Transcript EMC CLARiiON AX150 Overview

EMC CLARiiON AX4
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2008 CLARiiON Family
Complete Range of Affordable and Easy-to-Use Storage Platforms
CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale Series
CLARiiON
AX4
AX4
CX3-10
CX3-20
CX3-40
CX3-80
Proven software functionality
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Today’s Challenges
 Business is growing, and applications
must stay online
 50 percent annual information growth
commands more effective storage
management
 Environments are becoming increasingly
more complex due to additional servers,
new applications, and virtualization
 VMware deployments require networked
storage for optimal performance
 Traditional backup approaches are no
longer satisfactory
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Customer Requirements for Networked Storage
Affordable
Budgets aren’t all flexible
Easy to use
Not everyone is a storage specialist
Highly available
Everyone’s applications are critical
Clear growth path
Requirements will change
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CLARiiON AX4
Entry-Level iSCSI Storage System for Small-to-Medium Businesses
 Simple, highly available storage system
 Unmatched comprehensive suite of software is included
 Ideal growth path for customers consolidating for the first time
 Optional software functionality and services allow growing environments
to evolve
 Designed to enable key elements
of VMware environments
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CLARiiON AX4 Storage Systems
60 TB*
600 GB
SCALABLE, ENTRY-LEVEL STORAGE
Entry-level storage
consolidation
 Highly available iSCSI or Fibre Channel storage
High-growth
environment with
advanced requirements
 Scales from 4 to 60 drives (up to 60 TB*)
 Mix serial-attached SCSI (SAS) and serial ATA (SATA) drives
– SAS for I/O-intensive applications
– SATA for cost-effective high capacity
 Comprehensive suite of included management software and functionality
 Optional EMC value-added software
 Choice of “Enhanced” or “Premium” support options
*1 TB SATA drives available in March 2008
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CLARiiON AX4
Architecture
 Single or dual storage controllers
 One Intel Xeon processor per Storage Processor
Affordable, Simple, and
Scalable Networked Storage
 1 GB cache memory per Storage Processor
 Intermix SAS and SATA within same disk array enclosure
Connectivity
 64 high-availability hosts (physical or virtual)
 Two front-end 1 Gb/s iSCSI ports per SP or two front-end
4 Gb/s Fibre Channel ports per SP
 SAS back-end expansion—one port per SP
 Virtual LUN technology enables tiering within the system
Scalability
 Up to 512 LUNs
Ideal for:
Entry-level storage consolidation
VMware environments
Department and branch
office requirements
 From 4 to 60 drives
– 146 GB and 300 GB 15K rpm SAS drives
– 400 GB 10K rpm SAS drives
– 750 GB and 1 TB* SATA drives
* Available in March 2008
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Comprehensive Suite of Included Software
 Web-based management via EMC
Navisphere Express
– Manage and monitor from anywhere
– Create, expand, and move volumes dynamically
 Array-based snapshot capabilities
– Simplify online backup without impacting server
performance
 Path management and failover ensure
consistent application availability
 Virtual LUN technology
– Move data nondisruptively between different
drive types and RAID Groups
– Alter performance characteristics of VMware
virtual machines with applications online
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Optional, EMC Value-Added Software
 Navisphere Manager for centralized
management of multiple CLARiiON systems
 SnapView for nondisruptive backup and fast
operational recovery from disk
 Replication Manager for integration with
Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server,
and Oracle
 Array-based and host-based remote
replication for disaster recovery
 Navisphere Analyzer for performance
analysis
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Integrated VMware and CLARiiON AX4
Extends and Accelerates Benefits of Virtualized Information Infrastructure
Cost-Effective iSCSI
High Availability
Simple Scalability
Advanced Recovery
Leverage IP skills and
infrastructure for costeffective server
virtualization
deployments
VMware technology
(High Availability,
VMotion) with proven
CLARiiON reliability and
availability
Scale infrastructure and
provision storage
instantly with metaLUN
and virtual LUN
technologies
VMware Site Recovery
Manager integration
with EMC MirrorView
automates and
simplifies advanced
recovery
C LAR i i O N AX 4 SAN I N F RAS T R U C T U R E
VMware VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
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MetaLUN Technology:
Efficient Storage Provisioning
 Real-time LUN expansion allows
quick creation of new virtual
machines
 New capacity immediately
available to VMware ESX Server
 No reboot necessary
Virtual Machines
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– Raw device mapping (RDM) and
virtual machine file system (VMFS)
support
 Efficient use of IT resources
MetaLUN Technology
CLARiiON AX4
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Virtual LUN Technology: Enable ILM for VMware
 Tier virtual machines within
CLARiiON AX4
 Alter performance characteristic
of virtual machine file systems
 Nondisruptive to virtual
machines and applications
Virtual Machines
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Leverage Existing Ethernet Expertise
CLARiiON AX4 with iSCSI Connectivity
Centralize your
information
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Protect
it
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Without CLARiiON AX4
Simplify its
management
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Virtualize
your servers
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Achieve a
lower TCO
With CLARiiON AX4
IP network
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CLARiiON AX4 in Remote Offices
Web-based
management
console
Central Data Center
Remote Offices
CLARiiON AX4
WAN
CLARiiON AX4
CLARiiON CX3
 Centralized management
with Navisphere Manager
 Replication Manager to
manage protection for
Microsoft Exchange and
SQL Server, and Oracle
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CLARiiON AX4
 Advanced software
functionality for disaster
recovery, centralized
backup, and data mobility
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Why CLARiiON AX4?
High availability and reliability
Based on CLARiiON technology with proven Five 9s (99.999 percent)
availability
Ease of use
Simplicity that allows the IT generalist to act like a storage specialist
Scalability
Capacity, connectivity, and software functionality to support current and
future needs
Comprehensive interoperability support
EMC E-Lab qualification and support for most popular operating
environments
Most capable and affordable entry-level
SAN for VMware
Enable and support new VMware functionality, such as VMotion, Site
Recovery Manager, and High Availability
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 Cache destage to disk
 End-to-end data integrity
checking
 Simple, wizard-based
installation process
 Intuitive, Web-based
management from
anywhere on the network
 Nondisruptive data
movement between drive
types and RAID Groups
 More capacity and more
than three times the host
connectivity
 Add-on software for local
backup, recovery, and
remote disaster recovery
 Windows, Linux, AIX,
HP-UX, Solaris, Netware,
VMware
 Cooperative support
agreements with all
server vendors
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CLARiiON AX4 Support Options
Three-Year "Enhanced" Warranty Included with CLARiiON AX4
Feature
Enhanced
Premium
Remote technical support
7x24
7x24
5x9, next business day
7x24
Parts delivery
Next business day
4 hours
Parts replacement responsibility
Customer
EMC
Secure remote support, proactive response
for systems equipped with dial-home
Hardware onsite coverage and response
Installation of platform operating system,
software updates
Initial platform installation
Comprehensive Powerlink support tools
Critical-case escalation management and
emergency response
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Comprehensive CLARiiON AX4
Documentation and Support
 Complete product documentation
 Online help
 Step-by-step “Getting Started” guide
 CLARiiON AX4 support website
– Planning tools
– User-customized documentation
 Customer Powerlink access for
product registration and the latest
software
www.emc.com/ax4support
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Overviews of EMC’s Optional Value-Added Software
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Navisphere Manager
 Simple, intuitive interface for array
management and optional CLARiiONplatform software
– Replication software: Replication Manager,
SnapView, MirrorView, SAN Copy, and
RepliStor
– Navisphere Analyzer
 Security via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
and strong user authentication for
confidentiality and access control
 Supports host connections, LUN masking,
and automation via scripting with a CLI
 With the CLARiiON AX4, Navisphere
Manager customers can:
– Manage, configure, and monitor multiple
CLARiiON arrays from a single console
– Create domains with multiple CLARiiON AX4s
and other CLARiiON arrays
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SnapView
Accelerate Data Protection with Local Replication
 Provide near-instant recovery
 Reduce backup windows
– Minimize/eliminate effect on application
Backup
copy
 Increase application availability
while reducing downtime
– Improve recovery-time objectives and
recovery-point objectives
 Enable parallel processing for:
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Data-warehouse refreshes
Decision support
Database-recovery “checkpoints”
Application development and testing
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Recovery
copy
Production
data
Test and
dev. copy
DB checkpoint copy
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Replication Manager
Benefits
Automation
 Easy to use
 Single-console access to all replicas
 Broad support of platforms, operating
systems, and applications
Applications
Oracle
Exchange
2000/2003/2007
SQL Server
2000/2005
DB2 UDB
Operating System
Windows 2000, 2003
Sun Solaris
HP-UX
IBM AIX
Red Hat Linux
Oracle Unbreakable Linux
File Systems and
Volume Managers
UFS, HFS, JFS
VxVM, VxFS
NTFS
Linux ext3
HP LVM
IBM AIX LVM
Oracle ASM, LVM
Replication
Technology
For Symmetrix
TimeFinder/Mirror
TimeFinder/Clone
TimeFinder/Snap
RecoverPoint CDP
For CLARiiON
SnapView
SAN Copy
RecoverPoint CDP
Clusters
MSCS
VCS
IBM HACMP
Sun Cluster
HP MC/Service
Guard
Oracle ASM
with RAC
Virtualization
Technology
VMware
environments with
Celerra for iSCSI
CLARiiON
Symmetrix
For iSCSI Celerra
systems
Celerra SnapSure
iSCSI
Celerra Replicator
Invista clones
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RepliStor
 Host-based replication for Windows in
physical and virtual environments
– Real-time asynchronous replication over
unlimited distances
– Protects Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server,
and Windows File System data
– Automated failover during server outage
IP Network
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Asynchronous
Replication
 Ideal for VMware infrastructure
– PhysicalVirtual, VirtualVirtual,
VirtualPhysical
– Flexible licensing allows unlimited virtual
machines per physical server
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 Easy to use
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Centralized management GUI
Configuration wizards
Scheduling, user rights, and security options
Remote installation and upgrade
 Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy
Service (VSS) integration for multiple
consistent copies
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Unlimited distance
Primary Site
Secondary Site
 RepliStor observes data written to storage
 RepliStor replicates changes to target
 RepliStor writes changes at secondary site
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MirrorView
MirrorView/Synchronous
RPO: Zero seconds
• Both images identical
• Limited distance
• High network bandwidth
• One primary to one or two
secondaries
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Limited distance
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Primary
Secondary
MirrorView/Asynchronous
RPO: 30 minutes to hours
• Target updated periodically
• Unlimited distance
• Restartable copy on
secondary if session fails
• Optimized for low network
bandwidth (consumes
100 Mb/s maximum)
• One primary to one secondary
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Unlimited distance
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Secondary
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SAN Copy
Control Volume Replication from CLARiiON AX4 Arrays
 Enhance volume-replication
capabilities: “Push” copies to
larger CLARiiON arrays
running full SAN Copy
– Simplifies data consolidation
from edge to core
– Timely backup
– Reporting
 Provides enhanced mobility
and protection for CLARiiON
AX4-based data
CLARiiON AX4
without SAN Copy
Source
Pull
Push
Destination
Source
Destination
Pull
CLARiiON AX4
with SAN Copy
CLARiiON CX3
UltraScale series
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Navisphere Analyzer
CLARiiON Trend Analysis, Reporting, and System-Capacity Management
 Provides real-time and historical
CLARiiON-performance data
 Pinpoints performance
bottlenecks
 Easy, one-step access to charts
and reports
 Provides the flexibility to
customize the analytical focus
by time period, elements, and
metrics
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