1. Next Gen Data Center
Implementing Network Storage
with Server Blades, Clustering, Virtualization
Anil Vasudeva
Principal Analyst & President
anil@imexresearch.com
IMEX
RESEARCH.COM
408-268-0800
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2. End to End IT Infrastructure with HA & Security
xSP IntrDet
VPN Enterprise
WebServices App.Server
DBServers
IntrDet Layer 3 Layer 4-7 Layer 2 Stg Fibre
Switches Switches Switches Switches
(Routers)
Supplier/Partner ISP
IntrDet
ISP Internet ISP
Core
Edge Optical
Networking ISP
Access
ISP
IntrDet
Remote Office ISP
Caching, Proxy, Application,HA, Database,
FW, SSL, IDS, File/Print, ERP, Middleware,
DNS, LB, Web Security, SCM, Data Mgmt
Servers CRM Servers Servers
Cable Modem Tier-1 Tier-2 Tier-3
DSL Edge Computing Applications Data Bases
MP3 VOD
Cellular Directory Security Policy Management
Wireless Home Networks
Software OS Platform
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3. DC Mgmt Nightmares
Servers Win 5-10%, SMP 20-35%, MF 30-50%
Utilization 80+%
Servers 15-30
Servers/Admin 300+
1
Application
Application/Server 20
30-45% Disk, 20-40% Tape
Storage
Utilization
75+%
1TB
Storage 100TB
Terabytes/DBA
MIS Alerts 20-40
Urgent Alerts/Day 4-5
System HAL- 3 (99.9%)
Availability
HAL- 5 (99.999%)
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4. Market Segments by Applic./Workloads
OLTP
Transaction
10 K Processing
eCommerce
Data DSS (RAID - 0, 3)
(RAID - 1, 5, 6)
1K Warehousing
IOPs Visual DB
(Latency)
100 Scientific Computing NIC
NIC
Imaging
TPC
10 Reference Data Streaming
Streaming
HPC
Audio/Video
1
1 5 10 50 100 500
*IOs per sesond for a required response time ( ms) MB/sec
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5. Consolidated Data Center
xSP
VPN
IntrDet
Enterprise
WebServices App.Server
DBServers
IntrDet
Supplier/Partner ISP Switches: Layer 4-7,
Layer 2, 10GbE, FC Stg
ISP Internet ISP
Core FC/
Edge Optical
Networking IPSAN
ISP
Access
ISP
Remote Office ISP Caching, Proxy, Database,
FW, SSL, IDS, DNS, Middleware, Data
LB, Web Servers Mgmt Servers
Tier-1
Tier-1 Application,HA, Tier-3
Edge File/Print, ERP,
Edge Data Base
Cable Modem Servers SCM, CRM Servers
Apps Servers
DSL Tier-2 Apps
MP3 VOD
Cellular Directory Security Policy Management
Wireless Home Networks Software OS Platform
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6. Blade Infrastructure:Local Area Grid (LAG©)
Management Modules Remote Mgmt+KVM over IP
Midplane Networking: Gbit Ethernet Switches
W/Connectors Storage: IP NAS or FC SAN
To Blades & Back
Switch
Cooling N+1Fans/Cooling Modules
Processor Blades Modules
(6-24 typically) Power: N+1Power Supplies
Blade
Control
Panel
USB Ports,
CD/Floppy I/F
~ GbE Switch supports
Trunking/Port Aggregation
Flow Control
Gbit QoS Packet Prioritization
Memory Ethernet SNMP/RMON
Systems I/F
Micro- DDR w IGMP/BOOTP/TFTP
Monitor
Processors ECC ……
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Module
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7. Blade Servers: Vendor Positioning Index
(As of 31 March 2005 - See IMEX Blade Servers Industry Report 2006 for latest data)
Strategy (Potential)
IBM
Fujitsu Siemens
Linux HP
Hitachi Intel
Networx
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NEC
Dell
Nexcom Tatung Rackable Sys
Sun
Penguin Appro Egenera
HPC Syst Verari
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8. TCO Savings & ROI
3 Year TCO Savings
TCO Savings in..
Rack vs. Blade Servers
OPEX
100% Staff/
Support
Maintenance/ 25%
80% Downtime
54%
Facilities/
% Contribution
60% Power
67% OPEX 21%
40%
46% CAPEX
Networking
19%
20% Servers
33% 46% Storage
CAPEX 25% Infrastructure
13%
0%
1 SW
Rack Servers Blade2Servers Infrastructure
22%
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9. The rapid rise of Clusters in HPC
Rise of Cluster Computing
350
# Clustered Computers in Top 500.org
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
1999e
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004e
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10. HPC – From Academia to Wall St to Hollywood
High Performance Entertainment
High Performance Commercial Bioinformatics Decision-Support Entertainment
Commercial BioInformatics Decision
Audio/Video OnDemand
Computing
Computing Visualization
Visualization Support Syst Audio/Video On Demand
Systems
Data: IMEX Research & Panasas
100+ Teraflops Rendering (Texture & Polygons) Data rate & capacity
Throughput = 100All rights Reserved
GB/s Throughput = 1.2 GB/s Throughput : DSL/Cable
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11. Implementing Virtualization
Client At Various Levels
Workstations
Microprocessor
LAN
Ethernet
– Intel VT, AMD-Pacifica
Switches OS
- zOS, pOS, UNIX, Windows, Linux
Application &
DB Servers - IBM, HP, Sun, VMWare, Xen, SWSoft
SAN
File System
GbE or FC - DFS
Switches
Networking
Storage Arrays - Multiport
Storage
- Host, SAN, Controller
- In-Band, Out-of-Band Management
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12. TCO Savings with Virtualization
995 Servers Pre VZ 78 VZ Servers
$16,000
$14,000
Provisioning
Downtime
$12,000
Disaster Recovery
Cost over 3 years
DC Real Estate
$10,000
Power & Cooling
$8,000 Network
SAN
$6,000 Hardware
VZ SW & Supp
$4,000
$2,000
$-
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13. Storage Virtualization – the next Frontier
Clients
Storage VZ Implemented at Different Levels
LAN Host SAN Cntrllr.
Out-of- Symantec, EMC, Fujitsu
Band StorageAge
Servers
In-Band Cloverleaf, DataCore, HDS, NetApp,
IBM, FalconStor Sun
SAN
Storage VZ Must Have Features
• Scale Non-Disruptively in Capacity
Storage • Snapshot Point-In-Time across Stg.devices
• Remote Replication across Heterogeneous Stg. Devices
• Policy Based Non-Disruptive Data Migration between
Heterogeneous Stg Systems & Between Stg Tiers
• Centralized Mgmt of all Stg.VZ under Single Image
• Support Tiered Storage
• Volume Management for Multivendor Stg. Systems
• Common Set of Tools: Provisioning, Mgmt & Replication
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14. Economics of Virtualization
Virtualization results in overall cost reduction 35-60%
Storage VZ alone has produced ~20% cost reductions
Savings achieved through Storage Virtualization
1000
Total Svgs
900
- 21%/yr.
800 SAN
Expenses/Year $K
700 Admin - 19%
600
500 SW
- 16%
400
300
200 HW
- 24%
100
0
w /o Stg VZ w Stg VZ
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15. The Next Gen Data Center
Automation
Automatically Maintains
Application Service
Level Objectives
Provisioning
Provisions the Resources
Required to Deliver a
Business Service
Virtualization
Pools Resources. Allocates,
Monitors, and Meters the
Usage of Pooled Resources
Integration
Integrates physical infrastructure using
standardized devices for CAPSIMS:
Cost, Availability, Performance, Scalability, Inter-
operability, manageability & Security
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16. Future: Storage Management on a chip
Host Services Integration Storage
Provisioning
File system monitoring Storage provisioning Win, LINUX, Solaris Layer
SAN Management
Management Management of MultiPath IO Supp Security
SAN
Console iSCSI HBAs and Failover (iSNS, CHAP, SRP) Management
Layer
Virtualization Mirroring Snapshot Fail-Over
iSCSI Target Management Device
LVM, Error Handling, SCSI Daemon, API Interoperability
Service
Layer
HW Acceleration: TOE, iSCSI Offload, IPsec
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17. Next Gen Data Center
Implementing Network Storage
with Server Blades, Clustering, Virtualization
For updated full set of slides
email
anil@imexresearch.com
Anil Vasudeva
(408) 268-0800
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18. TCO Savings with Virtualization
995 Servers Pre VZ 78 VZ Servers
Provisioning
Downtime
Disaster Recovery
Cost over 3 years
DC Real Estate
Power & Cooling
Network
SAN
Hardware
VZ SW & Supp
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w/o VZ w VZ IMEX