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© 2009 IBM Corporation

Dynamic Storage with IBM N Series

Trevor Kagin, Systems Engineer

© 2008 IBM Corporation2

The N Series TeamLocal team

Matt Kalicak, Account [email protected](407) 399-9162

Trevor Kagin, Systems [email protected](703) 801-5968

Subject Matter ExpertsOracle, VMWare, Microsoft Technologies, High Performance Computing, Backup and Recovery, etc.


Agenda

The Need For Dynamic Storage

Driving Efficiency – The N Series Way

Questions & Answers


Challenged by Power, Cooling, or Space?

We have to pay for a new power substation before our data center can grow.

Our facilities team is working on a creative solution for cooling.

We’ll have to move something out before installing that new equipment.


Storage Is a Major Component of IT Spend

Data storage is the 2nd

highest cost category for enterprise data centers

Storage costs are growing 50% per year, but budgets are not…

Networking

19%

Peripherals9%

Servers27%

PCs/Notebooks

22%

Storage23%

Industry Quotes:

IDC Perspectives Study, 2008 “Storage is the 2nd highest percentage of IT

spend”Storage efficiency

addresses this problem The InfoPro, Wave 11: “Storage spend growth is over 50% per year in average

Fortune 1000 companies”

Source: IDC


Storage Efficiency Requires Both Hardware and Software Approaches

Storage Hardware Delivers increased storage density and better software performance to maximize capacity utilization

Storage Software Delivers storage virtualization, data reduction, and data protection that minimize data capacity, footprint, and management needs

Native Capabilities100% organic suite of capabilities, many of which come as a standard part of every N series system without extra license costs


Compounding Effect of Storage Efficiency Unchecked Data Growth

Snapshot™ Technology

SATA Drives

RAID-DP®Thin ProvisioningVirtual CloningThin ReplicationDeduplication

The Effect of Storage Efficiency

Storage Costs

&

Time

Capacity Requirements


Data ONTAP®: Foundation of the Storage Pool

The Broadest Range of Unified StorageFabric-Attached Storage Family

Unified storage—NAS, SAN, and iSCSITiered storage from mission critical to archivalCommon software, interface, and management toolsSupport for heterogeneous storage with N Series Gateways

HP EMC HDS

N3000s N6000s N7000s N Series Gateways


More Effective Consolidation with N Series Unified Storage Model

Supports every protocol VMware VI3 & VDI offersConsolidate file and block storage in one system

Fibre ChannelSAN

iSCSISAN

NFS File Services

CIFS FileServices

10Gb and 1Gb Ethernet4Gb and 2Gb Fibre Channel


Come On In, the Water’s Fine!

Thin provisioningRapid cloning & provisioningEnd-to-end deduplicationQuality of service (QoS)Zero penalty snapshots & rapid recoverySimplified DRMultiprotocolScales from small to largeCommon software, UI, & trainingSupport for heterogeneous storage

N Series!

+

Storage Pool Requirements

Storage Pool


The Unified Architecture Differentiator

Deduplication:

Thin Provisioning:

Snapshot Copies:

Thin Replication:

Virtual Clones:

N Series Unified ArchitectureSame hardwareSame softwareSame people & processes

FCSAN

iSCSISAN

CIFS/NFS NAS

N Series


The Unified Architecture Differentiator

Deduplication:

Thin Provisioning:

Snapshot Copies:

Thin Replication:

Virtual Clones:


FCSAN

iSCSISAN

FCSAN

iSCSISAN

CIFS/NFS NAS

CIFS/NFS NAS

N Series Competitor


Extend Savings to Non-N Series Storage

Deduplication:

Thin Provisioning:

Snapshot Copies:

Thin Replication:

Virtual Clones:

FCSAN

iSCSISAN

FCSAN

iSCSISAN

CIFS/NFS NAS

CIFS/NFS NAS

N Series GatewaysN Series



Server Virtualization & Consolidation Amplifies the Importance of Data Protection

15+1

1x1x

FeasibleCostly &Complex

BeforeVirtualizing

Servers*

Apps per serverPhysical servers

Apps down on storage failureData lost on dual-disk failure

Backup data volumeMeeting backup windows

Disaster recovery

AfterVirtualizing

Servers

5+1

5+5x5x

ChallengingLegacy

ParadigmsDon’t Work

* Typical configuration: DAS, RAID5, tape backupStandalone

Servers

VMware ESX Server(5+ VMs)


Resiliency Built for Virtualization & Consolidation

N Series RAID-DP addresses the needs of Virtualization

Protects against double disk failuresProvides high storage utilization (87.5% by default)No performance impact

RAID5 RAID10 RAID-DP

Cost Low High Low

Performance Low High High

Resiliency Low Med High


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Instantaneous Backup, Zero Server ImpactThe Problem

High server utilizationRTO & RPO increases as capacity increasesNo spare cycles for backupsTape is slow, complex, & expensiveDR can be difficult to manage

N Series Snapshot™

SolutionServers run apps, not background processesInstantaneous backup and recoveryLow storage overheadApplication consistent

Traditional Backup Is NOT Practical

VM1 VM2

CPU Utilization

Fast, Affordable, and Simple Backup and Restores

VM1 VM2

CPU Utilization

Storage Pool


Delivering the Highest Productivity and Flexibility

The N Series Manageability Software FamilyAn Integrated Data Management ApproachSt

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Application Suite

Database Suite

Server Suite

SnapManager for Exchange ®

SnapManagerfor SAP®

SnapManager for SharePoint® Server

SnapManagerfor SQL Server™

SnapManagerfor Oracle®

SnapManagerfor Virtual Infrastructure

SnapDrive® for Windows®/UNIX®/Linux®

Operations Manager File Storage Resource Manager

Protection Manager

ProvisioningManager

Storage Suite

Open Interfaces


Streamlining Data Management:Policy-based Self-service Storage

SnapManagerSnapManager

• SAP• Oracle• Exchange• SQL Server• MOSS• VMware


Lower Power, Cooling & Space

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App 2

App 3

App 1

Typical: 40% Utilization N Series: 70+% Utilization

was

tew

aste

App 2

App 3

App 1

Sharedcapacity

8 spindles

12 spindles

6 spindles

6 spindles

50% less Power & Cooling50% less Storage*

was

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Standard Volume Manager N Series Thin ProvisioningSource: Oliver Wyman Study: “Making Green IT a Reality.” November 2007.

*Thin Provisioning, clones, & multiprotocol all contribute to savings.


Deduplication – End-to-End

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Savings across all tiersPrimary, backup and archival data50% space savings, or more

IntegratedGeneral-purpose volume

DeduplicationN Series VSM integration

Storage-efficient virtualization

OS & application imagesUser home directoriesSource: Oliver Wyman VMware Storage Total

Cost Comparison Interviews, Aug-Sept 2007.

Deduplication

Before After


An Opportunity for N Series DeduplicationVM images consume storage equal to size of template.VM images are 100% identical.

OS software, patches, software drivers, application dataSave 50% on primary storage requirements after deduplicating.

Traditional Enterprise RAID ArraysN Series System

Duplicate Data Is Eliminated

DATAAPP

OSDATAAPP

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OSDATAAPP

OSDATAAPP

OS

DATAAPP

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OS


Efficient Copies with FlexClone

BenefitsInstantaneous copiesLow resource overheadEasy and inexpensive way to make copies of a data environmentUse clones for testing software, bug fixes, upgrades, or patches Easily reallocate storageTest 1 Test 2 Test N

Existing Data Set Mirrored Copy

ClonesBuild 1 Build NBuild 2


Provision Several Servers InstantlyCreate a Pointer Based Clone of a Single Instanced Datastore

Using FlexClone for High Speed Server Provisioning

N Series System

Flexvol

ESX Server

Datastore AVMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK

A Practical Example:

10 VMs in a DatastoreEach VM is 10GB

Traditional Storage10 VMs x 10GB = 100GB20 VMs x 10GB = 200GB100 VMs x 10GB = 1TB

With Dedup and FlexClone10 VMs at 10GB = 10GB20 VMs at 10GB = 10GB100 VMs at 10GB = 10GB

ESX Server

Datastore BVMDK VMDK VMDK VMDK

VMDK


SnapMirror Flexibility & Simplicity

IP based Replication for Both Block and File Data(No FC->IP Conversion Needed)

Only Replicates Data that Changes

Bandwidth Can Be throttled(Per Volume or Whole System)

Replicate Active File System and Versioned Backups (Snapshots)

Integrated with SnapManager family of products

One Replication Method to Learn for Oracle, SQL, Exchange, VMware, Files, etc

AsyncSync

Cascading

Many-to-one Asymmetric Replication


SRM on N Series DR Testing

Protected Site(Primary Site)

Recovery Site(DR Site)

SnapMirror®

SRM Recovery Plan testing





SnapMirror®

SRM Recovery Plan testing

FlexClone®volumes instantly created using very little space





SnapMirror®

Test BubbleNetwork

TransfersContinue

FlexClone® volumes instantly created using very little space

Test Bubble created and VMs booted

SnapMirror®replication continues while testing

Instant cleanup

Site Recovery Plan Testing


The Future VisionA Single Unified Scale-out Architecture


Dynamic Data Management = Unmatched FlexibilityExpandable

Modular ScalingCapacity & performance

AvailableNon-stop operations

AdaptiveService-level focused

AgilePolicy-based automated provisioning

ProtectedIntegrated DR/BC


Thank You!

Questions

Matt Kalicak, Account [email protected](407) 399-9162

Trevor Kagin, Systems [email protected](703) 801-5968


Simplify the IT infrastructureand its management

Support business continuity,security and information durability

Efficiently manage informationthroughout its lifecycle

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