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The Nimble Storage CS-Series “With Nimble we have reduced

power consumption, cooling
needs and rack usage, eliminated
traditional backup and associated
backup windows, shortened our
recovery point objective, improved
server performance, and improved
perceived user experience.”

Lucas Clara
Director of Information Technology
Foster Pepper PLLC

Our Customers Protect

Engineered for Efficiency 5x More Apps
Demands for better storage performance, scalability, data protection, and simplicity continue
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to grow in today’s datacenter. The rapid adoption of virtualization and server consolidation has DISASTER RECOVERY
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Nimble Storage makes it possible for IT to tackle them all head on.
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Actual Results for All Nimble Storage Customers
Nimble Storage designed its Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASLTM) architecture to
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help large and small IT organizations address their storage challenges. As the industry’s first
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flash-optimized storage architecture designed from the ground up, CASL effectively combines Industry Average (Source: IDC)
the performance of flash for reads with a unique data layout optimized for writes. The result is 10%
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ment functionality required by today’s demanding applications, eliminating the need for separate
backup storage solutions and tools. These characteristics make the Nimble Storage CS-Series the Our Customers
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ideal storage platform for mainstream IT applications in a variety of environments, ranging from 10x Faster
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midsize deployments with hundreds of users to large enterprises with thousands of employees. WRITE LATENCY
5-10 ms (Disk-Based Systems)
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Nimble Storage CS200 and both the growing capacity and performance
WriteREAD LATENCY0.5 ms (Nimble Customers on VMware)
5-10 ms (Disk-Based Systems)
CS400 Series needs of today’s datacenter. Storage can be Latency 0.67 ms (All Nimble Storage Customers)
5-10 ms (Disk-Based Systems)
scaled to hundreds of terabytes by adding READ LATENCY
1-4 ms (Tiered Systems with Flash)
Choosing the right Nimble Storage array is
disk shelves. Performance can be enhanced 0.67 ms (All Nimble Storage Customers)
simple. The CS200 Series is a good fit for
through the addition of higher capacity SSDs 1-40.67
midsize businesses or distributed sites of Read ms (AllSystems
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able to support larger amounts of active data. Latency
larger organizations, supporting workloads 1-4 ms (Tiered Systems with Flash)
For additional throughput, a CS200 system
such as Microsoft applications, VDI, or virtual
can be upgraded to a CS400 non-disruptively.
server consolidation. For IO-intensive work-
This non-disruptive scaling of performance
loads, such as transaction processing Our CustomersPercentage
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and capacity can help eliminate storage silos Software Upgrades
supported by Oracle or large-scale VDI
and their corresponding poor utilization and
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higher performance. Nimble Storage arrays Nimble
that areStorage Customers
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come standard with full software functionality, The Nimble Storage CS-Series delivers the
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so there are no hidden costs. right mix of high performance and efficient (Jan-June
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capacity for mainstream workloads in IT
Scale to Fit organizations of all sizes.
CASL’s scale-to-fit capabilities make it easy to
non-disruptively scale the CS-Series to meet
Nimble Storage Software Proactive Wellness
All software functionality is included with the Nimble Nimble goes well beyond the traditional support model to keep
Storage CS-Series array. The following lists some of the storage operating at peak efficiency and performance with virtually
included software features. no downtime. The combination of proactive monitoring and
analysis, remote technical support and parts repair/replacement
 Dynamic caching  App-integrated backup/profiles
ensures smooth operations and high satisfaction. Nimble Storage
 Write-optimized data layout  Non-disruptive scale-to-fit support offerings include:
 App-aligned block size  Scale-out clustering
 Universal compression  Proactive wellness
 24x7 remote technical support center
 Thin provisioning  Non-disruptive upgrades  4-hour or next business day part replacement
 Instant snapshots  Remote secure support  24x7 monitoring and response
 WAN-efficient replication  Unified administration  Software updates included
 Zero-copy clones  Multipath/connection manager

Product Specifications
Nimble Storage CS-Series CS210 CS220 CS240 CS260 CS420 1 CS440 CS460
Controller Type High Performance Extreme Performance
Raw Disk Capacity—Base (TB) 8 12 24 36 12 24 36
Effective Capacity—Base (TB) ² 4-9 8 - 16 17 - 33 25 - 50 8 - 16 17 - 33 25 - 50
Effective Capacity—Maximum (TB) ²,³ 38 - 76 109 - 218 117 - 234 125 - 249 109 - 218 117 - 234 125 - 249
Max Number of Expansion Shelves 1 up to 3
Base Flash Capacity (GB) 160 320 640 1,200 – 640 1,200
x2 Flash Capacity (GB) – 640 1,200 2,400 640 1,200 2,400
x4 Flash Capacity (GB) – 1,200 2,400 – 1,200 2,400 –
Network Connections Per Controller 4x 1GbE 6x1GbE / 2x10GbE+2x1GbE (G Model)
SAS Connectivity Per Controller 2x 6Gb SAS
Power Requirement 450W 500W 550W

Expansion Shelves ES1-H25 ES1-H45 ES1-H65

Raw Disk Capacity (TB) 15 30 45
Effective Capacity (TB)2 11 - 22 23 - 45 34 - 68
Flash Capacity (GB) 160 300 600
SAS Connectivity Per Controller 4x 6Gb SAS (2 module/shelf)
Power Requirement 400W DEPTH:
17.2" (43.7 cm)
26.5" (67.3 cm)

Physical and Environmental Specifications

5.2" (13.2 cm)
Dimensions 5.2"H x 17.2"W x 26.5"D
13.2 cm x 43.7 cm x 67.3 cm
3 rack units
Weight 76 lbs.
Operating Temperature 10 - 35º C (50 - 95º F)
Non-Operating Temperature 0º C - 40º C (32º F - 110º F)
Operating Humidity 8 - 90%
Non-Operating Humidity 5 - 95%

Notes
1. The CS420 model is available in CS420-X2 and CS420-X4 options only.
2. Effective capacity is calculated after excluding space for parity, spares, and system overhead; the range represents 0x to 2x compression.
3. Maximum capacity is the capacity of the base array and maximum number of expansion shelves

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