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This date is July 15, 2010 at 11:00-14:00.
Introduction to Nimble Storage at Tech Field Day Seattle
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Dan Leary of Nimble Storage gives a quick introduction to the company and its products with Stephen Foskett at Gestalt IT Tech Field Day Seattle.
At Tech Field Day Seattle, Dan Leary shares the official launch of Nimble Storage, marking a significant moment as the company emerges from stealth mode. Speaking with Stephen Foskett, Leary expresses excitement about presenting at such a prominent industry event and describes the company’s mission and innovations in the storage landscape. The presentation signals Nimble Storage’s first public introduction and a strategic opportunity to communicate directly with technology influencers and early adopters.
Leary explains that Nimble Storage is pioneering a new type of storage architecture that unifies several previously separate technologies into a single solution. Specifically, their system integrates high-performance iSCSI primary storage with capacity-optimized secondary storage and disaster recovery capabilities. This convergence is designed to simplify data management and deliver both speed and efficiency, eliminating the need for multiple disparate storage systems. By doing so, Nimble aims to meet the performance and capacity needs of modern data centers in one streamlined platform.
To learn more about the company and its innovative approach, Leary directs viewers to Nimble Storage’s newly launched website at www.nimblestorage.com. He also encourages tech enthusiasts to follow ongoing dialogue and coverage via gestaltit.com and the Tech Field Day social media channels. The interview provides a concise yet insightful glimpse into Nimble Storage’s vision and sets the stage for further interest in its products and growth in the industry.
Personnel: Dan Leary
Introducing Nimble Storage at Tech Field Day 3, July 2010
On July 15, 2010, Nimble Storage chose Tech Field Day 3 in Seattle to unveil their company and hybrid storage array product. This video was not released at that time, but should be of some historic interest today for historical reasons following Nimble’s acquisition by HPE. At Tech Field Day 3, company co-founders Varun Mehta and Umesh Maheshwari, along with marketing VP Dan Leary and senior product manager Ajay Singh, introduced Nimble Storage to an audience of independent technologists. They emphasized their deep expertise from companies like NetApp, Data Domain, and Sun, and positioned Nimble as a novel solution aimed at transforming storage for mid-sized enterprises. The team shared their vision of combining primary storage, backup, and disaster recovery into a single, easy-to-manage system optimized for performance and cost.
Nimble’s solution stood out through its unique CASL (Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout) architecture, which utilized flash memory as a cache layered on low-cost SATA disks, enhancing performance while minimizing storage costs. The system provided efficient real-time compression, granular block-level tracking for snapshots, and adaptive cache management to serve frequently accessed data with high performance. This architecture enabled storing up to 60-90 days of compressed snapshots on the primary system, eliminating traditional backup windows and simplifying disaster recovery. The product was designed with ease-of-use in mind, featuring application-defined templates and automated protection policies, making it especially suitable for IT generalists in mid-market organizations who needed simplified SAN management.
By integrating backup and DR functionalities typically handled by separate systems, Nimble claimed it could replace multiple traditional arrays and disk-based backup appliances with a single hybrid box. This consolidation led to significant savings in both upfront costs and ongoing operational complexity. Customers could implement efficient WAN replication using capacity-optimized snapshots without the need for separate dedupe appliances or complex DR solutions. One early adopter, a state government IT shop, reported faster backups, simpler restores, and a dramatic reduction in infrastructure — all while staying within budget. Throughout the presentation, the Nimble team acknowledged competition from tiered flash systems and ZFS-based vendors but emphasized their unique architectural advantages and operational simplicity as key differentiators.
Personnel: Dan Leary, Umesh Maheshwari, Varun Mehta