1 Dell - Restricted - Confidential Marek Ištok Sales Engeneer [email protected] Software Defined Storage technologies
1 Dell - Restricted - Confidential
Marek IštokSales Engeneer
Software Defined Storage technologies
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Software-defined storage (SDS): Concepts
Traditional / hardware-defined Software-defined
Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD)
Proprietarycontrollers
Proprietarystorage software
• Tightly coupled, fixed systems
• Proprietary hardware and software
• Adoption of software innovation delayed by longer hardware innovation cycles
JBOD
Standard x86 server
Any storage software
• Disaggregated systems
• Multiplemodes of implementation
• Industry-standard hardware
• Software and hardware cycles are independent
Flexibility• Match workload requirements
precisely
• Configure and reconfigure as needs change
• Use your choice of industry-standard hardware
Agility• Enable policy-based storage
management
• Benefit from technology advancements in storage software as it happens
• Scale precisely, limitlessly
Efficiency• Improve cost-effectiveness
• Reduce reliance on high-cost storage hardware for data-intensive IT initiatives
• Reduce overall infrastructure
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Software Defined Storage / converged platforms
Traditional Storage
Physical SANSeparate hardware for storage
array and application host
Network
Servers
Storage
Hyper-converged infrastructure
Software Defined Storage
CS CS CS
Servers
Storage and apps run on the
same standard x86 servers
Discrete software defined storage
S S S
Servers
Virtual SANNo physical storage array
Storage functionality delivered
via standard x86 servers
S = Storage controller functionalityC = Application runtime compute
C C C
S
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Dell EMC Software Defined Storage options
Physical appliance Hyper-converged Software only
Enhance existing architectures over time with advanced capabilities
Put storage closer to compute to improve performance and simplify
management
Build your own storage system on industry-standard hardware,
with less risk
Evolve traditional storage Embrace new storage models
Dell SC Series
Dell EMC Unity
Dell EMC VMAX
Dell EMC VPLEX
Dell EMC VNX
Dell EMC ScaleIO
Dell XC Series web-scale converged
appliance powered by Nutanix
Dell Engineered solutions for
VMware Virtual SAN
Dell-Scality solutions
Dell-Nexenta solutions
Dell solutions for
Microsoft Storage Spaces
Dell solutions for Red Hat®
Ceph Storage
Dell Services
Dell PowerEdge FX2: Platform for Software Defined Datacenter
I/O Block
Storage
Block
Management
Block
Compute
Block
Compute
Block
Compute
Block
Storage
Block
Storage
Block
Storage
Block
Storage
Block
Deploy only the resources you need... Only when you need them.
FLEXIBILITYSCALABILITY
CHOICE
• 4 half width or 8 quarter width configurations / Compute / Storage
• Up to 8 PCIe Gen 3 I/O expansion slots (low profile/half length)• Up to 2 pass-thru modules. 1Gb and 10Gb capable, 1Gb/10Gb
IO agregator, FC, FCoE• Redundant hot-plug PSUs (1600W)• Redundant hot-plug cooling fans
FD332 – DAS Storage Block
16/48SFF drives - RAID/Passtrough
FC630 – Server Block
2xCPU, 24xMemory DIMMs, 18 x 1.8´´ HDD
FC430 – Quarter Width Server Block
2xCPU, 8xDIMMs, 2x1.8´´ HDD
FC830 – Server Block
4xCPU, 48xMemory DIMMs, 16 x 1.8´´ HDD
FN410T: 4 port GE/10GE
Base-T
FN410S: 4 port GE/10GE SFP+
FN2210S: 2 port FC2/4/8G + 2 port GE/10GE
SFP+
PowerEdge FX2: A full portfolio of converged infrastructure components
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Dell EMC Software Defined Datacenter :Next Steps
• Demo Unit Dell PowerEdge FX2 + Software Storage
• Visit www.dell.com/sds
• Try & Buy partner / customer program
• Customized technical workshop + LAB with DELL EMC people
• Proof of Concept option