Transcript IT Pro Day Windows Server 2012 Storage Philipp Witschi, Cloud Consultant, Itnetx Markus Erlacher, Senior TSP Datacenter, Microsoft Schweiz [email protected] - [email protected] (@MarkusErlacher)

IT Pro Day
Windows Server 2012
Storage
Philipp Witschi, Cloud Consultant, Itnetx
Markus Erlacher, Senior TSP Datacenter, Microsoft Schweiz
[email protected] - [email protected] (@MarkusErlacher)
Beyond virtualization
Scale and secure workloads, cost-effectively build a private
cloud, and securely connect to cloud services
The power of many
servers, the simplicity
of one
Efficiently manage infrastructure while maximizing uptime and
minimizing failures and downtime
Every app, any cloud
Build on an open and scalable web platform that supports
applications across premises
Modern workstyle,
enabled
Support a mobile and flexible work style
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IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND MORE CHOICE
THROUGH INDUSTRY INNOVATION
ALWAYS ON,
ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES ON LESS EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
ALWAYS UP SERVICES
Storage Spaces
Application storage support
through SMB 3.0
Offloaded Data Transfers
(ODX)
Virtual Fibre Channel
for Hyper-V
Data Deduplication
Server Message Block (SMB)
Direct
Windows Cluster in a Box
Windows Storage Server
CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
SIMPLIFIED MANAGEABILITY
File system enhancements
SMB Transparent Failover
Online backup
Management options
Cluster-Aware
Updating (CAU)
SMB Multichannel
High availability with iSCSI and
NFS
Unified storage
management
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Delivers enterpriseclass performance
Optimizes capacity
utilization
Storage Spaces
SMB 3.0
Resilient to
component failures
Lowers the cost of
acquisition,
deployment, and
operations
Data
Deduplication
SMB Direct
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ENTERPRISE-CLASS
FEATURES ON LESS
EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
Windows Application Server or File Server
Storage Pools and Storage
Spaces
Physical or
virtualized
deployments
Integrated
with other
Windows
Server 2012
capabilities
Windows
Virtualized
Storage
• Virtualization of storage with
• Storage resilience and
File Server Administration
Console
Hyper-V
SMB Multichannel
Failover Clustering
NTFS
SMB Direct
Cluster Shared Volume
NFS
Windows Storage Mgmt.
availability with commodity
hardware
• Resiliency and data
redundancy through
n-way mirroring (clustered or
unclustered) or parity mode
(unclustered)
• Utilization optimized through
Storage Space
Storage Space
Storage Space
thin and trim provisioning and
enclosure awareness
• Integration with other
Storage Pool
Storage Pool
Windows Server 2012
capabilities
• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Physical
Storage
and Serial AT Attachment
(SATA) interconnects
(Shared) SAS or SATA
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ENTERPRISE-CLASS
FEATURES ON LESS
EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
Maximize capacity by removing
duplicate data
VHD Library
• 2:1 with file shares, 20:1 with virtual
storage
• Less data to back up, archive, and
migrate
Software Deployment
Share
Increased scale and performance
• Low CPU and memory impact
• Configurable compression schedule
• Transparent to primary server workload
General File
Share
Improved reliability and integrity
User Home Folder
(My Docs)
• Redundant metadata and critical data
• Checksums and integrity checks
• Increase availability through redundancy
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Average savings with Data Deduplication by workload type
Faster file download times with
BranchCache
Source: “Microsoft Internal Testing"
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CONTINUOUS
APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
CHKDSK
NTFS improvements
• Seconds to fix corrupted data
• Rapid recovery from file system corruption without affecting
• availability
No offline time when used with CSV
• Rapid recovery from file system corruption without
affecting availability
• Resilient against power outage corruption
• Periodic checksum validation of file system metadata
• Improved data integrity protection
• Ideal for file server volumes
Disk corruption
scanning process
separated
from
repairallocate-on-write
process
•• Data
virtually
eliminated
through
Onlinechecksum
scanning with
volume
offline repair
•• Period
validation
of and
file system
meta-data
• Seamless data integrity protection
400
300
200
100
0
100 Million
Files
200 Million
Files
300 Million
Files
Windows Server 2008 R2
Source: “Microsoft Internal Testing"
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Demo
ENTERPRISE-CLASS
FEATURES ON LESS
EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
• Highly available, shared
Microsoft
SQL Server
Hyper-V Cluster
SMB
• Increased flexibility, and
Single Logical Server \\Foo\Share
easier provisioning and
management
File Server
Cluster
• Ability to take advantage
Single File System Namespace
of existing network
infrastructure
Cluster Shared Volumes
Windows
Virtualized
Storage
Storage
Space
RAID
Array
Array
• No application downtime
Storage SpaceRAID
Array
for planned maintenance
or unplanned failures with
failover clustering
• Highly available scale-out
Storage Pool
Physical
Storage
RAID
Storage Space
data store for SQL Server
databases and Hyper-V
workloads
SAN
Storage Pool
file server
• Built-in encryption
support
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ENTERPRISE-CLASS
FEATURES ON LESS
EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
• Higher performance
Without
With RDMA
RDMA
File Client
File Server
App
Buffer
SMB
Buffer
SMB
Buffer
through offloading of
network I/O processing
onto network adapter
• High throughput with
low latency and ability to
take advantage of highspeed networks (such as
InfiniBand and iWARP)
• Remote storage at the
OS
Buffer
OS
Buffer
Driver
Buffer
Driver
Buffer
speed of direct storage
• Transfer rate of around
50 Gbs on a single NIC
port
• Compatible with SMB
Adapter
Buffer
rNIC
NIC
iWARP
InfiniBand
rNIC
NIC
Adapter
Buffer
Multichannel for load
balancing and failover
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Demo
Makes applications
resilient to underlying
hardware failures
Patches operating
systems and
applications without
service interruption
Provides low-cost,
high availability
solutions on costeffective hardware
Supports continuous
availability across
storage, networking,
and Hyper-V
SMB Transparent
Failover
Cluster-Aware
Updating
File System
Enhancements
SMB Multichannel
Online Backup
High availability
with SMB, iSCSI,
and NFS
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CONTINUOUS
APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
• High-performance, continually available
fileshares for business critical applications
• Support for planned moves, load balancing,
operating system restart, unplanned
failures, and client redirection (scale-out
only)
• Resilient for file and directory operations
• All servers involved should have Windows
Server 2012
Windows Server file server
cluster
• Failover transparent to server applications
with zero downtime and with only a small
I/O delay
\\foo\share
\\foo1\share1
\\foo2\share1
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CONTINUOUS
APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
• Automatic detection and use of multiple network
connections between SMB client and server
• Helps server applications be resilient to network
failure
• Transparent Failover with recovery of network
failure if another connection is unavailable
• Improved throughput
• Bandwidth aggregation through NIC
Teaming
• Multiple nodes/CPUs for network
processing with RSS-capable network
adapters
SMB
client
SMB
server
NIC
NIC
File
copy
File
copy
NIC
NIC
• Automatic configuration with very little
administrative overhead
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Demo
CONTINUOUS
APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
• Reduces server downtime and user
disruption by orchestration of cluster node
updates
• Maintains service availability without
impacting cluster quorum
U
Third-party plug-in for updates
• Detects required updates and moves
workloads off nodes for updates
• Uses Windows Update Agent or extensible
plug-in
Windows Server Cluster
Current
Workload
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CONTINUOUS
APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
ALWAYS ON,
ISCSI SOFTWARE
TARGET
ALWAYS UP SERVICES
Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
now an in-box feature in
Windows
Integrated with clustering to
enable a high availability iSCSI
Target
iSCSI network boot provides a
reliable, cost effective, and
highly available option for
Hyper-V host and HPC boot
Faster recovery from hardware
failures
NFS SUPPORT
Continuous availability for
applications deployed over
NFSv3 or NFSv2 (specifically
VMware) with transparent
server-side failover
NFS 4.1 support for early
adopters
Better reliability with stateful
protocol
Cost-effective alternative for
virtualized deployments
Create iSCSI cluster using Server Manager UI or Windows
PowerShell
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CONTINUOUS
APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
Third-party cloud
Microsoft online
backup portal
• Sign up
• Billing
Registration
Third-party online
backup portal
Microsoft online
backup service
Windows Azure cloud
services to back up data
• Reduced cost for backup
storage and
management
• Options for third-party
cloud services
• Ideal for small
Backup/
Restore
Inbox engine
Inbox UI
Windows Server
2012
• Sign up
• Billing
Third-party online
backup service
• Ability to leverage
Windows Server 2012
backup (extensible)
Registration
businesses, branch
offices, and
departmental business
needs
Agents
• Microsoft online backup
• Third-party agents
IT Pro
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Demo
Deliver enterprise ready performance on a wide
range of hardware
Offer a wide range of
choices to meet
customer needs
Maximize returns on
storage investments
Offloaded Data
Transfer (ODX)
Virtual Fibre
Channel in Hyper-V
Windows Cluster
in a Box
Windows Storage
Server
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IMPROVED
PERFORMANCE,
MORE CHOICE
Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX)
Token-based data transfer between
intelligent storage arrays
Benefits
• Rapid virtual machine provisioning and
migration
• Faster transfers on large files
• Minimized latency
• Maximized array throughput
• Less CPU and network use
• Performance not limited by network
throughput or server use
• Improved datacenter capacity and scale
External Intelligent Storage Array
Token
Virtual Disk
Virtual Disk
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IMPROVED
PERFORMANCE,
MORE CHOICE
Access Fibre Channel SAN
data from a virtual machine
Hyper-V host 1
Hyper-V host 2
• Virtualize workloads that require direct
access to FC storage
• Live migration support
• N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support
Worldwide
Name Set A
Worldwide
Name Set B
Worldwide
Name Set A
• Single Hyper-V host connected to different
SANs
• Up to four Virtual Fibre Channel adapters
on a virtual machine
• Multipath I/O (MPIO) functionality
Live migration maintaining
Fibre Channel connectivity
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Demo
• Appliance built on Windows Server 2012
that supports continuous availability
Failover Cluster
IMPROVED
PERFORMANCE,
MORE CHOICE
• Pre-packaged, pre-connected—no
additional setup required
• Ideal for a “Business-in-a-Box”, “Branch-ina-Box,” or enterprise-level storage server
solution
• Multiple vendors
Cluster in a Box
• Direct attached JBODs connected through
Storage Spaces or Clustered RAID controller
Storage Spaces
RAID
Array
RAID
Array
Shared SAS
RAID
Array
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IMPROVED
PERFORMANCE,
MORE CHOICE
Windows Cluster in a Box
ODX
SMB Direct
Quanta Computer
Fujitsu
Dell EqualLogic
EMC
Mellanox
HP
Intel
HP
Fujitsu
Intel
Wiwynn
LSI
IBM
Hitachi
Violin Memory
HA-DAS.com
NetApp
NEC
Xio
Xyratex
Chelsio
Windows Storage Server 2012
DELL
Western Digital
Compellent
Pivot 3
BOSCH
BUFFALO
IBM
XTORE
LACIE
Pyramid
N-TEC
Acma
Variel
HP
MaXXan
Unibrain
Thomas-Krenn.AG
AMAX
DNF
WINCHESTER SYSTEM
NEC
AREA
CM
Broadberry
ABERDEEN
Storageflex
Fujitsu
SIEMENS
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Enables consistent, repeatable, and reliable
automation
Provides a richer
set of tools for IT
Pros and
developers
Makes
complex
tasks easier to
perform with a
simple wizarddriven experience
Comprehensive storage management with
SMI-S support
Windows PowerShell
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SIMPLIFIED
MANAGEABILITY
SMI-S and WMI
Management
software
Storage
management APIs
Third-party management
application
File server manager
Windows storage management API (Windows
PowerShell and WMI)
Microsoft System Center
Pass-through API for extensibility (WMI)
Storage management provider (SMP) interface
Windows standards-based
storage management services
Storage vendor
hardware and
software
SMI-S hardware
provider
Storage
array/RAID
controller
SMI-S hardware
provider
Storage
array/RAID
controller
SMP: Third-party providers
SMP: Storage Spaces
• Centralized storage
management interface
for administrators
• SMI-S compliant SAN
management from
Windows Server
Manager
• Remote management of
servers and server
storage
Proprietary transport and/or
protocol
Storage
array/RAID
controller
Industry
standard
storage
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SIMPLIFIED
MANAGEABILITY
Server Manager UI
Management Packs for Microsoft System
Center include:
SMB
NFS
iSCSI
Deduplication
File Server Resource Manager and File
Classification Infrastructure (FCI)
• DFS-N and DFS-R
•
•
•
•
•
Robust automation with Windows
PowerShell and WMI
Get-Command –module [
]
SMBshare
NFS
FileServerResourceManager
DFSN
Deduplication
iSCSITarget
Storage
FailOverClusters
Best Practice Analyzer (BPA) available for
all components
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Flexible storage configurations for organizations of all sizes
or
Single discrete
system
Clustered discrete
systems
…
…
or
Two-node cluster and
storage in a box (CiB)
Four-node cluster and
storage in a box
Shared SAS JBOD
External storage array
Small business and branch
Clustered PCI RAID or Windows virtualized
storage (Storage Spaces)
Scale
Single node
2 nodes
Shared JBOD SAS
Workloads
Disk
FT
Internal hardware RAID or Windows virtualized
storage (Storage Spaces)
Storage
Midsize business and departmental
Enterprise and hosted cloud
Clustered PCI RAID or Windows virtualized
storage (Storage Spaces)
3‒8 nodes with CSV v2 scale-out
Hardware RAID node support partner-dependent
Fibre Channel or IP SAN
3‒32 nodes with CSV v2 scale-out
Shared JBOD SAS (discrete or CiB)
Shared JBOD SAS (discrete or Cluster in a Box)
External storage array
Integrated SAS switch in JBOD
SAS switch and fabric
FC or IP SAN Fabric
Information worker: File Server shares
Virtualization: Hyper-V Server
Virtualization: Hyper-V Server
Datacenter NAS: File Server for Hyper-V, SQL,
Internet Information Services (IIS)
Datacenter NAS: File Server for Hyper-V, SQL, IIS
Datacenter NAS: File Server for Hyper-V, SQL, IIS
Applications: SQL Server
Applications: SQL Server
Virtualization: Hyper-V Server
Virtualized: Hyper-V Server
Information worker: File Server shares
Applications: SQL Server
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Failover Cluster
Hyper-V
File Server
Failover Cluster
Cluster in a Box
Failover Cluster
ON
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
Pros/Cons
File Server
Flexibility
(migration and
shared storage)
Simplicity
(file shares and
permissions)
Low acquisition
and operations
cost
Storage is fault
tolerant
File Server is
continuously
available
Hyper-V virtual
machines are
fault tolerant
Clustered Storage Spaces
Storage Spaces
Storage
Spaces
RAID
Array
RAID
Array
Shared SAS
Fibre Channel SAN
RAID
Array
Hardware and OS
pre-configured
by the OEM
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Failover Cluster
Hyper-V
OFF
ON
ON
Failover
(MPIO)
OFF
Pros/Cons
Flexibility
(migration and
shared storage)
Simplicity
(file shares and
permissions)
Low acquisition
and operations
cost
Storage is fault
tolerant
File Server is
continuously
available
Hyper-V virtual
machines are
fault tolerant
Hardware and OS
pre-configured
by the OEM
SAS/FC/iSCSI SAN
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ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES
CONTINUOUS APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
IMPROVED
PERFORMANCE, MORE
CHOICE
SIMPLIFIED MANAGEABILITY
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