Transcript Upgrading the Platform - How to Get There! Rick Claus Sr. Technical Evangelist @RicksterCDN Andrew McMurray Technical Evangelist @MaccaMSOZ.

Upgrading the Platform - How to Get There!
Rick Claus
Sr. Technical Evangelist
@RicksterCDN
Andrew McMurray
Technical Evangelist
@MaccaMSOZ
If I had a dog when I originally
designed my infrastructure…
…it would be dead by now.
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• Provides network fault tolerance and
continuous availability when network
adapters fail by teaming multiple network
interfaces
• Vendor agnostic and shipped inbox
• Provides local or remote management
through Windows PowerShell or UI
Virtual
adapters
Team network
adapter
Team network
adapter
• Enables teams of up to 32 network adapters
• Aggregates bandwidth from multiple
network adapters
• Includes multiple nodes: switch dependent
and independent
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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
Failover Clustering
NTFS
SMB Direct
Cluster Shared Volume
NFS
Windows Storage Mgmt.
SMB Multichannel
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)
and Serial AT Attachment
(SATA) interconnects
Physical
Storage
(Shared) SAS or SATA
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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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Cluster in a Box Design Considerations
1/10G E or Infiniband
1/10G E or Infiniband
Network
Network
Availability
• At least one node and storage always available,
despite failure or replacement of any component
• Dual power domains
Simplicity
•
Pre-wired, internal interconnects between
nodes, controllers, and storage
x8 PCIe
Server A
CPU
Server Enclosure
1/10G Ethernet cluster connect
(through midplane)
x8 PCIe
Server B
CPU
x8 PCIe
x8 PCIe
Storage
Controller
x4 SAS
x4 SAS (through midplane)
x4 SAS (through midplane)
Storage
Controller
x4 SAS
SAS
Expander
A ports
0
1
…
B ports
23
SAS
Expander
Flexibility
•
•
•
PCIe slots for flexible LAN options
External SAS ports for JBOD expansion
Office-level power, cooling, and acoustics to fit
under a desk
External JBOD
SAS
Expander
A ports
0
1
…
23
B ports
Additional JBODs …
SAS
Expander
iSCSI/FC
iSCSI/FC
SMB/NF
SMB/NF
S
S
SAS/SATA
SP1
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Servers, VMs & Cloud
Storage & Networking
VMware & Citrix
“SCVMM” or “VMM”
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Monitor anything
Send alters
Developer integration
“SCOM”
• Self-Service Portal for VMM
• Manage Azure and 3rd party hosters
• “SCAP” (not SCAC)
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Automation workflows
Integration with any product
Easy Designer
“SCO”
• Backup & restore
• “DPM”
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IT Helpdesk System
Receive SCOM alerts
Trigger SCO workflows
“SCSM”
• Configure all computers
• Security & patching
• “SCCM”
• Virus & malware protection
• “SCEP”
Configure
Deploy
Virtual Machine Manager
Service
Model
Operations Manager
Configuration Manager
Data Protection Manager
Monitor
Operate
MICROSOFT
ON
PREMISES
SERVICE
PROVIDER
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DC1
Windows Server 2003 R2
DC2
Windows Server 2008 R2
WSUS
Windows Server 2008 R2
PRINTSERVER
Windows Server 2008 R2
2008ISCSITARGET
Windows Server 2008 R2
2008CLUNODE1
Windows Server 2008 R2
2008CLUNODE2
Windows Server 2008 R2
2012ISCSITARGET
Windows Server 2012
DNSDHCP
Windows Server 2003 R2
2012CLUNODE1
Windows Server 2012
MEMBER
Windows Server 2012
2012CLUNODE2
Windows Server 2012
• (MDC-B323) Re-Architecting Your Infrastructure with
Windows Server 2012 and Microsoft System Center
2012 SP1
• (WCA-B336) Reimagining and Migrating Your Active
Directory
• (MDC-B348) Networking Infrastructure and Management
• (MDC-B349) Your Fileservers and Storage Options
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