools such as Online Account Management and the NextGear Capital mobile app, buying and selling inventory is faster, simpler and ultimately more profitable.

  9. 400M patient scans in 60 seconds versus 1 hour • Challenges • Patient record indexing and response times were too slow • Infrastructure to maintain SLAs was becoming very expensive • Impacting service levels to patients and Trust staff • “Violin Memory’s flash arrays surpassed all the other vendors we evaluated. Disk-based storage just couldn’t achieve the indexing and response times required on this scale – and it was expensive. With Violin Memory, we’re now completing very large table scans, which used to take over an hour, in less than one minute.” • Scott Summerville, Group IT Director • Solution • Violin Flash Array • Applications • Oracle • Microsoft SQL • Results • Reduced scans to 60 seconds from from 1 hour • Patients can be seen more quickly, consultants have more time to treat patients • The Trust saves money, grows business

  10. McKesson Healthcare Applications • Challenges • McKesson gained a contract with the UK National Health Service of a major analytics solution • Necessity to manage large volume of datasets • McKesson needed a high performance solution to manage their new Oracle Business Analytics platform • Applications • Oracle Business Analytics • Oracle 11g R2 • Solution • Violin Flash Array • Results • Reduced latency • Reduced operational expenses

  11. Pepperl & Fuchs • Challenges • Slow data access due to stagnant, slow hard disk environment • Mixed performance requirements for a consolidated workload infrastructure • Not meeting SLAs • “The combination of low latency, high IOPS and high throughput made Violin Flash Memory Arrays a perfect fit for all workloads including the mixed performance requirements of our newly consolidated infrastructure. Additionally, application consolidation and improved efficiency reduced our total infrastructure costs even further.” • Helmut Eckstein, Manager • Applications • Oracle 11G R12 • Siebel CRM • WITRON Supply Chain Management • Solution • Violin Flash Array • Results • Accelerated applications and data access times • Increased its business agility • Lowered operational cost • Efficiently address changes in the business environment

  12. ROI achieved in 11 months Reduced batch times to 15 minutes from 2 hours • Challenges • Reed Exhibitions, organizes 60 trade events in 19 different industries each year Explosive data growth, storage systems could not handle load and performance was suffering • SLAs were suffering • “The benefits brought to us by Violin Memory are more than fixed latency issues and sped up accounting processes; we have peace of mind that our business is running optimally.” • YanekLe Bras • Applications • Oracle e-business ERP • Billing systems • Solution • Violin Flash Array • Results • Batch times decreased from 2 hours to 15 minutes • Operational and application performance improvements • 90% reduction in batch processing time for billing. • ROI after 11 months

  13. WebfarmVM creation time up by up to 800% 10X faster web server development time • Challenges • Existing IBM GPFS supporting VRT’s virtual machines couldn’t deliver the necessary operational performance and speed • Needed a solution with requirements for performance, data integrity and cost • “The implementation of the Violin flash Memory Arrays was seamless and our objective to get the virtual machine creation time down was easily achieved. Since the installation VM operations are carried out in minutes; before that it took up to ten times longer. This is an incredible improvement. Now our VMs are just as fast as physical machines and slow response time is history. We’re achieving up to 800% improvement in VM creation time. What a difference!” • Lieven Troch, Manager of IT • Applications • VMware • Webfarm • Solution • Violin Flash Array • Results • Web server development time up to 10X faster • VM creation time is reduced by an 90% • Excellent user experience • Happy customers

  14. Analytics report times reduced from 5 to 2 days 60% end user response time improvement • Challenge • End-user queries taking too long for SAS analytics • Floor space requirements were large for a 19TB storage deployment due to performance requirements • Applications • SAS Analytics • Solution • 2 Violin Flash Arrays • “End user response time improved to allow for more queries as well as more robust and rich business information.” • Results • Consolidate 19TB of HP EVA-based SAS temp space onto 2 Arrays • 60% end-user response time improvement • 10 to 1 floor space consolidation

  15. Business Acceleration at Veolia • Challenge • To meet SLAs, Veolia relies on its ability to store, share and access the latest data to monitor daily revenue and provide better, more targeted customer service. • Legacy systems struggled to meet SLAs for very I/Ointensive billing application • Bottlenecks forced Veolia management to wait days to receive revenue figures • Consolidate 70 databases and its IT infrastructure from 70 different locations throughout France to one server “The Violin all flash arrays have accelerated the way we do business. We need data in real-time to get an accurate and reliable picture of how we are doing at any given time. Previously we were frustrated having to wait for data to become available. Now with Violin flash array technology the data is ready and waiting for us whenever we need it.” CTO • Solution • Violin Flash Array • Applications • Billing Application • Microsoft SQL Server • Results • Both sequential and random read/write processing faster by as much as 4X • Reports that took days could not be completed in hours • Exceeded SLAs

  16. Up to 80% lower power, cooling, space costs YoY savings over 5 years of £200 per VDI unit • Challenge • For infrastructure refresh, Charityshare chose a VDI solution requiring dedicated storage. • VDI requirements: a minimum of 35 IOPS per user & 4GB of storage per user • Existing storage solution could not meet VDI solution requirements • Solution • Violin Flash Array • HP • VMware Virtual Server • Applications • Microsoft Windows 7 • AppSense 8 • Citrix XenDesktop “Unit costs have fallen by over 25% since operations started. Annual savings to the participating charities are now running at over £1 million a year.” • Results • YoYsavings in support/management costs over a 5year period would be £200 per VDI unit compared to PCs • Increased flexibility to deploy new software easily • Ability to increase number of users without performance degradation

  17. Enabling real-time fraud alerts • Challenge • Real-time identity authentication depends on fast response time from the underlying IT infrastructure and high application throughput. “I was very impressed and genuinely excited at what this would mean for us. The performance is outstanding, and more than meets the demands of high-volume transaction processing environments like ours.” Mary Reeder, CTO • Solution • Violin Flash Array • Applications • OLTP • Results • Reduced the cost per IOP by nearly 9x (from £8.88 to £1.03) • 2.7x quicker response times, and almost 22x more IOPs • Reduced the risk of payment card fraud

  18. Violin eliminates €1M year long project 35X faster than IBM Storage • Challenge • Offer a low-cost service with zero impact and no additional license costs • Increase web traffic by 10x within 6 months • Goal: Beat the new player, Free Telecom, who was taking market share by offering a web-based service at an aggressive price • “Violin Memory cuts running costs by €1M at Bouygues Telecom with an immediate ROI.” • Solution • 2 Flash Arrays • HP DL servers • Applications • CRM Application • Results • Non-intrusive, non-impact deployment within two weeks • IO latency under 150u • 35x faster than IBM’s tier-1 storage

  19. 76% improvement in billing processing time • Challenges • Sunrise billing system is a business-critical process with strict time constraints requiring bills to be issued within a 48-hour window • Legacy storage was unpredictable and slow in performance • Storage bottlenecks meant data back-up and critical applications were halted during the bill run, which impacted multiple areas of the business “Violin Flash Memory Arrays have proven to be a vast improvement compared to our previous system, which often forced us to bill in arrears. This is no longer the case as we now have a fast, reliable process. Our goal is to get the billing process down to less than one day and I’m confident that with Violin Memory we will be able to achieve this objective quickly and easily.” Detlef Steinmetz, CIO • Applications • Billing Application • Solution • Violin Flash Array • Results • Reduced processing time for its mission-critical billing app by 76% • Streamlined operations • No impact to other business processes

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