Acer and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) 2100 & 2300 Date Presenter Breaking the Barrier in Operational Efficiencies
Acer and Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) 2100 & 2300
Date
Presenter
Breaking the Barrier in Operational Efficiencies
Agenda
• Acer Group / Hitachi Partnership• Today’s business challenges• How the Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 and 2300
address these challenges• Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 and 2300 vision• Introducing the Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 and
2300 – Key Business Benefits
– Building Blocks
– Use Cases
– Partner Ecosystem
• Why you should select Acer Solutions for modular storage
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Acer Group / Hitachi Partnership
“The innovation and vision of Acer’s channel strategy reflects the spirit Hitachi Data Systems believes in and supports.
We are thrilled to be part of this initiative and applaud Acer’s decision to enter the Professional Market.
The value that Acer’s server and storage bring to market will beneficially impact their channel partner community as well as customers looking for a superior and trusted brand.”
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Today’s Formidable IT Challenges
Managing growth
While reducing costs
Keeping the data protected and secure
Constant uptime
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Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100 and 2300 solve Acute IT and Business Challenges
•Customers Network The unstructured content highway
• Manage Growth: New architecture allows performance to scale with capacity
• Reduce Costs: Realize improved operational efficiencies
• Protect and Secure Data: Prohibit unauthorized access and secure communications
• Constant Uptime: Acer Hitachi reliability assures minimal planned and unplanned downtime
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Value of data Amount of data (40 to 100%)
Storage management costs (3-5x)
Budget and IT Staff cuts
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Innovative Midrange Storage for Reliability and Performance
Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
Adaptable Modular Storage 2300
Innovative Enterprise TechnologyT
ime Saving Features
Scalable Capacity and Performance
Easy to Use Management Software
Flexible Design
99.999% Data Availability
Unique Controller DesignUnique Controller Design
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Enterprise design
Host multi-pathing
Hardware load balancing
Dynamic Optimized Performance
Dense storage, SAS and SATA
99.999+% reliability
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AMS 2100
4-8GB Cache
8 FC or 4 FC, or 4 FC & 4 iSCSI
ports
Mix Up to 159 AS and SATA-II
Disks
Up to 236 TBs
Up to 2048 LUNs
Up to 1024 Hosts
AMS 2300
8-16GB Cache
16 FC or 8 FC, or 8 FC & 4 iSCSI
ports
Mix Up to 240 SAS and SATA-II Disks
Up to 472 TBs
Up to 4096 LUNs
Up to 2048 Hosts
Specification DifferencesAMS2000 Refresh
AMS2100 AMS2300
Specification Old New Old New
Controller
CPU clock
ULV Sossaman
1.67GHz(Single Core)
Value Sossaman 1.67GHz
(Single Core)
L2 Cache capacity 2MB 512KB
DCTL DCTL(3rd) DCTL(5th) DCTL(3rd) DCTL(5th)
FC I/FSpeed (Gb/s) 1, 2, 4 2, 4, 8 1, 2, 4, 8 2,4,8
Max Port # / system 4 8 8 16Multi-Protocol FC/iSCSI intermix N/A Available N/A Available
Backend
Dense Unit 48HDD SATA, 4Paths 48HDD SATA, 4Paths Max 3 RKAKXs Max 4 RKAKXs Max 4 RKAKXs
Max HDD# 120 240 240
Effective: May ,2010
Benefits To Your Business
• System has dynamic load balancing and automatic LUN to controller assignments
Reduce Software Purchasing Costs
Meet Service Level Agreements
Improve Storage Utilization Rates
Minimize System Downtime
• Symmetric active-active controller eliminates requirement to purchase additional path management software
• Up to 16 back end paths for outstanding performance
• Use Dynamic Provisioning to avoid over provisioning
• End to end redundancy with hot swappable components
Reduces System Operations Costs
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Innovative Features for Powerful Results: Acer Hitachi Dynamic Load Balancing
•What this challenge means
•Dual controller systems are susceptible to workload imbalances and administrators must spend time to manually diagnose and mitigate load imbalances
The Dynamic Load
Balancing Controller
virtually eliminates controller bottlenecks found in
traditional asymmetric controller designs
KEY UNIQUE FEATURE
The Business Value Reduces time spent managing systems Meets application SLAs more easily Cost savings due to simpler management Greater resiliency, with less risk
The Business Value Reduces time spent managing systems Meets application SLAs more easily Cost savings due to simpler management Greater resiliency, with less risk
Challenge
Maintaining application response times during periods of heavy access
Preventing bottlenecks when application workload consumes more than a single HBA port can handle
Growing capacity requirements; managing “hot spots”
Managing datacenter growth
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Innovative Features for Powerful Results: Symmetric Active-Active Controllers
The Business ValueAdministrative time is reduced, and there is no need
for additional path management software
Challenge
Maintaining application response times during periods of heavy access
Preventing bottlenecks when application workload consumes more than a single HBA port can handle
Growing capacity requirements; managing “hot spots”
Managing datacenter growth
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Innovative Features for Powerful Results: Acer Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
Acer Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
Volume shows “Virtual Volume”
which doesn’t have actual
storage capacity
Actual application
storage capacity is assigned andadded when host writes data to new area of LUN
Challenge
The Business Value Storage and operational expense is reduced by provisioning only what is used, and physical disk utilization and application performance increases
Maintaining application response times during periods of heavy access
Preventing bottlenecks when application workload consumes more than a single HBA port can handle
Growing capacity requirements; managing “hot spots”
Managing datacenter growth
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Innovative Features for Powerful Results: High Density Storage Tray
The Business Value Facility charges are reduced by lowering
consumption of datacenter floorspace.
Maximize density
• in datacenters:
Reduce consumption of high-
cost datacenter floor space
Install nearly 1 Petabyte of
storage on a single floor tile
Allow intermix of SAS and
SATA dense trays in the same
system for tiering
Maintaining application response times during periods of heavy access
Preventing bottlenecks when application workload consumes more than a single HBA port can handle
Growing capacity requirements; managing “hot spots”
Managing datacenter growth
Challenge
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Modularity for Virtualized Server Environments
Problem: Virtualized servers contest for resources; this increases storage management complexities and cost
Simplify configuration setup and provisioning
Symmetric active/active
Maintain performance as workloads shift Dynamic provisioning
Match server load balancing with storage
load balancing Dynamic load balancing controller
WHY THIS MATTERSWHY THIS MATTERS
The AMS 2000 lowers TCO and enables adoption of server virtualizationThe AMS 2000 lowers TCO and enables adoption of server virtualization
Modular for Microsoft® Exchange Server Environments
Problem: Storage for Microsoft Exchange is a complex environment to manage
Dynamically manage mailboxes Dynamic provisioning
Maintain performance Dynamic load balancing
Protect data without impacting operations Windows VSS (Volume Shadow
Services) WHY THIS
MATTERSWHY THIS
MATTERS
The AMS 2000 reduces storage administration tasks for ExchangeThe AMS 2000 reduces storage administration tasks for Exchange
Modular for Database Environments
Problem: Database capacity and performance requirements continually grow while storage budgets are flat or declining
Size databases Dynamic provisioning
Add capacity and optimize performance Dynamic provisioning
Consolidate storage for databases with other
applications Host groups
WHY THIS MATTERSWHY THIS MATTERSThe AMS 2000 optimizes databases for price/performanceThe AMS 2000 optimizes databases for price/performance
System and Data Security
• Account Authentication– System management access based on one of three roles (account administrator, storage
administrator or auditor)– Unique login and password for each user
• System Audit Logging– Records all system changes and all power ups and downs– Sends all changes to Syslog server– Enables IT managers to meet compliance requirements including auditable trails
• Data Retention Utility (optional software)– Tamperproof Write Once Read Many (WORM) makes selected data non-erasable and non-
rewriteable– Read access can be limited
• System Security– Communication between management software and systems is SSL/TLS encrypted– Maintenance ports support IPv6 security specs
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Working with the World’s Leading Hardware & Software Vendors
SAN partners:
Server Partners:
Business continuity partners:
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How the Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 Family Meets Your Midrange Storage Needs
• Improves administrator productivity – Eliminates complex and time consuming storage management tasks
• Meets application SLAs– Intelligent systems that automatically resolve bottlenecks
• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery solutions for any business
• Reliability and performance in every system
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Questions and Discussion
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Thank You
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• Dynamic Load Balancing controller– Symmetrical active/active design– Choice of 4 or 8 Gb/sec FC or four 1Gb/sec and iSCSI host
ports – Cache size: 4GB or 8GB– LUNs maximum number: 2048– Maximum attached hosts through virtual ports: 1024– 3Gb/sec SAS links: 16
• SATA-II and SAS intermix– Min/Max Drives Supported: 4/120– Drive Options:
SAS: SATA: Internal Flsah300GB 15K RPM 1TB 7200 RPM 200GB450GB 15K RPM 2TB 7200 RPM600GB 15K RPM
• Capacity and Protection– 236TB SATA 69TB SAS– RAID Groups/System: 50– RAID levels: -6, -5, -1+0, -1, -0*
Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular
Storage 2100
3U trays (max of 7)2 to 15 disk drives/tray
4U controller4 to 15 disk drives
Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100
* RAID-0 available on SAS drives only* RAID-0 available on SAS drives only
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• Dynamic Load Balancing Controller– Symmetrical active/active design– Choice of 8 or 16 Gb/sec FC or 8 1Gb/sec and 4 iSCSI
host ports– Cache size: 8GB or 16GB– LUNs maximum number:4096– Maximum attached hosts through virtual ports: 2048– 3Gb/sec SAS links: 16
• SATA-II and SAS intermix– Min/Max Drives Supported: 4/240– Drive Options:
SAS drive SATA Internal Flash 300GB 15K RPM 1TB 7200 RPM 200GB450GB 15K RPM 2TB 7200 RPM600GB 15K RPM
• Capacity and Protection– 472TB SATA 138TB SAS– RAID Groups/System: 75– RAID levels: -6, -5, -1+0, -1, -0*
Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular
Storage 2300
3U trays (max of 15)2 to 15 disk drives/tray
4U controller4 to 15 disk drives
Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2300
* RAID-0 available on SAS drives only* RAID-0 available on SAS drives only23
• RAID-6, -5, -1+0, 1 available for data protection• Patrol function checks drives continuously• Proactively and automatically spares out drives on soft failures
• Redundant and independent power supplies in each tray• Redundant controllers, redundant batteries and fans • Eight links to every storage tray for redundancy and speed• Global hot disk spares• Every disk stress tested for quality
• Every write is verified (with gathered reads ) • Logical address and logical redundancy check on SATA disks • Full SATA disk sweep every 10 minutes• Heads retracted after 2 hours of inactivity to prevent crashes and save energy• Dual paths to each SATA disk
Storage Data Protection
Component Data Protection
Enhanced SATA DataProtection
99.999% Data Availability by Design
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Controller Data Protection
Data Availabilityby Design
• Symmetric active/active controller for redundancy• All writes mirrored between controllers • Cache battery protected with intelligent UPS support • Cache aggressively flushed
• System microcode and config data copies stored on each of the first four disks
• Microcode updates done online and without host i/o interruption• Copying data back from spare drive is not required, limiting
exposure to second disk failure
Rapid Failure Analysis • All errors reported via Hi-Track, lights, Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Resource Manager, Web utility, SNMP, and buzzer
• Errors do not affect user access to data
99.999% Data Availability by Design
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How to improve application availability and increase ROI from higher performance
• Capability: – Up to 16 paths for concurrent I/Os deliver significantly more performance – By a faster design of systems intermixing SAS and SATA drives in the same tray– By providing 8 data links to every tray for redundancy– By isolating failures in a faster way
• More Business Value: – Reduces acquisition and upgrade costs– Improved ability to meet application SLAs– Cost savings from simpler management
KEY UNIQUE FEATUREKEY UNIQUE FEATURE
Full SAS Back End Architecture
SAS interface and point-to-point switch provide greater speeds and bandwidth than comparable FC designs. Acer offers SAS backend for both the low end and midrange markets.
Full SAS Back End Architecture
SAS interface and point-to-point switch provide greater speeds and bandwidth than comparable FC designs. Acer offers SAS backend for both the low end and midrange markets.
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Point-to-Point SAS Back end architecture
• Up to 16 high performance 3GB/sec point-to-point links
• Each link is available for concurrent I/O
• No loop arbitration bottlenecks
• 8 SAS links to every disk tray for redundancy
• Common disk tray for SAS and SATA drives
• Any failed component is identified by their unique address
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Service Plan Options
WDB STD PREM
7 x 24
Onsite
Online Tech Support 7 x 24 7 x 24 7 x 24
Telephone Tech Support 7 x 24 7 x 24
Disk Replacement * Onsite Onsite
Other Replacement Parts * Onsite Onsite Onsite
Microcode Install Update ** Onsite Onsite Onsite
Period of Maintenance Bus Hours 7 x 24 7 x 24
Remote Monitoring 7 x 24 7 x 24 7 x 24
HDS Installation Required Required Required
Response Time *Next Business
Day2 hours4 hours
* Onsite / Parts – Critical Situations – Post Remote Diagnosis
** Scheduled
* Onsite / Parts – Critical Situations – Post Remote Diagnosis
** Scheduled
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Global Solution Services• Acer Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services organization
offers professional services to assist you in:– Managing costly bandwidth decisions and distance-data replication
challenges• Remote Copy Planning and Design Service
– Protecting your data with in-system and distance replication solutions.• Implementation Service for Acer Hitachi TrueCopy® Remote Replication
Software• Implementation Service for Acer Hitachi ShadowImage® In-System
Replication Software
– Reducing time, effort and impact of migrating your data • Data Migration Services
• Dozens of related service offering are available to help you plan, manage and deploy your Acer Hitachi Midrange storage solution
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Acer Hitachi Data Systems Education and Training
Acer Hitachi Data Systems Academy Training SolutionsAs a key partner, Acer Hitachi Data Systems, you already entrust us with the development of business solutions to the ever-growing challenges of your data storage. Now, look to the Acer Hitachi Data Systems Academy for training and education opportunities to optimize your storage investment.
http://www.hds.com/services/education/
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Education and Training• The Acer Hitachi Data Systems Academy organization offers professional
training to assist you in getting the maximum value from your Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 family system:
• TCC1690 - Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 family Technical Overview
• Overview of features, functions and capabilities of the product line [CBT/WBT – 1-2 hrs]
• TCI1535 Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 family architecture and Administration
• Course on installing and supporting Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 family systems - [ILT – 4 days]
• TCI1780 Acer Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 Family Architecture and Administration Differences
• Provides differences with Adaptable Modular Storage 1000/500/200 systems - [ILT – 2 days]]
• THI0515 Acer Hitachi Storage Foundations
• Modular Certification preparation course – [ILT – 3 days]
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