NSTec Impact of Server virtualization Impact of Virtualization

NSTec –Impact of Server virtualization Impact of Virtualization on the Data Center Robert Morrow National Security Technologies - CTO NLIT 2008 May 2008 OFFICIAL USE ONLY May be exempt from public release under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U. S. C. 552), exemption number and category: #2: Circumvention of Statute. Department of Energy review required before public release Name. Org. : R. L. Burns – NSTec Classification Office - EG 00 Date: April 17, 2008 Guidance (if applicable) CG-SS-4 – September 2000 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Vision • Service • Partnership

NSTec –Impact of Server virtualization • NSTec manages operations at the Nevada Test Site and its related facilities and laboratories for NNSA/DOE. • Nevada Test Site conducted 928 atmospheric and underground test and now leads projects in Stockpile Stewardship, Defense and Homeland Security, and Environmental Management. • Approximately 3000 people in locations across the US are directly employed by NSTec. • Formed in 2005 as a joint venture between Northrop Grumman Corporation, AECOM, CH 2 M Hill, and Nuclear Fuel Services OFFICIAL USE ONLY Vision • Service • Partnership

NSTec –Impact of Server virtualization Vmware Deployment Overview • VMware ESX is deployed in all 7 NSTec Data Centers – 12 Production ESX Servers with our primary location housing a 5 server DRS cluster. – 97 Virtual Server in Production with 76 of those housed at our Primary location • Primary Data Center DRS cluster runs on an HP c 7000 blade enclosure with 5 BL 480 c servers. Connected to an EMC CX 3/80 Clariion storage unit. • Current Capacity of 100 to 120 Virtual Servers • Expandable to 160 to 192 Virtual Servers using BL 480 c servers. • 21. 37 TB of Storage allocated to ESX servers • Additional LAB environment using ESX and VDI solutions from VMware. OFFICIAL USE ONLY Vision • Service • Partnership

NSTec –Impact of Server virtualization Data Center Impact Areas • Server Hardware • Networking/SAN Infrastructure • Backup/DR/Coop • Application Deployment/Upgrade Planning • Power, Cooling, and Floor Space (Rack/KVM/Capacity) • Budget/Financial OFFICIAL USE ONLY Vision • Service • Partnership

NSTec –Impact of Server virtualization Server Hardware • • 2000 - Moved to Rack mount servers 2002 - Deployment of HP DL 380 series servers 2005 – Deployment of Virtual Servers on Dell 6850 Hardware 2007 – Transition to ESX server on HP c 7000 blade series. • Virtualization first had an impact by moving us toward large ESX servers to support as we deployed the largest Intel based machines in the enterprise. In 2007 per socket licensing, quad core processors, and blade servers ability to provide core infrastructure resulted in another move. OFFICIAL USE ONLY Vision • Service • Partnership

NSTec –Impact of Server virtualization Networking/SAN Infrastructure • 2005 FCIP module added to the MDS 9509 SAN switch to support i. SCSI to the SAN to eliminate direct attached storage. • 2007 deployment of a Cisco 6513 switch supporting 384 server drops. (Currently at 37% utilization) • 2008 plans called for the deployment of a redundant 6513 switch to support redundant connections to each server. • Additional 2008 plans called for an addition 2 Blades being added to the Cisco MDS 9509 SAN switch to a push to eliminate DAS storage. • The move to a Blade enclosure equipped with 4 Cisco 3020 LAN switches and 2 Cisco 9214 SAN switches and virtualization complete changed the requirements we had been planning for. OFFICIAL USE ONLY Vision • Service • Partnership

NSTec –Impact of Server virtualization Networking/SAN Infrastructure • Planned infrastructure requirements for 160 physical servers: – Rack Space 10 42 u Cabinets – 480 Network Ports (3 per server) • 1 Primary / 1 Redundant / 1 i. LO – Additional 128 Network Ports to Support i. SCSI (80% Servers) – 64 SAN Ports supporting Fiber Channel connectivity (20 % Servers) • 2 Active/Active connections • Infrastructure requirements for 160 virtual servers: – Rack Space ½ of a 42 u Cabinet – HP c 7000 enclosure with 4 Cisco 3020 and 2 9214 – 18 Network Ports • 4 Trunk ports per 3020 – 4 SAN Ports • 2 Trunk ports per 9214 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Vision • Service • Partnership

NSTec –Impact of Server virtualization Backup/DR/Coop • VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) is transitioning our backup process from agents on every server to a single agent on the ESX server. – VCB backups occur across the SAN. • Virtual Machines portability allows DR site to have older hardware running ESX server to support a data center failure. • Cloning and VLANs within ESX allow for easy duplication of environments for DR testing OFFICIAL USE ONLY Vision • Service • Partnership

NSTec –Impact of Server virtualization Application Deployment/Upgrade Planning • Application deployments have moved away from traditional upgrades of OS and Applications on existing hardware to more of a rip and replace. – Although rip and replace is normally not touted as a benefit the ability to setup a parallel server in just minutes create a benefit be allowing the application to be fully installed, configured, and tested before data is transferred over and it becomes production. • Snapshots allow for quick recovery of servers after patching or upgrades. • Monitoring the impact of increase cpu or memory resources on an application can be easily tested with a simple configuration change OFFICIAL USE ONLY Vision • Service • Partnership

NSTec –Impact of Server virtualization Power/Cooling/Space • In 2004 NSTec started working with Facilities to plan an upgrade to the power and cooling infrastructure of the data center as the current usage trend was going to exceed capability around 2007. In 2005 the move to virtualization prevented us from having to move forward with these plans and in 2008 we are still reducing the overall datacenter power consumption. • Although space it not an issue in our primary data center virtualization, in conjunction with Blade and rack mounted servers, has reduced the overall server footprint from 416 square feet to 240 sq. ft. By the end of FY 09 we plan to reduce the overall footprint 81% to 80 sq. ft • Reduced operational cost by reducing the demand for racks, PDU, and KVM. • Power & Cooling Savings per Year: 1, 284, 800 k. Wh in primary data center and 1, 468, 760 KWh enterprise wide ($146, 876) • Reduction of 2, 276, 592 pounds of CO 2 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Vision • Service • Partnership

NSTec –Impact of Server virtualization 38 Virtual Servers Deployed 15 Virtual Servers Deployed 44 Virtual Servers Deployed *2008 projected OFFICIAL USE ONLY Vision • Service • Partnership

NSTec –Impact of Server virtualization Questions? • Robert Morrow • Morrow. RJ@nv. doe. gov • (702) 295 -4648 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Vision • Service • Partnership