Exploring the Edge of NEC Faulttolerant Servers and

Exploring the Edge of NEC Fault-tolerant Servers and Storages Solution By Kevin Cheung Business Solutions & Services NEC Hong Kong Limited 28 Nov 2003

Agenda • Product Line Overview • NEC FT Server • NEC i. Storage SAN Solution • Q&A

Diversification of IA servers ■The Expansion of the IA servers’ role to become the backbone of the internet society ■Importance in choosing the most appropriate Itanium machine that suite your needs from a (IA-64) server variety of servers ～Year 2000 Year 2001～ ft Server IA-32 Server (Baseline) / Blade. Server The mainstream machines were Standard IA servers NAS / SAN

NEC i. Storage Product Lineup NEC offers : - Full line of storage products to meet all user needs - SAN/NAS products of high performance/reliability developed with NEC’s leading technology Storage management & solution Software ■NAS s ■SAN se rie s Dynamic. Data. Replication eri e S 4300 S 3300 Ss NV 8200 NV Remote. Data. Replication NV 7200 NEC developed S 2300 ■Backup ■IPStor Ｔ series FS series se WB series ＮＳ S 1300 rie s ■FC_Switch NEC developed MS-NAS Brocade STK Falcon. Stor

FT Configuration & Features

Hardware Configuration Dual Modular Redundancy (DMR) design I/O Module • Hard Disk Drives • PCI bus • LAN Processing Module • CPU • Memory • Chipset M 320 Lb-R * Duplicated Power & FAN

FT Hardware Architecture Conventional System I/O-PCI Disk Chipset Fault Tolerant System DMR architecture I/O Module #1 Chipset Memory Fault Detection &Isolation Fault Detection Chipset CPU CPU CPU Module #2 CPU Lockstep Fault Detection I/O-PCI I/O Module #2 CPU Memory Fault Detection &Isolation Disk CPU CPU Module #1 I/O-PCI Disk Memory

Software Configuration No customization required for Applications and middleware Applications Middleware Windows 2000 Advanced Server Standard IA server HW IA server Applications No customization required Standard OS HAL and Drivers developed for the ft architecture Middleware Windows 2000 Advanced Server ft server HW ft server

NEC EXPRESS 5800/ft series Technical Specification “The affordable mid-range FAULT TOLERANT Server” NEC Express 5800/320 Lb-(R) • Available in Tower or Rack types (4 U) • Up to 2 Logical Intel Xeon 2. 4 GHz, 512 K Cache • Server. Set III GC-LE chipset • Up to 3 GB Memory (logical) • Dual channel Ultra 160 SCSI • 3 x Hot-Swap 1” HDD (logical) • 4 x 64 bit PCI Slots • On-board 1000 & 100 BASE Ethernet (Redundant) • PCI Video Card (Redundant) • 24 x IDE CD-ROM & 3. 5” USB Floppy Drive • Windows 2000 Advanced Server & Veritas Volume Manager

NEC EXPRESS 5800/ft series Technical Specification “The powerful high-end FAULT TOLERANT Server” NEC Express 5800/340 Ha-R • Up to 4 Logical Intel Xeon processor MP 1. 6 GHz, 1 MB Cache • Server. Set III GC-LE chipset • Up to 6 GB Memory (logical) • Single channel Ultra 160 SCSI • 7 x Hot-Swap 1” HDD (logical) • 8 x 64 bit + 2 x 32 bit PCI Slots • 100 BASE Ethernet (Redundant) • PCI Video Card (Redundant) • Hot-Swap Power Supply (Redundant) • 24 x IDE CD-ROM & 3. 5” Floppy Drive • Windows 2000 Advanced Server & Veritas Volume Manager

Who need FT Server?

FT Server Target Markets ¤ Industry Wide - Infrastructure Build-out New ¤ Windows Applications Server ¤ Share Point Portal, Exchange, IIS, SQL, Biz. Talk, Firewall. . . ¤ Branch Office Application Server ¤ Healthcare New ¤ Hospital Application Infrastructure ¤ Health Clinic Systems ¤ Specialty - Embedded Systems ¤ Tele-communications ¤ Messaging, ATM, Telephony Services ¤ Financial / Banking ¤ Stock Market, Trade Exchange ¤ Bank Branches ¤ Call centers ¤ CTI server New

FT vs. Cluster

FT Series vs. Cluster System Cluster systems ft series 　　　　 Transfer Operation in case of failure CPU Failure CPU Separation HDD Separation of failure component Service Performance Application CLUST ERPRO Transfer Failure Memory HDD OS/upgrading Failure 　　　　　　 1/1　 　　　　　　Less than second 　　　　　　Additional CPU 　　　　　　Standard AP CLUST ERPRO Switch to other server At least 2/2 Several minutes Additional CPU & node Setting for transferring in every AP （Script Batch）

FT vs. Cluster FT Series vs. Cluster System FT Series • 99. 99% (DMR) / 99. 999 (TMR) Cluster Solution Availability (43 min / 5 min average per year) • Near instant switchover Recovery time • None (memory & disk) Data loss • 2 way ~ 4 way • No work required • None required • Single system image (1 OS) • Lights out System performance Implementation Application modification Operating System IT support • 99. 9 % (>8 hrs average per year) • Approximately 1 Minute to failover • Disk protection • Server & nodes scalability • Script development & testing • Recommended • Multi-system cluster (at least 2) • Extensive

Cost Comparison Chart Type of System Cluster system (Shared Disk) ft server Initial Hardware Cost Two any type of servers and shared disks required Only single server required Software Expensive Two software licenses required in each BPUs Economical One software license required basically Installation Expensive Two times installation required Economical One time installation

Case Study

Case Study – Smartics Project • Reliability / Low-Cost / Short Period Design • Only one month required for Implementation using 　 　Windows 2000 Compliant Packages Headquarter Multi branches A-branch B-branch Storage Area Network Express 5800/320 Lb Application Server N-branch ・ ・ ・

Why FT Server?

Why NEC FT Server? • Application Independent - Saving implementation time & cost (No need to do software customization) • One time installation • 1 OS License - Saving software license cost • Simplified Maintenance process • More Reliability (Up to 99. 999 avaliability) => Lower Total Cost of Ownership

COSTS A Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) TCO ft Cluster Traditional System Hardware Software Install. Service PHASE Admin. Outage

Awards for Best Server Best of COMDEX 2001 WINNER Best Server November, 2001 Best of Interop 2002 in Network servers category May, 2002

Awards for Best Server (Con’t) The overall Best of Show winner at TECH ED 2003 was NEC Solutions’ Express 5800/320 Lb-R Server. “This product redefines the fault-tolerant product category, ” said Chernicoff. 6/5/03 The overall Best of Show winner at Ce. BIT America was the NEC Solutions’ Express 5800/320 Lb Server. “Technology that was $250, 000 just one year ago is now $26, 000. The Express 5800/320 LB offers data and application integrity, remote serviceability, and is completely modular, including the CPU, storage, PCI boards and power supplies. Each can be removed or replaced like a toner cartridge without bringing down the server. “ 6/19/03 08/04/03 “It’s perfect for environments where even a few hours of downtime are not an option. ” “This kind of constant availability can be valuable to almost any type of business, most notably those providing portal or Web services. Collaboration and messaging applications are also best-served by faulttolerant systems, especially when you consider that many companies grind to a halt in the absence of e-mail. ”

“Why choose a server designed to recover from failure rather than a server designed not to fail in the first place? ” Source: Vernon Turner, IDC (2001)

2020/10/24 Introduction of NEC i. Storage SAN Solution

　　　　NEC storage strategy Now ・Storage solution platform “i. Storage” - WW No. 1 class performance - Rich storage solution Next Step ・Focusing on IP Storage(IP-SAN, NAS) in addition to FC-SAN • WW No. 1 performance IP-SAN • WW No. 1 performance NAS ・Enhancing performance & scalability　for 10 Gbps interface 2020/10/24

2020/10/24 Interoperability Focus on Big 5 OS connectivity Certification & verification Big 5 OS support with major ISVs and server vendors HP-UX Solaris Windows Linux -Long and close relation with Veritas, MS, HP and Oracle on both storage and server areas -Enhancing storage management software for Large scale SAN ＳＡＮ i. Storage AIX

FC-SAN Roadmap 2020/10/24 WW No. 1 Performance、Technology leader　 New Product S 4300 S 4100 High End X-bar Enhancement X-bar S 3100 Performance enhancement 15 krpm HDD X-bar Midrange Entry S 2100 X-bar. Enhancement S 2200 S 1100 S 3300 S 1200 FY 2001 Next generation SAN Max. 125 TB 64 FC nd a on nce i t nc rma ent u F fo em er anc Max. 24 TB P h 24 FC En S 2300 Performance enhancement 15 krpm HDD 　S 1300 High speed Storage netwrok （10 Gbps） Max. 28 TB 4 FC Max. 3. 7 TB 2 FC FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004

2020/10/24 i. Storage S Series : Renewal Line-up All products improve performance and capacity. WW No. 1 Performance S 4300 x 2. 5 (IOPS) 64 FC Ports 125 TB(max) S 3300 24 FC Ports 25 TB(max) S 2300 4 FC Ports 26 TB(max) S 1300 2 FC Ports 3. 7 TB(max) than S 4100 Throughput MB/S (Read from HDD) 600 3000 S 4300 x 2. 5 (IOPS) IOPS (Cache hit) KIOPS 2000 400 1000 200 than S 3100 x 1. 6 (IOPS) than S 2200 x 1. 3 (IOPS) than S 1200 Shipment in Japan: End of December 0 S 4100 0 EMC Hitachi Sym. 9980 V S 4100 EMC Hitachi Sym. 9980 V

2020/10/24 Customers’ evaluation i. Storage gets No. 1 customers’ satisfaction for product point of view in open server connective storage　　 NEC i. Storage Product satisfaction o. 1 N HW performance Product future 2 4 Hitachi Operability HP Fujitsu IBM Compaq 5 6 DELL 7 i. SM reliability HW price By Nikkei Computer June. 17, 2002　　 Product Satisfaction Rate 69. 9 3 HW reliability NEC i. Storage DELL Power Vault 66. 9 Compaq ESA 64. 6 IBM ESS 64. 2 HP Surestore 62. 5 Fujitsu GR 0/800 61. 3 Hitachi SANRISE 61. 3

Example： Bridgestone 2020/10/24 Ltd. 　 - Storage consolidation with Hitachi IA servers - Beat IBM and Hitachi in the performance I B M SQL Check DB transaction Hitachi Finance, Purchasing Total monitoring system Personnel i. Storage　S 4100 Total storage management Accounting JOB process time 70% SAN MV 2. 5 TB Fault Tolerent online BACKup by DDR i. Storage 4100 Initial Stage　 2. 5 TB Final Stage　 10 TB RV 2. 5 TB 88% Supercomput er Groupware Sales, Logistics Other vendors’ servers Back-up by LTO S 4100 I Co. H Co.

High Availability (1) 2020/10/24 Full Redundant Architecture assures No SPOF for all models Host Adapter Cache Memory Cache ＨA ＨA Cache Clock/SVP Clock SVP Cache X-Bar DA DA ＤＤ DA DA X-Bar Clock SVP DA DA Disk Adapter HDD Path RAID 1, 5 FAN PS FAN S 4300 / S 3300

High Availability (2) 2020/10/24 al n i Advanced Error Recovery g i Or C E by Phoenix Technology N ① HDD, once performance degradation is observed, is separated from RAID. ① ② ③ ＲＡＩＤ ② The HDD is put under special supervision and background diagnosis. Host access is processed without accessing the HDD under supervision. ③ In case diagnosis result is temporary performance degradation, the HDD in question is returned to the ordinary usage. If there are sector errors, the data is recovered on backup sectors, and the HDD is put back in RAID. • Reduce HDD replacement rate to approx. ½ • Avoid response delay and improve performance

2020/10/24 High Operability (1) S 4300, S 3300, S 2300 Data Replication feature supports 24 x 365 online operation • Replication Volumes can be created instantly • Replication Volumes can be used for backup, batch, etc ■Effect Online Batch Backup Offline Online Process Backup Batch Online Process MV RV Data Replication RV Online Process Backup Create two RVs (Dynamic. Data. Replication、Remote. Data. Replication） Parallel Processing Batch Non Stop Database Backup with collaboration with Oracle, MS

High Operability (2) 2020/10/24 S 4300, S 3300, S 2300 Data replication and Centralized Backup solution for multiple hetero servers environment server server S 4300 ・・ ・ ＜１＞ Create RVs by DDR instantly X-Bar MV ﾏｽﾀ MV ﾏｽﾀ RV 複製 RV 複製 ＜２＞ Can create two copies for quick restore Tape ＜３＞ Consolidated Management

Entry Disk Array S 1300 Compact Body; Dual Controllers, 15 HDDs, in 3 U(14. 4 cm) height Box Specifications 3 EIA 131 mm 594 mm 482 mm Basic Unit (2 Controllers + Max. 15 HDDs) ■ Maximum Capacity ■Maximum Interface ■Support HDD ■Support RAID ■Maximum Cache ■JBOD 3. 7 TB( 147 GB, RAID 5) 2 x 2 Gbps/1 Gbps Fibre Channel 36 GB/73/147 GB 10 krpm RAID 0, 1, 0/1, 5 1 GB(512 MB/Controller) 2 Gbps FC-AL High Availability 3 EIA 131 mm 594 mm 482 mm Disk Enclosure Unit (Option) (Max. 15 HDDs) S 1300 ■Full redundant ■Online Maintenance ■Hot Spare Disk ■ Advanced error recovery technology ”Phoenix” Functions ■Storage Management i. Storage. Manager ■Access Control(WWN) 2020/10/24

S 1300 Competitive Analysis 2020/10/24 S 1300 offers best performance and scalability as well as the attracting compact size Host Interface NEC S 1300 EMC CX 200 IBM FASt. T 600 HP&Compaq MSA 1000 Hitachi SANRISE 953 x. V FC(2 Gbps) 1/Controller 1(FCSW) or 2(FCAL) / Controller N/A 2/Controller 1 or 5(FCSW)/Cont. 1/Controller FC(1 Gbps) Ditto 1/Controller Ditto 2 1 -2 2 2 1– 2 1 -2 1 GB 256 MB 2 GB 512 MB 2 GB 30 30 66 112 42 13 FC(2 Gbps) SCSI(320 MB/s) FC(2 Gbps) 15 krpm 36/(73)GB 36 GB 18/36/73 GB N/A 10 krpm 36/73/147 GB 18/36/73 GB 36/73/147 GB 73 GB 0, 1, 10, 5 0, 1, 10, 3, 5 0, 1, 10, 5, ADG 5 NEC Storage. Manager Navisphere FASt. T Storage Manager Insight Manager Resource Manager N/A FASt. T Flash. Copy SWVR Shadow. Imange Base Unit 3 U(Max. 15 HDD) 3 U(Max. 10 HDD) 3 U(Max. 14 HDD) 4 U(Max. 14 HDD) 3 U(Max. 13 HDD) Expand Unit 3 U(Max. 15 HDD) 3 U(Max. 14 HDD) N/A IOPS 50 k. IOPS 40 k. IOPS 12 k. IOPS 45 k. IOPS * 40 k. IOPS unknown Throughput 320 MB/s 200 MB/s 170 MB/s unknown *: NEC estimate 320 MB/s unknown Number of Controller Max Cache/Unit Max Number of HDD Interface HDD type RAID Support Storage Management Software Storage Replication Intra box Height Performanc e

Midrange Disk Array S 2300 2020/10/24 High C/P Midrange Disk Array Specifications (Front View) 3 EIA 131 mm 482 mm 594 mm 26ＴＢ( 147 GB HDD, RAID 5) 4 x 2 Gbps/1 Gbps Host Fibre Channel /36 GB/73 GB/147 GB 10 krpm RAID 0, 1, 1/0, 5(2+P to 14+P) 8 GB(4 GB/Controller) 2 Gbps FC-AL High Availability (Rear View) Controller Unit ■Full redundant ■Online Maintenance ■Hot Spare ■ Advanced error recovery technology ”Phoenix” 3 EIA 131 mm Functions 594 mm 482 mm Disk Enclosure Unit S 2300 ■Maximum Capacity ■Maximum Interface ■Support HDD ■Support RAID ■Maximum Cache Memory ■JBOD(DE) ■Storage Management i. Storage. Manager ■Access Control(WWN) ■Replication Dynamic. Data. Replication ■Dynamic Expansion

2020/10/24 2300 Competitive Analysis S 2300 offers best performance as well as scalability NEC S 2300 EMC CX 400 IBM FASt. T 500 IBM FASt. T 700 HP&Compaq Va 7410 Hitachi SANRISE 9570 V FC(2 Gbps ) 1 or 2/Controller N/A 2 or 4(FCHub) /Controller 1 or 2/Controller FC(1 Gbps ) Ditto 2 or 4(FC Hub) /Controller Ditto 2 2 2 Max Cache/Unit 8 GB 2 GB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB Max Number of HDD 210 60 224 105 224 FC(2 Gbps) FC(2 Gbps) 15 krpm 36/(73)GB 36 GB 18/36/73 GB 10 krpm 36/73/147 GB 73/147 GB 0, 1, 10, 5 0, 1, 10, 3, 5 Adoptive RAID 0, 1, 10, 3, 5 NEC Storage. Mana ger Navisphere FASt. T Storage Manager Command View SDM Resource Manager Storage Replication Intra box DDR Snap. View Flash. Copy Business Copy va Shadow. Imange Storage Replication Inter box N/A Mirror. View Remote Mirror N/A True. Copy Basic Base Unit 6 U(Max. 15 HDD) 4 U(Max. 15 HDD) 7 U(Max. 14 HDD) 3 U(Max. 15 HDD) 3 U(Max. 14 HDD) Expand Unit 3 U(Max. 15 HDD) 3 U(Max. 14 HDD) 3 U(Max. 15 HDD) IOPS 85 k. IOPS 60 k. IOPS 110 k. IOPS 34 k. IOPS unknown Throughpu t 700 MB/s 400 MB/s 170 MB/s 390 MB/s 330 MB/s unknown Host Interface Number of Controller HDD Interface HDD type RAID Support Storage Management Software Height Performan ce

2020/10/24 Storage Software: Storage Management

NEC Storage Manager 2020/10/24 Effectively and totally manages NEC Storage Configuration/Management 　 Configures and totally manages disk array Status monitoring 　 Monitors device status and notifies the failures Storage Management/Optional SW management 　Performance monitoring/Performance Optimizer/Data Replication etc. Maintenance Center NEC Storage Manager Config/Status Notificatio n NEC Storage series Display NEC Storage Manager Client Performance time-series graph* Performance Analyzer* Data Replication* Performance Optimizer* * : Optional products

2020/10/24 Storage Software: Storage Control (Replication)

Data Replication Software 2020/10/24 Dynamic. Data. Replication / Remote. Data. Replication/Replication. Control Fundamental function to shore up 24 H/365 Day business l. Dynamic. Data. Replication： Makes replication volumes in a disk array device. l. Remote. Data. Replication： Makes replication volumes between disk array devices. l. Replication. Control： Provides CLI for Data. Replication. Backup Parallel processing Testing environment Replication management Creates replication volumes and backs them up under business operation Concurrently processes online transaction and query processing Tests APs using the same data as real one Progress/status monitoring and operation through NEC Storage Manager By operation commands of NEC Storage Manager/Replication. Control Library Online ・Backup ・Parallel processing ・Replica for test 　Replication data purpose Online Data （Real business） NEC Storage

2020/10/24 Replication related software Product: Replication. Control SQL Option Replication. Control Exchange Option l Non-stop Backup Without interrupting Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000, instantly creates replicated DB. l Instant Backup With a minimum stop of Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server™, instantly creates replication volumes of Exchange DB. SAN infrastructure for 24 H/365 Day business Snap Shot Backup Business • SQL DB • Exchange DB Replication NEC Storage • Backup • Query processing • Batch • AP test environment ■Efficacy (Ex. ) 《Before》 Online 《After》 Online Non-stop Backup Discontinuance Backup Batch Online Backup Parallel Processing Batch Online

2020/10/24 NEC Storage Remote. Data. Replication To create a replication volume in remote site. This protects the crucial data for daily business and assures business continuity even when a disaster occurs. ・Synchronous mode ・Sequence guaranteed asynchronous mode ・Asynchronous mode Online server 〔WAN〕 Exclusive IP network Remote server Extender Remote. Data. Replication

2020/10/24 Storage Software: Storage Control (Resource Control)

NEC Storage Access. Control Access Controlling Software To protect data leakage and destruction by setting access privileges to the logical disk on application server. Access privilege is configurable for each logical disks from client of NEC Storage Manager • LUN mapping feature for each WWN of server HBA. (WWN : Identification name specified to each Host Bus Adapter) Server A WWN Server B WWN Volumes accessible from server “A” and “B” Server C WWN setting window Volumes accessible from server “B” Volumes accessible from server “C” i. Storage 2020/10/24

2020/10/24 Storage Software: Storage Control (High Availability)

NEC Storage Path. Manager 2020/10/24 for Windows/Linux/AIX Path Controlling Realizes high-availability. Software of total system, as well as storage device itself, by utilizing software on server. Server • Support Platform Supports HP, Windows, AIX, Linux • Path patrol feature (HP, Windows) Path SW HBA Periodically patrols all the paths includin unused paths Path SW HBA HBA Path SAN FC switch CNT 0 CNT 1 l. Path controlling software • Path Failover　　 Detects failure of connecting path to disk （HBA*, FC switch, CNT** etc. ） After identifying failure spot, Automatica switches the path. 　 • Load Balancing　　　 Improves I/O performance because of us multi-paths NEC Storage * HBA：Host. Bus. Adapter　** CNT: Disk Controller ※As for Solaris or HP-UX, Volume mgmt SW (Vx. VM、LVM) is alternative.

2020/10/24 Why NEC i. Storage? Þ We offer higher capacity & performance at a competitive price level Þ We commit to provide a open platform Þ We have strong customer base in SAN deployment