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VNX Overview
Presenter: Allan Trotman EMC – Unified Infrastructure
Group Advisory Technical
Consultant
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IT Challenges: Tougher than Ever Four central themes facing every decision maker today
Overcome flat budgets
Manage escalating complexity
Cope with relentless data growth
Meet increased business demands
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EMC Unisphere
Next-Generation Unified StorageOptimized for today’s virtualized IT
Affordable. Simple. Efficient. Powerful.
VNXe3100 VNX7500VNX5700VNXe3300 VNX5100 VNX5500VNX5300
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Positioning - Customer Segments
Enterprise
Mid Market
Mid Market
SMB
Limited Opportunity: Server Affinity / Cloud Services
Buyer: • IT Infrastructure• Storage Specialist
Buying Criteria:• Efficiency• Performance • Feature/Function• Upgradeability
VNXseries
Data Center
Buyer: • IT Generalist /Application specialist
Buying Criteria:• Price & Simplicity • Application Performance• Flexibility
VNXe series
SMB/Mid
Buyer: • IT Generalist /Application specialist• Remote-Office/Branch-Office (ROBO)
or Department within Enterprise
Buying Criteria:• Price and Simplicity• Application Performance • ROBO: central management• Departmental: “vertical” app
affinity
VNXe series
Dept/ROBO
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Purpose Designed ArchitecturesVNXe series: Integrated Unified• Designed for IT generalist
– Maximizing simplicity and easy of use (no X-Blades, Control Stations etc.)
– Providing balanced performance, scalability and flexibility
Virtual Storage Pool
Storage
Processor B
Storage
Processor A
HighestCapacity (NL-SAS)
GoodPerformanc
e(SAS)
iSCS
INFS CI
FS
HighestCapacity (NL-SAS)
GoodPerformanc
e(SAS)
HighestPerformanc
e(Flash)
Virtual Storage Pool
VNX series: Modular Unified• Configurable for purpose: File,
Block and/or Object– Maximizing performance, scalability
and flexibility as you grow
Xblade
Xblade
Xblade
Xblade
Xblade
Xblade
Xblade
XbladeStorage
Processor BStorage
Processor A
FC FCoE
iSCS
INFS CI
FSSO
APRE
ST
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VNXe Series ModelsSimple. Efficient. Affordable.
VNXe3100 VNXe3300Form factor 2U 3U
Maximum drives 48 or 96 120
Drive types 3.5” SAS, NL-SAS 3.5” SAS, NL-SAS
Protocols NFS, CIFS, iSCSI
Configurable I/O slots 1 or 2 4
Embedded I/O ports per SP2 or 4 SAS ports2 or 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports
4 SAS ports8 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Storage processors (controllers) 1 or 2 2
System memory 4 or 8 GB 24 GB
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VNX Family Common FunctionalityVNX Series and VNXe Series
Capacity Optimization
Services Virtual Provisioning,
Compression, File Dedupe
PowerfulNew multi-core Intel
CPUs &6Gb/s SAS backend
Unified PlatformOne platform supporting
File, Block and Object Easily UpgradableStart with File or Block
and upgrade to Unified
High Availability Designed to deliver 5
9’s availability
Centralized ManagementOne management
framework
Packaged SoftwareSimple software suites
Optimized For All Virtual Applications
VMware and Hyper-V integration
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VNX Series HardwareSimple. Efficient. Powerful.
VNX5100 VNX5300 VNX5500 VNX5700 VNX7500Minimum Form factor 4U 4U–7U 4U–7U 5U–8U 5U–8U
Maximum Number of drives
75 125 250 500 1000
Drive types 3.5” Flash, SAS, and NL-SAS and 2.5” SAS
File system module
s
I/O slots per X-Blade n/a 3 4 4 5
X-Blades n/a 1 or 2 1, 2, or 3 2, 3, or 4 2–8
MemoryPer X-Blade n/a
6 GB 12 GB 12 GB 24 GB
Max. 12 GB 36 GB 48 GB 192 GB
Protocols n/a NFS, CIFS, MPFS, pNFS
Storage
Pool module
s
Storage Processors 2
Embedded I/O ports per SP
4 Fibre Channel ports, 2 back-end SAS ports
n/a
Configurable I/O slots per SP
n/a 2 2 5 5
Total System Memory 8 GB 16 GB 24 GB 36 GB 48 GB
Protocols Fibre Channel Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, iSCSI
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3XFaster
3x Better Performance More users, more transactions, better response time
FAST Cache
FAST VP
VNXPlatform
CX/NS Platforms
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Virtualization Changes EverythingTo move to virtual servers demands new storage solutions
Virtual server pool
Self-Optimizing Storage Pools
Storagesystem
Discrete servers
Static RAID Groups
Storagesystem
RAID groups Storage pool
AUTOMATIC DATA OPTIMIZATION
AUTOMATIC APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION
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Flexible Storage Tiers
SAS back-end connect for performance and reliability
• Up to 24Gb (4x6 Gb) per SAS bus
• Point-to-point, robust interconnect
Flash (SSD) options
• Highest performing drives
• 3.5” – 100 GB, 200 GB
– ~3,000 IOs per second
Optimize TCO with tiered service levels
AUTOMATIC DATA OPTIMIZATION
Highest capacity
Good performance
Highest performance
Near-line SAS(7.2K rpm)
SAS(10K /15K
rpm)
Flash
SAS (HDD) options
• 3.5” drives (195 drives/ rack)
– 300 GB and 600 GB– 10K and 15K RPM– ~ 140 (10K) to ~ 180
(15K) IOs per second
• 2.5” Drives (500 drives/ rack)
– 300 GB and 600 GB – 10K RPM
Near-line SAS (HDD) options
• 3.5” drives (195 drives/ rack)
– 2 TB– 7.2K RPM– ˜ 90 IOs per second
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The FAST SuiteHighest performance & capacity efficiency – automatically!
Real-time caching with FAST Cache
Scheduled optimization with FAST VP
FlashSSD
High Perf. HDD
High Cap.HDD
FAST Cache continuously ensures that the hottest data is served from high-performance Flash SSDs
FAST VP supporting both file and block optimizes storage pools automatically, ensuring only active data is being served from SSDs, while cold data is moved to lower-cost disk tiers
Together they deliver a fully automated FLASH 1st storage strategy for optimal performance at the lowest cost attainable
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FAST Cache Approach Page requests satisfied from
DRAM if available
If not, FAST Cache driver checks map to determine where page is located
Page request satisfied from disk drive if not in FAST Cache
Policy Engine promotes a page to FAST Cache if it is being used frequently
Subsequent requests for this page satisfied from FAST Cache
Dirty pages are copied back to disk drives as background activity
MAPPolicyEngine
Driver
Exchange SharePointOracle
DatabaseFileVMwareSAP
DRAM
FAST Cache Disk Drives
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FAST VP for Block and File Access
Automates movement of hot or cold blocks
Optimizes use of high performance and high capacity drives
Improves cost and performance
Optimize VNX for minimum TCO
LUN 2
LUN 1
Tier 2
Tier 1
Pool
BEFORE AFTER
Tier 0
Most activity Neutral activity Least activity
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3 Times the PerformanceRun applications faster than ever
• 3X the number of users
• 3X the number of transactions
• 3X faster VMware View boot time
• 3X quicker VMware View refresh time
• 3X the number of users
• 3X the number of transactions
Proven ResultsReference Architecture,
White Papers, etc. Available at GA
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FAST and FAST Cache Optimal performance at lowest possible costs
System CostNo FAST, no FAST Cacheno tiering
Management
Power and Cooling
Three-Year OpExNo FAST, no FAST Cacheno tiering
Three-Year OpExFAST and FAST Cachewith Fibre Channel and SATA
System Cost FAST and FAST Cachewith Fibre Channel and SATA
29% lower 3-year TCO
50% lower operating cost
CLARiiON CX4-960130 TB raw
All Fibre Channel220 x 600 GB 15K
Unisphere,Unisphere Analyzer
Maintenance
CLARiiON CX4-960130 TB rawFAST Cache8 x 73 GB FlashTiered Storage30 x 600 GB 15K57 x 2 TB SATA
Unisphere,Advanced FAST Suite
Maintenance
Management
Power and Cooling
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3XMore Efficient
3 Times More EfficientMore storage, better utilization, lower cost
FASTSuite
File De-Dupe &
Compression
Thin Provisioning
ClassicProvisioning
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VNX THIN PROVISIONING
VNX Thin Provisioning
• Capacity oversubscription allows intelligent use of resources
– File systems– FC and iSCSI LUNs– Logical size greater than
physical size
• VNX Thin Provisioning safeguards to avoid running out of space
– Monitoring and alerting
• Automatic and dynamic extension past logical size
– Automatic NAS file system extension
– FC and iSCSI dynamic LUN extension
Only allocate the actual capacity required by the application
Logical application and user view
Physical allocation
User B10 GB
User A10 GB
User C10 GB
4 GB
2 GB2 GB
Physical consumed storage
Capacity on demand
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VNX Virtual Provisioning• Thick pool LUN
– Full capacity allocation– Near RAID-Group LUN
performance– Capacity reserved at LUN
creation– 1 GB chunks allocated as
relative block address is written
• Thin pool LUN– Only allocates capacity as
data is written by the host– Capacity allocated in 1 GB
chunks– 8 KB blocks contiguously
written within 1 GB– 8 KB mapping incurs some
performance overhead
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3 Times SimplerSmarter management, greater automation, faster results
Manage it all :
• VNX, CLARiiON and Celerra
• Storage pools, virtualization, replication
• File, block and object
…from a single pane of glass with Unisphere™
3XSimpler
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Instant Expertise Best-practice wizards configure storage with just a few clicks
Share WizardSet up NFS and CIFS shares in minutes
Volume WizardSet up iSCSI volumes in minutes
Hyper-V WizardSet up 1 TB Hyper-V
datastore in 10 minutes
Email WizardSet up hundreds of Exchange mailboxes in fewer than 10 clicks
VMware WizardSet up 1 TB VMware
datastore in 10 minutes
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VNX Series SoftwareSoftware Solutions Made SimpleManagement
Software Unisphere
Base Software (no
additional charge)
File DeDupe/Compression,Block Compression, Virtual
Provisioning, SAN Copy & Protocols
FAST VP, FAST Cache, Unisphere Analyzer, Unisphere Quality of Service Manager
Event Enabler (anti-virus, quota management, auditing), File-level Retention, Host Encryption
SnapView, SnapSure, RecoverPoint/SE CDP
Replicator, MirrorView A/S, RecoverPoint/SE CRR
Replication Manager, Data Protection Advisor for Replication
Tota
l Effi
cie
ncy P
ack
Tota
lP
rote
cti
on
P
ack
FAST Suite
Security and Compliance Suite
Remote Protection Suite
Application Protection Suite
Local Protection Suite
Attractively Priced Packsand Suites
VNX5100 does not support FAST VP, Event Enabler, FLR, Replicator, or SnapSureIt also does not support the FAST Suite or the Total Efficiency Pack, but a Total Value Pack instead
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RecoverPoint/SE
Unified Remote ReplicationNext GenToday/2011:
MirrorView/S
MirrorView/A
Celerra Replicator
RecoverPoint
SIMPLIFYsingle remote replication solution for any data type
INTEGRATEintegrate with
Unisphere array manager
File System support starting in 1H’11Granular RPO via journalingLess bandwidth via Dedupe/CompressionFlexibility – Synch, Asynch
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Total Protection: Better than Ever
• Local and remote data recovery with DVR-like (SKY+) rollback/roll-forward
• Restore individual or multiple virtual machines with a single click
• Define and enforce custom recovery point objectives and service level agreements across virtual infrastructure
• Automated failover and failback
• Proven Reference Architectures
Unified replication with the Total Protection Pack
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Significantpoints in time
Any pointin time
Yesterday
Daily backup
Snapshots
RecoverPoint
Daily backup
Snapshot
Midnight Now
Daily recovery points—from tape or disk
More frequent disk-based recovery points
24 hours
Continuous Recovery Points
Databasecheckpoint
Pre-apppatch
Post-apppatch
Databasecheckpoint
Quarterlyclose
Any user-configurable event
Any point in time
Significant point in timeAll recovery points
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SnapView with SnapSureSnapshots/Clones: Recovery point every 3 hours
Traditional BackupDaily Backup: Recovery point every 24 hours
RecoverPoint/SE CDP and CRRContinuous Data Protection: DVR like recovery
Unlimited recovery points, application bookmarks
(T) TIME
Checkpoint Patch Post-Patch Cache Flush QuarterlyClose
HotBackup
CheckpointPre-Patch
MirrorView with ReplicatorDisk Mirroring: Recovery point latest image replicated
Compared to Traditional Data Protection
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EMC: The VMware ChoiceTwo out of three CIOs pick EMC for their VMware environments
• Trusted storage platform for the most critical and demanding VMware environments
• Advanced integration and functionality that maximizes the value of a virtualized data center
• Flexibility to meet infrastructure to business and technical needs
• Knowledge, experience, and partnerships to make your virtual data center a reality
“Which vendor(s) supplied the networked (SAN or NAS) storage used for your virtual server environment?”
“Which is your storage vendor of choice in a virtual server environment?”
“EMC remains the clear storage leader in virtualized environments.”
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Optimized for VirtualizationSeamless virtualization experience and acceleration
Virtual Server Administrator
Storage Administrator
VAAI offloadvCenter Server
integrationUnisphere
less net I/Omore VMsfaster response Manage storage & VM
resources in unisonControl offload functions and
integrated replication
Manage storage & VMresources in unisonControl offload functions and integrated replication
Up To
10X
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Virtualization Management
• Integrated point of control to simplify and speed VMware storage management tasks
EMC Virtual Storage Integrator plug-in
VMware vSphere
• One unified storage tool for all Symmetrix, CLARiiON, Celerra, VNX series, and VNXe series
Unified storage
EMC Virtual Storage
Integrator
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• Improve desktop environment performance by up to 60% during boot storms leveraging EMC FAST Cache
• Reduce storage disk costs by leveraging VMware View Composer and advanced storage technologies from EMC like EMC FAST VP and FAST Cache
• Simplify your environment by reducing the number of disk drives, up to 77%
Enabled by EMC VNX, VMware vSphere 4.1, VMware View 4.5, and VMware View Composer 2.5
EMC Infrastructure for Virtual Desktops
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EMC Integrated Infrastructure for Virtual DesktopsWhitepaper
• Automate and simplify storage provisioning for virtual desktops
• Accelerate deployment of virtual desktops
• Integrate application best practices
• Reduce management and operational costs
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EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance (CTA)
• Based on the EMC File Management Appliance
• Provides tiering, archive and migration of file data from heterogeneous sources to the Hybrid Cloud (private and public)
• Retains the ability to tier, archive and migrate to traditional storage platforms
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Tiering : Auto-tiering from the data
center to the cloud
Archive :Archiving to EMC platforms
such as Data Domain, Centera
MigrationMigrating files from NetApp
onto EMC storage (VNX, Isilon)
Cloud Service Providers
Auto File Tiering
via EMC CTA
EMC VNX
VNX FAST VP
Data Center Cloud
NetApp
Isilon
NetApp EMC
Migrationvia EMC CTA
VNX
Primary NAS EMC
Archivingvia EMC CTA
Data Domain
CTA – Use cases
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CTA options for tiering to the Cloud
• Migration– Move a file without leaving
a stub
• Tiering– Move a file and leave a
stub behind on the source– Within the box or outside
the box– Non-compliance
requirements
• Archive– Move a file and leave a
stub behind– Compliance (WORM) and
governance requirements
Multi-tier Platform Support
Primary Tier
Secondary Tier
Tertiary Tier
VNXNetApp
• VNX• Windows• NetApp
• VNX• Windows• NetApp• Centera• Atmos• Data
Domain• Isilon• AT&T• Peer1• Amazon
S3
VNXNetApp
CenteraAtmosDataDomain
None
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CTA - Tiering/Archive
• Find a file that matches a policy– Last access time, last modified
time, file size, file type• Copy that file to another
location– Different tier within the box
(FC to SATA)– Off the box (VNX to Atmos)
• Replace the original file with a stub
– Meta-data in stub contains all info required for recall
– Stub is 8 K on VNX, 4 K on NetApp
• The stub looks and behaves like a normal file
– No need to train users or modify applications
• More primary storage space is now available
Stub
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CTA - Migration• Stubless migration
– Move the file without leaving a stub on the source
• Supports standard CTA policies
– Full or partial file systems
– File size, file type, last access, last modified
– Include/exclude dirs
• Think “Robocopy” or “NDMPCopy” on steroids
• Multi-protocol– CIFS, NFS
• Out-of-band– Clients are able to r/w on
source until final cutover
Migration Support
Source Platform Target Platform
VNXCelerraNetApp
VNXVNXeCelerra
NetApp Isilon
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THANK YOU
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What Is The VNX Series?Yesterday Today
BlockCX4-960
CX4-480
CX4-120
CX4-240
CLARiiON
Block & File NS480
NS960
NS120
Celerra
Unified
NX4
AX4
VNX series
FileBloc
k
Start with file or block and EASILY upgrade to Unified
ArchitectureModular Unified (configured for purpose: File, Block & Object)
High performance – up to 3x performance
Optimized for Multi-core & Flash
6G SAS Back End Infrastructure
Denser Packaging Expanded UltraFlex I/O – FCoE, FC, iSCSI, CIFS, NFS (Parallel-NFS (pNFS), Multi-path File System (MPFS))
Green – High power efficiency Flash, SAS & NL-SAS drives (i.e. no FC drives)
Product Convergence Easily UpgradableUnified PackagingUnified ManagementUnified Replication (phase 1)Unified FAST Suite
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VNX Unified StorageMaximum CPU cores of unified data processing power
NL-SAS(Highest capacity)
SAS(Good
performance)
Flash (Highest
performance)
NAS
VNX supports all protocols—today and in the future
CLOUD
OBJECTBuild a single cloud with “N” number
of systems
FILE AND OBJECT48 cores dedicated to object, networked file system management
and data sharing
AUTOMATIC SERVER OPTIMIZATION
StorageProcessor
StorageProcessor
SANX-
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AUTOMATIC DATA OPTIMIZATION
BLOCK12 cores dedicated to
storage pool management and high
performance block serving
MPFS/pNFS Host
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Powerful, Flexible, Modular ArchitectureMore processing power, self-optimizing pools, any network
Multi-controller scale• Add processors as needed
• Scale up to 96 CPU cores and thousands of drives
Self-optimizing pools• Achieve lowest transaction cost
and lowest capacity cost dynamically and simultaneously—all the time
Unified multi-protocol• Share files and volumes on any
network
CLOUD
OBJECTRESTSOAP
SAN
BLOCKiSCSIFC
FCoE
NAS
FILECIFSNFS
pNFSMPFS
SSD HDD
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VNX – Designed for FlashOptimized for all of your virtual applications
• Flash fully leverages the power of the VNX system
• End-to-end throughput improvements enable 2-3x performance improvements
All claims are subject to validation testing
BETTER BANDWIDTH PERFORMANCE
BETTER PERFORMANCE
FOR MIXED WORKLOADS
BETTER PERFORMANCE
FOR FILE SERVING
VNX5100 VNX5300CX4-120
VNX5500CX4-240
VNX5700CX4-480
VNX7500CX4-960
CX4
VNX Series
Bandwith - Typical DSS
MB/s
Platform
VNX5100 VNX5300CX4-120
VNX5500CX4-240
VNX5700CX4-480
VNX7500CX4-960
CX4VNX Series with Rotating drivesVNX Series with Flash drives
IOPS - Mixed Workloads
Platform
# ofUsers
VNX5300CX4-120
VNX5500CX4-240
VNX5700CX4-480
VNX7500CX4-960
CX4
VNX Series with SAS drives
VNX Series with Flash drives
NFS File Type Workload
Platform
KOPs
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VNX—Faster than the Rest Highest number of transactions and lowest response time
3XFASTERTHAN IBM
Note: SPECsfs2008 NFSv3 TRANSACTIONS—HIGHER IS BETTER
RESPO
NSE
TIM
E IN
MS
—LO
WER
IS B
ETTER
12
10
8
6
4
2
050,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 450,000 500,000
NetApp
HP
IBM
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HDD
DRAM Cache
Flash
With FAST Cache
Appserver
Controller
9 of 10 I/Os from Cache
HDD
Storage InnovationFAST Cache for maximum application performance
• HDD (hard disk drive) performance has not kept up with server demands, leaving applications I/O deficient
• FAST Cache solves this problem by increasing controller cache by 64 times using Flash drives
• Most reads and writes are now served directly from high performance Silicon
• FAST preserves I/O slots for connectivity and is well positioned to take full advantage of any decrease in Flash drive costs
• FAST Cache’s persistent nature keeps data cached even after a power failure
DRAM Cache
4 of 5 I/Os from disk
1 of 10 I/Os from disk
Without FAST Cache
Appserver
4.5Xbetter
Controller
1 of 5 I/Os
from Cache
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Celerra InnovationThe FAST Cache effect on applications
• Uses system Flash drives
• Turbo-charges applications with up to 2 TB of FAST Cache
– Database• Twice the number of users• Twice the number of transactions
– VMware • Half the boot time • Four-times faster response time• Vastly improved end-user experience• Scale users faster and further with
each system
Microsoft SQL Server
150 VMware virtual
desktops
Baseline
25,000
TPS*
1,228
Users
50,000
2445
with FAST Cache
TPS*Users
2,445
20minutes
2445
Baseline
Boot Time
4minutes
Resp.Time
with FAST Cache
>1 minute
Resp.Time
9minutes
BootTime
New
feature
* Transactions per second
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FAST Cache Configuration• FAST Cache supported for all VNX based
platforms– Applicable to VNX for File (V7) and VNX for Block (R31)
• Highly scalable– Up to 2.1 TB EMC FAST Cache (using 100 GB drives)
extending System Cache by a factor of 90 – Reads and writes supported
• Applies to classic LUNs and pool LUNs– Thick and Thin pool LUNs
• A system-wide resource that benefits many workloads
– Host application data : VMware, Oracle, SQL; OLTP/DW etc– Array-based data services (e.g. Snaps, etc.)
• Two-click configuration in Unisphere
System Model
EMC FAST Cache Max Capacity*
VNX5100 100 GB/NA
VNX5300
500 GB/400 GB
VNX5500 1 TB/1 TB
VNX5700 1.5 TB/1.4 TB
VNX7500 2.1 TB/2.0 TB
* The two numbers are when using 100 GB/200 GB drives, e.g., 5100 does not support 200 GB Flash drives
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SSD HDD
LUN
Highest Tier PreferredMaximize performancee.g. high-performance OLTP system
LUN LUNLowest Tier PreferredReduce TCOe.g., archived or infrequently accessed data
Auto-TierOptimize TCO and performancee.g. databases with varied levels of activity among tables, or file systems with varied levels of activity across files
FAST VP PoliciesPolicy ensures storage service levels are met
1
1
2
2
3
3
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FAST VP Operational Process• Statistics collection—cumulative I/O history (reads and writes)
– Weights recent I/O history above longer-term I/O history– Maintains relative ranking of all data in pool, based on tier preference and I/O history:
• Highest tier preference and high activity level get highest priority• Highest tier preference with less activity level get next highest priority• No tier preference (Auto-Tier) with high activity level gets next highest priority
• When a pool is created, it is detected in the next poll cycle for inclusion in statistics collection
– LUNs created in pool are likewise detected in the next poll cycle for inclusion in statistics collection
– Poll occurs every hour– Relocation estimate—“amount to move up/down”—updated every hour
• Tier utilization– Algorithm attempts to gain greatest utility from highest tiers
• Data is demoted as space is needed in top tiers
• Relocation granularity– Sub-LUN “slices” are 1 GB granularity
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FAST Virtual Pool
NL-SASNL-SASNL-SASNL-SASNL-SASNL-SASNL-SASNL-SAS
FAST Suite in Action—FAST VP
SAS SAS SAS SAS
FLASH FLASH
FAST VPtiers across drives in pool Optimizes drive
utilization Relative ranking over
time 1 GB slices ideal for
deterministic data
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FAST Suite—FAST VP + FAST Cache
DRAM Cache
FAST Cache
FLASHFLASH FLASHFLASH
FAST Virtual Pool
NL-SAS
SAS SAS SAS SAS
FLASH FLASH
NL-SASNL-SASNL-SASNL-SAS NL-SASNL-SASNL-SAS
FAST VP tiers across drives in pool Optimizes drive
utilization Relative ranking over
time 1 GB slices ideal for
deterministic data
FAST Cache copies hottest data to Flash Optimizes Flash
utilization Dynamic movement in
near real time 64 KB sub-slices ideal
for bursty data
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FAST Suite—FAST VP + FAST Cache
DRAM Cache
FAST Cache
FLASH FLASHFLASHFLASH
FAST Virtual Pool
NL-SAS
SAS SAS SAS SAS
FLASH FLASH
NL-SASNL-SASNL-SASNL-SASNL-SASNL-SASNL-SAS
FAST VP tiers across drives in pool Optimizes drive
utilization Relative ranking over
time 1 GB slices ideal for
deterministic data
FAST Cache
copies hottest data to Flash Optimizes Flash
utilization Dynamic movement in
near real time 64 KB sub-slices ideal
for bursty data
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VNX Series for SQL Server More than 3x Performance Improvement with VNX and FAST Cache• 4.5X performance
improvement vs. previous generation
• Achieves optimized performance without expensive data base and application tuning
• Configuration: – VNX utilized 20 SAS and 4
SSDs drives with FAST Cache – vs CX4 with 20 FC drives
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Virtualized SQL Server with VNX and FAST Cache
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VNX Series for Virtual Desktop4x the number of Virtual Desktop users with VNX Series, FAST VP and FAST Cache at Sustained Performance• Boot Storm
– 3x Faster: Boot & settle 500 desktops in 8 min vs. 27 min
– FAST Cache absorbs the majority of the Boot work-load (i.e. I/O to spinning drives)
• Desktop Refresh– Refresh 500 desktops in
50 min vs. 130 min– Fast Cache serviced the
majority of the IO during refresh and prevents Linked clones from overloading
Celerra NS183x
300GB 15K FC Disks
VNX series
5x 100GB SSD
21x 300GB 15H SAS
15x 2TB NL-SAS
Up to 70% reduction in storage cost for
same I/O performance
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VNX Series for OracleOracle Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) benefits from VNX• Improved Oracle
transaction time by 3.25x – Using FAST Cache and
vSphere 4.1
• Reduces Storage Hardware cost by up to 50%
• Configuration: – VNX utilized 20 SAS and 8
SSDs drives with FAST Cache – vs CX4 with 45 FC drives
VNX Series vs. with previous CX generation
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Virtualized Oracle with VNX Series and FAST Cache
If you hear Oracle OLTP, VNX series is a great
solution
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VNX Series for OracleOracle Decision Support Systems (DSS) benefits from VNX• Up to 5x increase in
bandwidth – From 800 MB/s to 4 GB/s
• Up to 2.25x increase in number of users
– With less storage, server and software infrastructure
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If you hear Oracle DSS, VNX series is a great
solution
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Enhanced Virtual ProvisioningStorage pool virtualizes the storage provisioning model
Drives
RAID Group
LUNs
IncludedFeatures
LUN Migration, MetaLUNs
LUN Migration, LUN Expansion,
LUN Shrink (Windows 2K8 only)
Thin LUNThick
LUNClassic LUN
Meta LUN
OptionalFeatures
Replication Features, UQM, Analyzer, FAST Cache
Replication Features, UQM, Analyzer, Virtual
Provisioning, Compression, FAST VP, FAST Cache
Storage
Pool
Traditional RAID Groups Flexible Pools
Flash SAS NL-SAS
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Thickly Provisioned Data
Freed CapacityReturned to pool for usage
by other LUNs
Thinly Provisioned Data
Reduced storage capacity
Migrate to ThinUsing LUN Migration or SAN Copy
Space Reclamation with Thin
Storage Pool
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Storage Pool
Fully Provisioned Data
Freed CapacityReturned to pool for usage
by other LUNs
Thinly Provisioned Data
Reduced storage capacity
Compressed DataMax storage savings
Enable Compression
Compression for More Capacity Savings
Migrate to ThinUsing LUN Migration or SAN Copy
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Unisphere Quality of Service ManagerApplication-based service level management
• Manage block resources based on service levels– Monitor and achieve performance objectives for
applications
• Optimize performance based on policy management
– Set performance goals for critical applications– Set limits on lower-priority applications– Schedule policies to run at different intervals
• Measure and control storage based on different metrics
– Response time (e.g., Exchange) – Bandwidth (e.g., backup to disk)– Throughput (e.g., OLTP applications)
• Complements FAST VP and FAST Cache– Adds additional dynamic service level management to
FAST VP and FAST Cache
Availa
ble
Perf
orm
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Applications
Before Unisphere Qualityof Service Manager
MediumPriority
HighPriority
Low Priority
Availa
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Perf
orm
ance
Applications
With Unisphere Qualityof Service Manager
FA S T S U I T E
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EMC VNX Family Positioning
Existing CLARiiON
Existing Celerra
New Product Attribute Use Case
CX4-960 NS960 VNX7500
• Maximum performance
• Maximum scale• Maximum connectivity
• Flash optimized
• Large scale consolidation
• Virtualized Tier 1 applications
• Mixed workloads • Multi-application• High Performance apps
CX4-480 NS-480 VNX5700 • Balanced
performance• High capacity scaling
• Flash optimized• Non disruptive upgrades
• Enterprise applications (Oracle, Email, SAP)
• Storage consolidation• Server virtualization• Advanced storage tiering
• Data protection
CX4-240 NS-480 VNX5500
CX4-120 NS-120 VNX5300
CX4-120 & AX4
VNX5100
CX4-120 & AX4
NS-120 & NX4 VNXe3300
• Simplified• Application aware• Online ecosystem• Small form factor (2 -3U)
• Basic consolidation• Simple email• Entry server virtualization
• IP-only infrastructureVNXe3100
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CTA - Recall Policies• Full recall
– File is recalled from the archive and replaces the stub– Requires adequate space on primary to rehydrate data– Used less than 5% of the time
• Pass-through recall– Data is recalled and available to user– File remains in archive and stub remains on primary– Used 95% of the time in production environments– Important for backup and anti-virus
• Partial recall– Primarily used for media files– Application requests a specific byte range to be returned– Does not replace the stub
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CTA - Migration Details (cont.)
• Supports stub migration
– Auto-convert NetApp to Celerra/VNX stubs
– Maintains deduplication• Audit trail
– Log files that were migrated
– Log files that were not migrated
• Reporting– Provides standard
graphical reports • Number of files• Total size of files
• CPU throttle– Limit migration impact
during peak usage hours
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CTA - Migration details (cont.)
• Multiple source• Multiple target• Concurrent
migrations• Based on
NDMPCopy– Fixes cleanup
issues with NDMPCopy
– Purges deleted files/dirs
– Syncs renames
NetApp
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
Celerra
Celerra
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
Isilon
NetApp
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‘Try before you buy’
Blue Chip and EMC are offering a 45 day no obligation trial on VNX/e*
Contact your account manager or email [email protected] for further details.
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