IBM System Storage N series Unified Storage Solutions
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions An Introduction to IBM System Storage N series Name title IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Agenda § IBM and Net. App Alliance § Today’s Enterprise Challenges § N series Advantage: Unified Storage Solutions § N series proof points: Customer Success! § Summary 2 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions IBM and Network Appliance Alliance Overview § In April, 2005, IBM and Network Appliance announced a strategic storage relationship to drive information on demand solutions and to expand IBM's portfolio of storage solutions. § IBM agreed to OEM (rebrand with IBM logo, service, support and warranty) the entire storage portfolio § To date IBM has shipped over 40 PBs and 5000 Systems to enterprise customers Worldwide…. . Success!! + 3 IBM System Storage N series Overview = October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Today’s Enterprise Challenges 4 IT Managers • • • Explosive data growth Making everything do more Adapt and scale the infrastructure 24 x 7 global access Data security and compliance Application integration CIOs • • Improving business processes Enterprise-wide operating costs Growing customer relationships Supporting competitive advantage IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Meeting Data Management Challenges with N series Store Manage Protect 5 • Single, scalable storage platform with unmatched administrative simplicity • High-productivity management tools, integrated with servers and applications • Leading backup & restore, disaster recovery, and data security solutions Retain • Flexible archive, compliance, and digital content solutions Succeed • Professional services and support to ensure business success IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions The N series Unified Architecture Advantage Competitors N series Platforms Incompatible silos Compatible family Software & Processes Incompatible software; different processes Lots of experts and integration services 6 IBM System Storage N series Overview Unified software; Same processes Experts & Integration Services Reduced training & service requirements October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Delivering Value Across the Datacenter Storage solutions that deliver simplified data management for your entire Datacenter u d r re y. ilit ab s rm scal o f ss lat e p amle g a e tor d s ll s s an a on itie ing plex n un om S r ent c O gle em Sin anag m ced fo N 7900 1, 176 TB N 7700 840 TB N 5600 N 5500 504 TB 168 TB N 5300 336 TB N 5200 N 3700 16 TB 7 N 3300 68 TB N 3600 104 TB 84 TB An Introduction to IBM System Storage N series Gateways Leverage existing Storage Assets while introducing advanced N series Software functionality August 28, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N series Unified Storage Solutions; Seamlessly manage your data from cradle to grave Multi-protocol, Heterogeneous Environment i. SCSI Data Migration FCP CIFS NFS Primary Storage Regulatory Compliance D/R Target Reference Information Advanced Backup and Recovery 8 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions The N series Advantage § N series storage solutions seamlessly manage data from cradle-to-grave with one OS and a single HW platform to provide • Strong data migration solutions for seamless integration into current data environments • Flexibility and scalability for future growth • Robust Consolidation, Data Protection, and Archival solutions for UNIX and Windows environments • Tightly integrated and Application-aware software for policybased automation of data protection and disaster recover for VMware, Exchange, Oracle, SAP, Share. Point server & more § N series Unified Storage enables enterprise data centers to reduce storage inefficiencies, effectively manage data & seamlessly scale while reducing lower overall TCO… 9 IBM System Storage N series Overview © 2007 IBM Corporation October 23, 2007
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Current Hardware Portfolio 10 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions All IBM System Storage™ N series Are Similar All N series Systems support the same unified storage features: § High availability features § Hot Swap, redundant components; power supplies, fans, disk drives and storage controller clustering NAS & IP SAN § Connects to NAS, IP SAN and FC SAN environments FC SAN § Concurrently § 45+ Advanced Software Features § Copy Services, multiple protocols, virtualization, WORM data protection, database usability § FC or SATA or Mixed Disk Drive options § FC drive options § Used for high performance, mission critical production data § SATA options can be used for § Disk backup options (near-line storage) § Archive storage § Non-erasable, non-rewriteable data protection 11 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions IBM System Storage™ N series Hardware Portfolio Storage solutions that deliver simplified data management across the entire enterprise N series system offer* N 5200 Gateway N 5300 Gateway N 5500 Gateway N 5600 Gateway N 7700 Gateway N 7900 Gateway § Network Protocols: NAS, i. SCSI, FC SAN. . … simultaneously § Single Operating system Gateways – extend IP community and N series functionality by creating a virtualized N series environment Support for IBM, EMC, HP, Hitachi , 3 Par, and Fujitsu storage systems § System management tools § Storage management tools § Multiple RAID levels … including double parity § High availability features … hot swap and redundancy N 3700 16 TB N 3300 68 TB N 3600 104 TB § Disk Drives: SAS, FC & SATA, multiple disk sizes & speeds … intermixed on all systems** N 5200 N 5300 N 5500 N 5600 N 7700 N 7900 84 TB 336 TB 168 TB 504 TB 840 TB 1, 176 TB § Non-erasable, Non-rewritable data protection § 45+ advanced software features and functions * * Gateways, N 3300, N 3600 support a subset of N series software ** SAS drives supported currently on the N 3300 and N 3600 12 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Supported Expansion Units for Appliance Models § EXN 1000 contains up to 14 SATA drives • 250 GB, • 500 GB, • 750 GB, 7. 2 K rpm § EXN 4000 contains up to 14 fibre channel drives • 2 Gbps Fibre Channel Disks – – • 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Disks – – 13 144 GB, 10 K rpm 300 GB, 10 K rpm 144 GB, 15 K rpm 300 GB, 15 K rpm IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N 3700 Hardware Specific Overview 14 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions IBM System Storage N 3700 § N 3700 available in single or dual storage controller • Cluster controller are designed to offer redundancy, higher availability and increased performance § Compact 3 U drawer scales to 4 TB* § Three addition expansion units allow a maximum of 16 TB* § Single platform offers Unified Protocol support N 3700 • NAS, i. SCSI (IP SAN) & FCP (FC SAN) protocol attachment to Windows, Unix and Linux environments § Enabler for IP-based SANs § Rock solid foundation offers redundant hot swappable components and robust copy services • Suitable for lights-out operation in distributed environments • Extremely suitable for SMB mission critical environments * Raw capacity 15 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N 3700 Hardware Overview § N 3700 available in single or dual storage controller appliance configurations – Cluster controller configurations contain two controllers inserted into rear of N 3700 • Cluster configuration are designed to offer the benefits of increased performance with active configuration. «Single controller can be upgraded to cluster § Based On Broadcom® MIPS-based architecture § All available adapters ship with base unit – Two 10/1000 copper Ethernet – Two Fibre Channel adapters • For tape and expansion unit attachment § Protocol Support • NFS V 2/V 3/V 4 over UDP or TCP • Microsoft® CIFS • i. SCSI • FTP, HTTP, NDMP, SNMP 16 IBM System Storage N series Overview Storage Controller Assembly October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Hardware Features NVRAM Battery § Maximum Volume / Aggregate size 8 TB § ECC Memory 1 GB § Nonvolatile Memory 128 MB Memory Console port Optical FC Port (SAN attach) 17 IBM System Storage N series Overview Copper FC port (EXN 2000 attach) 2 X Gb. E Copper NICs October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N 3300 & N 3600 Hardware Specific Overview 18 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N 3000 series Key Specifications N 3300 N 3600 High Performance SAS infrastructure Single Controller or Dual Controller (for HA) Unified Storage: i. SCSI, NAS, Fibre Channel Each Controller: Dual Gigabit Ethernet Ports and Dual 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Ports Onboard Remote Platform Management § 2 U High, 12 Internal SAS or SATA Drive Bays § No PCIe Slots § Up to Two External Disk Expansion Units – 4 Gbps Fibre Channel or 3 Gbps SATA § Up to 40 disk drives (system total) 19 IBM System Storage N series Overview • • • 4 U high, 20 Internal SAS or SATA Drive Bays 1 x PCIe Slot per Controller Up to Six External Disk Expansion Units – 4 Gbps Fibre Channel or 3 Gbps SATA • Up to 104 disk drives (system total) October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Unified Storage Model Mix File and Block Protocols in the same system Fibre Channel i. SCSI NFS File CIFS File SAN Services § One architecture for SAN and NAS storage § Unique ability to consolidate file and block storage on single system § Can be used for either primary or secondary storage 20 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N 3000 series Specifications Comparison N 3300 N 3700 N 3600 N 5200 Max Disk Drives 68 56 104 168 Max Storage Capacity 68 TB 16 TB 104 TB 84 TB SAS Drive Support Yes No Dual Controller Support Yes Yes Memory 2 GB 4 GB Max FC/Gig. E Ports 4/4 2/2 4/4 8/8 I/O Expansion Slots - - 2 x PCIe 6 x PCI-X Onboard Remote LAN Management Yes No Yes Optional Notes: (1) All specifications are for an active-active configuration; (2) max ports combines integrated ports with I/O cards; (3) maximum N 5200 Fibre Channel ports requires 4 -port 4 Gbps FC adapter card N 3300 logically replaces current N 3700 systems N 3600 fills gap between N 3700 and N 5200 21 IBM System Storage N 3000 series Sales Training February 12, 2008 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N 5200, N 5300, N 5500 & N 5600 Hardware Specific Overview 22 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N 5000 series: Value, Performance, and Versatility IBM N 5000 series Unified Storage System § Outstanding price-performance value § Excellent performance for Unified Storage – Environments requiring both NAS & SAN § Superior application availability § Unsurpassed versatility § “High-end performance at mid-range price” 23 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Capabilities N 5000 series Key Features of the N 5000 series § Scales up to 504 drives & 504 TB capacity § Storage tiers with FC and SATA drives § High-bandwidth I/O design § Integrated remote management – § 24 IBM System Storage N series Overview N 5300 and N 5600 Unified storage providing connectivity for multi-protocol host environments October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Versatility: Applications & Environments N 5000 series offers tremendous versatility Environments § § Data centers in small, medium, and large enterprises Technology development facilities Applications § § § 25 IBM System Storage N series Overview E-mail & other Business Applications Databases Home directories Engineering design & simulation Animation rendering October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N 5000 Platform Comparison N 5200 N 5300 N 5500 N 5600 Max Disk Drives 168 336 504 Max Storage Capacity 84 TB 336 TB 168 TB 252 TB Architecture 32 -bit 64 -bit Processors 2 x Single-core 4 x Dual-core Memory 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB Expansion Slots 6 x PCI-X 6 x PCIe Max Fibre Channel Ports 32 32 Max Ethernet Ports 24 32 Data ONTAP 7 Ver 7. 2+ Ver 7. 2. 1. 1+ Notes: (1) All specifications are for active-active, dual-controller configurations; (2) max ports combines integrated ports with I/O cards; 26 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N 7600 & N 7800 Hardware Specific Overview 27 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Introducing the 2 nd Generation N 7000 series The N 7000 series … Scales to Massive Capacity N 7900 Consolidates Efficiently Ensures Availability Supports Robust SAN N 7700 28 IBM System Storage N 7000 series February 12, 2008 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions 2 nd Generation N 7000 series Overview Modular system with integrated I/O § 16 x FC and 12 x Gb. E onboard* § Occupies 12 rack units* Superior scalability § 1176 TB storage § 1176 FC or SATA spindles § Up to 48 Fibre Channel ports** § Up to 52 Gigabit Ethernet ports** Built-in enterprise-class manageability § Enhanced capabilities through RLM * Enterprise active-active configuration. ** Includes onboard and PCI-E card ports, active-active configuration. 29 IBM System Storage N 7000 series Sales Training February 12, 2008 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions The New N 7000 series Delivers Massive Scalability N 7600 N 7700 N 7800 N 7900 (A/A) 4 4 8 16 NVRAM NV 6 (1 GB) NV 6 (4 GB) Memory 32 GB 64 GB PCI-x/e Slots 16 16 12 x Gb. E Processing Cores Onboard I/O 16 x FCP (2 Gb/s) 16 x FCP (4 Gb/s) Max Spindles 840 1, 008 1, 176 Max Storage Capacity 840 TB* 840 TB 1008 TB* 1176 TB * Data ONTAP 7. 2. 4 required to reach capacity points on N 7600 and N 7800. 30 IBM System Storage N 7000 series Sales Training February 12, 2008 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Similarities Between Systems 31 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Differentiating between N Series Systems The major differences between the N 3000, N 5000 and N 7000 models § Performance – More memory, Higher processor speeds & processors § Scalability – Disk capacity & adapter/HBA quantities § Price – Software is not based on TB’s but based on actual models number 32 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Similarities Between Systems Operating Systems & Redundancy Features 33 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Data ONTAP™ Features and Benefits § Operating System highly optimized and finely tuned for a single purpose – Serving Storage § Multi-protocol system designed to provide the maximum in investment protection and risk reduction § Usability aids and appliance like features could possible be an IT manager’s dream – Easy to install & quick deployment accelerates time to market – Reduced cost, advanced protection without performance compromises → business continuance – Allows consolidation of storage and servers providing maximum ROI and reduced TCO § Helps improve end-user productivity through increased file sharing solutions § Designed to greatly improved asset utilization with dynamic thin provision § Quick & easy data recovery with proven foundation using technologies. 34 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Multiprotocol: Native Mode access to common files: Windows, Unix and Linux Windows user views files over Common Internet File System (CIFS) Unix user views files over Network File System (NFS) 35 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Multi-protocol: Capacity-savings example Traditional Approach Windows Data UNIX Data Single-Copy Data sharing Windows Data UNIX Data § 20 Tera. Bytes Total Storage = 40 Terabytes Same data with 50% Shared Total Storage = 30 Terabytes § Designed to reduce costs by de-duplicating storage and simplifying system administration § Designed to increase productivity by sharing a single file seamlessly and securely § Designed to eliminates data migration costs by permitting today’s i. SCSI LUN to be tomorrow’s FCP LUN § Eases deployment of multiprotocol applications, e. g. , Dassault Systemès CATIA 36 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Similarities Between Systems RAID-DP 37 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions The challenge all RAID vendors face: the “non-correctable error rate” § Industry-wide trend Bits per RAID Group § As disk drive sizes get larger, the bit error rates increase (per drive) Assumes 8 -drive (7+1) RAID group 1. 0 E+16 1. 0 E+15 § Non-correctable error rate is uncomfortably close to bits read during reconstruction Danger Zone 1. 0 E+14 1. 0 E+13 1. 0 E+12 4 Typical error rates 410% - ATA 4 ATA: 1 bit in 1. 0 E+14 bits 38 Error Rates 41% - FC 4 FC: 1 bit in 1. 0 E+15 bits 1. 0 E+11 IBM System Storage N series Overview 1. 0 E+10 1. 0 E+09 36 GB 73 GB 147 GB 250 GB October 23, 2007 300 GB © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Patented Double Parity RAID: RAID-DP™ § Designed especially for SATA drive technology Single-parity RAID Protects against any single disk failure P § Designed to survive any 2 -disk-failure scenario § Breakthrough innovation: USENIX Best Paper in 2004 § Compared to single-parity RAID, RAIDDP has: – Better protection (>4, 000 MTTDL) RAID-DP Protects against any two-disk failure – High performance P DP – Same capacity overhead (typically 1 parity per 6 data drives § Designed to outperform other doubleparity” offerings – Routinely on during benchmarks § Combined with Sync. Mirror (RAID 1), the N series products are designed to survive failure of any five disks in one disk protection group 39 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Industry Leading RAID-DP (i. e. RAID 6) Industry Statistics: Drive Replacements & Media Errors Increase with Drive Capacities 20% 17. 9% ATA 15% Protected with 10% 5% RAID-DP 3% 5% ATA FC . 2% FC 0% 2. 6% ATA 1. 7% FC . 000001% Up to 5% Up to 2. 6% Up to 17. 9% *Typical Disk Drive *Disk Drive Spec *Media/bit Error *Media/Bit Error + 2 nd Replacement Rate Media/Bit Error Likelihood – Single Parity Failure Likelihood – Double Parity (during reconstruction of an 8 -drive RAID 4/5 set) (during reconstruction of a 16 -drive RAID-DP set) (per year) (full capacity transfer 300 GB FC / 320 GB “… Error Rate per Bits Read” SATA) *Source: IBM / Seagate / Maxtor / Hitachi & Network Appliance 40 ATA IBM System Storage N series Overview Less than 1 in a billion October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Similarities Between Systems Software Elements 41 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N series Software Options Features: § Included with base system § Optional feature * not available with gateways 43 Advanced Software Features 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 42 Data ONTAP i. SCSI Host Attach Kit for AIX, Windows & Linux FTP Snapshot Snap. Mover Sync. Mirror Filer. View Flex. Vol Flex. Share Secure. Admin Auto. Support Disk Sanitization RAID-DP* RAID-4* IBM System Storage N series Overview 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. CIFS Protocol 35. Snap. Manager for SQL NFS Protocol 36. Snap. Manager for Exchange HTTP Protocol 37. Snap. Manager for Oracle FCP Protocol 38. Snap. Manager for SAP Cluster Failover 39. Snap. Manager for Share. Point Flex. Clone 40. Snap. Validator Multi. Store 41. Operations Manager Core Snap. Mirror 42. Operations Manager SRM Snap. Restore 43. FCP Host Utility for UNIX, Win & Linux Snap. Vault 44. Protection Manager Open Systems Snap. Vault 45. Advanced Single Instance Storage Snap. Lock Enterprise 46. Virtual File Manager Lock. Vault Enterprise Snap. Lock Compliance* Lock. Vault Compliance* Snap. Drive for Windows, Unix & Linux Near. Store feature Metro. Cluster* Single Mailbox Recovery October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Advanced Features Provide Total TCO Protection Network Access Protocols § § 43 CIFS – Windows client & server attached to storage via IP network utilizing file system protocols Data protection & Business Continuity NFS – UNIX/Linux client & server attached to storage via IP network utilizing file system protocols i. SCSI – Windows/UNIX/Linux server attached to storage via IP network utilizing block I/O protocols FCP – Windows/UNIX/Linux server attached to storage via fiber channel network utilizing block protocols IBM System Storage N series Overview § On board copy services via Snapshot & Snap. Restore – virtual file & volume copy § Outboard copy services via Snap. Vault, Snap. Mirror, Sync. Mirror § Double parity RAID provides enhanced data protection for SATA drives § Cluster Failover – between redundant nodes § Snap. Lock & Lock. Vault– non-erasable nonrewritable data protection System tools, Usability Aids, Provisioning § Filer. View – overall system monitoring and management § Snap. Manager – Exchange & SQL environments § Snap. Drive – usability for block I/O environments § Flex. Clone – database cloning Solutions § E-mail archive § Microsoft Exchange, SQL & Oracle consolidations § Storage consolidation § Server consolidation § Catia migrations § Unified storage § Corporate Compliancy § Flex. Vol – Thin Provisioning § Information Lifecycle Management § Multi. Store – Partitioning § A-SIS – block level deduplication § Infrastructure Simplification October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N series Unified Storage Solutions; Seamlessly manage your data from cradle to grave Multi-protocol, Heterogeneous Environment i. SCSI Data Migration FCP CIFS NFS Primary Storage Regulatory Compliance D/R Target Reference Information Advanced Backup and Recovery 44 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N series Gateways 45 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N series Gateway Topology Options NAS SAN Enterprise Departmental Host Side FCP Protocols i. SCSI Dedicated Ethernet Target Side FCP Protocols Target SAN (Block) Host Side 46 IBM System Storage N series Overview Target Corporate LAN NAS (File) . IBM N series Gateway Simultaneous support for all four network attachment options from a single hardware platform! October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Differences between Appliance & Gateway Models Servers ________Clients & Servers__________ Unix Windows Servers Linux FC FC IP Storage Controller N series Gateway Model Equal Appliance (A 10 & A 20) N series Appliance 47 FC Gateway (G 10 & G 20) Controllers are the same between the Appliances & Gateways Storage Controller ships with attached disk storage Disk Storage is provided by external RAID subsystem Operating System Data ONTAP slightly modified to remove RAID is dependent on attached storage subsystem Software 40+ features and functions § Performance Dependent on storage subsystem & controller IBM System Storage N series Overview Other vendor storage subsystems Equal to Appliance models with exception of: Disk Sanitization, Snap. Lock, Compliance, Lock. Vault Compliance, A-SIS, RAID-DP, RAID 4 October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Unified Storage for SAN Solutions Line Up for N series Gateways: Aggregates heterogeneous SAN storage for file or block access with the compelling data management capabilities of Data ONTAP® and robust software suite N 7600 Gateway N 7800 Gateway N 5600 Gateway N 5200 Gateway N 5300 Gateway N 5500 Gateway Tiered Heterogeneous Storage 48 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions New N series Gateway Overview Transform Legacy Storage N series unifies SAN and NAS as well as virtualizes SAN storage from multiple vendors into a single pool for file or block access to provide the benefits of Data ONTAP and the N series manageability software family. N 7900 N 7700 Gateway N 5200 Gateway N 5300 Gateway New! N 5600 Gateway New! 1, 176 TB 840 TB 504 TB 336 TB Direct replacements for N 7600 and N 7900 84 TB Tiered Heterogeneous Storage 49 IBM System Storage N series Gateways February 12, 2008 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N series Gateway’s Unified Storage Architecture Enhance SAN Capabilities and Enables IP users Access to SAN Resources Clients & Servers NFS CIFS FCP i. SCSI N series Gateways § Unified, simplified management of heterogeneous arrays RG 1 RG 2 RG 3 Aggregates N series Gateways § File and/or block access § Aggregation of unused capacity § Increased performance via virtual LUNs Tiered Heterogeneous Storage § Advanced data management of Data ONTAP Multi-Vendor SAN Storage 50 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Typical Enterprise SAN scenario Clients & Servers § Fragmented SAN Silos § Generally underutilized FC SAN § No data sharing § Multiple replication technologies § Costly FC attachment fees for each server or client EMC 51 IBM System Storage N series Overview HP IBM October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Why Gateway vs. General Purpose Filer Server Clients & Servers ü A single Gateway supports Unix, Linux and Windows file protocols § Potentially reducing the number of servers required for accessing SAN storage in mixed protocol environments ü Connecting small inexpensive servers to premium priced SAN storage is very costly. § FC HBAs, FC switch ports… costs could exceed the actual cost of server ü A single Gateway extends the reach of SAN storage to many servers attached to an IP network Unix Windows Linux FC IP. N series Gateway FC § Potentially reducing overall connection costs § Allowing access to SAN storage at extended distances ü A Gateway provides functionality of N series technology to other vendor storage subsystems ü A Gateway provides increased protection investment in SAN storage by increasing SAN utilization & accessibility 52 IBM System Storage N series Overview Tiered Heterogeneous Storage October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N series Gateway - Value Proposition § A Comprehensive Storage Solution – Unifies NAS, SAN, and i. SCSI under a common architecture – Proven data management applications for multivendor, tiered storage § Customer Benefits – Simplifies storage provisioning and management – Lowers storage management and operating costs – Increases storage utilization – Provides comprehensive simple-to-use data protection solutions – Improves business practices and operational efficiency – Enables improved management of conventional storage systems 53 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N series Software Overview 54 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions CIFS Protocol § Allows Microsoft Windows servers & clients access over the IP network using CIFS file system protocols. Windows servers Files § Microsoft Windows client access licenses (CAL) are not required. Supports an active directory environment IP Windows clients NFS Protocol UNIX & Linux servers Files § Allows UNIX and Linux servers and clients access over an IP network using NFS file system protocols. IP UNIX & Linux clients 55 IBM System Storage N series Overview § V 2, V 3, V 4 supported October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions i. SCSI Protocol § Allows transfer of data between storage and servers in block I/O formats (i. SCSI protocol). UNIX, Linux & Windows servers Blocks § Enables the creation of IP SANs for optimizing the transfer of database traffic in IP environments. IP Fibre Channel Protocol UNIX, Linux & Windows servers Blocks FC SAN § Allows transfer of data between storage and servers in block I/O formats utilizing FCP protocols § Enables participation of an N series storage solution within Fibre Channel SAN environments N series 56 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions FTP Protocol § File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a conversational protocol used to transfer files from an N series running Data ONTAP to a client/user over TCP/IP Files IP UNIX, Linux & Windows servers § It can transfer simple text files and convert between different native formats, such as from a Windows text format to a UNIX text format, or it can transfer raw binary data, such as programs and graphical images. UNIX, Linux & Windows clients HTTP Protocol Web servers Files IP Web Clients 57 IBM System Storage N series Overview § HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the foundation protocol of the World Wide Web. It sets the rules for exchanges between browser and server. It provides for the transfer of hypertext and hypermedia, for recognition of file types, and other functions. § N series supports HTTP and transfer files from an N series running Data ONTAP to a client/user over TCP/IP October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Filer. View® IT Administrator § A web-based administration tool that allows IT administrators to fully manage N series systems from remote locations. IP § Simple and intuitive web-based single-appliance administration N series Secure. Admin™ § Secure. Admin is standard feature of Data ONTAP that enables authenticated, command-based administrative sessions between an administrative user and Data ONTAP over an intranet or the Internet. § Secure. Admin can be used to authenticate both the administrative user and the N series system, creating a secure, direct communication link to the N series system. § It helps protects administrative logins, passwords, and session commands from "cleartext" snooping by replacing rsh and telnet with the strongly encrypted SSH protocol 58 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Disk Sanitization § Disk sanitization is the process of physically obliterating data by overwriting disks with specified byte patterns or random data in a manner that helps prevents recovery of current data by any known recovery methods. § This feature enables you to carry out disk sanitization by using three successive byte overwrite patterns per cycle and a default six cycles per operation Disk with Data Disk sanitized 1234567 89 Flex. Share™ § Flex. Share gives administrators the ability to increase processing utilization without sacrificing the performance of critical business needs. Windows Servers 1 1 2 2 UNIX / Linux Servers 59 Priority mechanism to give preferential treatment to a higher priority tasks IBM System Storage N series Overview § Allows administrators to consolidate different applications and data sets on a single storage system. § Flex. Share gives administrators the control to prioritize applications based on how critical they are to the business and provides a priority mechanism to give preferential treatment to higher priority tasks. § Benefits include: § For more effective storage consolidation § Critical workloads get fastest response when controller is fully loaded § Storage administrator can make on-the-fly adjustments § Standard feature in Data ONTAP 7. 2 October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Flex. Vol® § Allows administrator to create multiple flexible volumes across a large pool of disks. § Dynamic, non-disruptive storage (thin) provisioning; space- and time-efficiency. § Allows users to get more space dynamically and non-disruptively. § Enables more productive use of available storage and helps improve performance. Without Flex. Vol, application is limited to preassigned space Application is free to grab more space if needed Flex. Clone™ User reads unchanged Snapshot data in base Flex. Clone Snapshot User writes new data to clone copy § Designed to provide instant replication of data volumes/sets without requiring additional storage space at the time of creation. § Allows IT administrator to make a backup copy of a database and then modify and run testing against test (backup) database without affecting or taking the on-line database off-line. New production writes Flexible Volume base production data) 60 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions RAID-DP® P DP § Traditional single-parity RAID technology offers protection from a single failed disk drive. § The expectation is that no other disk fails nor uncorrectable bit errors not occur during a read operation while reconstruction of the failed disk is still in progress. § If either event occurs during reconstruction, then some or all data contained in the RAID array or volume could be lost. With modern larger disk media, the likelihood of an uncorrectable bit error is fairly high, since disk capacities have increased but bit error rates have stayed the same. § The ability of traditional single-parity RAID to protect data is being stretched beyond its limits. § Protects better than single-parity RAID or RAID 0+1 § Designed to survive all 2 -disk failure scenarios § Essential for SATA drives but also applicable to FC drives § Breakthrough innovation: USENIX Best Paper in 2004 § No performance penalty for industry-leading protection Clustered Failover (CFO) § Automatic failover with notification provides continuous data availability for an unavailable storage controller and notifies administrator of failover. Application Cluster with N series clustering § Manual failover and giveback enables planned maintenance on a storage controller without impacting data availability N series Disk § Transparent failover: end users are not impacted by a failover; clients continue to access data the same way after a failover. § Active/active configuration; both clustered controllers are doing useful work; no resources sit idle waiting for a failover to occur Volumes 61 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snapshot™ § Instant self-service file & volume backup for end users. § Instant self-service file & volume backup and recovery for end users § Zero-performance impact, space-efficient. Only block-level changes are stored, thus minimizing disk space for each subsequent Snapshot Snap. Restore® § Instantaneous volume recovery (up to 16 TB at once) § Can restore individual files/LUNs/volumes as well § Operates within the N series, without burdening the storage networks to which it’s attached 62 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Multi. Store® § Multi. Store lets you quickly and easily create separate, private logical partitions of a single N series’ IP networking and storage resources. Logical partitioning § Multi. Store prevents different enterprise departments accessing or finding other virtual storage partitions within the single Appliance or Gateway they all share. § Multi. Store helps prevent information on any virtual partition from being viewed, used or downloaded by unauthorized users. § Analogous in purpose to LUN masking on a Block Storage System Windows clients UNIX clients Linux clients Snap. Mover® N series Clustered A A B B 1 3 2 4 Snap. Mover Ownership Migration § Local data migration solution for optimizing workloads across N series sharing a common disk array. § Allows you to migrate ownership of a volume from one controller to another in the cluster with a single command. § Allows for better resource utilization and performance amongst multiple N series devices § Multi. Store and Clustering are prerequisites controller B takes ownership of Volume # 2 63 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Sync. Mirror® FC § Synchronous local mirroring from one volume to another volume attached to the same controller. § Includes volume mirroring between two clustered nodes. Plex 0 FC Plex 1 § Not available on the N 3700 due to port limitations RAID Groups Snap. Mirror® § Async, sync and semi-sync remote replication over inexpensive Internet protocols. RPQ’s for FCP support accepted. Source IP Target § In async mode, a full baseline replication is followed by incremental block updates. § Mirroring can be : § 1 -to-1 § Many-to-1 § 1 -to-Many 64 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Metro. Cluster § Extends Clustered Failover capabilities from primary to a remote site § Replicates data from the primary site to the remote site to ensure that data there is completely up-to-date and available Site A § If Site A goes down, Metro. Cluster allows you to rapidly resume operations at a remote site minutes after a disaster. § Stretch Metro. Cluster provides a disaster recovery option at distances up to 500 meters between each N series system. § Fabric Metro. Cluster provides a disaster recovery option at distances up to 100 km using a Fibre Channel switched network. Site B Stretch Fabric X Vol-X Ym Xm Mirrored Vol-Y Y Mirrored Vol-X Vol-Y § Available on N 5000 & N 7000 Models Snap. Validator® Oracle validates blocks and adds protection information Oracle® Database Server IP Snap. Validator validates the data against the protection information 65 IBM System Storage N series Overview Fibre Channel or IP (i. SCSI, NFS) § Snap. Validator detects and prevents potential corruptions of Oracle data before they happen. § Oracle system assigns a unique value to each write request based on the sum of the data and sends the data set down the I/O path to the N series system. Upon receipt, Snap. Validator calculates the sum of the data and compares it to the Oracle value. § If these values match, the system writes the information to disk and reports a successful write. § If the identifiers do not match, the system prevents the data corruption and produces an alert. § Snap. Validator meets Oracle HARD (Hardware Assisted Resilient Data) initiative and provides the highest possible level of protection for Oracle data. October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Near. Store® § Data ONTAP maintains a fixed upper limit for concurrent Snap. Mirror and Snap. Vault transfers based on the type of disks the system has attached. Concurrent data streams § Concurrent operations allow multiple data streams between two N series devices for the purpose of backup, data protection, disaster preparedness § The Near. Store (near-line) feature increases the maximum number of concurrent data streams (per storage controller) to the following limits: § N 5200 w/FC & SATA drives = 32 concurrent data streams § N 5300, 5500 & N 7600 w/FC & SATA drives = 64 concurrent data streams § N 5600 & N 7800 w/FC & SATA drives = 128 concurrent data streams Notes: Concurrent data streams = a combination of Snap. Mirror and Snap. Vault and Open Systems Snap. Vault sessions Advanced Single Instance Storage (A-SIS deduplicaiton) Benefits of A-SIS § Reduces storage use by sharing identical data blocks § Ideal for Business Processes / Applications § Archiving § Enterprise Content Management § Information Lifecycle Management § Eliminates redundancy within and across files § Between multiple backups of same source data set § Between multiple backups of different source sets § Within one backup (duplicate files and blocks) 66 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snap. Vault® § Provides homogeneous super-efficient hourly disk-based online backup and restore by periodically backing up a Snapshot copy to another system § Full volume, native format copies of primary N series systems reside on backup system and only incremental block changes are sent to backup system for efficient space management Blocks IP N series primary storage N series near-line storage Open Systems Snap. Vault (OSSV) Windows Servers 1 IP 2 UNIX / Linux Servers 67 IBM System Storage N series Overview 1. § Provides Heterogeneous super-efficient hourly disk-based online backup and restore by periodically backing up changes to an N series system 2 § Full volume, native format copies of data from open system DAS systems reside on backup system but only incremental block changes are stored on backup system for efficient space management N series § Enables you to provide incremental backup copies from Open Systems with DAS to N series disk systems October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snap. Lock® § Disk-based WORM technology compliant with strict regulations such as SEC 17 a-4. Provides non-erasable and non-rewritable data protection that helps enable compliance with government and industry records retention regulations. § The entire system or a portion of it can be partitioned to store WORM-protected data. Snap. Lock volumes are accessed via CIFS or NFS protocols. Snap. Lock works with Snap. Mirror to satisfy regulations requiring two WORM copies. Lock. Vault™ Disk Space Used: § Enables IT administrator to “lock” a backup in a nonerasable and non-rewriteable format for compliant retention 68 Near-line Secondary Storage DR Target IBM System Storage N series Overview § Snapshot-based backups save only changed blocks; yet full backup image is immediately readable in native application format § Compliance. Journal™ logs changes between Snapshot copies October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snap. Manager® for SQL server and Snap. Manager for Exchange § Host software for managing Exchange and SQL Server backup and restore. Snap. Manager software simplifies data protection by automating processes to provide hands-off, worryfree data management. § It enables you to schedule and automate backups, use policy-based backup retention management, and simplify the migration of existing databases to IBM N series systems. § Snap. Manager also delivers built-in high availability, with features that allow you to expand databases online. § It also offers tight integration with Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) and Multipath I/O (MPIO) and with the N series Clustered Failover option and Snap. Mirror for simplified disaster recovery implementation. Single Mailbox Recovery (SMBR) § Enables the recovery of a single mailbox from a Microsoft Exchange Information Store. N series § Unlike Lotus Domino where every mailbox is stored as a separate database (and therefore is implicitly recoverable as a unit by itself), Exchange clumps several mailboxes together into. edb files and. stm files. . Exchange Server SMBR Software § This makes recovery of a single user’s mailbox extremely cumbersome and in most cases impossible unless there is some brick-level backup software in place. § With SMBR, no brick-level (transaction level) backup is required. § SMBR can extract a single mailbox or email directly and rapidly from an Exchange Information Store. 69 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snap. Manager for Microsoft Office Share. Point Server 4 4 Fast and storage efficient backups 4 No performance degradation from online backups 4 4 4 Instantaneous access to backup data 4 4 Reduce downtime from outages More frequent backups due to speed and efficiency Automation eliminates manual errors Extremely fast and accurate data recovery Automation saves administrative time § Recovery using Snapshots is very fast § Extraction capability recovers individual Sites, Sub-sites, Libraries, Lists, Files and Versions in minutes § Recovery is non-disruptive 70 IBM System Storage N series Quick Reference Guide February 12, 2008 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snap. Manager for Oracle® § Snap. Manager automates and simplifies the complex manual and time-consuming processes associated with the backup, restore, recovery and cloning of Oracle databases. § It provides the ability to create, use, and clone a database for use by non-production team capability. § Snap. Manager automatically identifies the backup data set and puts the database in hot backup mode while a Snapshot copy is created to ensure consistency. § Any backup can be immediately verified, or verification can be deferred. § Backups can be performed at regular intervals throughout the day and ensures that restores occur quickly with minimal disruption to ongoing operations. § It also integrates with native Oracle technology such as RAC, RMAN, and ASM and across i. SCSI and NFS protocols to allow IT organizations to: § Scale their storage infrastructure § Meet increasingly stringent SLA commitments § Improve the productivity of databases storage administrator across the enterprise Snap. Manager for SAP Benefits: § Snap. Manager backs up in seconds § Snapshot copies verified for integrity and stored § Near instantaneous restores from Snapshot § Dramatically shortened recovery with automated log replays § Automated recovery tasks § Near-instant clones from Snapshot § Automated cloning operation § Reduce downtime from outages § Automation eliminates manual errors 71 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snap. Drive® § Usability aid for i. SCSI & FCP environments § Optimized usage in Exchange and database environments • GREEN are LUN’s • BLUE is aggregate • RED are volumes § Automates many functions that typically require manual processes like creating LUNs and mapping those LUNs to volumes § Virtualized “local” disk to Windows servers. Storage managed by Snap. Drive logically appears to come from a locally attached storage subsystem. § Snap. Drive allows administrators to easily create virtual disks from pools of storage that can be distributed among several N series Appliances and/or Gateways. § With Snap. Drive you add, delete, map, unmap, and mirror virtual disks online. You can expand capacity on-the-fly with no impact to application or system performance 72 IBM System Storage N series Overview . October 23, 2007 . © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Operations Manager § Previously called: Data. Fabric Manager, this feature provides the base Operations Manager installation. . . § Designed to provide a central point of control and provide alerts, reports, and configuration tools. § These tools are designed to help manage storage and content delivery infrastructure, consistent with business requirements, and help maximize availability and reduced total cost of ownership. Operations Manager – Storage Resource Manager (SRM) • Provides advanced function to the Operations Manager Core feature. • Provides detailed storage utilization reports to aid capacity planning, consumption management, data migration, and chargeback. 73 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Protection Manager § Overview: – Automated backup and replication management for N series disk-to-disk environment. § Customer Benefits: – Assured data protection through policy based management – Eliminates time consuming manual set-up and mapping – Effective use of secondary and tertiary storage resources reduces cost Automation of Backup and Replication Virtual File Manager™ (VFM®) N series Global Namespace Marketing Users E : Engineering Users E: Dallas Single logical view of file storage Virtual File Manager server Marketing Advertising Brochures Presentations Engineering Executables Libraries Presentations Source This is a dedicated server running VFM software For Administrators 4 Aggregate storage monitoring and distributed storage optimization tools 4 Simplified storage administration without client reconfiguration 4 Reduces recovery time associated with disaster or reconfiguration 4 Storage consolidation without any client reconfiguration and downtime 4 Simplifies network storage scalability 74 IBM System Storage N series Overview Benefits of VFM Linux File server UNIX File server Windows File server \DallasBrochures Tucson \TucsonPresentation s Budapest \BudapestLibs Beijing \BeijingExecs For Users 4 Single directory namespace to browse 4 Increased productivity through more efficient file retrieval – Links to the data are always maintained 4 Increased data availability through transparent storage management October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Sales Person Page Only § The next section contains several solution scenarios § You will need to pick and choose the best solution scenarios that meet your customer’s environment and move the remaining solution slides to the backup section. § You should not need to show all the solution slides to your customers. § Recommended supplement for solutions: – N_series_Business_Solutions_Customer. ppt – Solution presentations • N series sales kit Solutions – Software Presentations • N series sales kit Software 75 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Near. Store® (near-line) Storage Solution 76 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Near. Store (near-line) Storage Solutions Near-line Storage continues to gain popularity with customers who have a requirement for on-line, fast-access disk solutions Designed to allows customers to : N series Primary N series w/ Near. Store Tape § provide data protection capabilities § provide Remote Disaster Recovery § store infrequently accessed data § provide Online Archival § store non-erasable, non-writeable WORM data to meet industry needs § quickly buffer data from production system to cached disk system to tape while dramatically reducing the time it takes to backup production data thus allowing IT managers the ability to meet shrinking backup windows 77 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions IBM Near. Store (near-line) Storage Solution § IBM near-line Storage Solution: 1. Any N series hardware platform 2. Data ONTAP operating system 3. Populated with SATA disk drive technology 4. Larger capacity – up to 1, 176 TB 5. Greater data streaming capabilities between primary N series and secondary N series 6. Runs Snap. Lock software for non-erasable & non-rewriteable data protection A single platform, offering one of the industries most comprehensive, backup, archive, compliance solution! 78 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions VMware Scenarios 79 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions VMware’s Unique Value Automated Resource Assurance & DRS + Increased Availability Dynamic Balancing Automated Continuous Optimization Across Applications + On Demand Capacity Non-disruptive Scaling Flexible, Reconfigurable X 80 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions VMware and Storage § VMware Solutions Increases Demands on Storage: – Higher I/O rates, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery – Cost-effective and space-efficient ‘hot-backups’, restores, thin-provisioning and cloning § VI 3 Requires Network Storage § VDI Requires Cost–Effective Storage Failure to consider storage virtualization in the design and deployment of a VMware Solution simply transfers costs from servers or desktops to storage 81 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Joint Value Proposition Virtual Machines ESX ESX Server Server Physical x 86 Servers Server Increase ROI by aggregating, thin-provisioning, and managing resources across virtual machines & flexible volumes Fibre Channel SAN, i. SCSI SAN, or NFS DAE 9 DAE 8 DAE 7 DAE 6 DAE 5 DAE 4 DAE 3 DAE 2 DAE 1 DAE 0 82 HS HS Clones for EXCH 2 Clones for EXCH 1 RAID 5 (4+1) HS EXCH 3 146 GBHS 10 K Logs Flex. Vol® Volumes RAID 5 (4+1) EXCH 1 SG 1 & 2 EXCH 1 146 GB 10 K SG 1 & 2 EXCH 1 73 GB 15 K SG 1 & 2 EXCH 1 Logs 1 Clones for EXCH 3 146 GB 10 K (3+3) example EXCH 1 SG 1 & 2 Physical Heterogeneous Storage RAID 1/0 (3+3) EXCH 2 Logs 0 RAID 5 (4+1) 2 3 EXCH 1 73 GB 15 K SG 1 & 2 RAID 1/0 (3+3) 73 GB 15 K 4 IBM System Storage N series Overview 5 6 7 RAID 1/0 (3+3) 73 GB 8 15 K 9 10 N series 73 GB 15 K EXCH 1 SG 1 & 2 RAID 1/0 (3+3) 1215 K 13 1173 GB 14 October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Unique IBM N series Value for VMware Accelerate IT § Provision in minutes instead of days § Rapid Test and Dev with instant VM cloning Virtualized Servers Network Increase Application Availability § Robust DR and Data Management Solutions § Application level recovery in minutes More value Unified § Proven best TCO for enterprise storage Storage § Increase storage & server utilization 50 -90% § Any protocol - FCP, i. SCSI & NFS 83 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Microsoft Exchange Scenarios 84 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snap. Manager® Reduces implementation time, increase availability and reduce RPO and RTO § Automated application Integration and availability for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL and Oracle – Snapshot – Snap. Restore Site or System Disaster – Snap. Mirror – Application disaster recovery – Snap. Drive – Grow application storage on the fly – Automated DB and message store Migration § Optional for MS Exchange: – Single Mailbox Recovery Snap. Mirror for Remote Recovery with Snapshots Application Servers Hourly Central Snapshots Disaster Recovery Site Failover to D/R Site Data for Local Center Recovery 85 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snap. Manager for Exchange: Backup and Recover in Minutes Exchange Server 2007 / 2003 Environment Snap. Manager® Snap. Manager Exchange Information Store backup and recovery with Snapshots 4 Database FC or IP SAN 4 Whole storage group 4 All storage groups Snap. Drive™ N series Supported over i. SCSI or FC Storage Complete in minutes (duration dependent upon log replay) Recover to any point in time Snapshot™ copy Snapshot™ Copies Time to Backup: Seconds 86 IBM System Storage N series Overview ® Snap. Restore Autolog Replay Time to Recover: Minutes October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Exchange with EMC Main Site Remote Site Replication Manager CLARii. ON CX CLARii. ON EMC DMX CX E-Mail Legato Extender Backup Exchange Snap View Mirror View $$$ More Storage Archive/ ECC Legato Backup Compliance LAN SRDF BCV SAN Copy Time. Finder EMC Centera Special API LAN Internet/WAN DR Site CLARii. ONCX CX CLARii. ON EMC DMX CX Exchange LAN Snap View Mirror View SRDF BCV SAN Copy Time. Finder Legato Backup 87 IBM System Storage N series Overview Centera § § § § Operational overhead and complexity Different storage architectures Limited i. SCSI offering Poor snapshot capabilities Storage waste and inefficiency Scalable, but complex and expensive Cumbersome backup and restore High TCO and limited ROI October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Under the Hood … DAE 9 Clones for EXCH 2 HS RAID 5 (4+1) HS DAE 8 Clones for EXCH 1 DAE 7 DAE 6 DAE 5 DAE 4 DAE 3 DAE 2 DAE 1 DAE 0 146 GB 10 K EXCH 1 Logs 2 146 GB 10 K EXCH 1 SG 1 & 2 EXCH 2 Logs 1 § Cumbersome and inflexible (3+3) example RAID 5 (4+1) 146 GB 10 K HS EXCH 3 Logs HS 3 RAID 1/0 (3+3) 73 GB 15 K EXCH 1 SG 1 & 2 RAID 1/0 (3+3) 73 GB 15 K 5 6 7 EXCH 3 SG 1& 2 RAID-DP EXCH 1 SG 1& 2 RAID-DP 8 9 EXCH 2 SG 1& 2 RAID-DP Logs 11 12 13 § Space cannot be shrunk; growth involves data reshuffling § New spindles are used when volumes expand § No space saving on replication 14 Simple Exchange Storage Configuration with N series § Intuitive EXCH 2 EXCH 1 10 § Complex to manage § Difficult and expensive to scale EXCH 1 SG 1 & 2 RAID 1/0 (3+3) 73 GB 15 K 4 § Labor intensive Clones for EXCH 3 RAID 5 (4+1) 0 Exchange Storage Configuration with EMC EXCH 3 Logs § Simple to manage § Flexible § Easily scalable § Growing and shrinking are non-disruptive § Space savings on replication 88 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Exchange with IBM N series Main Site Snap. Manager for Exchange Remote Site N 3000 N series Single Mailbox Recovery Operations Manager RAID-DP Snapshot Snap. Vault Snap. Mirror Exchange RAID-DP™ Snapshot™ Snap. Vault® Snap. Mirror® Snap. Lock® WORM ZANTAZ/Symantec E-mail Archive and Compliance LAN Internet/WAN DR Site § Simple storage management § Improved availability and performance N series Exchange LAN RAID-DP Snapshot Snap. Vault Snap. Mirror Snap. Lock WORM 89 LAN IBM System Storage N series Overview § Meets compliance and regulatory requirements with existing storage § Simple and scalable platform § Eliminates backup/restore complexity § Reduced TCO and improved ROI Tivoli Backup October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Customer Issue: painful to recover individual mailboxes/messages Primary Data Center Offsite Location Set up recovery server Identify and load full backup from tape Extract and restore individual mailbox Common Procedure • Need to setup a recovery server • Identify the right full Exchange backup • Load the backup to server (entire Exchange database) • Extract the required mailbox The entire process takes many hours Time to recover: many hours 90 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N series solution: SMBR and Snap. Manager Primary Data Center Single Mailbox Recovery Software § Snap. Manager backs up Exchange in seconds with snapshots § SMBR restores individual mailboxes from snapshots in minutes Restore mail box Time to restore: minutes 91 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N series vs. EMC Feature Comparison IBM N series EMC § Up to 255 Snapshot™ copies § Flexible volumes § RAID-DP® with no performance hit § Greater flexibility with Snap. Manager for Exchange § Storage leveraged for backup § Single Mailbox Recovery § § § 92 Single storage architecture Simplified storage infrastructure Reduced operational complexity Lowest TCO and highest ROI Simple to scale Highest availability and risk mitigation IBM System Storage N series Overview § Only 16 snapshots § No flexible volumes § Mirrored storage = waste ($$$) § Limited replication manager § Requires external backup solution § No Single Mailbox Recovery § § § Multiple storage architectures Infrastructure complexity Increased operational complexity High TCO Low ROI Cumbersome, expensive scalability High availability October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Solution Scenarios 93 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Tiered Storage (Production, near-line, Tape) Storage Type Primary Storage Data Class Challenges Mission Critical 4 Escalating media costs High performance 4 Information Lifecycle Management Active use 4 Time to recovery Solution Reference data Secondary Storage Medium performance 4 Tiered data storage 4 High performance primary storage 4 Near. Store for secondary storage 4 Long-term tape archive Occasional use Solution Benefits Archive data Tape Low performance Rare use 94 IBM System Storage N series Overview 4 Match information to cost of storage 4 Faster recovery from data loss 4 Improved utilization 4 Reduced media costs October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N 5000 with SATA Drives Offers Nearline Storage Primary near-line Offline Servers LAN or WAN Optical Library IP or FC Storage Network Tape Library Heterogeneous Storage Very Fast $$$$$/GB 95 IBM System Storage N series Overview N 5000 w/ FC drives N 5000 w/ SATA drives (near-line Storage) Fast $$/GB Slow $/GB October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Disaster Recovery- Multiple Sites Challenges Remote Offices Tokyo London China 4 Ensure data availability 4 Speed time to recovery 4 Reduce administrative costs WAN . Solution 4 Mirror sites for rapid disaster recovery 4 Automatic failover to mirrored site 4 Single solution for sync, async, semisync mirroring Solution Benefits 4 Cost effective Disaster Recovery 4 Maintains user productivity 4 Ensures regulatory compliance US Headquarters 6 96 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snap. Mirror Replication – Sync, Semi. Sync, Async & Bi-directional Value Proposition 4 Simple and flexible replication solution addresses a broad range of DR needs Benefits 4 High availability, reliability of data – RPO of one minute or less – Dual path option – Tunable performance vs. recovery point (sync, async, semi-sync options) . Snap. Mirror N series 97 IBM System Storage N series Overview . N series 4 Cost-effective solution with enterprise features Bandwidth management – Compression – Can operate within existing FC or IP network – Multi-hop, cascading – Re-startable transfers October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Disaster Recovery: Snap. Mirror Value Proposition Primary Data Center 4 Simple and flexible replication solution addresses a broad range of DR needs LAN Benefits . . N series 4 High availability, reliability of data N series DR Site – RPO of one minute or less – Dual path option – Tunable performance vs. recovery point (sync, async, semi-sync options) 4 Cost-effective solution with enterprise features Snap. Mirror . N series 98 IBM System Storage N series Overview – Supported on all N series systems – Bandwidth management – Compression – Can operate within existing IP network – Multi-hop, cascading – Re-startable transfers October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Solution: Infrastructure Simplification (Windows, UNIX, Linux) Workgroup A Workgroup B Challenges § § § Silos of storage Poor storage utilization Heavy administrative burden Solution Servers 4 Multiprotocol Filers Storage 4 Server and storage consolidation IT Staff 4 Unified architecture and management skill set Solution Benefits 4 Reduced complexity 4 Server consolidation Primary Storage 99 IBM System Storage N series Overview 4 Reduced administrative cost October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snap. Lock® Protects Data from Tampering or Erasure, Aids Compliance § Snap. Lock is non-erasable, non-rewritable magnetic disk storage (WORM) § Using Snap. Lock aids compliance archiving § Supports separate retention dates for each archived message § Snap. Lock is an add-on software license § Leverages existing IBM hardware § Leverages Data ONTAP and WAFL 100 IBM System Storage N series Overview § High Performance email archival & retrieval § Supports mirroring and/or tape backup § Supports RAID-DP for extra data protection § Open, standard data access protocols § Two Versions—Snap. Lock Compliance & Snap. Lock enterprise October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Two Versions of Snap. Lock—Regulated versus “Enterprise” Records Retention Snap. Lock™ Compliance § “Strict” Snap. Lock – Trust nobody § Permanently non-erasable, non -rewritable disk storage (WORM) Snap. Lock™ Enterprise § “Flexible” Snap. Lock – Trust administrator § Revision-safe, long-term storage solution – Ideal for HIPAA compliance – Until file expiration – Virus and application bug-proof – Safe from any keyboard attack – Enables best practices business records retention § Complies w/ SEC Regulations – Meets SEC 17 a-4 requirements – Easy WORM-to-WORM replication § Partial storage admin control – Admin can destroy volumes – Cannot modify/delete individual records 101 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Data Retention Compliance Offerings Data Types Storage Solutions Structured Snap. Lock. TM Semi-structured Unstructured 102 IBM System Storage N series Overview Lock. Vault. TM RAID-DP, Block Checksums, RAID Scrubs, Write Verification Data Permanence Security / Privacy Access Controls Authentication Audit Logging Encryption Secure Deletion Role Separation October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions WORM Data Protection with Snap. Lock. TM and Snap. Mirror. TM Exchange Storage Archival Access data and move to WORM Storage App. § Archive files to Snap. Lock volume via CIFS § Set each file’s expiration date § Mark files “read only” § No alterations, overwrites or deletions possible until file expiration (tamper proof Compliance. Clock. TM) § Copy WORM protected archive to second site i. SCSI WORM Volumes Dec 12 th 2020 & CIFS Protocol § Retention protection on the archive storage, original date stays with file. . Snap. Mirror 103 IBM System Storage N series Overview Û Create Snap. Lock Volume Dec 12 th 2020 October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Solution: Storage Consolidation for File Server Environments Typical Unix Linux & Windows Environments Windows & Unix File Servers Add More Users N series Software Bundle § § § § Data ONTAP CIFS NFS HTTP Snap. Restore Remote Replication with Snap. Mirror or Snap. Vault for remote backup File Server Consolidation Environment . N series Storage System Consolidated Backup . Scalable to 504 TB 104 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Solution: Windows Exchange & SQL Consolidations Hardware: Typical Windows Environment N series Software: SQL Server systems E-mail Servers Windows File Servers Snap. Restore CIFS feature Software: i. SCSI or FCP feature Snap. Manager for Exchange Snap. Drive™ LAN i. SCSI or FC-SAN Software: Snap. Manager for SQL Software: Consolidated Backup . . Snap. Mirror™ Snap. Vault™ N series Storage System Scalable to 504 TB 105 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Solution: Diskless and OS-less Booting Environment § Blades each running an operating system with dedicated disks Alternative Solution Windows Servers Disk-to-Disk Backup 106 Starting price: N 3300 § Hardware: $16, 000 for 1 TB § N series § Software: § i. SCSI feature § Snap. Drive § Optional Software: § Snap. Mirror or Snap. Vault for disk-to-disk backup . . N series Storage System Scalable to 504 TB IBM System Storage N series Overview Benefit: § OS can change on Blade for more productive investment § Storage (disks) are consolidated into single poll for better utilization § Reduced complexity and simplified backup solution to a single pool of storage October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Mirror Mission Critical Data & Archive to Remote Locations Location ‘A’ Location ‘ B’ LAN or WAN CIFS i. SCSI Exchange Servers App Servers SAN FCP Snap. Mirror . . N series w/ SATA drives 107 N series w/ FC drives IBM System Storage N series Overview N series w/ SATA drives N series w/ FC drives October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Mirror Mission Critical Data & Archive to Remote Locations France Italy LAN or WAN CIFS i. SCSI Exchange Servers App Servers SAN IP Snap. Mirror N series w/ SATA drives 108 N series w/ FC drives IBM System Storage N series Overview IP Snap. Mirror N series w/ SATA drives N series w/ FC drives October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Solution: SAP Migration & Consolidation Before Issues: § Copies of the SAP production system must be created on a regular base § Setting up a new QA system with current master and transactional data § Testing an SAP upgrade with "real” production data SAP Instances, each with direct attach storage New SAP Application direct attach storage § Typically a backup of the productive database will be restored to the QA system § Long restore time § Backup/restore Infrastructure is blocked After § Not usable for frequent setup of Quality Assurance (QA) systems Benefits: § Database copy can be done using Flex. Clone/LUN Clone § Created in a few seconds. N series centralizes all storage 109 § No double disk space necessary. IBM System Storage N series Overview § The clones can be split for long-term usage § Can be automated for frequent setup of QA system October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Solution: Version Migrations like Catia Migration V 4 -V 5 § Replace current storage solution with N series Primary Design Centre § Accelerated deployment of CATIA Windows workstations V 5 Clients V 4 Clients Windows, UNIX CIFS NFS § Clear migration path from V 4 -V 5 § V 4 filename translation § New projects in V 5 with access to legacy V 4 files § User-defined table maps CIFS-illegal characters to Windows -recognizable format § During CIFS-list Data ONTAP converts filenames using mapping § Example: file a: b converted to aÅb for CIFS clients § Performs reverse mapping before actual operation § CIFS request for file aÅb will always open NFS file a: b . . WAN Snap. Mirror ® Clustered Filers Shared Design Storage 110 IBM System Storage N series Overview Remote Location . Tape Near-line Backup/Restore October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions N series Deployments Corporate Data Center Distributed locations Home Dirs Unix , Linux Exchange CIFS, NFS NAS Protocols Windows® Servers CIFS LAN N series w/ FC Home Dir / Network Shares Utilizing SATA drives CRM FC SAN LAN SQL Server IP SAN IBM System Storage N series Overview Regional Data Center N series w/ SATA ERP 111 LAN WAN Linux® Server s UNIX® Servers N series i. SCSI Protocols Windows Servers i. SCSI Exchange & SQL Server . N series w/ FC & SATA Windows Servers October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Rapid Recovery for Windows Environments Challenges § § Sustainable, repeatable, failover/failback with database consistency § Set up/Manage all copy function tasks for single/multiple disk systems Automate the process and have a single point of control Solutions stack § § § N series Storage ISCSI, FC, CIFS protocols Snap. Manager with TSM Snap. Drive Windows File Serving SQL Server Exchange Failover servers Snap. Mirror TSM for NDMP to tape Value § § § § 112 Cost Effective Meet any availability SLA Automated management of planned and unplanned failovers Eliminate backup window – more frequent backups Data consistency between both sites Can bring up remote site with a DB restart IP or FC SAN . . Snap. Mirror Failover between two active sites IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Integrated backup for Databases and Exchange Challenges § Backups are larger than backup window § Restores are too slow § Tape recoveries are unreliable Database Servers Solutions stack § N series Storage § ISCSI or FC § Snap. Manager § Snap. Drive § Snap. Vault § Flex. Clone § TSM for backup to tape IP or FC SAN . . Snap. Vault Value § Automated, near instantaneous backups; § Restore any size database in minutes § Non-disruptive backup solution offering continuous DB availability – helps meet SLAs § Leverage tiered storage architecture for optimum cost § Low cost database testing/staging 113 IBM System Storage N series Overview Snapshots Time to Backup: Seconds October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Disk Staging Challenges § Long backup windows § Long restores § Tape recoveries are unreliable TSM Backup Server Data Center N series Solutions stack § N series § TSM Value Extremely reliable § Fast Restore – especially single file § Leverages low cost disk Target Profiles 114 Windows Servers N series w/ATA Tape Library Heterogeneous Storage § § UNIX Servers . Enterprises using TSM IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Rapid Recovery for Unix/Windows File Serving Challenges § Sustainable, repeatable, failover/failback with consistency across disks § Automate the process and have a single point of control § Set up/Manage all copy function tasks for single/multiple disk systems Solutions stack § § Windows users Unix users N series Storage CIFS/NFS protocols Snap. Mirror/Multi. Store TSM for NDMP to tape Snap. Mirror Value § § § 115 . . Cost Effective Meet any availability SLA Automated management of planned and unplanned Failovers Data Consistency between both sites Can bring up remote site IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Virtualization Doubles Disk Utilization App 1 Legacy Storage Waste App 1 Virtualized Storage App 2 App 3 Low utilization ~20 -30% Waste App 2 App 3 Available for Anyone High utilization ~60 -80% § RAID-DP = Substantial disk savings without sacrificing performance or data protection § Flex. Vol = Allows dynamic provisioning & better utilization of free space 116 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Core N series Technologies for Business Solutions § Snapshot – Zero-performance impact, space efficient, file and/or volume backup § Snap. Restore – Instantaneous data recovery of volumes up to 16 TB or individual files § Snap. Mirror – Enables easy deployment of business continuance & disaster recovery plans § Flex. Clone – Instant and space efficient logical copies providing dramatic space savings § Flex. Vol – Dynamic, non-disruptive and automatic thin provisioning storage capacity § RAID-DP – Data protection against multiple drive failures and Media Bit Errors with nominal impact to application performance 117 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions How Snapshot works (1) Active file File/LUN: my_file. dat User’s file (my_file. dat) is composed of blocks A, B & C A B C Disk blocks 118 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions How Snapshot works (2) Active file Snapshot File/LUN: my_file. dat User’s file (my_file. dat) is composed of blocks A, B & C First Snapshot is composed of blocks A, B & C A B C Blocks are “frozen” on disk Disk blocks • Near instantaneous snap creation • Consistent point-in-time copy • Ready to use (read-only) • Consumes no* space! * Except for 4 KB replicated top-level inode block that defines the Snapshot 119 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions How Snapshot works (3) Active file Snapshot File/LUN: my_file. dat User’s file (my_file. dat) is composed of blocks A, B & C A First Snapshot is composed of blocks A, B & old C B Disk blocks User updates active file and a new block C’ is written with new data. New data is written Old block C is not changed 120 IBM System Storage N series Overview old C C new C • WAFL file system simple moves the pointers of the Active File to blocks A, B new C’. • Original data is never re-written • Some “copy-on-write” alternatives require three operations (read old data, save old data, overwrite with new) vs N series with a single write. October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snapshot copies can continue! … up to maximum of 255* Active Data Snapshot. 1 File/LUN: my_file. dat Snapshot. 2 A B Old C File/LUN: my_file. dat New C Ø Active Data of my_file. dat is composed of blocks A, B & New C Ø Snapshot. 1 of my_file. dat is composed of blocks A, B & Old C Ø Snapshot. 2 of my_file. dat is composed of blocks A, B and New ‘C’ * Finest granularity for a “snapsched” is 1 minute, rolls over after 255 max reached 121 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snapshot-based “self-service” data recovery (1) Keith is free to open this “hidden” folder at any time “mapped” network drive DELETED! INFECTED! 4 3 2 1 0 SAN/NAS - Oracle - Home. Dirs 122 IBM System Storage N series Overview User - Keith’s files are stored on Filer 8, which appears to Windows as a “mapped” network drive – just as it would when shared from any Windows server. October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snapshot-based “self-service” data recovery (2) DELETED! Keith is offered this most recent previous version (up to 255 versions!) INFECTED! Keith may drag any of these readonly files back into active service 4 3 2 1 Fiscal Q 2. xls 0 SAN/NAS - Oracle - Home. Dirs My 1996 123 IBM System Storage N series Overview Review. doc October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Snap. Mirror® § Asynchronous, Semi-synchronous and synchronous § One to one, one to many, many to one and cascading, multi-site Remote Office B Remote Office A § Replication via IP or Fibre channel N series Snap. Mirror N series § Supported across entire N series product line § Mirroring to Net. App equipment also supported 124 IBM System Storage N series Overview NDMP Serverless Backup to Tape Central Data Center October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Flex. Clone Overview § Designed to create multiple, instant data set clones without requiring additional storage space at the time of creation. User reads unchanged Snapshot in database § Provides dramatic improvement for application test and development environments § Allows IT administrator to make a backup copy of a database and then modify and run testing against test (backup) database without affecting or taking the on-line database off-line. § Renders competitive methods archaic 125 IBM System Storage N series Overview User writes new data to clone copy Flex. Clone Snapshot New production writes Flexible Volume (production data) October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions How It Works Volume 1 Snapshot copy of Volume 1 Volume 2 (Clone) Start with a volume 4 Original volume continues to be updated during production mode 4 Create a Snapshot copy 4 Create a clone (a new volume based on the Snapshot copy) 4 Cloned volume is updated / modified for QA or test scenarios 4 Result: Snapshot Copy Data Written 4 Independent volume copies, efficiently stored to Disk: Volume 1 126 4 IBM System Storage N series Overview Cloned Volume Changed Blocks 4 Only storage consumed are the changed blocks October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Flex. Clone™ Writeable Snapshots Improves Flexibility and Efficiency § Writeable copies consume space and time § Impacts deployment time § Flex. Clone copies are near-instantaneous § Storage efficient § Significant Cost Savings Traditional Arrays N series Flex. Clones Production – 1 TB Dev – 1 TB Test – 40 KB Dev – 40 KB QA – 1 TB Test 2 – 40 KB QA – 40 KB Test – 1 TB Test 2 – 1 TB Total = 5 TB’s 127 IBM System Storage N series Overview Total = 1 TB + Changes October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Flex. Vol® Dramatic Data Management Improvements § Designed to allow administrators to create multiple flexible volumes across a large pool of disks § Dynamic, non-disruptive storage (thin) provisioning; space- and timeefficiency § Allows users to get more space dynamically and non-disruptively § Can enable more productive use of available storage and helps improve performance by distributing applications across more spindles § Grow and Shrink volumes on the fly. Flex. Vol 128 ™ Without Flex. Vol, application is limited to pre-assigned space IBM System Storage N series Overview Application is free to grab more space if needed October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Under the Hood … DAE 9 Clones for EXCH 2 HS RAID 5 (4+1) HS DAE 8 Clones for EXCH 1 DAE 7 DAE 6 DAE 5 DAE 4 DAE 3 DAE 2 DAE 1 DAE 0 146 GB 10 K EXCH 1 Logs 2 146 GB 10 K EXCH 1 SG 1 & 2 EXCH 2 Logs 1 (3+3) example RAID 5 (4+1) 146 GB 10 K HS EXCH 3 Logs HS 3 RAID 1/0 (3+3) 73 GB 15 K EXCH 1 SG 1 & 2 RAID 1/0 (3+3) 73 GB 15 K 5 6 7 EXCH 3 SG 1& 2 RAID-DP EXCH 1 SG 1& 2 RAID-DP 8 9 Logs 11 § Space cannot be shrunk; growth involves data reshuffling § New spindles are used when volumes expand § No space saving on replication 12 13 14 Flexible Volumes with N series EXCH 2 SG 1& 2 RAID-DP § Intuitive EXCH 2 EXCH 1 10 § Complex to manage § Difficult and expensive to scale EXCH 1 SG 1 & 2 RAID 1/0 (3+3) 73 GB 15 K 4 § Labor intensive § Cumbersome and inflexible Clones for EXCH 3 RAID 5 (4+1) 0 Traditional Disk Arrays EXCH 3 Logs § Simple to manage § Flexible § Easily scalable § Growing and shrinking are non-disruptive § Space savings on replication 129 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
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IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Differentiating between N Series Systems The bigger the box the greater the: What are the major differences between N series models? § Performance § Scalability § Price Similarities: Everything else is EXACTLY the same 131 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions IBM System Storage N series… Flexibility at it’s best! Business-Critical & Data Center One architecture, § § Full interoperability Reduced training Higher productivity Archive & Reference Easier integration Compliancy Back Office & Regional One management interface: § § Remote Office & IT Closets 132 IBM System Storage N series Overview § § § NAS, i. SCSI, FC SAN capabilities WORM Data Protection across entire platform Reduced training Higher productivity Lower TCO October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions IBM N series Value Proposition § IBM Brand Equity, reputation § Warranty – 3 year for hardware and software § IBM Global Financing § Worldwide Service, Distribution, Support § IBM Total Solution – Ability to combine Server, Storage (DAS, SAN, NAS, Tape) Storage Management Software, Virtualization, and Services – Greater pricing flexibility for total solution vs. stand-alone bid § Single Vendor proposition – Experience at integrating multiple technology – Great ability to explore concept solutions based on customer needs – One neck to embrace 133 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Summary § N series products will allow IBM to fill critical gaps in our current portfolio. § Concurrently supports NAS, IP SAN, and FC SAN environments § Our customers have requested this technology to help meet their storage networking needs. § We have announced the first and second stage of a phrased roll-out plan. § Portfolio serves three highly desired environments from single platform – High-Performance, mission-critical data environments – Archive and data retention environments – Most important, disaster recovery site missions § IBM and Net. App are working together and future technologies that best meet our customers needs. 134 IBM System Storage N series Overview October 23, 2007 © 2007 IBM Corporation
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IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Unified Architecture Advantage EMC High-end SAN Symmetrix DMX Low/Mid-range SAN CLARii. ON AX/CX NAS Celerra N series Family running Data ONTAP ® Compliance Virtualization 136 IBM System Storage N series Overview Centera Rainfinity/Invista © 2007 IBM Corporation October 23, 2007
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Unified Architecture Advantage HDS High-end SAN USP/NSC Mid-range SAN AMS Entry-level SAN WMS N series Family running Data ONTAP ® Compliance Virtualized Storage 137 IBM System Storage N series Overview Content Archiver USP © 2007 IBM Corporation October 23, 2007
IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions Unified Architecture Advantage HP High-end FC XP (Hitachi) Mid-range FC EVA Entry level FC MSA i. SCSI Compliance NAS 138 IBM System Storage N series Overview i. SCSI Feature Pack software N series Family running Data ONTAP ® RISS Windows-based Pro. Liant servers © 2007 IBM Corporation October 23, 2007
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