Transcript 2009 Product Update Briefing

2009 Product Update
Technology Overview
2009 Software
DataCore
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Key Product Features In New Releases
 Native 64-bit Controller with Mega 1 TB cache
 Automatic Space Reclamation for ThinProvisioned Volumes
 Windows Server 2008-based, Universal Storage
Controllers
 New Hypervisor Migration Support and Tighter
Integration to VMware Virtual Center
 DataCore’s “Transporter” time saving migration
facility and the VMware Virtual Center Plug-in
are new options for SANmelody 3.0 and
SANsymphony 7.0.
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2009 Product Update:
New Operating System Platform:
Windows Server 2008
SANmelody V3.0
SANsymphony V7.0
 W2k8 Microsoft OS
 32 & 64-bit support
 Features compatible with
existing W2k3 version 2.x
 W2k8 Microsoft OS
 32 & 64-bit support
 Features compatible with
existing W2k3 version 6.x
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Mega Cache for High-Speed Caching
Speeds up performance
 Accelerates disk I/O response
from existing storage
 Uses CPUs and memory from
general purpose servers as
powerful, inexpensive cache
 Anticipates next blocks
to be read & groups writes to
avoid waiting on disks
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SANmelody
SANsymphony
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Turbo-charged Virtual Disk I/O
Avg. Response (µS)
DataCore L1 Cache
<20
Array L2 Cache 250 – 300
Disk Drive
4000 – 6000
Output
from Cache
Poll for
Input
CPU
CPU
Write
Coalesce
High-Speed
Level 1 Caching
Pre-fetch
CPU
CPU
Cached
Array
Cached
Array
Un-cached
Array
Disk
Subsystems
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Superior Performance Acceleration
Avg. MB/sec.
500
450
400
350
300
250 RealLife-60%Rand-65%Read
200 Max Throughput 100% Read
150
Max Throughput-50%Read
100
50
Random-8k-70%Read
0
www.SANmelodyTunes.com
Source: VMTN
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Thin Provisioning & Space Reclamation
Just enough space, just-in-time
 Appears to computers as
very large drives
(e.g. 2 TB disks)
 Takes up only space actually
being written to
 Dynamically allocates more
real space when required
SANmelody
SANsymphony
 Reduces need to resize LUNs
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Thin Provisioning Space Reclamation
Recover space from deleted files in virtual volumes
Free
V Disk 1
2TB
Space previously
allocated to deleted file
0
2TB
Free
V Disk 1
Fill with zeroes
0
Release zero-filled
space back to
free pool
0
Physical Disk Pool
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Guessing on Allocation Leads to Waste
Disk 1
Disk 2
Disk 3
Free
Sales,
Free,
Sales,
Sales,10%,
Free,
Disk 3,10%
40%,
30%,
40%
30%
Sales,
Free,
80%,
80%
Sales, ,
0%, 0%
Disk
Disk 1
1
Sales,
Sales,
Disk
Disk 2,
2,
40%,
40%,
40%
40%
Sales, ,
Few Blocks Actually
0%,
Written To
0%
Capacity consumed
whether used or not!
Sales, ,
0%,
0%
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Waste-Free Thin Provisioning
Example:
2TB
Free
V Disk 3
2TB
0
Free
Virtual =
Actual =
+ 2.0TB
+ 2.0TB
+ 2.0TB
6.0TB
0.4TB
V Disk 2
2TB
0
60%
Free
Free
S
S
al
a
e…
l
V Disk 1
0
Physical Disk Pool
Time to add more
Expand as
Needed
0
0.4TB
No Device
Dependency
1TB
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Real Thin
Example: 250 GB Virtual Disk only occupies 20 GB
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Physical/Virtual to Virtual Disk Migration
Quickest way to migrate from one Windows environment
to a dissimilar physical or virtual server platforms
 Source image rapidly
available to destination
 No waiting on lengthy
disk-to-disk copies; they occur
transparently in background
 No error-prone conversions
 DataCore handles differences with
the same ease as any
other virtual disks
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SANmelody SANsymphony
“Transporter” Option
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Rapidly Migrate from Physical to Virtual
Virtualized Server
(Destination)
• Agent exports disk image
• Unique ‘pass-thru’ technology sees,
snaps & copies active source disk
• Boot copy modified to boot VM
• Converted disk mounted by
destination as boot or
data device
VM
Snap
Copy
Boot
Disk
Transporter
VM
Physical Server
(Source)
VD1
VD1
VD1
Boot
Disk
VD Storage
Transporter
Agent
VD1
VD2
VD3
VD4
LAN
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Hypervisor Console Integration
Provision & Manage Virtual Storage Pool & SAN from
VMware Virtual Center Plug-in
 See relationship between virtual
machines & virtual volumes in
SAN, including I/O channels
 Manage storage resource
properties & behavior from a
single pane
 One unified view for VM &
SAN administrators
SANmelody SANsymphony
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VI Client Plug-In
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Managing Virtual SAN for VMs
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DataCore Capabilities
Overview
Non-Stop / Smoking-Fast / Waste-Free
Thru Software
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Manufacturer-Independent
SAN-Wide Features
Virtual Disk
Pooling
Load
Thin
Synch Mirroring High-speed
(High-Availability) Caching Balancing Provisioning
Centralized
Management
RAID
Striping
Virtual Disk
Migration
Remote
Online
Continuous
Snapshots Data Protection Replication
& Recovery
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Virtual Disk Pooling
Consolidate like or unlike disk resources
 Create virtual disks of
desired sizes
 Expand capacity
without downtime
 Add different types of disks
even from different vendors
 Use what you paid for
SANmelody
≤32 TB
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SANsymphony
>> Petabytes
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High-Speed Caching
Speeds up performance
 Accelerates disk I/O response
from existing storage
 Uses CPUs and memory from
general purpose servers as
powerful, inexpensive cache
 Anticipates next blocks
to be read & groups writes to
avoid waiting on disks
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SANmelody
SANsymphony
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Load Balancing
Improve response and throughput
 Overcome typical storagerelated bottlenecks
 Spread load on physical
devices using different
channels for different
virtual disks
 Automatically bypasses
failed or offline channels
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SANmelody
SANsymphony
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Thin Provisioning
Just enough space, just-in-time
 Appears to computers as
very large drives
(e.g. 2 TB disks)
 Takes up only space actually
being written to
 Dynamically allocates more
real space when required
SANmelody
SANsymphony
 Reduces need to resize LUNs
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RAID Striping
Better protection & performance
 Circumvents drive failures
 Spreads I/O across
multiple spindles
 Offloads RAID 0 & 1
 Supports popular
RAID devices in pool
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SANmelody
SANsymphony
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Synchronous Mirroring
Real-time I/O replication for High-Availability
 Eliminates SAN or storage as
a single point of failure
when combined with
multipath I/O drivers
 Enhances survivability using
physically separate nodes
 Updates two distributed
copies simultaneously
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SANmelody
SANsymphony
N+1
Redundancy
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Virtual Disk Migration
Transparently move contents from one disk to another
 Allows non-disruptive
hardware disk upgrades for
mirrored volumes
 Clears & reclaims space
occupied by original
SANmelody
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SANsymphony
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Physical/Virtual to Virtual Disk Migration
Quickest way to migrate from one Windows environment
to a dissimilar physical or virtual server platforms
 Source image rapidly
available to destination
 No waiting on lengthy
disk-to-disk copies; they occur
transparently in background
 No error-prone conversions
 DataCore handles differences with
the same ease as any
other virtual disks
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SANmelody SANsymphony
“Transporter” Option
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Online Snapshots
Capture Point-in-time Images without tying up
much disk space
 Recover quickly at
disk speeds to
known good state
 Eliminate back-up window
 Provide “live” environment
for analysis, development
& testing
 Keep snapshots in lower tier,
thin provisioned storage
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SANsymphony
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Continuous Data Protection & Recovery
Return to any point-in-time without
taking explicit backups
 Dial back to restore an
arbitrary point in time
 Logs and timestamps
all I/Os
 No need to quiesce or
interrupt applications
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SANsymphony
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Remote Replication
Keep distant copies without impacting
local performance
 Perfect for disaster recovery
or business continuity
 Only needs a basic IP
connection to secondary site
 Bi-directional
SANmelody
 Asynchronous
SANsymphony
1-to-Many
Many-to-1
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SAN-wide Centralized Management
Control and monitor all SAN resources
from one console
 Automates laborious,
repetitive tasks
 Intuitive to operate
 Universal tools work across
like or unlike devices
SANmelody
2 Nodes
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SANsymphony
SAN-wide
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Hypervisor Console Integration
Provision & Manage Virtual Storage Pool & SAN from
VMware Virtual Center Plug-in
 See relationship between virtual
machines & virtual volumes in
SAN, including I/O channels
 Manage storage resource
properties & behavior from a
single pane
 One unified view for VM &
SAN administrators
SANmelody SANsymphony
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Analysis & Reporting
Tracks & charts long-term SAN behavior
 Reveals SAN resource
consumption &
performance trends
 Assists with capacity
planning, utilization &
quality of service decisions
 Export results to 3rd party
tools for further analysis,
charge-back & billing
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SANsymphony
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DataCore’s Essential Role in
Server Virtualization Environments
 Prevent downtime
due to disk-related …
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Maintenance
Reconfiguration
Upgrades
Expansion
Failures
 Pool and share storage
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Enable Hypervisor-controlled
VM migration & failover
Extend across metropolitan
areas for max survivability
NON-STOP
 Speed up I/O performance
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Inexpensively cache disk
reads & writes
Overcome existing bottlenecks
WASTE-FREE
 Maximize use of
disk space
•
SMOKING FAST
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Allocate capacity only
when actually consumed
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Call on Us When …
Virtualizing Servers & Desktops
• Can’t tolerate shared storage disruption
• Poor performance due to I/O bottleneck
Upgrading Storage
• Running out of disk space
• Must migrate to new equipment & SANs
Shaping Business Continuity Plan
• Concerned about downtime & disasters
• Anxious to protect online assets
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Get the Most From Your Storage
Fullest Utilization
Highest Availability
Fastest Performance
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