NEC Storage Products September 26 2003 NEC Corporation

NEC Storage Products September 26, 2003 NEC Corporation NEC Confidential

Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. NEC i. Storage Overview FC SAN Product Line NAS Product Line Storage Software Planned Enhancements Topics for Discussion 2

1 -3. 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 es Dynamic. Data. Replication eri 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 3

2 -1. Current FC SAN Product Lineup Performance / Capacity Full lineup from entry class to high end ■WW No 1 Performance model with high reliability and scalability for Data Center Mission Critical Environment ■High performance Mid high range model for Mission Critical Environment ■Scalable, Best cost performance Mid rage model ■Compact, Best cost performance model for department use S 4300 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) 4

2 -2. WW No 1 Performance High Performance and Scalability realized by NEC Super computer originated X-Bar Switch for RAID internal bus S 4300、S 3300 ◆Performance Comparison X-Bar Server HA X-BAR Cache DA HDD Performance X 1. 8 Server HA Cache Performance Limitation DA HDD # of servers connected w/o X-Bar Other S 4300 (w/ X-bar） Technology Actually benchmarked w/ multiple servers 5

2 -3. High Availability (1) 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 6

2 -4. High Availability (2) 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 7

2 -5. 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 8

2 -6. High Operability (2) 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 9

2 -7. NEC Storage S 4300 Best fit to Data Center (ISP, ASP) with WW No. 1 Performance/Capacity and High Availability features ar -b /S X B G gy 2 o. l 9 o 1 n h Tec Specifications n. Capacity: n. Server Interface: n. RAID Internal Bus: n. Cache Memory: n. Support HDD: 125 TB(147 GB HDD, RAID 5) , 1200 HDD 64 x Fibre Channel (2 Gbps/1 Gbps) 19. 2 GB/s Cross Bar(X-Bar)Technology 32 GB(Physical 64 GB full mirroring) 36 GB (15 k/10 krpm), 73 GB(15 K/10 krpm), 147 GB(10 krpm) Availability n. No single point of failure n. Bundle hot spare disk n. Advanced error recovery technology “Phoenix” n. Remote maintenance n. Online maintenance, Online FW up-date 125 TB Capacity i. SCSI Ready S 4300 Functions n. Storage Management: NEC Storage. Manager n. Access Control: Access. Control ■Performance Optimizer: Perfor. Sure n. Storage Pool: Storage. Manager/Reallocation Control n. Replication: Dynamic. Data. Replication, Remote. Data. Replication n. Cache resident Disk 10

2 -8. NEC Storage S 3300 - Stable Performance under High Load Environment - Storage for Mission Critical Key Application System r -ba /S X gy B lo. 6 G 9 no h c Te Specifications n. Capacity: n. Server Interface: n. RAID Internal Bus: n. Cache Memory: n. Support HDD: 25 TB(147 GBHDD, RAID 5), 240 HDD 24 x Fibre Channel (2 Gbps/1 Gbps) 9. 6 GB/s Cross Bar(X-Bar)Technology 16 GB(Phsical 32 GB full mirroring) 36 GB (15 k/10 krpm), 73 GB(15 K/10 krpm), 147 GB(10 krpm) Availability n. No single point of failure n. Bundle Hot Spare Disk, Multi Hot Spare n. Advanced error recovery technology “Phoenix” n. Remote maintenance n. Online maintenance, Online FW up-date i. SCSI Ready S 3300 Functions n. Storage Management: NEC Storage. Manager n. Access Control: Access. Control ■Performance Optimizer: Perfor. Sure n. Storage Pool: NEC Storage. Manager/Reallocation Control n. Replication: Dynamic. Data. Replication, Remote. Data. Replication n. Cache resident Disk 11

2 -9. NEC Storage S 2300 Scalable, Best cost performance Mid range system Specifications Controller Unit(Front View) n. Capacity: n. Server Interface: n. HDD Interface: n. Support HDD: n. Support RAID: n. Cache Capacity: Controller Unit(Rear View) 26 TB( 147 GB HDD, RAID 5) , 210 HDD 4 Fibre Channel (2 Gbps/1 Gbps) 2 Gbps Fibre Channel 36 GB (15 k/10 krpm), 73 GB(10 krpm), 147 GB(10 krpm) RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 8 GB(4 GB/Controller) Availability n. Full Redundant n. Hot Spare Disk n. Advanced error recovery technology “Phoenix” Disk Enclosure Unit S 2300 Funcitons n. Storage Management: NEC Storage. Manager n. Replication: Dynamic. Data. Replication n. Performance Monitoring: NEC Storage Performance. Monitor n. Access Control: Access. Control 12

2 -10. NEC Storage S 1300 Compact (３ U), Entry Class System Specifications n. Capacity: n. Server Interface: n. HDD Interface: n. Support HDD: n. Support RAID: n. Cache Capacity: 3. 7 TB( 147 GB HDD, RAID 5), 30 HDD 2 Fibre Channel (2 Gbps/1 Gbps) 2 Gbps Fibre Channel 36 GB (15 k/10 krpm), 73 GB(10 krpm), 147 GB(10 krpm) RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 1 GB(512 MB/Controller) Availability S 1300 n. No single point of failure n. Hot Spare Disk n. Advanced error recovery technology “Phoenix” Funcitons n. Storage Management: NEC Storage. Manager n. Performance Monitoring: NEC Storage Performance. Monitor n. Access Control: Access. Control 13

2 -11. 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(FC-Hub) /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. Manager 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 Throughput 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 Performance 14

2 -12. S 1300 Competitive Analysis 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 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 Performance *: NEC estimate 15

Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. NEC i. Storage Overview FC SAN Product Line NAS Product Line Storage Software Planned Enhancements Topics for Discussion 16

NEC Storage Software products (1) Storage Management Product Storage Control Product Storage Manager Performance Monitor Dynamic. Data Replication Remote. Data Replication Reallocation Control Replication Control Performance Optimizer Access. Control Cache Partitioning Path. Manager Replication. Control Open. View options smart plug-in Data. Trusty Disk Array (HW) 17

NEC Storage Software products (2) Category Product Name Device Management Storage Management Service Management Related Software Replication Storage Control Resource Control High Availability S 1300 S 2300 S 3300 S 4300 NEC Storage Manager X X NEC Storage Performance. Monitor X X NEC Storage Reallocation. Control - - X X NEC Storage Replication. Control - X X X NEC Storage Replication. Control Exchange Option - X X X NEC Storage Replication. Control SQL Option - X X X NEC Storage Manager smart plug-in for Open. View X X NEC Storage Dynamic. Data. Replication - X X X NEC Storage Remote. Data. Replication - - X X NEC Storage Performance. Optimizer - - X X NEC Storage Access. Control X X NEC Storage Cache. Partitioning - - X X NEC Storage Path. Manager X X NEC Storage Data. Trusty for Oracle - - X X 18

Storage Software: Storage Management 19

NEC Storage Manager 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 20

Basic Features of NEC Storage Manager Configuration Management Status Monitoring Through GUI of Client PC, provides unitary management for NEC storage. n. Management and display For plural Storage Units n. Configuration (RAID)*1 n. Nickname for easier management n. Monitoring and notification for failure n. Operation mgmt relation NEC Storage Manager n. Event relation Client (Notification by E-mail) n. Script execution n. License unlocking n. Updating Storage Control Software NEC Storage Manager n. Storage parameter setting Server （IP address, etc) *1: for i. Storage S 2000/S 1000 NEC Storage 21

SW for Operation Mgmt cooperation Storage. Monitor for NEC Storage Manager By cooperating with Web. SAM integrated viewer, to totally monitor AP servers and NEC storage disk array. UNIX Agent UXServer. Manager(AG) NEC Storage Manager(srever) Windows NT/2000 manager Storage. Monitor UXServer. Manager(Viewer) UXServer. Manager(MG) NEC Storage Manager(client) To launch NEC Storage manager client. Possible to launch Client through the operation window. To manage i. Storage S series NEC Storage Manager Message log Operation window NEC Storage Manager Client Alert Viewer To monitor Message log of NEC Storage Manager To display messages from NEC Storage Manager in log file upon Alert Viewer. 22

SW for Operation Mgmt cooperation NEC Storage Manager smart plug-in for Open. View To monitor NEC Storage through message browser of Open. View. To operate from Open. View operations manager on HP-UX. l Possible to launch and monitor NEC Storage Manager through Open. View window. l Without any setting NEC Storage Manager easily cooperates with Open. View just after installation. Message browser OVO management server OVO manager NECStorage. Manager Message Fault syslog installation Distribution OVO agent Possible to monitor from another system Startup operation from browser 23

NEC Storage Performance. Monitors and Analyzes NEC Storage performance. l. Load Monitoring Displays a loading status upon the dedicated window in real time. (Numeric list, Time-series graph, Bar graph) l. Load Analyzing To analyze the load status of storage and To numerically and graphically display it. Accumulates and Analyzes statistical data for a long period. l. Overload Monitoring Detects and notifies unexpected overload by threshold setting. Possible to stabilize a performance by analysis Time-series graph Assist tool for Performance analysis Possible to immediately detect performance problem NEC Storage Manager server ARRAY 1 …………… ARRAY 2 ………★… NEC Storage Manager client To display the occurrence of overload To detect the occurrence of overload • To output a message of overload (syslog, eventlog) • To notify by e-mail. 24

NEC Storage Reallocation. Control （For S 4300/S 3300） To optimize utilization of disk resource l. Improves disk utilization by pooling preparatory disks. l. Completely deletes contents of reserved disks (For information security) l Preservation group To manage LD due to categorizing by use. Temporarily preserves disks for backup purpose and the disks will be allocated to AP servers when they require new one. AP servers l Reservation group Contains disks which won’t be used for a while or disks which will be used by Performance. Optimizer. AP servers n. Area possible to access. AP servers n. Area impossible to access. • Preservation group Allocation/ Preservation Change Release • Reservation group Allocation • Work disks for performance optimization Release disks in-use unused disks To manage LD by use. disks in-use preparatory disks To preserve access from AP servers NEC Storage 25

Storage Software: Storage Control (Replication) 26

Data Replication Software 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 27

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 28

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 29

Storage Software: Storage Control (Resource Control) 30

NEC Storage Performance. Optimizer （For S 4300/S 3300） Possible to reduce the load of the disk without a service halt, on which the access is abruptly converged. Window for replacement l To make a plan of replacement To detect overloaded LD and to assist the performance tuning by mapping out a replacement plan for flattening the load. l To estimate I/O balancing after replacement. To predict replaced load ratio before the replacement of LD and to graph it for supporting decision of LD to be replaced to. l To tune by replacement in business operation. To improve the performance of overloaded LD by replacing Window of it without business interruption. Performance. Optimizer l To detect the point of bottleneck. To assist to detect the point of bottle-neck by monitoring the disk load at a specified interval. Prediction graph before LD replacement Wide variety of and many accesses I/O convergence Performance degradation because of I/O convergence Performance. Optimizer • Performance analysis • Tuning Without business interruption, To dynamically replace LD Wide variety of and many accesses Optimum performance by dissolving the convergence. AP servers Bottle-neck dissolved NEC Storage 31

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 32

NEC Storage Cache. Partioning （For S 4300/S 3300） Cache control software By dividing storage cache into partitions and restricting its occupation of each application, assures I/O bandwidth. l Batch / Backup / Test applications never influence online business. l Server addition to storage never influence current businesses. l Usage analysis for cache partitions improves their efficiency. Online Business DWH Business New Business Specific business influences whole. AP overrun causes cache overload Online DWH New Disk Cache Online Business DWH Business New Business Partitioning depending on 業務にあわせて 分割business each For online Online For DWH DHW Reserved Disk Cache New 33

Storage Software: Storage Control (High Availability) 34

NEC Storage Path. Manager 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. 35

Data. Trusty for Oracle (HP-UX) （For S 4300/S 3300） “Data. Trusty for Oracle” improves reliability of Oracle data by Validating the authenticity of data from Oracle and its integrity. Developed based on Oracle Corporation’s initiative （H. A. R. D. * alliance） H. A. R. D. ：Hardware Assisted Resilient Data HP-UX server Corruption Oracle 8 i/9 i/9 i. R 2 Oracle Add checksum on writing Verify checksum on reading SAN （FC、HUB､witch…） Add checksum on writing H. A. R. D. Corruption SAN （FC、HUB､Switch…） Verify checksum on writing Checksum If corruption can be detected from checksum verification on reading, still much has to be done to validate and correct already processed data. Verify checksum on reading Register target region in advance from server to enable verification on storage Checksum Verify checksum of received data to prevent writing corrupted data. ->achieve ultra high reliability 36